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ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
… anti-apartheid movements in in countries like Ireland, (ii) sanctions and economic restrictions against South Africa, … world which demanded the release of…
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… South Africa's economy grew and for White South Africans, life was good. For Black South Africans, the suffering … (SASO) was formed under the leadership of…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… to establish a new cinema industry there. During his life Ngakane sought to expose the injustices of apartheid … From a very young age, he wanted to be a…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… divided about South Africa’s participation in World War II. Four years after the establishment of the Youth League, … as the South African Student…
ArticleKey sites in and around Soweto
… of a pass offence) and Dr Frank Chikane . Mshenguville* No II Mineshaft* (Odenadaal Rd) Odium Lilly Cinema* Orlando High …
BiographyMogoeng Thomas Mogoeng
… West Province. He was raised and spent most of his early life there. Justice Mogoeng is the eldest son of three sons …
BiographyPetrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)
… in the face of overwhelming odds and for sacrificing his life in the cause a non-racial, non-sexist, just and …
EventGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, dies on this day
… He was promoted major general on the eve of World War II. In 1941, with the rank of lieutenant general, he was … generals investigating the July 20 plot…
Chapter 3 - SASO: The Ideology and Politics of Black Consciousness
… in Fatton, 1986: 55). It was this kind of situation that Biko had in mind when he expressed in his column, "I Write … which was defined as "an attitude of…
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
… [i] The Kingdom would reach its peak in the mid 1600s [ii] . The Kingdom of Kongo would eventually fall to scheming … independence under Count Daniel da…
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… with Black Consciousness leaders, among whom is Steve Biko 1970 Appointed as lecturer in Political Science at the …
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… those of the slave-owners with such profound effects. [ii] Most notably however, it was the unique features of Cape … missionaries , that slaves were able to…
PlaceAmathole Mountain Region, Eastern Cape
… providing wonderful forest trails and a prolific bird life. Nestling in their shadow in the valleys are a cluster … take in some of the province's history…
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… [i] . As the administrative capital of South Africa, [ii] Pretoria has many government buildings built of … Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Modernoverland, p…
Rick Turner: Thirty Years On by Jann Turner
… country that he never lived to see that day and to enjoy life and work in the new South Africa that I am privileged to … he met and developed a personal…
EventW. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, scholar, intellectual, Pan
… and social thinkers to this day. Although Du Bois life is intertwined with the early history of the NAACP, … and his leftist opinions more outspoken. After…
ArchiveApartheid Super Spy, Craig Williamson’s Trails of Death and Destruction: The Scandinavian Connection, (Responses to recent exposures in Jyllands Posten) by Prithiraj Dullay
… was a Danish-Swedish connection to the termination of Biko and the massive crackdown across South Africa on all … I had already escaped two assassination…
ArticleGrade 12 - The impact of the Cold War in forming the world as it was in the 1960s
… and their respective allies. From the end of World War II until the early 1990s, world politics was dominated by the …
BiographyNomhlangano Beauty Mkhize
… resistance in the young Mkhize, marking the beginning of a life defined by the fight against forced removals, resolute …
BiographyNtongela Masilela
… Limpopo Province). A child of exile, he spent most of his life living outside of South Africa, leaving the country when …
BiographyRichard Owen Dudley
… to retire from politics soon after he was elected Honorary Life President of the NUM. In November 2008, Dudley’s wife …
BiographyHarold Wolpe
… - he declined formal political office throughout his life ”” through his remorseless intellect and prodigious … and the Struggle For A Democratic South…
BiographyNjinga Ana de Sousa
… whole Kingdom. Not so much is known about Njinga's early life, but in 1622 her brother, the Ngola Mbandi, sent her to … most of the battles they fought [31] …
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… bodies and the formation of SASM The BCM began when Steve Biko , Barney Pityana and other students launched SASO in … BCM leaders such as Strini Moodley ,…
BiographySelbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi
… became part of the vibrant black political and cultural life of the city, befriending artists and political …
BiographyYusuf Joe Jacobs
… intensified pressure from the ‘Special Branch’, making life difficult for him and his families. Jacobs was served …
BiographyGraeme Williams
… Exchange. The Inner City: Exploring isolation through life in Johannesburg. Auckland Park [Johannesburg]: Purple …
BiographyJane Gool
… In 1993 she was elected President of the UMSA. In her life time Jane Gool-Tabata became renowned as an unrelenting …
BiographyIndres Naidoo
… and on the assurance that there was to be no damage to life. The only person who could have tipped off the police, …
BiographyMildred Lesiea
… in the unions. Despite having lived in Cape Town all her life, in 1966 Lesiea was accused of not registering in time …