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ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… remained in force. The Kaffir Pass Act of 1857 prohibited black African people from entering the Cape Colony except to … employer and Xhosa workers. Once the…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… 27,000 inside a year, figures which give an indication of black workers’ mood. In February 1973 mass strikes erupted … the concept of unfair labour practices…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… In addition to running his own studio and training notable black photographers such as Joe Gqabi , he also shot on … Travellers Union. [v] Now, he was…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… created unfair laws in order to segregated Coloured and Black South Africans from the White minority. The liberation … the government’s military power and…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… attempted adultery or related immoral acts” between black and white people. The Act in essence criminalised … of the Non-White Peoples of South Africa . 27…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… moving people out of Sophiatown which it had declared a “black spot” because it was located in the midst of … south, east and north. In the grand scheme of…
ArticleGrade 12 - Forms of civil society protest emerged from the 1960s to 1970s
… was like in the 1960s. This will help us contextualise the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa in the 1970s. …
ArticleProvincial histories
… provinces were united. Later ‘homelands’ were created for black people to be sent to live separately from white people. …
The Durban Strikes and the making of the Political Struggles in South Africa by Vuyisile Msila
… that the Durban strikes initiated not only the rebirth of black labour movement in South Africa but they strengthened the liberation struggles. Keywords…
PlaceComrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum
… killed in the World War I. It was only in 1975 that Black runners and Women were allowed to take part. At the … two awards for architecture and craftsmanship…
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
… the Johannesburg Art Gallery has focused attention on black artists who were sidelined, staging large … motivation and his contribution to what was then…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… there was cooperation and sympathy strikes carried by black workers in support of grievances raised their white … in South Africa particularly in the 1920s…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… in South African liberation history. On this fateful day, Black people congregated in Sharpeville, a township near … 69 and injuring an estimated 186. All…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… plays, poetry, dance and music. I am joining the masses black and white, as well as the international community, in …
BiographyAhmed Timol
… room that was ajar. Timol was not walking normally, had a black hood over his head and appeared to be in severe pain. …
BiographySolomon Kalushi Mahlangu
… three days away, police presence was strong and evident. A Black policeman on patrol noticed the trio entering a taxi …
ArchiveSteve Mokone: the striker who broke the apartheid barrier
… The first black South African footballer to play in Europe, was told … an explosive and skilful player than with the fact he was black, and was thus the…
Chapter XV - House arrest
… leave the magisterial area of Johannesburg, or be in any black area, or factory, or communicate with any banned or … the weeks that followed saw many…
ArticleXhosa
… 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…
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…
Conservative Revolutionaries - Anti-Apartheid Activism at the University of Cape Town 1963-1973 by Robert Erbmann, Oxford University, 2005
… context of being 'the seedbed in which a potent strain of Black Nationalism was to germinate. 7 The only other … leaving in the early 1930s. Whilst NUSAS…
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)…