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ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
… decline. The Kingdom was centered around the great city of Mbanza Kongo, located in what is now northern Angola, … “Mbanza Kongo/Sao Salvador: Kongo's Holy…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… to find a clear-cut alternative to the National Party's apartheid policy. The PP took a stand on constitutional … with the NNP soon ended due to disagreement…
Pretoria Socialist Society
… especially its more aggressive form, White baaskap and apartheid. It is in the economic sphere that this disastrous … shown itself in the dire poverty of the…
Regarding the white male gaze in South African photography by Daniel Gallan, 14 Jun 2017
… is “complicit, like all white South Africans [during apartheid] who never really looked at the consequences of … who recently exhibited at Circa for a show…
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… the 1960s was different that of the previous decade. The apartheid government had banished the Black resistance … with other literate Africans residing in…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… respected church dignitaries, elected members of the Urban Advisory Boards, prominent women, professional men, and … him. March, Professor Davidson Don Tengo…
EventAnti-Pass petition sent to President Steyn
… controlling the mobility of the Black population in White urban areas. Bloemfontein was becoming a fast-growing economy … for Black people, who ended up…
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
… remained with him throughout his life. He enjoyed the city and all it had to offer; so different from what he had known to date. About the city, he wrote to…
Place"When Woodstock had a Beach"
… long since been reclaimed for development as part of the city's expansion. Initially, the city's connection to … River . This crucial development marked the…
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… of young Blacks were committed to the struggle against apartheid under the slogan 'Liberation before education'. … Central Operational Headquarters…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
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Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… born on 4 July 1952, in the fourth year of South Africa’s apartheid state. By this time, policies, such as the Group … Coloured, and Indian South Africans to…
BiographyPresident Seretse Khama
… a vision of a southern Africa post-colonialism and post–apartheid, seen to be a key part in the development of the …
BiographyEnoch Mankayi Sontonga
… official use as the national anthem. On 2 May 1957, the apartheid government declared “Die Stem” as the National …
BiographyMosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale
… Fund (catering for families and communities ravaged by apartheid violence) and The Sky is No Limit (which aims to …
BiographyJan van Riebeeck
… prominently displayed on banknotes and stamps during the Apartheid era, and statues of both him and his wife can be …
BiographyAmy Thornton
… which had since gone underground (it was banned by the Apartheid government), where she actively campaigned against … Anti-apartheid activist, member of SACP…
BiographyPoomoney Moodley
… life she was forced to take a less active role in anti-apartheid resistance, working instead for the Friends of the …
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… of the Black population particularly centring on White urban areas, were being implemented all over South Africa. … that were committed to this movement…
PlaceGauteng Province
… Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging . These are the three Urban Centre's that make up the Province. Pretoria, South … business and money-making! The…
BiographyKenneth Mosenyi
… word and actively participated in the struggles against apartheid policies. Arrested for a second time, he was … the book, Forgotten People - Political…
BiographyElliot Shabangu
… network. As a result of his involvement in the youth anti-apartheid movement, Shabangu was made the keynote speaker of …
BiographyAlbert Dlomo
… for the ANC. As the pace for the dismantling of Apartheid gathered pace and the ANC was unbanned, Dlomo …
BiographyIrvin Jim
… He became a university student, active in the anti-apartheid movement but poverty forced him to abandon his …
BiographyEssop Goolam Pahad
… four brothers, one of whom is Aziz Pahad , who was an anti-apartheid activist, a former minister, and an MP for … Callinicos, L. 1993. A place in the City:…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… which is taking an increasingly radical position against apartheid. Prices begin to rise sharply, making it even more … the houses bequeathed to them by…
EventThe South African Government passes the Group Areas Act
… Apartheid as a system was obsessed with separating the … of 'races'. This intention was futile, as there were many urban areas where Black and White South…
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
… carried out the abduction, torture and murder of anti-apartheid liberation fighters. De Kock led the ambushes of … a member of the ANC who turned to become…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… campaign. Women and the anti-pass campaign 1950-1953 The apartheid regime's influx control measures and pass laws were … an offence for any African …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… Gandhi in 1913. 1921 Mary Fitzgerald is the first female City Councillor in Johannesburg. Josiah Mqebu succeeds Martin … of White workers and the chamber of…