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ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… Chief Luthuli unequivocally rejects the Government's homelands policy . October, Chief Luthuli is elected rector …
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… 1993 and when it became a signatory to the United Nations (UN) and Organisation of African Unity Conventions on Refugees …
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… free South Africa’s unrightfully jailed leaders (Makeba, UN Speech). Upon hearing this the South Africa government … is Gone’, Mama Africa, 1983 |Makeba, M.,…
Chapter 10 - A framework for negotiating the final constitution
… 1989 Namibia's Constituent Assembly had formally adopted UN resolution 435, which incorporated a set of constitutional … from the commission were received in…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… light of her enormous sacrifices to the cause, the ANC’s response was muted at best – this, despite the fact that …
Worker Culture: It’s Emergence, Gains and the Implications of Decline by Frank Meintjies
… who were engaged in using cultural work as part of their response to the apartheid system. There was extensive … oppression and the demand for national…
EventMahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first Black Springboks captain
… for Drug-Free Sport for the banned drug Zeranol. In public response to these results, he maintains that he did not take …
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… and injustices in British-controlled Kenya. The response of the colonial administration was a fierce … – predominantly the Maasai, the Kikuyu and the Kamba…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… Bantustan designated to their respective ethnic group. In response to increasing internal pressure the apartheid regime … every right to represent their…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… prisoner (Coetzee, 1997, p. 6), places the novel in direct response to historical events such as the lies from police … structure of the text is promising in…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… prisoner (Coetzee, 1997, p. 6), places the novel in direct response to historical events such as the lies from police … structure of the text is promising in…
“Caught in the toils of our own selfishness”: Paton’s exploration of causes of, and responses to, societal failings in Cry, The Beloved Country by Eleanor Evans
… through an exploration of exploitative development. In response to the new discovery of gold in the Orange Free … to theft (Paton 45) can therefore be…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… banned the PAC and other political organisations. In response, the task force took on military outlook after a … increasing threat of Poqo the state…
PlaceEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
… Another drought struck in 2002 and the United Nations (UN) distributed food assistance. The drought continued …
Museums, Heritage & Meaning Making Conference
Iziko Museums of South Africa is proud to host this landmark conference from 21–24 October 2025 at the Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town — marking 200…
EventIFP proposes a truce with ANC
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) proposed a truce with the African National Congress (ANC) as an effort to distil violent clashes between members of the two…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… School in Johannesburg emerged in most major cities in response to demand by students who wanted an art education. …
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
… a feeling among many in the art community that an artistic response to social issues was overdue. The 1971 exhibition …
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… African Association and pledges ANC support for a united response to the government’s new legislation. During his …
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… a South African Native Convention to formulate an African response to the draft Act, Abdurahman encouraged all APO …
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… (now Gauteng Province), the heartland of industry, the response was massive. Rallies were held in all the major …
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… As the port developed the need for labour increased. In response to the colonists’ growing demand for labour, the VOC …
“What I Owe To Mahatma Gandhi”: An Article, September 16, 1948
… that began half a century ago. Yet when the call came, the response in me was instantaneous. It was the voice of Mahatma … kindness, decided to see us. He…
The strangulation of activity
… 1979 33 organisations were banned in the Transkei again in response to criticism of Transkei independence. Among these … regulations. AZACCO had been formed…
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
… the show is largely framed around the white liberal response to the epoch it documents. Certainly one is left …
1983, Volume 7 Dawn pages 4 and 5 Article: The great illusion
… the African National Congress The November referendumis a response to a state of crisis. Its results prove that the …
PlaceJunction Avenue Theatre
… by the 1976 Soweto uprising , the play was created as a response to the prevailing political tensions, whilst at the …
ArchiveEstablishing the Constitutional Assembly
After South Africa’s first democratic elections, the newly elected parliament would double as a Constitutional Assembly and would be responsible for writing…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… homeland parties or military councils representing all the homelands except KwaZulu were included. KwaZulu was … body, the reincorporation of the independent…
ArchiveChapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance
… Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town there was a big response from workers - with coloured workers in the Cape … were organised into trade unions there was a…