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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…
Apartheid power in crisis
… We then examine the defiance campaign and the repressive response of the state. In the second part we extract a … 2. Background There are 2 new factors on…
Chapter 1: The 1971 Art South Africa Today Exhibition: Towards a Language of protest art
… Overt socio-political protest in South African art, as I have suggested, … in South Africa) referred unambiguously to the socio-political circumstances…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… 20 November, The NRC meets to hear the government’s response on the adjournment decision. The caucus decides to … African unions are not allowed to affiliate…
EventThe Soweto Uprising leaves 174 blacks and two whites dead following 10 days of rioting
… schools and spread across the country. The unrest was a response to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of …
EventPretoria disputes compensation for Gaborone raid
… " Apartheid and Southern Africa: The West European response", member states of the Southern African Development …
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… for Drug-Free Sport for the banned drug Zeranol. In public response to these results, he maintains that he did not take …
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… January 1952 (pdf) Letter from SW Motseta to Moroka (pdf) Response letter from the Prime Minister's Office to Dr James …
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… or killed by the heavily policed state, where all political activity was banned. Life under apartheid was harsh … especially because they had even less of a…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… were involved in the events at Marikana, and absolved key political figures involved in the event, including Nathi … the ‘Women of Marikana’. The…
PlaceClaremont Main Road Mosque
… public for centuries, but have had a significance in the political shaping of South Africa, particularly the Cape … and prayer, but also served to grow the…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… of living in a council house. But their father valued political discussions, and the children were encouraged to … opinions in small groups. She credits her…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1953
… time, Indians joined hands with Africans in a national political movement. Part two of the S.A.I.C. secretarial … fight against the unjust laws, which…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
… time, Indians joined hands with Africans in a national political movement. Part two of the S.A.I.C. secretarial … fight against the unjust laws, which…
PlaceJubilee Art Centre
… in Johannesburg. Have emerged in most major cities in response to demand by students who wanted an art education. …
Address at the AGM of the SADC Electoral Commissions Forum Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 27 September, 1999
… Throughout the post-colonial period, the so-called political class and the intelligentsia of our Continent have … between the rules and the ruled. In many…
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…
EventVuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist is hanged
… to turn him against his colleagues in the struggle. His response was: "They asked me if I was prepared to give …
Maqubela and Dyandyi are sentenced for necklacing
… 1985. Hence they were accused of the murder of Magala. In response the Truth and Reconciliation Commission conducted …
EventPW Botha gives the “Rubicon” Speech in Durban
… against South Africa followed. Click here for ANC's response to PW Botha's Rubicon Speech …
EventKenya is granted independence
… 1947 and birth of the Mau Mau rebel movement. In 1952 in response to the Mau Mau rebellion, the government declared a …
EventPolice increase their presence in Soweto
… government was faced with a looming crisis. The government response was to rushed in a large force of policemen into …
10 YEARS PROJECT
… a working group to make recommendations on a definition of political offences in the South African situation; to … on norms and mechanisms for dealing with…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Investment Against Crime Seminar 19 August 1998
… to defiance;and to opposing group areas and segregated political structures. It is a community which, in its very … into the country over the past four years…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TO THE RALLY AT KWA - MTHETHWA KwaMbonambi, 21 May 1995
… which initiate their own projects will receive a positive response from government. The RDP section of my office will … and to protect the institution from…
Desmond Tutu interviewed by John Carlin
… The debate as to whether ethnicity is pre-political or implicitly political can go on forever, without necessarily finding … Non-racialism...is merely a…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… a seamstress. Her aunt, Bertha Mkhize, encouraged her political involvement and inspired her early activism. [2] … were turned away from other schools due to…
ArticleAfrikaner Jewry in South Africa
… [v] . One can only speculate that the immigrants acted in response to proclamations made by fellow countrymen, having …
Safety and security issues
… victims of assault and rape. POWA was established in response to the high levels of violence against women …
PlaceTrafalgar High School
… famous portals. “The school also nurtured a long line of political and trade union activists such as Cissy Gool and …