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Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… photography we must consider the historical moment in which resistance photography in South Africa came into … of publications that assembled and edited…
EventMalebane-Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
… Mangope was held hostage for at least fifteen hours in Kemonosi Stadium. Metsing issued an instruction not to … S.A. State President P.W. Botha and the S.A…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… National Congress (ANC) sends a delegation to the UK in response to the implementation of new land laws in the Orange Free State, which had stripped black…
EventThe first museum is opened in Soweto, and is named after Hector Pieterson, one of the first casualties of the 16 June 1976 Soweto uprising.
… The Hector Pieterson Museum, the first museum in Soweto, was opened on 16 June 2002. The Museum is situated on Kumalo Street in Orlando West, and is named…
Beyers Naudé: former General-Secretary of the South African Council of Churches and before that Director of the Christian Institute interview with Rupert Taylor, 4 February 2000, Northcliff, Johannesburg
… to non-violence, and so it looks at - particularly in the 1980s - organizations like Idasa, the End Conscription … Taylor: Yeah. Do you think he had a kind…
ArchiveCHAPTER 3 - Unprepared by Howard Barrell
… techniques. - Joe Slovo 1 Introduction The uprisings in Soweto and elsewhere in June 1976 created the opportunity … its potential constituency, particularly…
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
… SASO's initiatives around publishing which I deal with in the first section can be considered to be equally a form … political initiatives related to the…
Call for Papers ‘Rethinking “Apartheid’s Golden Age”: South Africa, c1966-1979’, Colloquium to be held at the University of Pretoria, 20 June 2016
… reconsider the period, which is often interpreted as one in which the strength of the apartheid regime was at its … The oil boycott. The revival of the…
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… Louis Bosman Raymond was born in Pretoria on 1 January 1895.[i] Raymond won a gold medal in the men’s singles at the Olympic Games in 1920, hosted in … (11…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Bibliography
… William and Saul Dubow (eds.). Segregation and Apartheid in Twentieth Century South Africa . London, Routledge, 1995. … Tom and William Nasson (eds.). 1992…
PlaceSouth African Naval Museum, formerly the Navy Mast House and Dutch Store House
… was displayed at the Castle Military and Maritime Museum in Cape Town. In the mid 1970’s a part the naval collection was transferred … Tower was transferred…
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
… Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was born in Durban , KwaZulu-Natal on 9 October 1940. She attended … Inanda Seminary Secondary School, a boarding school for black…
PlaceSlave Lodge, Cape Colony
… Cape with a cargo of 174 Slaves. The Amersfoort's arrival in Table Bay, with Slaves in its hold, firmly brought the Cape Colony into the fold, of … Lodge,…
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
… mixed-race mother, his housemaid, Amelia Williams, in Mozambique on 14 January 1918. Early life Aged three, Tsafendas was sent to live in Egypt with his…
ArchiveVerdict Brought by Dr Wendy Orr and 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National Conference 1986
… 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National … of prisoners, legal rights of prisoners,…
EventLlewellyn Herbert was born on this day
… Llewellyn George Herbert was born on 21 July 1977 in Bethal, Mpumalanga.[i] Herbert was the South African 400 … He earned a silver medal at the world…
EventThe Bondelswarts surrender to the German forces
… through military conquest of the numerous groups in the region, with the Khoikhoi being among the last to be subdued. In some cases Germany is reputed to…
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… Travis Logie was born in Durban on 11 May 1979.[i] Logie was crowned the … International Surfing Association’s Open World champion in 2002, at the World…
The Politics of non-Collaboration: The Campaign to Boycott the Tricameral Elections
… campaigns waged by South Africa’s liberation movements in the 1980s. For Indian and “Coloured” people, the low … of organisational developments and the…
Colonial history of Polokwane
… When the Voortrekkers arrived in the region, they set up settlements in various locations. … part of the ZAR. The constitution of the Republic excluded Black…
EventThe Berlin Airlift, which delivered food and fuel to West Berliners during a Soviet blockade, and in which the SAA took part, comes to an end
… and fuel to West Berliners during a Soviet blockade, and in which the SAA took part, comes to an end The Berlin … days of the airlift. Some 441 American…
Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
… country during the apartheid era through her involvement in the ANC. She continued to serve South Africa during the … in protests and strikes. (O’Malley 2003…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… The exploitation of workers was a feature of life in South Africa for decades. Apartheid thrived on cheap … or profession freely). Key Constitutional…
Statement by Denis Goldberg, ANC at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners
… for the work it has done to make known the situation in South Africa and in southern Africa and to mobilize opinion against the … goal, the right to self…
ArchiveReport on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary of a Series of Articles Prepared for the Pretoria News by Neil Jacobsohn Presented at National Conference 1976
… Report on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary of a Series of Articles Prepared … Report on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary…
The Pioneers
… The artworks presented in this section of the exhibition had their historical … and American rag and jazz became the rage for both black and white. (1) These…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… released from prison. 27 townships declared unrest areas in terms of the Public Safety Act No 3 of 1953. Gazankulu: … the conditions under which white state…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… 1914 to achieve political power. Writing about the press in the 20th century, Hachten and Giffard say: ‘The Afrikaner … Pers van Suid Afrika Beperk (OPSA,…
Freedom Charter and the United Nations by E.S. Reddy
… DOCUMENT 37. "Black Power--Students Forced to Leave Meeting." Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969 Four students … at the meeting is a…
EventSouth African President Thabo Mbeki hails Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history by becoming Africa’s first elected woman president in post-war elections
… history by becoming Africa's first elected woman president in post-war elections. Mbeki said Sirleaf's election … history by becoming Africa’s first elected…