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ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… Councillor in Johannesburg. 1922 The first significant action by women in the rural areas occurs in Hershel. Boycott … a one day strike, she helps to form…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… from areas where they were not desired included violent action (bulldozing homes, threatening people with weapons), … from their neighbourhoods as the result…
Chapter 13. General Strike, 1932
… a group of about ten factories was chosen for strike action. One Monday in August, on instructions from the union, … were later arrested and convicted. Once…
Memorandum by Ben Turok before the ANC`s Morogoro Conference and a "Reply" by Joe Matthews, 5 April 1969, Morogoro
… BACK OUTLOOK. While we must pay the highest tribute to the action of our immortal heroes of Zimbabwe battles, it is … at present it is necessary to take such…
EventNiger's Independence Day
… the Tuareg-controlled desert areas.Following civil action, a decision was taken by the French government in July …
PlaceVlakfontein Monument, Roodepoort
… in 1913 by a monument commemorating all those killed in action. A bronze plaque was affixed in 1962 and proclamation …
ArchiveBlack Sash / Sash
… conscience that complacency would not effect change and action was necessary. The journal reflects the detailed …
Grassroots
… Western Cape Civic Association (WCCA) and Cape Housing Action Committee (CHAC), women's and youth organisations, the …
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, January 1946
… will gnash its teeth but the Africans will appreciate your action deeply." …
EventUN Security Council urges SA government to end Rivonia Trial
… if they had to defy participation in international action Click here, to read SAHO's Chronology on United …
EventFollowing the infamous Treason Trial, ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli is banished by the Apartheid Government for five years
… with Martin Luther King he led a campaign appealing for "Action against Apartheid" from the United Nations. His …
EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
… the African People Organisation (APO) and the Franchise Action Committee were invited to chart a way forward for the …
EventDate set for start of Passive Resistance Campaign
… repressive against anti-Indian legislation. A 'Council of Action' for the campaign was set up with Dr. Yusuf Dadoo as …
EventArmscor’s Chairman announces the production of a record breaking South African artillery system
… the performance of the South African military hardware in action, especially artillery and air support. The hardware …
EventFrederick Lugard, British colonial administrator, occupies Kano, West Africa
… Caliphate mounted assaults on Kano and occupied it. This action substantially weakened resistance to British rule in …
EventF.W. de Klerk clamps down on KwaZulu
… Transitional Executive Committee's insistence that such action was necessary. Security forces were given powers to …
PlaceLaaiplek, Velddrif, West Coast of Cape Town
… the Seagulls and the People who come to get a taste of the action! …
PlaceWilderness National Park, Garden Route
… the verdant beauty of this national park. Looking for an action packed holiday adventure? Then, Wilderness Section is …
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world's first human heart transplant
… chest of Louis Washkansky was electrically shocked into action. After regaining consciousness he was able to talk and …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
… that such a resolution existed, I can construe the action of the conference as a refusal to co-operate with the … Indian Congress, are not departmental…
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… of which they had emerged. It was thus a natural course of action for students to identify with and involve itself in a …
A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
… He wasn't popular within Durban Metro for initiating court action against his own council, but he stuck to his guns. The … Bonhomme and his brother helped…
Address at the High-Level Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Nepad, New York, September 16, 2002
… sounding brass and tinkling cymbals. The objectives and action plans enunciated in NEPAD are consistent with the … to play in the implementation of the…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions. Convenor: Natasha Erlank
… ideas and leading demands for higher wages and strike action. Although ICU “gingerists” were sometimes noted for …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… also elects Nelson Mandela as secretary of the National Action Council. 29 March, The accused in the Treason Trial … Luther King Jnr issue a joint statement …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… the wants of the White population'. The first significant action by women in the rural areas occurs in Hershel. They … . It encourages the ANC to withdraw…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… finally passed it suffered opposition from the Franchise Action Council. The Franchise Action Council organised a one-day strike in which Black and … of…
ArchiveA story of a memorable photograph, and why it matters by J Brooks Spector, (Daily Maverick), 18 May 2018
… when her brother became the early victim of lethal police action during student protests in Soweto. To look carefully, … all the other photographers and…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, April 1964
… attempt to undermine every real effort for United Nations action are as much a part of this regime as if they were … will increase its dimensions. United and…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… State, it took time for the world to take notice and action. That said, one year before the implementation of …