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ArticleSS Clan Stuart
The SS Clan Stuart was blown ashore in 1914 between Glencairn and Simon's Town, along Cape Town’s west coast. The SS in the vessel's name stands for ‘steamship…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… too low. 5 980 were arrested for offences related to the resistance in the townships. Within four months of the Soweto … African communities all over the…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… More significantly though, Poqo unlike MK and the African Resistance Movement (ARM) directed its activities at the … already considered one of the bastions…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… life within the black community in South Africa. Musical resistance gained most of its popularity during the 1960’s … anti-racism music began to take form,…
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… and culture for decades after its demise. Strategies of resistance of the African Political Organisation The APO had … attention at its national conferences…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… need to bring the related struggles together to unite the resistance around a focused programme of what the ANC … with the Gandhian understanding of…
ArticleArts and Cultural Organisations
… Greatmore Studios FESTIVALS / CONFERENCES Culture & Resistance Conference (1982) The CASA Conference Dance …
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… from their homes. Officials and soldiers face strong resistance from African and other residents. This article was …
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… camp at Isandlwana hill. Chelmsford encountered some local resistance and mistakenly assumed it to be the main Zulu … On the coast, the right column brushed…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… Gandhi would move from political petitioning to active resistance and his paper changed too. One significant moment … satyagraha which can be interpreted as…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… the community was yet to be completed. But by 1957 resistance had all but collapsed. A few landlords were still … early period of Apartheid were a…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Glossary
… in a commodity or service. Rebellion : An act of armed resistance to an established government or leader. Republic …
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
… cultural and religious values (viewed by some as a form of resistance against colonialism) which underpinned community … strategies. Regrettably, this…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… the response of the apartheid regime and its supporters to resistance against the policies of apartheid; resistance by the people of South Africa, resistance…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… 16 Uprising is that it led to the most sustained period of resistance to apartheid since the period before the banning … the students, giving them advice…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… 1967 to 1976 marked the beginning of a new chapter in resistance politics to the National Party (NP) government. … South Africa to help organise local…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… difficult challenge. Unfortunately, the demonstration of resistance in Soweto took a turn for the worst when police … of their expectations. The boycott was…
The Afrikaner Bond
… deemed illegal. Cape Afrikaners engaged in a campaign of passive resistance after the annexation of the Transvaal, amid some … for the Transvaal, the Patriot…
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… consequences will follow if the Israelites continue their resistance. Mgijima advises his followers that they can leave … from a stab wound. Enoch Mgijima is…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… the banner of COSAS students have staged a variety of resistance tactics like boycotts, strikes, negotiated and … was secretly established in Cape Town in…
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… of existing social, economic, and political conditions; resistance against tribalism and ethnic particularism, as …
ArticleAfrapix
… that formed part of the broad 'people's culture' or 'resistance arts' movements. Afrapix photographers managed to …
Zulu Community
… and laid claim on Durban, which, however, met with strong resistance from the British. They sent troops to Durban, who … of a rural non”capitalist economy…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… added to the growing resentment among the local people. Resistance movements began to rise in Africa. In colonies … have a negative impact on African…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… the league was very active, participating in riots and resistance against an apartheid government. During this … 1). In the 1950s, the league was extremely…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… of Walter Sisulu . Schools became the site of fierce resistance in 1980, and protests that began at Coloured … of the UDF and SACC. The UDF and National…
The National Arts Festival
… as an important forum for political protest theatre and resistance art during the height of the apartheid era, and it …
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… the climax to a decade or so of multifaceted and creative resistance to white minority rule and domination by a …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… (Raleigh, 2002) [8] . To show their discontent, centres of resistance were formed in southern and Siberian Russia by …
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… demand the withdrawal of the Asiatic Bill and threaten resistance. September 19, M.K. Gandhi accuses the government … Amendment Bill. March 11, Gandhi…