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ArticleObituary: Sheila Weinberg
An unassuming veteran: Sheila Weinberg Obituary by Raymond Suttner in The Mail and Guardian, 19-25 November 2004, p.36 Sheila Weinberg has suddenly died. She…
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…
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter by Rebecca Trout
… Movement rose to prominence in South Africa in the 1970s and forms one of Gordimer’s central focuses in Burger’s … commitment to the liberation movement,…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2014 submissions
… and family. Project: Women’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa Nicole Dellaportas Nicole Dellaportas is …
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… for universal franchise in a unitary state. By the late 1970s even council members expressed frustration at their …
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… membership to these organisations. By the end of the 1970s, South Africa was largely isolated from participating …
Article50 Facts on Africa
… arrest and imprisonment by the Kenyan government in the 1970s. Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) One of Nigeria’s great …
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
Volkskas was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It was established to harness…
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…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… selective in their acceptance process. In the 1960s and 1970s Inanda Seminary received 1500 applicants, and were only … to renew the visas of the non-South…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
Colonial settlement Land wars The 'Frontier Wars' in the Eastern Cape Europeans who came to stay in South Africa first settled in and around Cape Town. As…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… on the lives of Black South Africans. During the mid 1970s, the government was forced to build multiple massive …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… independent African countries in the 1960s, by the mid-1970s the ANC was on the ascendancy, recognised by various …
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
The emergence of South Africa's democracy in the 1990s The crisis of apartheid in the 1980s Factors contributing to the crisis: * A global economic crisis:…
Gallery
This extensive history through pictures gallery documents the role that women have played in the liberation and democratisation of our country from 1900…
ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
Theories and Practice Scientific Racism These ideas about race were pided into two main theories, scientific racism and social Darwinism. Scientific…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… friendship was also mentioned in Head’s letters in the 1970s, showing their closeness and long lasting friendship. …
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… agencies to infiltrate anti-apartheid organisations in the 1970s. Williamson joined NUSAS and became a super-efficient … pamphlets. When the Hepples retired…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… the forefront of resistance politics in Cape Town in the 1970s and ’80s. [190] Ashley Kriel Image source The next … movements, protests, theatre and hip-hop…
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
The involvement of the South African national rugby team, the Springboks, in international rugby is rife with controversy. In the 1960s, as international…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… - farming tobacco and maize amongst other crops. In the 1970s, platinum mining was introduced and it rapidly grew to …
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
When Black workers in Durban embarked on a wave of strikes in January 1973, the government and employers were shocked, and they responded mainly by giving in…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
Pass laws in South Africa were met with fierce resistance during the 20th century. But earlier forms of passes, had in fact been used in various instances…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… Constructive Engagement vs Disinvestment In the early 1970s, proponents of a less radical approach to dismantling … a more radical policy towards South…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… Combatant and other publications ran more regularly in the 1970s (figure 2). These were propaganda publications. They … an Oshiwambo-language newsletter…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
This article was written by Nicole Dellaportas and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Women’s Role in the…
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… South Africa: Migrant Labour and the Recruitments, 1890s-1970s. Available: A brief History of Black Labour control in South Africa: Migrant Labour and…
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… chapters to The Breakthrough: Human Rights in the 1970s, eds. Samuel Moyn and Jan Eckel, and Comrades of Color: … the criminalization of black organizations…
A growing urban African population
As Johannesburg expanded, so did its need for African labour. After the First World War, a large number of factories were being established and were growing in…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… was also erected in the township. Political Mobilisation: 1970s-1980s The built environment was at the root of … were removed and all houses were demolished…