SAHO global search
7,505 records
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… get the vote. This means in effect that the weight of the black vote is decreased from 3.1% to 1.4%. The first restrictions against the urbanisation of black…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… Nationalists to counter the challenge posed by a growing Black political consciousness. This was done by systematically disenfranchising Black voters…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… economic depression after the war and dissatisfaction from Black South Africans and other extra-parliamentary groups … made the SAP's rule more difficult…
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… as both federations were to some degree influenced by the Black Consciousness Movement, and - while agreeing on … - insisted that the leadership of the…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1980 - 1989 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Medical Ethics and medicine in general from the Islamic viewpoint; * to be a "mercy unto mankind" in the true example … marks the beginning of his freedom…
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
… were low, and the apartheid system was built on cheap black labour. But as it is often said, surveys usually … to Steve Bantu Biko and his emerging…
Ndibhala Intando Yam: A Converstation on Translating "I Write What I Like" by Steve Biko
… is finally speaking isiXhosa - in the community where Black thought has always lived. For decades, I Write What I Like shaped Black political thought -…
ArchiveThe exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
… formidable list of censorship provisions on the “creative black writer” were only some of the many impediments on … of apartheid in the 1950s onwards. These…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… significant for thee role played by women, particularly black women. Black men in the Cape Colony still had the vote (although a black man could not become a…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… immediately, there was a government crackdown of all black opposition. In a single stroke the national liberation … 1991:275). New resistance stirs: Student…
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
… labour. Rather than work for the white farmers, the black workforce was increasingly attracted to the gold mines … an attempt to increase the supply of…
EventGovernment's final consolidation of 'homelands'
… form of apartheid separate development and a way to strip Black South Africans of their South African citizenship. The … the point of view of the Apartheid…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… saw a steady growth of the population. Year Whites Black, Indians, Coloureds Total 1929 2757 2650 5888 1932 2757 … siren reminded all and sundry that the…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… in Afrikaans appears in Soweto schools. 4 March, The Black People's Convention, the South African Students … that go before it." Winnie Mandela is elected to…
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… Background During the 1930s and 1940s, there were few black workers organisations in Namibia (then known as South … South African government, opposed the…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… preacher and strident voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches , first Black Archbishop of the…
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… singing to himself’ ( Disgrace 212) whilst Petrus, the black ‘gardener and dog-man’ ( Disgrace 64) gains more and … would have played a pivotal role in David…
Conservative Revolutionaries - Anti-Apartheid Activism at the University of Cape Town 1963-1973 by Robert Erbmann, Oxford University, 2005
… context of being 'the seedbed in which a potent strain of Black Nationalism was to germinate. 7 The only other … leaving in the early 1930s. Whilst NUSAS…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… African, and thereby, severely limit the movements of the black African populace, manage urbanization, and allot … and worse. However, in the location of…
Archive'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes by Simukai Chigudu
… our home on the outskirts of the city through the imposing black gates of St George’s College, Harare. Dressed in a red … also accepted a handful of boys…
ArticleSharpeville
… 19 March 1960, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) called on Black South Africans to leave their pass books at home and … carrying passes. The PAC saw this as…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… the buffer zone between two opposing forces of White and Black during the height of apartheid, both in South Africa … in an iron shack, symbolizing the…
ArticlePass Laws in South Africa
… The Pass Laws was a system used to control the movement of Black, Indian and Coloured people in South Africa. The pass …
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… role in sport administration boosted the development of black football in South Africa. In some ways, Luthuli's … contribution exemplifies the heritage of…
“White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”: Examining NUDW and CCAWUSA organising of occupational categories in the retail and distributive trade in the late 1960s and 1970s by Bridget Kenny
… from 1975, CCAWUSA specifically organised to bring all (black) commercial workers together, explicitly cross-cutting … shortage created pressure on…
PlaceEzakheni Township of Ladysmith
… African families from Ladysmith townships and surrounding ‘black spots’ were moved into Ezakheni in successive batches, … 1972 to make a way for a dam. · …
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… Marxist thinking, and contemporary theories concerning Black Consciousness and liberation. In 1967, two years before … [xv] In the 1970s, a wave of new…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… She is elected to the executive of the Federation of Black Women . December, An ANC National Executive Committee … Madikizela-Mandela is elected to the…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… White South Africans were willing to share power, but many black South Africans wanted a complete transfer of power. The … work towards abolishing apartheid…
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… apartheid laws were extended to Namibia and prevented black Namibians from having any political rights, as well as … Organisation (SWAPO) was formed. SWAPO…