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ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… Background During the 1930s and 1940s, there were few black workers organisations in Namibia (then known as South … South African government, opposed the…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… preacher and strident voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches , first Black Archbishop of the…
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… singing to himself’ ( Disgrace 212) whilst Petrus, the black ‘gardener and dog-man’ ( Disgrace 64) gains more and … would have played a pivotal role in David…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… African, and thereby, severely limit the movements of the black African populace, manage urbanization, and allot … and worse. However, in the location of…
Archive'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes by Simukai Chigudu
… our home on the outskirts of the city through the imposing black gates of St George’s College, Harare. Dressed in a red … also accepted a handful of boys…
ArticleSharpeville
… 19 March 1960, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) called on Black South Africans to leave their pass books at home and … carrying passes. The PAC saw this as…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… the buffer zone between two opposing forces of White and Black during the height of apartheid, both in South Africa … in an iron shack, symbolizing the…
ArticlePass Laws in South Africa
… The Pass Laws was a system used to control the movement of Black, Indian and Coloured people in South Africa. The pass …
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… role in sport administration boosted the development of black football in South Africa. In some ways, Luthuli's … contribution exemplifies the heritage of…
“White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”: Examining NUDW and CCAWUSA organising of occupational categories in the retail and distributive trade in the late 1960s and 1970s by Bridget Kenny
… from 1975, CCAWUSA specifically organised to bring all (black) commercial workers together, explicitly cross-cutting … shortage created pressure on…
PlaceEzakheni Township of Ladysmith
… African families from Ladysmith townships and surrounding ‘black spots’ were moved into Ezakheni in successive batches, … 1972 to make a way for a dam. · …
Women in the apartheid society by Fatima Meer
… only marginally from that of white men: likewise, while black women suffer more than black men from the violations of their rights, the violations … The most…
Chapter IV - A meaningful life
… They were resettled on bare, undeveloped land in black areas. Cos had exposed the shameful conditions of these … me to tears. I saw that Jean Sinclair,…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… Marxist thinking, and contemporary theories concerning Black Consciousness and liberation. In 1967, two years before … [xv] In the 1970s, a wave of new…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… She is elected to the executive of the Federation of Black Women . December, An ANC National Executive Committee … Madikizela-Mandela is elected to the…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… White South Africans were willing to share power, but many black South Africans wanted a complete transfer of power. The … work towards abolishing apartheid…
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… apartheid laws were extended to Namibia and prevented black Namibians from having any political rights, as well as … Organisation (SWAPO) was formed. SWAPO…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… to appear. 1930 In August 1930 the first sound film of Black traditional life, In the Land of the Zulus was … of his father. The first South African film…
ArticleThe missionaries
… progress, growth, development and enlightenment of many Black women and men of South Africa in the early 1950s and … the first and the only agency that…
PlaceMeadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
… the early 1950's during the Apartheid era to accommodate Black residents who were forcibly removed from Areas like: … the Natives Resettlement Board had…
PlaceBonteheuwel
… 55 707, of whom 95% were classified as coloured and 4% as Black African, indicating the results of the Group Areas Act. … 55 707, of whom 95% were classified…
ArticlePeter Magubane Timeline 1932-
… of which the middle one was unstable. He was given only black bitter coffee to drink and collapsed on the fifth day. … In August this year Magubane was again…
EventThe National Union of Mineworkers start South Africa's longest wage strike
… trade union in South Africa. NUM represented mainly Black mineworkers in the gold and coal mines belonging to the Chamber of Mines. Approximately 360 000…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… to protest and cope with every day life within the black community in South Africa. Musical resistance gained … and culture rose simultaneously with the…
1973: Neo-apartheid and the Sleeping the Giant by Mbuso Nkosi
… where businesses could not afford to increase the wages of Black workers while demanding an increase in productivity … were to wake up the sleeping giant in…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… caused.” [2] 1976 Mapetla Mohapi a leader of the Black Consciousness Movement was arrested under the Terrorism …
ArticleSASO Bannings
… attack from the Government. In March 1973, eight Black Consciousness leaders were banned. In 1977, nine SASO …
The Battle of Square Hill
… and Society, Participation and Remembrance, South African black and coloured troops in the First World war, 1914 – 1918 … and Society, Participation and…
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… historians to present the era as a period of "black-on-black destruction," thereby concealing European … perception - encouraged by the narrative of…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… the area known as District Six. District Six was a hub for Black culture in South Africa. However, during 1968 many of … their skin. This removal only…