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ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… and expressing disdain at continued subjugation of black people. For instance, on 16 December 1929 anti pass … the government to eventually recognize the…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
… to apparently broaden political representation excluded Black Africans – far from being a movement towards a more …
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… back seat to the struggle against the apartheid system. ● Black Consciousness Movement Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu's connection with the Black…
PlaceLand Claims Court of South Africa, Randburg
… in terms of poverty and dispossession of land from Black South Africans. The main task of the Court in this … acquiring and transferring land from white…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… of Fort Hare in 1972. [i] He was well educated for a Black South African of the time with the having a very … It was well-known for its rejection of the idea…
EventWinnie Mandela receives a 6 months' sentence
… Mandela (now Winnie Madikizela-Mandela), restricted to a Black township at Brandfort, Orange Free State, was sentenced …
PlaceDwarskerbos Beach and Pools, West Coast
… exciting of these species include: the African Hoopoe; Black-Winged Stilt; African Purple Swamp Hen; Black-Headed Heron; Black-Crowned Night Heron; Sandwich…
PlaceNorthern Suburbs of Cape Town
… direction between Main Road and the Railway Line. The Black River also flows through Rondebosch , in a North … below Rosebank and Mowbray , the Liesbeek…
Archive25 Years of Freedom and Democracy: Success , Challenges and Solutions
… for better opportunities and development rather than a black child. Many people including schoolchildren died … nation. For the first time in our history, we…
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
… hut. The first extended piece of literature written by a black South African, Robert Grendon’s Paul Kruger’s Dream , … apartheid era recognised the…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… [2] White settlers moved from the Cape and took land from black people to establish farms – many of these farmers still … and Ottos – the town is named after…
African Art Centre
… that was involved in the development and promotion of Black artists. African Art Centre artists that have achieved …
Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London
… was the 1913 Land Act, an urgent issue that affected all black people. The SANNC sent petitions and deputations, but …
Article1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987
… The union was subsequently banned. The need for more cheap black labour after the Second World War led the South African …
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… 1978 28 April, Asvat is a founding member of Azapo, the black consciousness organization formed after Steve Biko’s … the police. October, The Azapo health…
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… Hanover Park and the like. [vi] For people categorised as Black South Africans, property ownership was not even an option. In the main, Black South Africans…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… embarked on a feverish drive to prepare their members and Black communities for the proposed nationwide campaigns. This … of the 21st March that came to…
EventBusiness Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck.
… an albatross around the country's neck. 'If you ask a black South African what apartheid has done, he will say it …
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… UCT students march towards the city centre giving the Black Power Salute to black people passing until the police stop them. 73 students …
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… During the apartheid era, it was a common myth that Black farmers met White settlers at the Fish River in the … interaction with Khoe pastoralists. Both…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… Cars were only allowed to proceed if the driver gave the Black Power salute and hooted in support. Later that morning … group that marched towards the centre…
EventOne hundred and twenty three people banned following June 16 Student Protest
… that Afrikaans would be used as a medium of instruction in Black schools. This failed to curtail mass action campaigns …
EventWhite entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the 'homelands'
Prime Minister B J Vorster announces that White entrepreneurs will be given long-standing contracts in the 'homelands' to speed up economic development. This…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… year, leaving their families at home. Unfortunately theses Black men were subjected to extremely unhealthy work … Natal. The women’s retaliation had a…
ArchiveSouth Africa in World War One, 31 October 2018
… Commonwealth Studies, on what white Afrikaner leaders and black South Africans gained for their show of patriotism … with their former English adversaries to…
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2018 submissions
… through pen and paper Jonathan Ansumana Project: The Black Consciousness Movement and Steve Biko Laura Wilson …
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… Government further entrenched its stranglehold over the Black (African, Indian and Coloured) population with an ever … Government further entrenched its…
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke's Drift
… is born in Rorke's Drift, Kwazulu-Natal. He was the only Black student of the South African College, now the …
PlaceMasiphumelele Township, Cape Town
… times to come. In the early 1980’s a group of 400-500 black people started the first informal settlement close to … away by force. Later they were told that…
ArchiveDemocracy
… each one’s potential Democracy The national flag Black, gold, green, white, red and blue Reflecting the … My right to vote My vote is…