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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… the ANC, PAC and other parties were unbanned, hundreds of political activists serving prison sentences were released … a transition to democratic rule…
EventOlive Shisana is born
Prominent South African academic, Dr Olive Shisana was born in the town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
… INTRODUCTION: 1. The year 1950 was a turning point in the political history of the African people in this country. It … the beginning of the year. These…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… and technicalities of transition and a changeover of political leadership were clarified. At the end of the … [iii] According to Jeffery (2009), the first…
PlaceSarah Baartman Centre for Women and Children, Manenberg
… for Women and Children (SBCWC) was opened in 1999 in response to the high rates of violence against women and … advice The Residential Program provides a…
BiographyAdam Small
… theme found throughout his works is the focus on the political, social and economic effects of apartheid, …
Establishment of the Food Committee
… the provision of basic needs. On 11 August 1943, in response to increasing food prices and unequal food …
Establishment of Food Committee
… the provision of basic needs. On 11 August 1943, in response to increasing food prices and unequal food …
Establishment of the Food Committee
… the provision of basic needs. On 11 August 1943, in response to increasing food prices and unequal food …
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… 1909. It was a seminal event in the history of African political activity in South Africa, for it was the first occasion on which African political leaders…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… executive a mandate to launch an anti-pass campaign. The response as PAC leaders had anticipated, was unanimously … on the following day the Sunday Times…
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… Town where she is coproducing life histories of unfolding political struggles of collective resistance against … at particular moments, who is engaged in…
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
… fail. This is a video of that time and was Tony Bensusan's response as a media activist It was initially made without …
EventNUSAS President Ian Robertson is banned
… illustrating student problems and the Government`s response [Online], available at: anc.org.za/ [Accessed 07 May …
EventPresidential Job Summit is held
… In response to a call by President Nelson Mandela, …
’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
… condition that he 'unconditionally rejected violence as a political weapon'. This was the sixth offer of release … in their establishment and maintenance…
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
… mid 1980s, Vukuzakhe had its own share in the struggle for political liberation. As the youths from the urban areas were … coming from places like Soweto and…
Address by President, Nelson R. Mandela, at the funeral of Martin Chris Hani FNB Stadium, Soweto, 19 April 1993
… have deliberately created this climate that legitimates political assassinations are as much responsible for the … that a murder can be committed and the…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… all talks unless and until the government addressed the political violence. To emphasise the ultimatum, mass protest … on busses and taxis (another 119…
EventKaunda calls for Thatcher's exclusion from talks on South African sanctions
In protest of the system of apartheid, economic sanctions against South Africa had been advocated from the 1960s onwards. However, it was only in the 1980s…
EventLiberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe publically offers to resign
… Liberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe offered to resign in response to rebel incursions in his country. Doe was …
EventNP demands apology from TRC
… applying for amnesty. A deadline of 4 June was set for his response. The date was later extended to 20 June 1997. NP's …
EventThe Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports on rape in Khayelitsha
… to three a day. The Simelela Rape Survivors Centre was a response to the high degree of sexual violence against women …
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
… We need a complete overhaul of the entire economic and political system'.' The Azanian People's Organization (AZAPO) … this period were most crucial. Were it…
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… and conjuncture of the period from the crushing of mass political dissent in the early 1960s to the re-emergence of … apartheid state during the late 1950s…
ArchiveWinnie Madikizela-Mandela: Revolutionary who kept the Spirit of Resistance alive by Shireen Hassim (The Conversation), 3 April 2018
… at times outside, the party. Her iconic status transcends political parties and geographical boundaries, generations … and apartheid, the profound…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… 1910. However, black people were excluded from meaningful political participation in its formation and future. The … with any land amongst other…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… allowed to talk to the other prisoners. Another reason the political prisoners felt so isolated was because Barberton … a National Day of Protest and…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Introduction by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… a black South African woman who was a trade unionist, political activist and a women's leader both in the Eastern … Thus the majority of South Africans were…
Introduction - My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… a black South African woman who was a trade unionist, political activist and a women's leader both in the Eastern … Thus the majority of South Africans were…