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EventAmina Lawal's sentence upheld
On 19 August 2002, an Islamic high court in the Katsina state of Nigeria, upheld a sentence of death by stoning for Amina Lawal. The 31 year old woman had been…
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… oppressed people begin to organise themselves. This is in defiance of the Dutch East India Company or without their …
PlaceGreater Mapungubwe Heritage Site And Tour.
… This event stems from the Domestic Umbrella Marketing Campaign , which Limpopo Tourism Agency launched in July and … under the "It is here...Celebrate With…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… in Newcastle for his role in the passive resistance campaign, was brought from prison and charged again. Dadoo, …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… a five-day, non-violent, disciplined and sustained protest campaign against pass laws, starting on 21 March. 19 March, Sobukhwe announces that the PAC would…
Message by Oliver Tambo of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 71st anniversary of ANC, 08 January 1983
… the apartheid monster is involved in a deliberate campaign of aggression and destabilisation. During these … certainly all its political parties openly…
PlaceEthiopia
… and the government fought against its own people in a campaign called the; 'red terror'. Thousands of political … time between her studies and involvement in…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… removals, the African National Congress (ANC) mounted a campaign which entailed a public meeting every Sunday at what … on 27 February, people decided to…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 96th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2008
… revolt against `Bantu Authorities`, an act of defiance that served as a precursor to similar uprisings … impositions; the 50th anniversary of Zeerust anti…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… legislation, a series of campaigns including the Defiance Campaign , boycotts, strikes and anti-pass campaigns were …
EventJazz veteran Dorothy Masuka dies
On 23 February 2019, Dorothy Masuka died at her home, surrounded by her children and grandchildren, after suffering from hypertension. Dorothy Masuka was…
EventClements Kadalie dies
… Kadalie's attempts to relaunch his trade unionist campaign nationally during the 1930s and 40s failed, but he …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 76th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1988
… PRETORIA`S INTENSIFIED REIGN OF TERROR This continued campaign of terror has been carried out by the apartheid … ANC and the mass democratic movement through…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… had four children. [4] She was 16 when she joined the Defiance Campaig n , which protested the passing of … the 1970s, Mkhize devoted herself to the…
EventTseko Simon Nkoli dies
… Cathedral led to the birth of the Treatment Action Campaign, which went on to make significant strides in …
Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps and Visit of the President, 19 June 2013
… who will be working to secure victory for the elections campaign in the Siyanda region, this is part of the 30 000 …
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
… broke relations with the racist regime, spearheading the campaign for international action against apartheid and …
EventJuan de Jongh, the South African rugby player is born
… promise in the Vodacom Western Province’s ABSA Currie Cup campaign in 2009, before moving up in the ranks to become the …
EventAnti apartheid activist Dr. Richard Turner is assassinated
… of Turner was therefore part of an orchestrated campaign by the security forces to curb further student …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… was arrested in 1960 for his role in the anti-pass campaign and jailed for two years. After his release …
EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… The scorched earth campaign conducted by Germany against the Herero people in …
EventJoe Slovo dies
… was charged to deliver on one of Mandela's most important campaign promises: to build a million homes in five years. …
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… leader from Bloemfontein, who had been involved in a wages campaign there, in the course of which he had been arrested … in Cape Town decides upon a…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… Bus boycott, invited Mandela to join him to help the campaign against bus price increases. This was Mandela's … of Action, which calls for a militant,…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… most noted oppositions coming from the End Conscription Campaign , where a number of white South African men – who … been compared to the United States of…
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
… ability to prevent unfavorable actions, and if further defiance of these punishments were common, their widespread … about the imprisoned revolutionaries,…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the tenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising, 16 June 1986
… will see a challenge of this state of emergency in massive defiance, with Umkhonto we Sizwe and its units and …
"The Count-Down has Started": Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Soweto Uprising by O. R. Tambo, 16 June 1986
… will see a challenge of this state of emergency in massive defiance, with Umkhonto we Sizwe and its units and …
Baroness Castle of Blackburn opened an exhibition on the history of the Anti-Apartheid Movement at the opening session of the Symposium
… a notice 'Danger Do Not Feed'. And the laughter and the defiance, the glory of it all, the beauty of the atmosphere …
Chapter 8 - ‘Creative Organisers’ rather than ‘Powerful Speakers’: Education as a Site of Struggle
… of collective action. Conversely, the Education Charter campaign that I cover under "mobilisation and collective … The participation of SANSCO in the Anti…