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ArticleYusuf Dadoo Centenary Celebrations
… many activists of the South African socialist movement and other stalwarts of the liberation struggle, such as Bunting, Kotane and Roux, have fast been…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… reliance on tactics of moderation such as petitions and deputations. In December 1949, with the support of the … in the ANC. Walter Sisulu was elected…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… on organizing the non-student youth, unemployed youth and young workers who shared the interests and aspirations of COSAS but could not belong to it. In 1982…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2014
… Johnson-Castle hails from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She is a Labrador Inuk and a beneficiary of the Nunatsiavut landclaim. She completed her…
ArticleSouth African Film
… other forms of film making - anything between 80 minutes and four hours, with 90 minutes being the average length. … most expensive kind of film to make, the…
1947-Joint Declaration of Cooperation
… Dr G.M. Naicker, President of the Natal Indian Congress and Dr Y.M. Dadoo, President of the Transvaal Indian Congress … the representatives of the African…
ArticleCall for submissions: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa Conference
… University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) Abstracts and proposals can be submitted via the link at the bottom of … under the grip of colonial occupation…
ArticleNdebele
… Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South Africa’s Black population and can be…
The South African Human Rights Commission
… (1996) enshrines the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law. Everyone in South Africa, including the government, and all laws are subject to and…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… reliance on tactics of moderation such as petitions and deputations. In December 1949, with the support of the … in the ANC. Walter Sisulu was elected…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Key economic policies changes (1994 - 2013)
… held its first democratic elections in April 1994 and the African National Congress (ANC) won with a majority … head the government of national unity. In…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… the third Broome Commission resumed its work. A. I. Kajee and S.R. Naidoo had resigned on 7 December 1944, after Smuts … had declared the Pretoria Agreement…
ArticleAfrican Traditional Religion
… of African people are converted to Christianity every day and in Nigeria about 20 new religious sects or groups come … from all over the world observe the…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… heavily involved in the country’s anti-apartheid movement and faced exile as a result; other Jews refrained from … cases, these individuals were influenced…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… in apartheid South Africa in 1950. His family, friends, and his own life were made in and developed by this program that killed, endangered, and punished all…
ArticlePedi & Anglo-Pedi Wars 1876-1879
… who arrived in the northern province around the 1650s, and became powerful after subjugating the Kopa, Kone and the Tau chiefdoms, among others. They…
ArticleAfrapix
… Afrapix, a progressive photographers' collective and photographic agency. Established by Omar Badsha, Lesley Lawson and a small group of black and white…
Afrikaner
… the sea passage to the East round Cape Point in 1488 and in the course of their visits, came into contact with the Khoi. Initially cultural differences…
ArticleThe Cordoned Heart
… considered as one of the seminal photographic exhibitions and books of the 1980’s. The exhibition and book was a product of the photographic project of , the…
ArticleLife in Sophiatown
… population in the freehold townships swelled, overcrowding and rack renting became the order of the day. Black property … to take in paying tenants. Thus,…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… used oral history to continue their beliefs, traditions and history. When a group was destroyed or scattered its oral … also did not really interpret or…
ArticleMarxism-Leninism
… at the background information on the Russian revolution and the change to a Communist state in Russia, we have … the state must provide basic social services…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… began in the Transvaal, marking the start of the longest and most widespread period of black resistance to white rule. The Lekoa and Evaton Town Councils'…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… the introduction of indentured Indian labourers into Natal and of the "passenger" Indians who came to trade, and secondly by the Gandhi resistance campaign…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… on 25 May 1963, was the culmination of a number of diverse and far-reaching historical currents and political trends both on the African continent and abroad…
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… with two individuals, both journalists, (Adrienne Sichel and Marilyn Jenkins) with a passionate interest in contemporary choreography and dance, launched the…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… Front (UDF) in August 1983, this pre-eminence was sealed, and the Black Consciousness organisations began to wane. The … beginnings since 1973 reinforced the…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… In September 1984, riots broke out in the Transvaal and spread to other parts of the country. These riots … ungovernable. A State of Emergency was declared…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2016 submissions
… Aisha Ahmed Aisha Ahmed was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Currently a freshman at Southern Methodist University, She is majoring in history and biology…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… process. During the two days of discussion the mechanism and technicalities of transition and a changeover of political leadership were clarified. At … a…