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BiographyDenis Mayer
… in the USSR, and this, together with his efforts to assist black workers at his work place with personal and legal …
BiographyStanley Huette Uys
… involving Verwoerd over the removal of the few remaining Black people from the common voters' roll. Uys and his …
BiographyKgosi Abram Ramotshere Moiloa
… Education Act and the suggested removal of the Hurutshe “black spots.”’ Considered a "thorn in the flesh” of the …
BiographyEli Weinberg
… ceremony. He was also instrumental in training a number of Black photographers among them Joe Gqabi . Gqabi was …
Interview with Oliver Tambo to Newsweek, 01 August 1980
… : Yes, because it does not depend on our having to stand face to face with their armoured divisions. One of the … because they find it almost impossible to…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
Moosa “Mosie” Moolla was born in the small, (then) western Transvaal town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a successful import-export…
EPILOGUE
… you raised these so-called fundamental issues. To call for face-to-face talks in such a situation is entirely unacceptable. We …
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
… social, economic, political and institutional rights of Black people. The commemoration of his birth this year (2008) … and several other accolades, and…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… of the trip. No one from the caste had ever crossed the “black waters” and no one could, without compromising their … was faltering and Indian resistance was…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… and affiliated herself to various organisations within the Black Consciousness Movement, founded and molded after the … Activist Steven “Steve” Biko founded…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… South African trade union federation that organised mostly Black employees that aimed to be a national, non-racial umbrella organisation that could…
BiographySonja Schlesin
… Amendment Ordinance and Immigration Restriction Act or “Black Act” . When the Restriction Act came into force in … into South Africa. He was not, however,…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… fee increments. It is important to note that historically Black universities like the University of Fort Hare and … is a collective movement that should not…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… place, particularly in the form of giving contracts to new black elites. The Guptas were given coal contracts as old … Godinho note that Gigaba styled…
BiographyMartin Plaut
… Labour Party. Martin Plaut's publications include: Power! Black workers, their unions and the struggle for freedom in …
BiographyPresident Seretse Khama
… economy, administration and relations with other Black African states were repaired and developed. During his …
BiographyPaul Stopforth
… for the next seven years. Inspired by the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko in 1978, the artist …
BiographyHeidi Holland
… apart, incised tissue, as Patrikios sawed through a black Zimbabwean’s leg. In the ensuing racial uproar, the …
BiographyReginald (Reggie) September
… political debate on the inequalities suffered by black people. His political involvement began when he came …
BiographyHarriet Bolton
… built and began a programme to establish trade unions for black workers who were barred from joining trade unions by …
BiographyEnoch Mgijima
… of that year he began baptising his followers in the Black Kei River near his home at Ntabelanga. Because of his …
BiographyMosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota
… his ideas. He moved towards non-racialism and away from Black Consciousness ideology. Lekota was released from …
BiographyBlanche la Guma
… subsequently banned. The Nursing Act discriminated against black nurses by promoting segregation and the dominance of …
ArchiveBiography of Dorothy Nyembe by Thomas Boatman
… apartheid in South Africa. She would also become the face of women’s anti-apartheid activism despite and because … not only endured, but overcame the double…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… others to write to show the strength of individuals in the face of struggle. He still holds an important spot in South … of Fort Hare in 1972. [i] He was…
EventAsiatic Law Amendment Act is passed in Transvaal parliament leading to increased Indian protest under MK Gandhi
… 22 March 1907. The Asiatic Law Amendment Act, 2/1907 ("The Black Act") was identical to Ordinance 29/1906. All male … to be shown to police on demand. The…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions. Convenor: Natasha Erlank
… ICU’s “Ginger” Faction and the Transformation of Interwar Black Radicalism Henry Dee International Studies Group, … Workers’ Union of Africa (ICU), a cohort…
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
… Secondary School, one of her teachers gave her a copy of a Black Consciousness booklet which featured women activists …
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… people employed in the manufacturing industry, especially Black men and White women increased by 60% between 1939 and … felt that Smuts lacked a clear policy…
ArticleThe caring nature of Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu
… her life so that those coming after her would not have to face them. In working to create change, she was committed to … waiting to see her. Most days of the…