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ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… white settlers demanded that the colonial government take action to deal with it. In February martial law was …
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… attacks Cuando-Cubango and the MPLA threatens military action. 7 June 1980 SADF launches an invasion …
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… Students Representative Council (SSRC) Soweto Teachers Action Committee (STAC) Transvaal Youth Organisation (TRAYO) …
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… in 1932. Roosevelt was a bold experimenter and a man of action. Early on in his administration he assembled the best …
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… Movement's emphasis on self-reliance and practical action. The organisation runs skills training programmes in …
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… and became familiar to this new generation of women, the appeal and relevance of the ideas of their mothers became … organisation whose name echoed after any…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… Nations Special Committee on Apartheid and implored, “I appeal to the UN to use its influence to open the doors of … Miriam Makeba was calling the nations of…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… become wary of joining the ANC. This followed Mashinini’s appeal to students inside the country who were planning to … were active members of the SSRC and…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… the DCC’s expropriation scheme; a Durban Joint Council of Action was formed to oppose the scheme. Senator Edgar Brookes … for 20 February 1946 to be observed…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… depicts two sides of apartheid resistance, passivity and action, and encourages them both to help one another through … a new, bright future may be made. He…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… the mobilization of the whole nation into united people’s action, into a partnership with government for progressive … The ANC, angered by this reaction…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… of David Sibeko. The sentence is reduced to 10 years on appeal. 1980 Maake address PAC members in Dar-es-Salaam at … holds a meeting and resolves to…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… senior police officer in charge on the day, justified the action by saying, "Hordes of natives surrounded the police … protestors died and 49 were wounded as…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… attention." Another source of impetus was "the recent action of the Government of this colony in founding a …
References and links: Local History
… www.pta.co.za/general/museums.htm www.questia.com/PM.qst?action=openPageViewer&docId=9215583 …
Safety and security issues
… partners and prohibits an abusive partner to commit any action of domestic violence. Police and Judicial Systems …
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… before the South African Medical Council took disciplinary action. On 30 January 1985, the Pretoria Supreme Court …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… Law, ( The Black Act ), a resolution, to embark upon mass action, is taken. The meeting, chaired by Abdul Gani, is …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… to publish the party's membership rolls. ANC programme of action The logo of the African National Congress (ANC). Image source A Programme of Action was…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… A resolution is passed at the conference to focus on mass action and include Africans. Sidney Percival Bunting is … produces a pamphlet called “An African…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… to the attempts to transfer the responsibility of violent action against anti-apartheid groupings away from the South … disappearances and assassinations are…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… based on sedition charges. March 23, Kasturba dictates an appeal that is published in Young India. It included an appeal for Indians to give up foreign cloth…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… Ordinance , which limits Indian traders' right of appeal against the refusal of trading licences by municipal … a resolution was passed condemning the…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… Rural Dealers' Licensing Ordinance – limited the right of appeal. ii) The Townships Franchise Ordinance – Indians lose … 1953 The Criminal Law Amendment Act…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… Councillor in Johannesburg. 1922 The first significant action by women in the rural areas occurs in Hershel. Boycott … a one day strike, she helps to form…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… from areas where they were not desired included violent action (bulldozing homes, threatening people with weapons), … from their neighbourhoods as the result…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… and faced exile as a result; other Jews refrained from action. In both cases, these individuals were influenced by … 1929 because of political turmoil, his…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… Abidjan January 21 2013 Abidjan Liberia’s Taylor begins appeal Sierra Leone January 22 2013 Charles tylor Farmworkers …
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… system. They adopted a programme called the “ programme of action ”, which encompassed other internal resistance … system. They adopted a programme called…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… would catapult the ANC Women’s League into a new era of action and multi-party interaction. From this era a new breed … which catapulted the ANC Women’s…