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EventVuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist is hanged
… was hanged for his role in the MK and anti-apartheid resistance. As a member of the South African Congress of …
EventCriminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commences
… of financial or other assistance for any organized resistance against the laws of the Union. In addition, the …
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation is formed
… had been banned on 19 October 1977 for their role in the resistance and the 16 June 1976 uprisings. The organisation …
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
… all IFP demands to be met unconditionally. It warned of a resistance campaign, creating the tacit understanding that …
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… struggle against apartheid and the legitimacy of armed resistance. The UN General Assembly condemned the armed …
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… the effect the State of Emergency had had at stopping resistance. The majority of Black electorates followed the …
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents’ meeting
… the two sections as part of the Ciskei. However, resistance by the residents forced the South African …
EventGerman action in Herero Revolt is condemned in the Reichstag
… refused to budget for its continuation. Bebel called the resistance of the Ovaherero a "justified liberation war". The …
EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… August. The Bapedi, also armed with rifles, offered stiff resistance and inflicted a humiliating defeat on the …
EventAfrican bus boycott lasting ten weeks is initiated in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
… (PUTCO) increased the bus fare in 1957, it was met with resistance from the public. More than 80 percent of the Black …
Address by Selby Msimang, President, Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa, July 23, 1921
… people were ignorant in regard to the great secrets of passive resistance. I will be failing in my duty if I do not warn you …
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… The Eastern Cape is regarded by many as the cradle of Black resistance against White oppression. After the defeat of the …
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2014 submissions
… fishing, and flying. Project: Women in the Cities and the Resistance Movement Caitlin Chapman Caitlin Chapman is a …
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… in the ability of segregationist policies to contain Black resistance to white rule. The third held in 1994, represented …
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… KwaMashu, Umlazi and Chatsworth miles away meet with stiff resistance and increasing pass and liquor raids raise …
List of deaths in detention
… one of the many weapons that the government used to quell resistance. As detention was a legal weapon that could see an …
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… of South African students and youth in Britain to continue resistance against apartheid. In 1964 Mbeki, Essop Pahad and …
PlaceKilnerton Training Institution
… was used as part of the John Wesley College buildings . 1946 – 1953 - The student body doubles in size. 1953 – The …
ArchiveApartheid - a vigilant witness
… of Africa combined with a decade of defiance and popular resistance. It was this combination which married culture and … in particular on Soweto - its…
The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg
… Political activity 1950-1963 Chapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance Chapter 6 Underground in Joburg Chapter 7 Arrest …
EventThe UN Special Committee on Apartheid reports on SA
… constant publicity to the inhumanity of apartheid and the resistance of the people in order to secure the widest …
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… and to establish a united democratic front to mobilize resistance on a national scale to participation by Indians …
EventThree AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana
… hundreds of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) members drove into Bophuthatswana, a …
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… and one of the most important leaders of anti-Apartheid resistance in South Africa. It was with Walter that she …
EventState of Emergency follows Sharpeville massacre
… Black people to carry passes wherever they went. Black resistance against the regime mounted. The Pan Africanist …
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… leadership that articulated their plight and led their resistance, but more importantly, it provided African people … laws, and the stock limitation laws…
African History Books
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EventCiskeian police disrupt residents' meeting
… the two sections as part of the Ciskei. However, resistance by the residents forced the South African …
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… higher wages and the recognition of African trade unions. 1946 January: Xuma is able to convince representatives of the … grant to cover their expenses for…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State
… citizenship on the inhabitants of the territories, the 1946 French constitution provided for decentralization of …