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Book Launch: The Nightwatchman, Hlonipha Mokoena
… of African men in colonial South Africa and how the Black male body and their sartorial choices move through …
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… to white minority rule and domination by a disenfranchised black majority. Coming shortly after the Defiance Campaign of … in minimising ideological feuding…
European Societies in the Middle Ages
… punishment should be as harsh as possible. Activity: The black death: plague and the consequences Read this paper by … titled ‘The Political and Social…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… crowd of Blacks in Newclare, Johannesburg attack a Black policeman attempting to arrest an African civilian … Union, visit Basutoland. They have discussions…
PlaceBrandfort, Free State
… The dilapidated Township, had no official name but the Black residents had named it “Phathakahle” -meaning handle … SAHRIS. Retrieved 5 December 2017…
PlaceLiesbeek River and Park, Cape Town
… below Rosebank and Mowbray, the Liesbeek joins the Black River. Urban Park lies between these Rivers and … Heritage sites and public open spaces. From here,…
ArticleSocio-economics in Sophiatown
… Schooling was not provided by the state. There were a few black schools run by missionaries and church groups, but many …
ArticleGarment Workers Union (GWU)
… union committees. The garment industry employed Coloured, Black and White women. The White women workers in the garment …
ArticleThe Aftermath of the war
… Self-government would be promoted. Voting rights for black people would only be discussed once the two new …
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA's first Executive President
South Africa's Prime Minister since 1978, P.W. Botha, was unanimously elected by eighty-eight members of the Electoral College to the office of first executive…
ArchiveNothing groundbreaking in Mandela debate by Steven Friedman, 09 December 2015
… reason it is being raised now is a growing concern among black thinkers that many of apartheid’s ills are still with … does not exist. If they had the…
Quotes by Steve Biko
… Letter to SRC Presidents, I Write What I Like, 1978. "Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate…
EventDr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures in South African history, dies
… a doctoral thesis that fully accepted the inevitability of black urbanisation. Koornhof was born in Leeudoringstad, in …
PlaceWallacedene, Cape Town
… The Predominant Race, making up 76% of the Population is: Black African Peoples. The Housing Rights Activist Irene …
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… present Republic of South Africa… until all its people – black and white – shall equally enjoy the educational and … M. interview with Barnett, L., (2007). I…
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… claimsresponsibility for a series of bombings in the black township of Soweto. The Boeremag sent an e-mail to the … a formula for poison to put into water…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… laws that widen “the racial divide”. This includes the Black Labour Regulation Act which “”¦made it an offence to … passed. The Native Land Act formally…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
… people on the eastern border to act as buffer against black people. 1817 Lord Charles Somerset meets the Ngqika, a … government to source labourers from …
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… armed Dragoons (police or military mounted on horseback). Black mineworkers came out to strike in solidarity, but by … of the white labour movement promoting…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… take tough action against any unrest that could come from Black communities. Unrest started during the term of the UP … areas soon after the NP government…
ArticleOliver Tambo Speeches 1971-1979
… African National Congress ". Lusaka, 8 January 1972 1973 " Black Reaction to Apartheid: 1948-1973 ". Address by Oliver …
ArticleZulu
… The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga … The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South Africa's…
PlaceButterworth, Wild Coast
… in the Eastern Cape's Wild Coast (the former Transkei - a black homeland during the apartheid years). Butterworth is … in the Eastern Cape's Wild Coast (the…
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
… political initiatives related to the building of the Black Consciousness movement, and "political mobilisation and … of SASO was to politically galvanise…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… white areas had to be resettled in areas set aside for black occupation. Consequently, the destruction of Sophiatown … forced removals. It is often argued…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… to protect the increasing number of ‘poor whites' from black competition in the labour market, government officials … abuse related to the enforcement…
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
… to the politics of the regenerating trade union movement, Black Consciousness (including the writing of Steve Biko ) … local gym opposite the police station…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… CP capitalised on fears among conservative Whites that a black-led government would be disastrous for them. Recent CP … wing that whites would lose…
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
… homelands, would be held on the same day. This meant that black and white would be voting on the same day, although in … that through the elections it would…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… Talk, a political and literary magazine publishing black writers was banned under the Suppression of Communism … (IRR 1965 p45) Apr- The Sunday Times (London…