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ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… increasingly turned to the mines for work. By the early 1990s, an estimated 100,000 Basuto worked in South Africa's …
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
Early History Few Southern African indigenous groups have so captured the interest of the world as have the South amaNdebele of the central highveld, an area…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… allow the government more control over them. [xxxi] By the 1990s, a very small number of Black people remained in areas …
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
AbstractThis article traces the major segregation laws in South Africa that acted as precedent for the 1954 Native Resettlement Act. This apartheid law…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… the outbreak of popular struggles of the mid 1980s and 1990s that yet again, thousands of students fled to Botswana. …
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…
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…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
Contents Nelspruit the Segregated city Homelands as Labour reserves Kanyamazane Introduction Until the demise of apartheid, Nelspruit remained a small…
South African and World leaders
… Coetzee (2003). Actors have also done their part. In the 1990s South Africa's own Oscar winning Hollywood actress, …
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… of Bishop Kevin Dowling In the late 1980s and early 1990s, organisations opposed to apartheid mushroomed in the …
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… may turn out to be the most important exhibition of the 1990s”, the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale , which opened on 10 …
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
In aftermath of the June 16 Uprising, the government cracked down on student activists and organisations alike. On 19 October 1977 the Black Consciousness…
ArticleNdebele
… through the 1980s. During the 1980s and the early 1990s, many Ndebele recognized a royal family, the Mahlangu …
Gallery
This extensive history through pictures gallery documents the role that women have played in the liberation and democratisation of our country from 1900…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
Introduction In 1948 the National government was voted into power and instituted apartheid. This lead to an increase in the number of people being…
Liberation organisations
UDF The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a non-racial alliance of about 400 national, regional and local organisations. It was launched in Cape Town in 1983,…
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
The Black People’s Convention (BPC) was an umbrella organisation of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). BCM had its origins in university campuses, mainly…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… The main street in Rustenburg was named after her in the 1990s. Initially, the Indians lived in the centre of the …
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”:…
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…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
IntroductionNovember 1977, Dr Mamphele Ramphele stands over Steve Biko's open casket in his home before the funeral, attended by 20,000 mourners at King…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… role during the transitional years of the early 1990s. As a consequence, the democratic transformation from a … In conclusion, the democratic transformation…
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…
ArticleGhallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
… Popular Culture The video film boom of the 1980s and 1990s had a major impact on popular culture in Ghana. For …
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… the past state regimes rather than assuming that the early 1990s represent the end of the era of armed struggle. The … of resistance in Mpumalanga province…
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…
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… indictments and trials that occurred from the 1940s to the 1990s, history was being made and re-made; drama and farce … to have a major trial each decade…
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
For more than 95% of the last 100 000 years, most people all over the world followed a hunting and gathering way of life. Until recently, people living by…