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Apartheid power in crisis
… facilities open to all races. For example, doctors sent black patients to white hospitals for treatment, black patients arrived at white hospitals for…
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… of colonialism for: “Nxele pioneered the spirit of Black consciousness among the black people of South Africa.” [109] End notes: [4]Julia C. …
PlaceMendi Memorial, Eastern Cape
… service as a troop transport and was carrying 823 black enlisted men and white officers of the 5th Battalion, … sank in 20 minutes and within an hour of the…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… By 1980, the Black Consciousness organisations were in a gradual decline … to Pretoria, Eldorado Park and Lenasia, among many other Black schools. Hundreds…
ArticleSocialism
… During apartheid, the majority of South Africans, who were black, lived in poverty, while a minority of whites held most …
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 9 - Postscript - South Africa: The Present as History
… it is at present, they would certainly win in any straight black-white civil war? This means, inter alia, that even if … as white civilization. It is…
ArticleThe South African general elections: Introduction
… to vote. In the Cape Province, an important number of Black and Coloured men were allowed to vote under a …
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… in South African liberation history. On this fateful day, Black people congregated in Sharpeville, a township near … 69 and injuring an estimated 186. All…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… by removing the colour bar and increasing the ratio of black workers to white, for although the wages for whites had … War , and during World War I the…
ArticleWomen’s Rights and Representation
… or husbands - were second-class citizens for many years. Black women were obviously doubly disadvantaged as a result … role in this prejudice. Customary law,…
ArticleWomens Rights
… or husbands - were second-class citizens for many years. Black women were obviously doubly disadvantaged as a result … role in this prejudice. Customary law,…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… of the Biennale included the Spanish Pavilion’s ‘Black Looks White Myths’ curated by Octavio Zaya, Danielle … “conceptualists” represent ‘intellectualism’…
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… different shades of white clay or from bird droppings. Black came from charcoal and manganese oxide. There are many different shades and colours but black,…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… civilians and three non-White police officers. 26 Black policemen and 365 Black civilians were injured – no White police men were … of a state of emergency,…
PlaceSterkfontein Dam, Free State
… and you could spot Cape and bearded vultures, as well as black and martial eagles soaring. Secretary birds can also be … with yellowwood, Koko, Wild Peach,…
EventClements Kadalie dies
… to protect the rights of workers, particularly those of Black workers. In the same year, Kadalie led a dockworker's … and 40s failed, but he is credited with…
ArticleSweet Food and Allied Workers Union (SFAWU)
… was one of two unions of the Consultative Committee of Black Trade Unions (CCOBTU) that broke away and affiliated …
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… remained in force. The Kaffir Pass Act of 1857 prohibited black African people from entering the Cape Colony except to … employer and Xhosa workers. Once the…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… 27,000 inside a year, figures which give an indication of black workers’ mood. In February 1973 mass strikes erupted … the concept of unfair labour practices…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… In addition to running his own studio and training notable black photographers such as Joe Gqabi , he also shot on … Travellers Union. [v] Now, he was…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… created unfair laws in order to segregated Coloured and Black South Africans from the White minority. The liberation … the government’s military power and…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… attempted adultery or related immoral acts” between black and white people. The Act in essence criminalised … of the Non-White Peoples of South Africa . 27…
ArticleGrade 12 - Forms of civil society protest emerged from the 1960s to 1970s
… was like in the 1960s. This will help us contextualise the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa in the 1970s. …
ArticleProvincial histories
… provinces were united. Later ‘homelands’ were created for black people to be sent to live separately from white people. …
The Durban Strikes and the making of the Political Struggles in South Africa by Vuyisile Msila
… that the Durban strikes initiated not only the rebirth of black labour movement in South Africa but they strengthened the liberation struggles. Keywords…
PlaceComrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum
… killed in the World War I. It was only in 1975 that Black runners and Women were allowed to take part. At the … two awards for architecture and craftsmanship…
ArchiveSteve Mokone: the striker who broke the apartheid barrier
… The first black South African footballer to play in Europe, was told … an explosive and skilful player than with the fact he was black, and was thus the…
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
… the Johannesburg Art Gallery has focused attention on black artists who were sidelined, staging large … motivation and his contribution to what was then…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… in South African liberation history. On this fateful day, Black people congregated in Sharpeville, a township near … 69 and injuring an estimated 186. All…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… there was cooperation and sympathy strikes carried by black workers in support of grievances raised their white … in South Africa particularly in the 1920s…