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BiographyWendy Heather Woods
… people. Biko lived a 30-minute drive away in King William’s Town , Eastern Cape. The Woods, who were impressed by his … children) to spend the day at a…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… Joseph (Sepp) Blatter , president of FIFA , world soccer's governing body, made an historic announcement: South Africa … heroes. Supporters' Clubs formed…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 94th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2006
… democratic revolution; the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Women’s March on Pretoria, which consolidated the role of women as …
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… aim at marriage, warning her that men didn’t like smart women. With her father’s support, however, she managed to get to standard 10—the end … course at…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 104th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… honour and responsibility on every single ANC member’s shoulders to lead this country towards a South Africa that … and a valuable ally to the ANC. Sixty…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… of the party. His recall triggered the resignation of s everal members of the ANC from government and some later … . 19 November Bertha Gxowa , one of the…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… Introduction Since independence, English has been Namibia’s only official language. This was a controversial policy and … News, a “nationalist newspaper,” …
The people armed, 1984-1990
… up a demonstration. Photograph by Shadrack Nkomo © Bailey's African History Archive. Numerous factors characterised the … to agree to a mutual non…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… to set the tone for a new spirit of resistance. African women were quick to follow this lead and in 1943 began to press for the formation of a women's league…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… It is only over the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been … particular issues that South African…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… took place in the ANC in the 1940s: for the first time women were admitted as full members of the ANC in 1943, leading to the establishment of the ANC Women…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… the regulation of conditions of employment. Repealed by s 56 of the Industrial Conciliation Act No 28 of 1956 The Wage Amendment Act of 1930 This is the…
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… to the public across Europe, and by the mid 1800’s they were no longer privately run and governments had sole … billing needs. The typewriter also strongly…
SAHO Timeline and Milestones
… the Archive, will be part of South Africa History Online's film festival programme later this month. The documentary … a post-apartheid society. The film…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… serious of these challenges to the apartheid state, the UK’s perhaps being the most effective of all such organisations … backed the call for a boycott. The…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… of the Great Depression. From its inception, Roosevelt’s New Deal met strong criticism as it was assumed to install … the First World War, as men were sent…
Women’s Food Committees in Cape Town during the 1940s
… The political importance of women’s food committees in Cape Town during the 1940s has been … quite flamboyant. In 1946, for example, Cissie Gool led a march…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… March 26, Over 10 000 people gather at Johannesburg's Market Square to support a call for a general strike. The … of Documents Act of No 67 of 1952 includes…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2015
… in factories, on the farms, in communities and churches, women’s organisations, schools, trade union branches, to prepare a … the massacre of 69 unarmed…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… National Congress in 1912 as well as the organization’s early years. Events include the fight against the 1913 Land Act, the formation of the Bantu Women’s…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… Some of the most important figures were young men and women. Gandhi was only 24 years old when he helped found the … of the prominent leaders of the ANC,…
Now You Have Touched the Women - African Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960 by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… in particular, the extension of reference books to African women. No other campaign was carried out on such a massive … protests or demonstrations. In the…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… Front (NEUF) and APO attempted to work together. The ANC Women’s League was established in 1943, and the ANC Youth League … a similar assurance to the Natal…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), leader of the Natal Women’s Organization (NOW) and former Deputy Minister of Defence … that a second attempt at reaching…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… non-governmental organisations, community groups, women's organisations, faith-based organisations, professional … to prop up communist rule in: East Germany…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… Miriam Makeba was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on 4 March 1932. She was the daughter of a Swazi woman, Zenzi, and … children, including three sisters…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… The Role and Impact of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile and Women in South Africa Politics Abstract Baleka … exile, Mbete joined the African National Congress Women’s…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… activists, was arrested and tried in the Treason Trial of 1956. One of the powerful tools the apartheid government had … months of her detainment and then…
References and links: Learning from Leaders
… National Women's Business Council (see also: Women Owned Business ) Further reading list Books Dalton, … Story of Selfless Love and Legacy ’, (video file…