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ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… to appear. 1930 In August 1930 the first sound film of Black traditional life, In the Land of the Zulus was … of his father. The first South African film…
ArticleThe missionaries
… progress, growth, development and enlightenment of many Black women and men of South Africa in the early 1950s and … the first and the only agency that…
PlaceMeadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
… the early 1950's during the Apartheid era to accommodate Black residents who were forcibly removed from Areas like: … the Natives Resettlement Board had…
PlaceBonteheuwel
… 55 707, of whom 95% were classified as coloured and 4% as Black African, indicating the results of the Group Areas Act. … 55 707, of whom 95% were classified…
ArticlePeter Magubane Timeline 1932-
… of which the middle one was unstable. He was given only black bitter coffee to drink and collapsed on the fifth day. … In August this year Magubane was again…
EventThe National Union of Mineworkers start South Africa's longest wage strike
… trade union in South Africa. NUM represented mainly Black mineworkers in the gold and coal mines belonging to the Chamber of Mines. Approximately 360 000…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… to protest and cope with every day life within the black community in South Africa. Musical resistance gained … and culture rose simultaneously with the…
1973: Neo-apartheid and the Sleeping the Giant by Mbuso Nkosi
… where businesses could not afford to increase the wages of Black workers while demanding an increase in productivity … were to wake up the sleeping giant in…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… caused.” [2] 1976 Mapetla Mohapi a leader of the Black Consciousness Movement was arrested under the Terrorism …
ArticleSASO Bannings
… attack from the Government. In March 1973, eight Black Consciousness leaders were banned. In 1977, nine SASO …
The Battle of Square Hill
… and Society, Participation and Remembrance, South African black and coloured troops in the First World war, 1914 – 1918 … and Society, Participation and…
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… historians to present the era as a period of "black-on-black destruction," thereby concealing European … perception - encouraged by the narrative of…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… the area known as District Six. District Six was a hub for Black culture in South Africa. However, during 1968 many of … their skin. This removal only…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… Dube in Inanda. 1972 Founder member of the Institute for Black Research (IBR) a research and publishing venture. It … immediately after attending the…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… with more 'Africanist views' - An ideology that says that black people should determine their own future - Africa for … too moderate, and felt that they…
PlaceHeilbron, Free State
… and the Vereeniging Estates included relatively prosperous black tenant farmers. In July 1900 the newly-appointed … They were ‘unruly’, he complained…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… thesis are the four major South African racial groups: Black, White, Coloured and Indian. There are two ways in … enacted by the apartheid government on the…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2014 submissions
… Project: Elizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash Nehal Patel Nehal Patel is a sophomore at Southern … He plays for the SMU football team…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… the formation of the PAC, growing frustration among black people, the Sharpeville incident and the banning of the … their hands for a long time, earning him…
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… Biko's burial town (King William’s Town), they passed Black youths standing solemnly along the road with their … as the parliamentarian, Helen Suzman,…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… canning industry during World War II and the post-war era. Black men and women from the Eastern Cape and Western Cape … of the FCWU towards race, gender and…
Vakalisa Art Association
… Art Association was founded in 1982. It was a network of Black cultural workers that operated in the Western Cape . …
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… Bloemfontein in 1850 held service in a hut, mainly for the Black and Coloured population. In 1852, the first Roman … chose was originally a meeting place…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… and to solicit their support for the hearing. London’s Black organisations rendered vital support to the delegates. … namely the salvation of Africans abroad…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… Ghana) makes it the first British African colony with a black majority in the Legislative Council 1947 T. R. Mekonnen … fricanist Journal in London New…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… Ghana) makes it the first British African colony with a black majority in the Legislative Council 1947 T. R. Mekonnen … fricanist Journal in London. New…
EventPeter “Terror” Mathebula dies
… 2020, Peter “Terror” Mathebula South Africa’s first black world champion boxer died. Mathebula was born on 3 July … On 13 December 1980, Mathebula became…
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years' imprisonment
… to urge the repeal of pass laws. Sobukwe led a peaceful Black march to Orlando police station in Soweto on 21 March …
National Council of African Women (NCAW)
… Movement and this drew criticism from the more radical black organizations and individuals like Josie Palmer of the …
ArticleSoweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC)
… introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in black schools. Tsietsi Mashinini who fled South Africa in …