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ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… workers’ Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) . Black workers were denied membership. Nineteen trade unions … passed repressive legislations that made…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… and gain immense profits from the diamonds and gold that black miners extracted from the earth. Most African miners … of the Union of South Africa. Most…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… founding document APDUSA warns of the calamity that awaits black people in the event that South Africa became a … the apartheid government was poised to…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
… Matsemela Manaka at Soweto Neighbourhood Museum, recruited Black artists such as Gordon Gabashane , Mmapula Mmakgoba … Xaba also recruited graduates from the…
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
… Bantus and Whites. In resisting colonial expansion, Black African rulers founded sizable and powerful kingdoms … once identified with the strict division of…
ArticleDistrict Six is Declared a ‘White Area’
… in District Six occurred in 1901, when the district’s Black residents were moved to Uitvlugt (later named … being predominantly ‘Coloured’ and Indian with…
A new total strategy emerges July 1990 -June 1991
… the 'independent' and 'self-governing' varieties) and the black urban councils. Both structures are strongly rejected by the vast majority of the black…
EventCiskei is granted 'independence'
… Ciskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted 'independence' by the South …
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… of the ANC. In the Eastern Cape, opposition to the new Black Local Authorities and proposed rent increases resulted in the revival of the Port Elizabeth…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… by popular discourse and improving sports coverage in the Black press. Matches between Indians, Africans, and Coloureds … (1937) and Moroka Swallows (1947)…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… and expressing disdain at continued subjugation of black people. For instance, on 16 December 1929 anti pass … the government to eventually recognize the…
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… oppression, both material, and in line with Steve Biko’s Black Consciousness , Psychological. This article looks at … express the material issues of workers,…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
… to apparently broaden political representation excluded Black Africans – far from being a movement towards a more …
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… back seat to the struggle against the apartheid system. ● Black Consciousness Movement Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu's connection with the Black…
PlaceLand Claims Court of South Africa, Randburg
… in terms of poverty and dispossession of land from Black South Africans. The main task of the Court in this … acquiring and transferring land from white…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… of Fort Hare in 1972. [i] He was well educated for a Black South African of the time with the having a very … It was well-known for its rejection of the idea…
EventWinnie Mandela receives a 6 months' sentence
… Mandela (now Winnie Madikizela-Mandela), restricted to a Black township at Brandfort, Orange Free State, was sentenced …
PlaceDwarskerbos Beach and Pools, West Coast
… exciting of these species include: the African Hoopoe; Black-Winged Stilt; African Purple Swamp Hen; Black-Headed Heron; Black-Crowned Night Heron; Sandwich…
PlaceNorthern Suburbs of Cape Town
… direction between Main Road and the Railway Line. The Black River also flows through Rondebosch , in a North … below Rosebank and Mowbray , the Liesbeek…
Archive25 Years of Freedom and Democracy: Success , Challenges and Solutions
… for better opportunities and development rather than a black child. Many people including schoolchildren died … nation. For the first time in our history, we…
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
… hut. The first extended piece of literature written by a black South African, Robert Grendon’s Paul Kruger’s Dream , … apartheid era recognised the…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… [2] White settlers moved from the Cape and took land from black people to establish farms – many of these farmers still … and Ottos – the town is named after…
African Art Centre
… that was involved in the development and promotion of Black artists. African Art Centre artists that have achieved …
Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London
… was the 1913 Land Act, an urgent issue that affected all black people. The SANNC sent petitions and deputations, but …
Article1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987
… The union was subsequently banned. The need for more cheap black labour after the Second World War led the South African …
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… 1978 28 April, Asvat is a founding member of Azapo, the black consciousness organization formed after Steve Biko’s … the police. October, The Azapo health…
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… Hanover Park and the like. [vi] For people categorised as Black South Africans, property ownership was not even an option. In the main, Black South Africans…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… embarked on a feverish drive to prepare their members and Black communities for the proposed nationwide campaigns. This … of the 21st March that came to…
EventBusiness Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck.
… an albatross around the country's neck. 'If you ask a black South African what apartheid has done, he will say it …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VII - “The Missionary Charter”
… of "peace" differed little from that of open war. The viewpoint of the frontiersmen was remarkably sympathetic to … be discovered. But this economic machine…