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Durban 1973, a National Breakthrough, in the Context of a Globally Developing Socialism? But what if the reality was actually an emergent 50-year international capitalist 'counterrevolution' of 1973-2022? by David Cooper
… 50 Years Conference ABSTRACT FOR PROPOSED CONFERENCE 26-27 JANUARY, 2023: ‘CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF DURBAN STRIKES’ …
EventParliament passes legislation separating the people of South Africa into four distinct races
… Indian) through the Population Registration Act No. 30 of 1950. It further voted to divide South Africa into separate … use of each race) through the Group…
EventGoldstone report on police shootings in Sebokeng is released
… anti-Apartheid protesters in the township of Sebokeng on 26 March, 1990, was made public. On 26 March police had opened fire on anti-apartheid protesters …
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… legislation was the Population Registration Act of 1950. It was a law that placed every South African into one …
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… of all races. On the 64th Anniversary of May Day, in 1950, the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) called for … celebrated as Freedom Day in the future…
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… negotiations, and they signed a Record of Understanding on 26 September 1992 which paved the way for the resumption of …
EventTeboho Mokgalagadi wins gold in the Paralympic Games
… his performance at the games by also winning the 200m in 26,80sec on 26 September, another Paralympic record. At the closing of …
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
… On 26 August 1966, the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia … passed by the United Nations General Assembly declared 26 August, ‘Namibia Day’ to commemorate…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… strike. 1948 Rise of the Nationalist Party to state power. 1950 Introduction of the Suppression of Communism Act. 1952 … federations in creating a united…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… Executive Committee that this practice should stop. 26 April, ANC NEC member and Minister of Safety and Security … January, Mandela condemns the US threats…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
Robert Gabriel Mugabe was born on 21 February 1924, in Katama, a Jesuit mission station in the Zimbambe district, about 60km from Harare. He was the son of…
EventFidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
… President Fulgeneio Batista. Castro was the leader of the 26 July Army, a rebel movement, which launched a resistance … to register some victories. On New…
“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017
… anthem, ( https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2017-06-28-tracing-the-roots-of-the-decolonised-anthem/ ) receive …
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… slightest suspicion. The Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 and the General Law Amendment Act of 1963 , popularly … was receiving any form of exercise, he…
EventSoweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged with negligent and drunken driving
… [online] Available at: www.news24.com [Accessed on 26 November 2011]news24.com (8 December 2004). ‘Don't judge … [online] Available at www.news24.com …
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… Mandla Langa was born in apartheid South Africa in 1950. His family, friends, and his own life were made in and … Langa was born in Stanger in Northern…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… African enactment of the Suppression of Communism Act in 1950 had all the rhetoric of combating communism, but was … the slew of repressive laws at the…
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
By the 1950s, Harriet Bolton began to help with organising work in the unions. From the late 1960s Harriet Bolton was an executive committee member of TUCSA. …
PlaceNamaqua National Park
Cultural HistoryThe cultural history of Namaqualand stretches back hundreds of thousands of years. Hand axes, presumably made by humans Homo erectus, have been…
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
… media outlets as mouthpieces to reach the masses. [5] In 1950, the apartheid government recognized the rising … Bunting was arrested and charged with a…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… in Soweto in 1989. Image source The Defiance Campaign of 1950-1952 was a turning point in the national struggle for …
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… because of the Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950, banned him from trade unions, placed him under house … Communist Party of South Africa before it…
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
Though first publicized as a respected medium for the liberation struggle in 1967, poetry and literary expression had been popularized throughout the 1950s and…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
The NIC (Natal Indian Congress) was the first of the Indian Congresses to be formed. It was established in 1894 by Mahatma Gandhi to fight discrimination…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
The conflict between the British Empire and the Zanzibar Sultanate in 1896 is most notable for being the shortest war in recorded history, lasting less than…
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… in areas where there was political unrest. An estimated 26,000 people were detained between June 1986 and June 1987. …
EventDisbanding of Communist Party is announced
… days before the Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 was approved in parliament in June 1950 and came into force on 17 July of that year. In 1950 the…
FOREWORD: THEORETICAL DEBATES AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES
… Inkatha Freedom Party agrees to participate in the April 26-28, 1994 elections for both the National Assembly and … facilitate the full participation of the…
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede Anton Lembede's primary school class, Umbumbulu, 192.7 (Bemadette Sibeko) Inset of…
Port Elizabeth an Overview
The first formal settlement of the Algoa Bay region took place in 1776 when a number of farms were allocated to local Dutch graziers. In 1799 the British…