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Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… fighting 'evil communism'. The USSR supported the anti-apartheid struggle. Throughout the Cold War, the United … of America. The Civil War begins. 1863:…
PlaceMotswedi Alexandra Art Centre, Wynberg Sandton
… vulnerable and poverty stricken children in rural and urban areas. “We are embarking on various holistic programmes … through creating art programmes…
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
… mixed as a result of the unavailability of other legal, urban, 'non-white' living areas. Fietas/Pageview therefore … where tribute is paid to those who…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… delegation of the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid. The statement is directed at the Apartheid … a democratic elected government. 8…
EventLibrary and clinic names are changed in Pretoria
… The name of the Mid-City Library (Sammy Marks), city library of Pretoria, was changed to Es'kia Mphahlele … published short stories, essays and novels…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… Due to rising political oppression imposed by the Apartheid regime, Pukwana was forced to flee to Europe. While … residents from developed areas to racially…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… to become a dominant political and economic force in apartheid South Africa. The AHI began as an alliance between … influential in government circles than…
The Changing Nature of the African Working Class: Migrant Workers, Identity and Struggles by Sithembiso Bhengu
… migration of men from the countryside to the mines. Rural-urban migration intensified in the second half of the 20th … working-class struggles by African…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… Eli Weinberg were heavily involved in the country’s anti-apartheid movement and faced exile as a result; other Jews … and Apartheid Eli Weinberg was born in…
ArticleWorkshop ‘71
… theatre aimed at engaging with South African social issues prevalent during the time. The first production of … remained in the USA in exile. Functioning in…
BiographyEugène Ney Terre’Blanche
… the antichrist", he said. Terre'Blanche viewed the end of apartheid as surrendering to communism. He threatened full … of the SABC television series…
Introduction - My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… 1912 there was a growing black population moving to "the urban areas, seeking waged employment in the white-controlled … report: 'The women have been active…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… The United Democratic Front (UDF) was an anti-apartheid body that incorporated many anti-apartheid organisations. It was launched in 1983, in … amid…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… agency for Black women. Maxeke becomes involved in many issues affecting Blacks in her time, from campaigning against … is so as to decrease prostitution and…
Rocky Malebane-Metsing
… But he was more involved in the activities of the Anti-Apartheid Movement than in his studies, which he completed. …
Thayanayagie (Thailema) Pillay
… African Indian Council , a puppet body created by the Apartheid regime,and the imposition of the a new racist …
BiographyDora Taylor
… there was a possibility that she would be arrested by the Apartheid government. Thus, she never came back to South …
BiographyThabo Marcus Motaung
… as there were extenuating circumstances, but the Apartheid government had proceeded with the execution … Thelle Mogoerane, Jerry Mosololi and Marcus Motaung,…
BiographyEpainette Nomaka Mbeki
… the Eastern Cape and her commitment to the fight against apartheid.” At the age of 96, MaMbeki still works a full day …
BiographyDenis Mayer
… his dinner companions when he attacked those who defended Apartheid or expressed racist views. He married Jane Eason in …
BiographyKgosi Abram Ramotshere Moiloa
… a couple of years. Conflict between the Hurutshe and the apartheid state came into the open in the early 1950s when … the book, Forgotten People - Political…
BiographyMadhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha
… was to preserve and protect his remains from the notorious Apartheid regime’s bitterness towards him while still alive. …
BiographyVuyani Mabaxa
… upon the community. The ‘third force’ was a part of the apartheid regimes attempt to destabilise the community. On 13 …
BiographyJames Madhlope Phillips
… The funeral was attended by the Congress members, anti-apartheid activists, Communists, Labour Party members, …
BiographyJoseph Alfers
… Webster was tragically assassinated by an operative of the Apartheid regime. In 1997, Alfers moved to Rhodes University …
Jafta Kgalabi Masemola
… Masemola for dedicating his life to the struggle against apartheid and standing for the ideals of a free, just and …
EventJudgement is handed down in a landmark case
… Board (ERAB), granting him the right to permanent urban status. The ruling was likely to affect about 150, 000 Black contract workers in urban areas, who…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… In September and October 1977, the apartheid government stiffened its resolve to end the … It was only in 1986, when unrest had spread to nearly all urban…
ArticleCensus in South Africa
… the interval period was extended to 10 years. The post-Apartheid Government held its first population census in … 1991, 1996 and 2001. However, information…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… people into a powerful united front against Nationalist Apartheid policies continues. The fight against the Group … Nationalist and the United Parties. “On…