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Liberation organisations
… was an essential tool in the repressive apparatus of the apartheid regime, and consisted of both white and black … to quell civil war in the black townships…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… most important revolutionaries that fought against the apartheid. Born into South Africa’s White community in the … in 1976. He aided the ANC through his…
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… and especially as a result of the June 1976 uprising , the Apartheid government was forced to consider reforms to Apartheid policy, pressured by growing…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… South Africa. They put into practice the racist policy of apartheid, under which black South Africans were denied basic human rights. The system of apartheid…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… to refresh your memory about what you learnt in Grade 9. Apartheid in South Africa The National Party come to power in 1948 and governed the country…
ArticleGrade 12 - How SA emerged as a democracy from the crises of the 1990s
… During the 1980s, the apartheid government came under increasing internal pressure. … system of governance tampered with, but did not challenge apartheid…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… of the struggle for liberation in South Africa. [3] Apartheid managed to endure forty-six years in South Africa … critically elaborate on the intimate…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
In December 2018, protesters took to the streets in response to austerity measures[i] imposed by then Sudanese president Omar al Bashir. Bashir had…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… One of the key instruments used by the apartheid government to neutralise political dissent was the … rate. The revolt threatened to derail plans to…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… 1978. 1979 The Wiehahn Commission of Enquiry into labour legislation recommended the legalisation of African trade … Amendments. The Act served to…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… that was founded to unify the hundreds of Anti-Apartheid movements occurring in the 1980s. Female leaders … Ncube, along with working class women,…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… African jazz musician who was frequently oppressed by the apartheid regime in South Africa. As a Coloured man in South … voice for oppressed people to help…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… Assembly: United Nations must take Action to Destroy Apartheid Delivers a speech: Comments and Observations on … for a United Nations Security Council…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… used her success to shine a light on the ugly truths of apartheid government. She utilised her voice to sing … in exile she became very outspoken about her…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… of South Africa. The church supported the system of apartheid, which institutionalized separation and … the World Alliance of Reformed Churches for its…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… reserves ' created by the Land Act was a forerunner of the apartheid-era ' Bantustans ' or ' homelands .' Denying the … of Africans' right to own land. …
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… reserves ’ created by the Land Act was a forerunner of the apartheid-era ‘ Bantustans ’ or ‘ homelands .’ Denying the … of Africans’ right to own land. Land,…
ArticleFrontline States
… The collapse of apartheid and the advent of democracy in South Africa was … were formed in 1970 to co-ordinate their responses to apartheid and formulate a…
ArticleEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy Timeline 1924 - 2020
… He is appointed Secretary of the Special Committee against Apartheid. 1966 E.S. Reddy is Appointed Secretary, Committee … 1976 Reddy becomes the Director of…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… working and inhuman living conditions. A slew of racist legislation was employed to advance and protect the interests … less than serfs. Their lot was…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… the secret death squad was responsible for maintaining apartheid by carrying out a series of assassinations of … J., (1994), “The Revision of South African…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… of Indian Immigrants 1876 The Free State Republic passes legislation allowing Indians to enter the Republic with the … in ‘streets, wards and locations’ set…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… after it had outlawed the ANC and introduced punishing legislation to curb likely covert activities. It would rather … convention that only became possible…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… South Africa's racial policy and the UNO South Africa and apartheid was placed on the agenda of the United Nations for … of people of Indian origin living in…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… which is taking an increasingly radical position against apartheid. Prices begin to rise sharply, making it even more … competing in the Davis Cup, as a…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… was to work towards a peaceful solution to the problem of apartheid through raising and distributing funding to victims of apartheid laws, especially…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… it.” Thus, the Glen Grey Act came in the heels of previous legislation that had begun to use land as a tool to limit … to property qualifications…
ArticleQuotations by Oliver Tambo
… Africans, free and united in diversity." "It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… experienced numerous human rights challenges during the apartheid era. The White-dominated government committed … the Truth and Reconciliation Commission or…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… of affiliated women’s organisations that opposed the apartheid government. The African National Council (ANC) … Act The role that women played in the fight…