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The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the Sharpeville Massacre and its … consider whether to abandon…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… did not begin with the passing of the Native Land Act in 1913, it spans back to the expansion of Dutch colonial settlements in the Cape . Land and livestock…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… In January 1986, the UDF met the African National Congress (ANC) for talks in Stockholm. It was at these talks that the position and … and made decisions…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… © Museum Africa. The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre , in 1960,…
ArticleThe missionaries
… Missionaries arrived in Pondoland in 1830 when Faku , the ruler of the Mpondo Kingdom from … within his kingdom. The missionaries were first given land in…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… of colonial rule, South African youth had participated in various forms against the racist character of colonialism, … and not connected to other school…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… of the struggle against racial oppression and exclusion in South Africa is inextricably intertwined with the struggle … exploitation. The emergence of trade…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… and Elizabeth Xuma, an aristocratic Xhosa family living in Manzana Village in the Engcobo district of the Transkei. 1900 Xuma attends the Wesleyan Mission…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre , in 1960, signalled the…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… African Student Movement, and was enlarged and renamed, in 1972, as SASM. It came to national prominence when its … of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction,…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… structures governing hundreds of thousands of subjects. In other areas, political systems were smaller and weaker, … relying on agreements between people at…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… many anti-apartheid organisations. It was launched in 1983, in Mitchells Plain. Steps towards forming the UDF began in the late 1970s, and moved forward when…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… With special reference to the campaigns in Britain by the Anti-Apartheid Movement Paper prepared for the United Nations Unit on Apartheid in 1971 1 The…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… account of standard or habits of life. The Act, as amended in 1913 and 1937, prohibits all immigration of Asians to … of wives and minor children of those…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… make recommendations on a definition of political offences in the South African situation; to discuss, in this regard, time scales; and to advise on norms…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… periods of time, working under contract on the mines. In both town and rural areas the traditional pattern of the African family was destroyed, and this, in…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… The 1980s witnessed an increase in attacks launched by the ANC through its armed MK inside … targeting mainly ANC safe houses, activists and camps. In…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… at between 300,000 and as many as 1 million. They lived in small communities with social and religious customs in common. Like all other societies, their…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… Mandla Langa was born in apartheid South Africa in 1950. His family, friends, and his own life were made in and developed by this program that killed,…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… The date, December 16, holds a special significance in South African history. On this day in 1838, the Voortrekkers fought a battle for survival … was a…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… the apartheid era. He played for almost his entire career in exile before passing away in West Berlin, Germany at the age of 39. Dyani actively … African…
'The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists' Statement issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C., April 6, 1963
… by our historic National Conference held at Lobatsi in November last year. The Conference was not significant … first national conference since the banning…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2016 submissions
… Aisha Ahmed Aisha Ahmed was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Currently a freshman at Southern Methodist University, She is majoring in history and biology…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… revolutionary upheaval and a worldwide influenza pandemic. In July 1918, when Mandela was born, the First World War was still raging with no end in sight. In…
ArticleSecond Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902
… the most terrible and destructive modern armed conflict in South Africa’s history. It was an event that in many ways shaped the history of 20th Century South…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… changed its name to the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923 - did not accomplish much to improve the lives of … Industrial and Commercial Workers Union …
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… Awards In 1960, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee made history by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Albert Luthuli in recognition of his outstanding…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… and the Britons half heartedly shook hands both joined in declaring a political war on the black people by blocking … , appointed the South African Native…
Straight Talk - Emilia Potenza
… " We are in danger of losing our history" A recent report on history and archaeology in schools offers compelling reasons for the teaching of … a quality we…
Formation and launch of the UDF
… UDF launch at Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. Source: http://www.nelsonmandela.org In the late 1970s moves to form united front against apartheid were set in…