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ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… When Black workers in Durban embarked on a wave of strikes in … by the late 1980s. From the beginning of the 20 th century Black workers in South Africa made…
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
… South African trade union federation that organised mostly Black employees that aimed to be a national, non-racial umbrella organisation that could…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… against the Germans in September 1914 in Karonga were black people. He then wrote a letter to the Nyasaland Times … that participation in the war would…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
… sound of marabi music was original and improvisational. Black Music and Musicians of the 40s and 50s With the removal … start of radio were also important to…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… in the 1970s to distribute contraceptives freely to black women. [18] Some black women were threatened with job loss if they fell …
EventThe first 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… After South Africa became a Union, the government wanted Black and White people to live separately, so they set certain areas apart for Black people. Before…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… they had to find a way of accommodating the demands of Black people for basic rights enjoyed by whites or the … in the old haphazard way, which instead of…
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
… speech alongside two South African novels that depict black-on-white violence: Sindiwe Magona’s Mother to Mother … literature etc., portrays this violence as…
Article1973 Durban Strikes
… the beginning of a turning point in the long struggle of Black, Coloured and Indian workers to build non racial trade … organisations. The third tradition…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… Act (National States Citizenship Act) No 26: Required all black persons to become citizens of a self-governing … authority. As Minister Connie Mulder stated:…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… criticizes the living conditions that Johannesburg's Black citizens are forced to live under. 1906 Pass Laws for … Commission criticizes living conditions of…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… Due to the apartheid racial classification systems, many black artists were not allowed to further their education and … mainly for white scholars at the…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
… of apartheid in the 1940s marked major changes for all Black South Africans. In 1953, the South African Government … was only in the 1980?s that membership…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… in the industrial sector. Segregation legislation against Black, Indian and Coloured South Africans increased during … The Government also sought to tighten…
ArticleQuotations by Oliver Tambo
… society. We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in … economic power, its oppression and…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… [xv] . Lefifi Tladi’s African art and poetry reveals his Black Consciousness outlook, but he never joined a political … South African History Online talks…
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… King Kong: An African Jazz , was the first all-Black South African musical which opened in 2 February 1959. … Dhlamini. It helped create a new set of…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… position to engage government in dialogues than their Black counterparts. In the early 1930s NUSAS was affected by … to all races. University of Fort Hare…
A Matter of ‘Principle’: Corporate America and the South African Worker in the Early 1970s by Mattie C. Webb
… community three years prior. The collective power of Black workers in South Africa startled international business … reform as a means to placate an…
EventThe Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… government banned all the organisations under the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) banner. The BCM … behind the uprising, these included among others, the…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… and their employers symbolised racial relations between Black and White South Africans during this time period. Domestic workers in South Africa were Black…
History of the Labour Movements in South Africa
… The history of working people, and particularly Black workers, to organise is inextricably tied to the … of Europe, arriving in Southern Africa and joining…
ArticleThe Strikes and Popular and Political Support
… Chief Mangosuthu G. Buthelezi, the Coloured Labour Party , Black Sash , and the South African Institute of Race … workers to join the GFWBF and later the new…
South African Student Organisation Leaders
… Mji 1976 president Drake Koka the first secretary of the Black People's Convention Winnie Kgware First President of … 1972 Sath Cooper Dr. Mampela Ramphele…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… the United Nations to show compassion for the actions of Black South Africans. She also appealed to them to try and … folk recording. The album talked about…
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… Howard Campus is splattered is white paint, covered in black cloth and has written papers stuck on it. 30 March, The … Town has its plinth draped with a…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… civilians and three non-White police officers. 26 Black policemen and 365 Black civilians were injured – no White police men were … of a state of emergency,…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… acts such as sexual intercourse between White and Black people. Amended in 1957 as Act 23. Suppression of … numbers, the government set up semi-urban…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… and segregating South Africa. The Khoikhoi, San and Black Africans under the British and the Afrikaner republics … farms. White farmers who allowed the…
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… maintain a racial hierarchy and separate poor whites from black urban slums, the church’s water scheme also focused on … regain respect and have a higher…