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Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
… framework through which most of the campaigning against political repression in Southern Africa was to be organised … SATIS campaign helped put the struggle…
Chapter 3 - SASO: The Ideology and Politics of Black Consciousness
… For white South Africans the late 1960s was a time of political calm, rising living standards, prosperity and … of the ANC and PAC and the repression of all…
THE POLITICS OF COLLABORATION: THE CAMPAIGN FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TRICAMERAL PARLIAMENT
… million signature campaign (MSC) and a general upsurge in political activity at national level characterised the months … displayed indifference and…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Glossary
… power over Russia in 1917. Capitalism : Economic and political system where the counties means of production are … larger collective farms. Communism : An…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… funding to victims of apartheid laws, especially political prisoners and their families. It was in the trials … 1956 in fact had precursors, in groups that…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… within the constitution and has given women ‘unprecedented political and legal equality’ (Albertyn, 2003, p604). Yet … et al, 1998, p7). The emergence of…
ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
… and working with their traditional rulers and social and political structures and practices. This section is quite … Revolutions in America and France…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… Phahle and other individuals of various broadly leftist political tendencies. The ALSC launched Azania Worker and … South African liberation movement but…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… of reform had to begin. He released a group of prominent political prisoners, including Walter Sisulu and began to … In 1980 she joined the ANC in Zimbabwe…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… F.W. de Klerk announced that elections were to be held. Political parties were given a specified time to register, and only 19 political parties registered…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… Prisoners were forced to do hard labour. For example, political prisoners on Robben Island worked mainly in … first, prisons were not used on a large-scale…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… June 2013. The Clarion Call constituted an analysis of the political balance of forces and provided three routes for the … become a non-governmental…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… requires an understanding of the socio-historical and political context in which the festival originated. The … from a small number of slaves who committed…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… of struggle against oppression that became a model for political and ethical struggles in other parts of the world – … Swan has demonstrated, was not the…
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… However, with the failure of the Rebellion, and the political exclusion of Africans, Coloured and Indians from … African leadership to establish the first…
ArticleSocialism
… Socialism is a political and economic ideology aiming to create a society … 19th century that socialism became a widely recognised political movement. During…
Statement at the Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity, Dar Es Salaam by O. R. Tambo, 7 – 10 April 1975
… Twelve years is a long time in our rapidly changing political situation. But it is a short time in the life of an … to understand that racialism cannot be…
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… and requires to be drastically changed. No serious political organisation will ever talk peace when an … the Government itself about a peaceful solution to…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… half of the 20th century. Separated by vastly different political, economic, and social philosophies, tensions … countries involved in the Cold War. Image…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… was met at every turn with popular mobilisation and response. International outrage grew and events like the 1976 … He became South Africa’s first State…
Chapter 14 - Epilogue: lessons from the negotiating table
… other countries have been as successful in negotiating a political settlement. This is especially true when one … South Africans not to succumb in times of…
We are the soldiers of Sisulu by Thabo Mbeki 2003
… Unions (SACTU), and later, COSATU, led by the ANC as the political leader of the national democratic movement. They … by using the witness box as a platform…
PlaceCarmel, George
… the property, took occupation of this magnificent site in response to a clear call from God to establish a Christian …
EventJapanese attack American Naval Forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
… raw materials to fuel it's hungry military machine. In response, the Western powers effectively halted trade with …
EventMercenaries from South Africa led by Colonel “Mad Mike” Hoare, attempt an unsuccessful coup in Seychelles
… was immediate, forcing the government to re-think their response to the incident. Several nations warned that South …
EventThe Erasmus Commission’s report implicates Rhoodie, Mulder and van den Bergh in SA’s infamous ‘Information Scandal’
… and the USA to deliver lectures on the NP Government's response to the Soweto Revolt. One of these students was the …
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… a renewed national and international pressure to initiate political reform. The Apartheid government accelerated its … of an initiative led by veteran…
Selfless Biko 40 Years On by Barney Pityana (City Press), 10 September 2017
… that was the very last “conversation” I had with Steve. My response to these catastrophic events – to deal with my … we took positions that sought to…
Chapter 4 - THE PARTY AND THE “SOLDIERS OF LUTHULI”
… groups has caused and is continuing to cause enormous political damage"; an "impression has become even more … here a Party that is struggling for its own…
ArchiveSouth Africa in World War One, 31 October 2018
… London, 1970, p. 205). When war was declared the first response London received from Pretoria was promising. On 4 … and 11,000 Whites had succumbed to the…