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EventEthiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province
… border of Ethiopia into Ogaden Province without any resistance. The tension between the two east African …
EventMa Tambo dies in Johannesburg
… of the ANC and spent her life participating in the party's resistance to apartheid. Her funeral service at Wattville …
EventThe 41st annual conference of the ANC in Queenstown gets underway
… 1952 Defiance Campaign. This was the biggest non-violent resistance movement ever seen in South Africa and the first …
East Cape Update
… for other regions in implementing successful strategies of resistance. Yet, being one of the poorest regions of the …
EventHerero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
… to suppress the revolt with arms. On 11 August the Herero resistance was crushed. The Herero people were scattered and … a seasoned African campaigner, had…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… of Walter Sisulu . Schools became the site of fierce resistance in 1980, and protests that began at Coloured … of the UDF and SACC. The UDF and National…
EventBirth of Paul Kruger
… age 57. Thereafter he became known as the face of the Boer resistance against the British during the South African / …
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… Historical Documents Section. Walker, C., Women and Resistance in South Africa, London, Onyx Press, 1982. Lodge, …
Rixaka
… the broad masses could enhance the striking power of the resistance movement and inspire the masses to fight for a …
EventThe battle of Donkerhoek (Diamond Hill) marks the continuation of the South African War
… Lord Roberts, Commander of the British forces met with no resistance when they entered Pretoria on 5 June. Roberts …
EventIn Britain, Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker, meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC.
… anti-apartheid movements and was sent overseas to mobilise resistance against apartheid. In Britain on the 24 June 1986, …
EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
… by the Group Areas Act from the 1960s, leading to fierce resistance that continued into the 1980s. …
EventCiskei National Security Decree No 19 promulgated
… African Internal Security Act, which was used to crush resistance against the Apartheid government Click here for a …
EventHerero people defeat German Forces
… were withdrawn from active duty. This battle marked Herero resistance against expanding German colonial rule and land …
Clarion Call
… discussed in Clarion Call as well as issues relating to resistance to the National Government's repressive machinery, …
EventEmperor Haile Selassie reclaims his Ethiopian throne
… At the height of World War II in 1943, Tigrayans formed a resistance group “Weyane” or popular uprising, to rebel …
Closing address by President Neslon Mandela at the 49th National conferenceof the ANC Bloemfontein, 22 December 1994
… the first time in our history, delegates discussed, not resistance, but reconstruction and development. No more did … we have had as an organisation is the…
EventFrance's war in Morocco ends with Treaty of Tangier.
… a result of the French government's pursuit of Algerian resistance leader, Abd al-Qadir who had taken refuge in the …
Chapter XII - Can we be free?
… especially, it had been almost unbearable that the great passive resistance of the Johannesburg women against passes had come … Indian government's response…
Document 42 - Leon Trotsky, “Closer to the Proletarians of the Colored’ Races!”, The Militant, 2 July 1932
… the group poisoned by slave holding prejudices acdve or passive'? It is quite a ditÁ¯erent malter when we are …
ArchiveFrom the Archive | The workers’ struggle by Joe Foster (New Frame),28 Feb 2019
… position it has to claim credit for all forms of resistance, no matter what the political nature of such resistance. There is, therefore, a tendency to…
EventFidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
… of the 26 July Army, a rebel movement, which launched a resistance campaign against Batista's government. A battle …
EventFietas, site of forced removal in Johannesburg, is renamed Pageview
… and the area was declared 'White". This led to fierce resistance that continued into the 1980s. Related SAHO …
Coal Miners Strike on the Rand
… March 1922 Johannesburg had been turned into a war zone. Resistance only stopped on 14 March after heavy bombardment …
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
… the story of Dadoo’s life was inextricably linked to the resistance of racial discrimination and apartheid. Dadoo was …
Fighting Talk
… by Ruth First. The focus of the content was largely on resistance by South Africans to the suppressive actions and …
Inqaba ya basebenzi
… workers are discussed in the context of increasing resistance to the repressive National Government apartheid …
The National Arts Festival
… as an important forum for political protest theatre and resistance art during the height of the apartheid era, and it …
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… the climax to a decade or so of multifaceted and creative resistance to white minority rule and domination by a …
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… urban population from 1,478,000 in 1911 to 4,300,000 in 1946. Urban migration in South Africa had a distinctly male … center of South Africa." The peak of…