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ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… of Soviet Knowledge of Africa before 1960 In the late 1950s the Soviets, under Nikita Khruschev, began to foster … a Member of Parliament (MP), who visited…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… may have also reflected a calculated strategy. During the 1950s, the ANC downplayed the demand for African majority …
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
On 9 June 1983, three members of the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), were executed at the gallows in Pretoria…
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… them to be undisciplined and weak. In Johannesburg in the 1950s, crime was a day-to-day reality, and Sophiatown was the …
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… as the result of group areas proclamations. [xxx] In the 1950s, after the National Party came into power and …
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… women were engaged in production work in the 1950s, the trade unionists, like the nurses and teachers, …
Pedi
… that a rebellion took place, which was quelled in the 1950s. Later on, families would continue to practice …
ArticleAbstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes Conference
Following is a list of abstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes - Celebrating 50 Years Conference. “White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”:…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… Chapman, M., 1989. Storyteller and Journalist of the 1950s: The Text in Context. In: English in Africa. … in Michael Chapman’s Storyteller and Journalist of…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… Frescura. The Suppression of Communism Act, passed in the 1950s gave the government the power to ban publications that …
ArticleEOAN Group
The EOAN Group was founded by Helen Southern-Holt in 1933. EOAN Group was a social and educational centre and cultural association that offered music…
South African Labour history
There are different ways to tell every story, and the same is true of history. For instance the story of the gold mining industry has often been told as the…
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… The period is marked by the introduction in the early 1950s of a series of landmark pieces of legislation, …
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter by Rebecca Trout
… to the rise of Black Consciousness, particularly in the 1950s, there had been inter-racial cooperation, with blacks … around him, blacks and whites alike,…
ArticleZulu
The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South…
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
Background During the 1930s and 1940s, there were few black workers organisations in Namibia (then known as South West Africa). However, there were a number…
ArticleThe San
… reflected in the rock art of the later Stone Age. In the 1950s, several thousand San people were still hunting large …
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
The emergence of the Black Consciousness movement that swept across the country in the 1970s can best be explained in the context of the events from 1960…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… been an integral part of the Black Sash movement from the 1950s to today, when she continues to promote equality in …
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… 1950- 1970 A mini population boom began in the 1950s and 60s, and the White population increased from 2186 …
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… democratic resistance to the apartheid state in the 1950s. On 6 April 1952 while white South Africans celebrated …
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
Contents 1910-1950 Apartheid ideology and implementation from 1950 Conclusion 1910-1950 By 1950, the population of New Brighton had grown from 3,650 in…
ArticleA Culture of Survival
… that African women did not have to carry passes until the 1950s, and were thus not as easily controlled as African men. …
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… Frescura. The Suppression of Communism Act, passed in the 1950s gave the government the power to ban publications that …
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… had limited participation in political activities of the 1950s. It openly threw its support behind the demonstrations …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… and took part in many of the resistance campaigns of the 1950s. The state, sensing the threat that an organised Black …
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… and it became the biggest Indian political rally since the 1950s. This was followed by mass leafleting, press statements …
‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens by Rachel Fenton
… to the banners of reason and progress (52). From the early 1950s “such a will had become hegemonic at the level of the …
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… an alliance of the anti-apartheid forces of the 1950s composed of the ANC, the SAIC, the South African …
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
The Eastern Cape is regarded by many as the cradle of Black resistance against White oppression. After the defeat of the Xhosa by the British in the frontier…