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ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… especially after the Rivonia Trial , saw a lull in anti-apartheid politics that only ended with the emergence of the … State wary of the new organisation’s…
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… in the 1980s, and the inheritance of that militarised apartheid state by the ANC as well as the demobilisation of … continuities between the armed forces of…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… The ascendancy of the apartheid government in 1948 signalled a descent into … to discuss a response to the increasing entrenchment of apartheid by the…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre , in … in the space of a few years. The new…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… born on 4 July 1952, in the fourth year of South Africa’s apartheid state. By this time, policies, such as the Group … Cape Town . After growing up in…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… that it would be resuming arms sales to South Africa’s apartheid government. 1971 Thabo Mbeki is deployed to Lusaka, … to the Chairman of the Special…
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… a ‘part of a whole arsenal of weaponry to be used against apartheid’. [21] This spurred Mabuza and two of her … of gaining economic and political support for…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… The United Democratic Front (UDF) was an anti-apartheid body that incorporated many anti-apartheid organisations. It was launched in 1983, in … documents,…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… of a 30-year ban on the ANC, the PAC and other anti-apartheid organisations, the suspension of the death sentence … up of police officers which was used to…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… of the black population in South Africa during the apartheid regime. By identifying “inarticulacy”, or an … Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) as connected to…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… of the black population in South Africa during the apartheid regime. By identifying “inarticulacy”, or an … Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) as connected to…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… culture. Secondly, the essay will show how the legacy of apartheid has normalised violence and entrenched mistrust of … its citizens but the country has…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… 2935 6067 1939 4000 >3000 >7000 1946 8834 5653 14487 The Apartheid city A history of Pass Laws in South Africa Like all apartheid cities in South Africa,…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… all over the country. And it was the decade in which the apartheid state responded with massive treason trials for … a devastating picture of what it was…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… in South Africa was marked by incredible racial tension as apartheid divided the nation. Caught in the middle of this … opposing forces of White and Black…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… Tutu, world renowned preacher and strident voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African … award recognised his unifying role…
ArticleThe Homelands
… The Bantustans or homelands, established by the Apartheid Government, were areas to which the majority of the … system under the many laws and policies…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre , in … in the space of a few years. The new…
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… government representatives, homeland representatives, anti apartheid movements and white business groupings particularly … and big businessmen, but also…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… ethos, and revolutionary Cuba was an early opponent of apartheid and racial segregation. It is no surprise to read … liberation was of a different sort from…
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt they had been a victim of … to grant amnesty to those charged with…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… the first time the ANC and its military wing, MK attacked apartheid forces and civilian lives in an attempt to inflict … in the heart of urban white South…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… the first time the ANC and its military wing, MK attacked apartheid forces and civilian lives in an attempt to inflict … in the heart of urban white South…
ArticlePassive Resistance in South Africa
… period of the armed struggle. This feature includes anti apartheid mass actions which demonstrates the links and … Passive or non-violent mass action…
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… harbouring strong connections to the most popular anti-apartheid movements of the time. In 1987 to 1989 NACTU held several meetings with the ANC, the PAC…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… recommendations was limited because they did not question apartheid. When Botha came to power he created a … Party opposed the reforms believing they…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… South Africa had already been harshly criticised for its apartheid policies, and this incident fuelled anti-apartheid sentiments as the international…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… Nelson Mandela , Yusuf Dadoo and Walter Sisulu defied apartheid laws in Johannesburg and other major city centres. … sitting on benches marked for whites, or…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… Mandela was viewed as a major thorn in the side of the apartheid government, serving as Secretary General of the … At this time, Mandela was viewed as…
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… the National Party (NP) came into power at the start of Apartheid. [11] This change in legislation was caused by the … J.“The Water Act, No. 54 of 1956 and…