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ArticleSocio-economics in Sophiatown
… from an early age that to survive in the city was indeed a struggle, and they were forced to find their own way in the …
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… 'evil communism'. The USSR supported the anti-apartheid struggle. Throughout the Cold War, the United States and the … The new organisation was committed to…
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… and the African National Congress ’ lift on the armed struggle, South Africa finally earned its freedom in 1994, … and the African National Congress ’ lift…
South African and World leaders
… led a small group of people to make a difference. Freedom Struggle leaders The people listed below were not the only … him, Madiba. Mandela was a very…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… as an instrument of solidarity with the liberation struggle. It embraced a network of organisations including … press statement in which he stated his famous…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the … and PAC to re-evaluate their approach to the liberation…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC) office bearers
… As part of the uKhongolose: ANC and South Africa’s Struggle for Freedom feature, SAHO started updating the …
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… between Port Elizabeth and East London). The ensuing struggle was not so much a contest between Black and White races as a struggle for water, grazing and…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… expressing solidarity with the South African revolutionary struggle and support for the African National Congress and … that the events in Soweto closed the…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… the 1980s, women were again at the forefront of the struggle. Prominent female activists like Geraldine … and in the establishment of the rights of women in…
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
… attention to the contribution of Coloured people in the struggle against apartheid, some of whom went into exile and … 1984 Robert McBride and Gordon Webster…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2014 submissions
… Project: Overcoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid Skylar Jayes … and try new food. Project: The ANC Women…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… of South Africa Cape Town) p231 In 1930, after a spirited struggle the vote was extended to White women. And in 1936 … The third held in 1994, represented…
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… for the ANC by linking Cato Manor's problems with the struggle against apartheid and the area becomes a seat of the … Manor is once again a centre of…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… the 'Black Act'. As a prelude to the launching of the struggle, Gandhi makes a new offer. He would accept … avail. He resolves to lead the first passive…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… the workers, it must also participate unreservedly in the struggle to mobilise the people behind their demands as … cooperate with all other organisations…
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… own right - Jemina and Johnny (1966, UK), Nelson Mandela: Struggle is my Life Ngakane has been hailed as a father of …
Bantu Women’s League
… years and was one of the main components of the women's struggle. …
ArticleWestern Cape Civic Association (WCCA)
… as chairman of the WCCA in recognition for his role in struggle and seemingly progressive political views. The WCCA …
ArticleAbout Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Project
… that local community heroes and largely forgotten freedom struggle activists stories are acknowledged and recorded. …
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… him did not get better in his lifetime, though. As the struggle between Blacks and Whites continued, Themba and many … particularly, has been the embodiment…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
… survival strategies. Regrettably, this history of struggle, resistance and resilience of indentured labourers … is crucial in understanding modern notions of…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… attitudes towards defying the government. However, the struggle for gender equality took a back seat to the struggle against the apartheid system. ● Black…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… wing of the ANC, but it did not associate with the armed struggle. The UDF character however changed in the mid-1980s … Chikane spoke of the day as being a…
ArticleCulture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982
… The theme for the exhibition was a reflection on the struggle that cultural workers faced in finding a space in … to accept responsibility and to get…
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the … and PAC to re-evaluate their approach to the liberation…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… or Trek Boers in the region of the Fish River. The ensuing struggle was not so much a contest between Black and White races as a struggle for water, grazing…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… the ANC structures so that they, too, could join the struggle against oppression. Black trade unions grew rapidly, … also made clear from its establishment…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… completely hostile towards white participation in the struggle. This was probably due to the spectre of Biko’s … the importance of student movements in the…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… organisations begin to take an active part in the whole struggle. The Party's demand of the Government is that unless … leads a group of radicals who…