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ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
… [6] Tomaselli, Keyan G. "Arts, apartheid struggles, and cultural movements." Safundi 20, no. …
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… a very different one from that of the previous decade. The apartheid government had shattered the Black resistance … by the state, fled into exile. A barrage…
EventFirst Fietas Festival to celebrate the legacy of the community
… community that was destroyed by the Group Areas Act of apartheid between 1956 and 1977. Before then the first removals of people from Fietas under racial…
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
… of votes to white women as a political tool. By passing legislation to give the vote to white women in 1930 he …
Statement by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in Addis Ababa, 11 July 1973
… Prisoners of apartheid July 11, 1973, marked the passage of ten years … to other restrictions for having opposed the policy of apartheid". Despite numerous…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… urging maximum co-operation and unity in opposing apartheid legislation. October, The executive of the Transvaal Metal … federations in creating a united…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… First: An Ally of the Struggle Throughout the history of apartheid, freedom fighters were subjects of legal repression by the apartheid government who would…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… by The Department of Education The transition from apartheid to democracy, from White minority rule to … causes, meaning and consequences of the transition…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the official opening of the Bram Fischer library at the legal resources centre Johannesburg, 27 September 1996
… and was itself a part of the resistance to a keystone of apartheid. A major part of its work was representing victims of apartheid's vicious and brutal…
Work In Progress
… scene. In September 1977 popular political resistance to apartheid seemed to be waning, although the impetus that 16 … were kept ignorant because of…
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… were taken to make sure of the verdict, including special legislation being passed by parliament for the trial. The legislation allowed for a Special Court…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… Act of 1913 is passed. The Act is yet another piece of legislation that enrages Makgatho, and he later condemns its … Labour Party form PACT government …
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… amongst Coloureds, promoting education, opposing "class legislation" (i.e. discriminatory colour legislation) and defending the social, political and…
Address to the Swedish Parliament Stockholm, 13 March 1990
… the parties to which you belong, represent the common anti-apartheid and democratic positions of the overwhelming … is between us common cause that we have…
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…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… the ANC and PAC issued statements encouraging victims of apartheid to render the country ungovernable. From September … at the University of the…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… intensified through the implementation of the policy of 'apartheid' or separate development. Resistance to the pass … the struggle of Black people against…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… (1936-1956), the National Party came to power in 1948, and apartheid legislation began to be introduced. When Motlolegi XII died … state, and was granted …
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… alliance of the two congresses, confronting the apartheid regime which had come to power in 1948 and had … a crucial role in promoting multi-racial…
ArticleCustomary Marriages in South Africa: Understanding The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998
… following sections outline the evolution of customary law legislation in South Africa, and presents a critique of the … (1988) Before the new 1996…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
… From the time of his escape in 1963 until 1968 the apartheid state denied Mosie’s wife, Zubeida, and their …
Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
… United Nations. We recall the pain caused by the legion of apartheid legislation that stripped away the dignity of millions of … far enough away enough from…
Remarks by the President of the African National Congress Comrade JG Zuma to Worker`s Day Durban, 1 May 2015
… the right to strike. The ANC government has also enacted legislation to further protect and advance worker rights … necessary skills. Most importantly, the…
PlaceSouth End Museum, Port Elizabeth
… resulted from Forced Removals, the Group Areas Act and Apartheid legislation that oppressed so many people for so long. Local Museum devoted to the History &…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… and his companions are imprisoned for their opposition to legislation that prevents Indians from entering the … Indian boys to study. In terms of Transvaal…
PlaceWindermere
… land which they called home. Policies instituted by the apartheid government, such as the Coloured Labour Preference … in Windermere at between 700 and 900…
Pedi
… Migrant labour was also a prominent feature of life under apartheid, as population increases in homelands or reserves, … their land or are preparing to do so…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… administrator Alfred Milner followed by the discriminatory legislation enacted by the Union of South Africa engendered … outset, the White Union government…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal Washington, 23 September 1998
… with and lent their support to the struggle to end apartheid, including critically through action by this … who responded to the call to join the world-wide…