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ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
… rally staged by students at the University of the North and the historic student uprising in Soweto on 16 June 1976 were inspired by BPC and its BC…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… half of the 1950s was the formative period of apartheid and the liberation movement fought simultaneously on four … measures that restricted education,…
Conflict among civic organisations
… Town did not share the same ideological stance, interests and outcomes. One of the major divisions was race. For … formation of CAHAC stimulated growth of…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… in 1945. Due to more militant protests, by the 1950s and 1960s several of the NIC?s leaders were in jail. Although … NIC itself was not banned, this…
ArticleThe caring nature of Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu
… Albertina has been described countless times as a caring and service-oriented individual who spent her life lifting up … by her conversion to Roman…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… It embodies the protection of culture, traditions, customs and values. During the pre-colonial era, the institution of traditional leadership was a political…
ArticleSources task: The Berlin Wall
… but will give you good basic training. Examine the sources and then answer the questions that follow. Source A "The Cold War was a state of political tension…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… Peter Johnson, joined the ranks of the uMkhonto we Sizwe and disappeared into exile. Nearly a decade later, on the 26 … one of Peter Johnson’s sisters,…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… was jointly formed by leading members of the banned ANC and South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1961. The … of sabotage campaigns across major cities in…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… 1972 October and December - Strikes at the Durban docks October 1972 - … dockworkers were not implemented, stevedores in Cape Town and Durban stopped work…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… from the Treason Trial which ended on 29 March 1961 and the Rivonia arrests in July 1963 was a period of … times, not knowing from day to day who would be…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… help of Bishop Henry Turner, she decides to stay behind and study further, and duly enrolls at the Wilberforce University in Cleveland. … Black female parole…
ArticleObituary: Sheila Weinberg
… Sheila Weinberg Obituary by Raymond Suttner in The Mail and Guardian, 19-25 November 2004, p.36 Sheila Weinberg has … for decades. Growing up with politics,…
The Court’s position in the justice system
… to hear cases - is restricted to constitutional matters and issues connected with decisions on constitutional … Chapter 8 of the final Constitution, entitled…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… into laws concerning the right of Asiatics to trade and acquire fixed property in the Union. 12 May, the Asiatic … into laws concerning the right of Asiatics…
ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
… In May 1918 a group of fourteen railway clerks, clergymen and policemen formed an organization, Jong Suid-Afrika (Young … AB was one specific organisational…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… behind-the-scenes negotiations between the government and the ANC gathered pace. As part of that process, the ANC, PAC and other parties were unbanned,…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… apartheid in South Africa was the Sharpeville Massacre and its aftermath. The heavy-handed response of the state saw thousands of activists detained and…
Polokwane an Overview
… to several groupings: the Pedi, the Tsonga, the Venda, and the Ndzundza, among others. These groups had various … vanquished by the Whites, either Boer or…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… of South Africa in response to evictions of farm workers and labour tenants from commercial farms. Formed as an … body, the LPM aimed to organise campaigns…
Passage to Natal - The Journey
… The Suffolk departed from Madras on 17 January 1878 and arrived at Port Natal (Durban) on 7 March, an arduous … of 1887 records that breakfast was served…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… Racial segregation and white supremacy had become central aspects of South … the majority of Black South Africans to live in reserves and making it illegal…
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… When detectives invaded the Congress of the People on 26 and 27 June 1955, it was clear that the government intended … clearer in the minds of the Special…
Khoisan Identity
… recognition of the Khoi-San communities, their leadership and structures’. He continued: ‘It is important to remember … brutalised by colonialists who tried…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… as the Transvaal but today incorporated into the Gauteng and Northern Provinces. Their highly colourful and intricately painted homesteads, their skilled and…
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… organizations in later years to struggle for freedom and justice in South Africa. Between 1908 and 1909, constitutional discussions towards Union took place …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… Congress (PAC), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and other anti-apartheid organisations, the suspension of the … further review, the release of some…
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… The period after the Sharpeville Massacre and the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan African Congress (PAC), especially after the ……
ArticleThe San
… long before the arrival of the Bantu-speaking nations, and thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans. Language, culture and religion: San languages,…
Robben Island
… is located in Table Bay, some 6km west of Bloubergstrand, and stands some 30m above sea level. Robben Island has been used as prison and a place where people…