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ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… 1854 15 May, The proclamation of the settlement of Durban into a Borough. … ‘westernised’ Indian children are allowed to attend white schools. 1878 The Bell…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 1: Student Activism
… Ntsie Filmed 5 September 2020 Broadcasted 6 September 2020 The series premier centers on Student Activism in South Africa and the U.S, around 2015 - 2020…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1987
… Today, January 8th, 1987, your organisation, the African National Congress, is 75 years old. Con … the countryside, the black urban townships as well as the…
Chapter 2: The Nature and Character of Vigilantes in Kwazulu-Natal
… 2.1 Introduction Before embarking on the nature and character of vigilantes in KwaZulu-Natal, it … Buthelezi, people were offered R50 when they joined, and…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… Africa held a general election which was to be decided by the white population of the country. A manifesto outlined how … and Indians. The government denied…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… 1948 May 26 , The National Party (NP) wins election and immediately … African nationalism, mass action and tactics of boycotts, strikes and civil…
Women in the apartheid society by Fatima Meer
… No significant change has occurred in South Africa in the last decade. Apartheid and racism continue their tyranny … whites against blacks, as police…
Now You Have Touched the Women - African Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960 by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… Introduction The decade of the 1950s was a decade of turmoil in South … alliance organised bus boycotts, stay-at-homes, and rent strikes in the African…
Ahmed Timol: Three Documents by Politicsweb, 27 June 2017
… The inquest has recently been reopened into the death of the … us—wherever we, are—in our factories,- on the land, in our schools and universities, in our…
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… 13, 1931 in Oguta, located in eastern Nigeria. She was the eldest of six children born to parents, Christopher … a drama teacher. Growing up, Nwapa attended…
Intensify the Revolution by O. R. Tambo The 'Morogoro Conference', Morogoro, Tanzania, 25 April – 1 May 1969
… Contents Extracts from the Political Report of the National Executive Committee to … as Parliament or Provincial Councils, and in the courts, schools and the…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 2 - Imperialism and the Union in South Africa by Timothy Keegan
… From the book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making … politics of the new educated elites - graduates of mission schools, teachers,…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… PONNEN - SPEAKS OF HIS LIFE AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE TRADE UNION, POLITICAL AND NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENTS … in wages and working conditions through…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… 1920 January, Gandhi wrote to the press on the South African Appellate Court's judgment in the case of … are some of the centres of the revolt and all shops…
The Construction of Whiteness/Blackness And The Invention of Miscegenation In South African Literary Texts of the 1920s and 1930 by Itala Vivan
… In an exploration of the attitudes taken by different cultures in different … were outstanding intellectuals educated at mission schools inside the country…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… Vorster (also known as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after … Nationalist who early in his life became…
Rick Turner: Thirty Years On by Jann Turner
… War. Rebel armies, gathered in hidden bases were plotting strikes against the evil apartheid empire. Security Police Storm Troopers … flag at half-mast on…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was … together many of the unions formed after the wave of strikes at the beginning of 1973 which marked…
PlaceYellowwood Park, Durban
… The first thing that strikes you about the leafy garden suburb of Yellowwood Park, just 14 kilometers from Durban, is that the majority of the roads are…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
… The Azania Liberation Support Committee (ALSC) was formed in … of various broadly leftist political tendencies. The ALSC launched Azania Worker and Azania…
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 … writes that: [T]hroughout the second world war there were strikes at…
ArchiveAfrican Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960, by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… Introduction The decade of the 1950s was a decade of turmoil in South … alliance organised bus boycotts, stay-at-homes, and rent strikes in the African…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … to 1999. Today, she lectures over women’s…
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
… From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A … unity of all oppressed and the need for boycotts, strikes and civil disobedience and non…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… their way to carry out a sabotage mission, take refuge in the Silverton branch of Volkskas Bank after realising they … and university students went on a…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… article was written by Baruch Hirson A Short history of the Non-European Unity – An insider's view Where is the … work-force and massive inflation. There was…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… By 1980, the Black Consciousness organisations were in a gradual … Congress-inspired traditions were also re-emerging. The Johannesburg-based Sunday Post…
Chapter 2 - Jewish Trade Unions in Cape Town 1903-1907: A Socio-Historical Study
… From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris … all the struggles of workers by collecting funds for…
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
… The Black People’s Convention (BPC) was an umbrella … to have inspired the formation of SASM. The Durban strikes of 1973, involving 40 000 workers, were…
Chapter 9 - People’s Education and People’s Power: Mobilisation and Collective Action
… of students and its collective actions, and especially the form and content of mobilisation and collective action, … with attempts to build SRCs and a COSAS…