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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
ArticleSASO Bannings
… attack from the Government. In March 1973, eight Black Consciousness leaders were banned. In 1977, nine SASO …
PlaceHeilbron, Free State
… and the Vereeniging Estates included relatively prosperous black tenant farmers. In July 1900 the newly-appointed … They were ‘unruly’, he complained…
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…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… caused.” [2] 1976 Mapetla Mohapi a leader of the Black Consciousness Movement was arrested under the Terrorism …
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…
Vakalisa Art Association
… Art Association was founded in 1982. It was a network of Black cultural workers that operated in the Western Cape . …
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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 …
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…