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ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
… activities. They also persisted in calling for direct action until Max Gordon, the most outstanding organiser in … of the black trade unions with minimum…
EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
… of the United Nations (UN) peace plan for Namibia unless action was taken against the South West African People's …
Inqaba ya basebenzi
… minimum wage and exploitation of workers. Trade union action in the struggle for power by united workers is …
EventMK soldiers threaten armed struggle
… responded with a strongly worded statement promising firm action against anyone who would become involved in such a …
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… white settlers demanded that the colonial government take action to deal with it. In February martial law was …
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… attacks Cuando-Cubango and the MPLA threatens military action. 7 June 1980 SADF launches an invasion …
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… Students Representative Council (SSRC) Soweto Teachers Action Committee (STAC) Transvaal Youth Organisation (TRAYO) …
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… in 1932. Roosevelt was a bold experimenter and a man of action. Early on in his administration he assembled the best …
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… Movement's emphasis on self-reliance and practical action. The organisation runs skills training programmes in …
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… and became familiar to this new generation of women, the appeal and relevance of the ideas of their mothers became … organisation whose name echoed after any…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… Nations Special Committee on Apartheid and implored, “I appeal to the UN to use its influence to open the doors of … Miriam Makeba was calling the nations of…
PlacePrimville, Soweto- Johannesburg
In 1904, after the outbreak of Bubonic Plague, near present day Newtown, the African population in the Area was moved to the Farm; 'Klipspruit', twelve Miles…
PlacePofadder, Northern Cape
Pofadder is a small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. While pofadder means: 'Puff Adder'-(a type of snake). This town was named not for a…
Op-Ed: The Zuma rape trial and its bearing on the post-Zuma era by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick) ,17 August 2016
… “not guilty” in his rape trial. The complainant could not appeal. That was the prerogative of the state, which did not … “not guilty” in his rape trial. The…
ArchiveArt Fair forced to reinstate Mabulu painting after Goldblatt threat by Matthew Krouse (Mail & Gurdian), 28 September 2013
… who claimed that he had done so on his own initiative. The action was apparently taken in order to avoid offending the … veteran photographer David Goldblatt…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Bibliography
… Johannesburg, Maskew Miller Longman, 1998. Bundy, Colin. “Action, comrades, action!” The Politics of Youth-Student Resistance in the …
EventAfrica Women's Peace Train leaves Kampala for Johannesburg
… They therefore called upon world leaders to take action against perpetrators of these horrendous deeds and to …
EventDefiance campaign leadership meets with SAIC
… with a commitment to militant African nationalism and mass action and to tactics of boycotts, strikes and civil …
EventThe SACBC urges that lawful means be used to resist Apartheid
… police. At the end of the conference, a twenty-one point action programme was issued for directions to be taken in the …
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
… December 1952 it was decided, "to embark on mass national action, based on non-cooperation, against certain specified …
EventUDF organises boycott of Coloured and Indian parliamentry elections
… and 3 million individuals and in that years mass action had rendered SA ungovernable. This led to a state of …
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
… process" and announced that 1991 would be a "year of mass action". It rejected a call to relax international sanctions …
EventSudanese-born basketball player and political activist, Manute Bol is born
… sport for basketball. An American coach spotted Bol in action and convinced him to move to the United States. In …
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… Jefferson Lengane Paul Langa Hector Pieterson (killed in action) …
EventA two-day All-in African Conference starts in Pietermaritzburg, Natal
… Mr. Nelson Mandela was appointed secretary of the National Action Council. The conference was held four days after the …
David Goldblatt - 'Mostly Unseen' at the Goodman Gallery by Sean O'Toole
… Possibly it is their archival value that defines their appeal, but judged against work he was shooting a mere six …
PlaceStutterheim, Amatola- Eastern Cape
… forests and it is easy to see why Stutterheim would appeal to hikers, bikers, birders and campers for whom …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Glossary
… willingness to please others populist - seeking to appeal to the interests of ordinary people pseudoscience - a …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 76th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1988
… death and unimaginable suffering in our millions and in action declared that all these pale into insignificance in … strike and those of the railway and…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… become wary of joining the ANC. This followed Mashinini’s appeal to students inside the country who were planning to … were active members of the SSRC and…