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EventThe constitution of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president
… the new organisation is committed to a philosophy of Black Consciousness, it does not reject the liberalism of …
EventUnions protest against the circumstances of Aggett's death
… detention, was supported by virtually all-independent Black unions, and tens of thousands of workers. Outrage at …
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 …
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… the control of the white authorities into the hands of the black activists. [3] As a result of the public relations … censors would not think to go and by…
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
… Jordan K. Ngubane, who writes a column entitled "African Viewpoint" in the Natal paper "Indian Opinion." It is …
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
ArticleThe Aftermath of the war
… Self-government would be promoted. Voting rights for black people would only be discussed once the two new …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
ArticleOliver Tambo Speeches 1971-1979
… African National Congress ". Lusaka, 8 January 1972 1973 " Black Reaction to Apartheid: 1948-1973 ". Address by Oliver …
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…
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…
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 …
SASO Newsletter, 1970 - 1976
… By the late 1960s many black students increasingly began to feel the frustration and … could not serve the immediate or long-term aspirations of black…
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…