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ArticleA history of Soweto
The consequence of this promising wealth was that a great number of people left their farms, rural homes and other towns in South Africa to make a quick buck…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a South African political organization, established by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, which encouraged a resurgent Zulu nationalism…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
… to require permits or passes for African women until the 1950s. Although laws requiring such documents were enacted in …
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…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Modern Youth Society, flourishes during in the 1940s and 1950s." 1940 Electoral Laws Amendment Act of 1940 is passed …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… disobedience. This leads to the Defiance Campaign of the 1950s. Dr. A.B Xuma is replaced as President-General of the …
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
Colonial settlement Land wars The 'Frontier Wars' in the Eastern Cape Europeans who came to stay in South Africa first settled in and around Cape Town. As…
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
The involvement of the South African national rugby team, the Springboks, in international rugby is rife with controversy. In the 1960s, as international…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… status to the Union of South Africa in 1910. By the late 1950s, Britain was one of South Africa’s most significant … South Africans fleeing from apartheid in…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… and African achievements too were celebrated. In the 1950s especially under the editorship of Manilal Gandhi, …
Insurrections: The Storming
… resistance providing textured renditions of the 1940s and 1950s compositions. He is a remarkable composer in his own …
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… resistance providing textured renditions of the 1940s and 1950s compositions. He is a remarkable composer in his own …
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
1928 Fatima Meer was born in Durban, daughter of Moosa and Amina Meer. 1940s Established literacy classes for adults in her father's garage She spent…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… action against sport relations started in the mid-1950s and began to have real effect in the 1960s. The …
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…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… In 1943 the ANC Youth League was established. In the 1950s alliances were formed with other antiapartheid … Africa which was derived from the Freedom Charter…
Zulu Community
Late nineteenth century postcard of Zulu Warriors. Note the Europeans in the background. Source: Frescura Collection The pre-1994 apartheid system of…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
In the late 1970s four young men publicly refused to obey their army call-ups by the South African Defence Force (SADF) and were sentenced to up to 18 months…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… 11) “Bantu Education or the Street” The first half of the 1950s was the formative period of apartheid and the … to the new system. This last, in the legal…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
In 1975, Peter Johnson, joined the ranks of the uMkhonto we Sizwe and disappeared into exile. Nearly a decade later, on the 26 October 1984, Johnson, now known…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… is torpedoed by the Germans off the Tunisian coast. 1950s Emergence of political parties, who demand …
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… Lebowa, which had also shown political awareness in the 1950s and 1960s.The UDF was trying to move into more rural …
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… to fighting for Civil Rights in America. During the late 1950s and 1960s Black pop culture and arts exploded in the …
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
1919 Peter Abrahams is born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg in March 1919 to an Ethiopian father and a Coloured mother. His father passed away when he was young…
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
The landscape of Black political activity in the 1960s was different that of the previous decade. The apartheid government had banished the Black resistance…
ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
Art in the state of siegeThe Sharpeville Massacre was one of the most important turning points in the history of South Africa. It triggered a chain of events,…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
Often referred to as "the trial that changed South Africa,” in October 1963, ten leading opponents of apartheid went on trial for their lives on charges of…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
Introduction During the late 1970s and early 1980s the issue of drawing up a Workers’ Charter became a leading item on the agenda of the South African labour…