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V - The Funeral
… travel by road, said at the funeral that he had watched as black police hauled mourners off the buses in Soweto and … as a commemoration of the country's…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… proving costly and had a negative effect on both white and black South Africans. The shortage of skilled labour, which … There were signs that Verwoerd’s…
EventWaaihoek women embark on anti-pass passive resistance campaign
… In 1913, Black women in Bloemfontein were experiencing the culmination … pass laws being implemented to control the mobility of the Black population in White…
Call for papers - “Ukutshona kukaMendi”/ "Ukuzika kukaMendi": The Mendi Centenary Conference
… war effort. It also aims to examine the roles played by black intellectuals such as Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, … tragedy. One of the themes we are very keen…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The World The Workers Made
… to leave the rural areas first to se work in the towns. Black women, on the other hand, tended to come later —their … for the homesteads to continue. For…
The melody of freedom
… the pride and the intransigence so characteristic of black South African musicians. This article deals with that struggle for a black South African musical…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… direct response to the nefarious act, which alienated the black majority from power sharing. According to ANC … order to fight against the common enemy,…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… OFS province, the only province that enforced passes for Black women at this time. Hundreds of women are arrested. … for which he was arrested and detained…
EventMinister introduces free and compulsory education
… the introduction of free and compulsory education for Black pupils. This was the fifth concession to Black demands since the 1976 Soweto Uprising. The…
EventVaal Uprising Begins as Sharpeville Residents Resist Rent Increases
… R5.90 rent increase imposed by the Lekoa Town Council. The Black Local Authorities, established by the Apartheid …
EventIgnatius Iggy Mthebule remembered
… in 1976. He was a promising student and even had a black belt in karate. Samuel also said that Iggy had gone …
PlaceRocher Pan Nature Reserve
… since. Along the coast you’ll see the rare and endangered black oystercatcher, the kelp gull and the Cape shoveller. …
EventWinnie Madikizela Mandela, a stalwart in the fight against apartheid, passes away
… at a young age, due to her experience of the oppression of black people during the apartheid era. Her interest in …
EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
… headed by the ANC's Nelson Mandela who became the first black President of the country. …
EventRight wing Wit Kommando bombs academic's office
… to countries which complied with the initiative. The Black states, including the independent 'homelands' rejected …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… shows how ‘locations’ were eventually developed for a black urban working class. So the nature of production on the … countries such as Britain. Most people,…
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
… player who joined the club in the 1950s who was a black man – something that was unheard of in our part of the … After spending time with the man who had…
EventRugby player Breyton Paulse is included in the national team after the ANCYL challenged the decision to omit him
… and soon became representative of the exclusion that the Black majority faced from South African society. Not only did South Africa exclude Black players…
ArchivePromise of hope
… A2 litho black on white photo two young boys crying; text: What is needed by the black people of South Africa is not sticking plaster; but the … one united…
EventLocal elections in Townships
… Following government's introduction of Black Township Councils in the late 1980s, which attempted to co-opt Black leaders into the Apartheid system without…
A Survey Of Race Relations In South Africa 1973
… party has been faced with increasing manifestations of black dissatisfaction and anger. The Black Conciousness movement appears to be gaining strength, … and…
ArticleContinued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s
… the rise to prominence of the SACP, particularly in some Black townships as the ANC experienced a marked decline. …
Bonani Africa 2010 Awards
… Limpopo , Santu Mofokeng, Let’s talk... and Oupa Nkosi, Black Diamonds Honourable mentions Araminta de Clermont, Life …
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… shield 1. The SS Mendi - represents the courage of many black South African soldiers and their fellow white officers …
ArchiveA Speech to Displease All Parties by Imraan Coovadia, 11 October 2021
… more questions. What is a state? What is fairness? What is black? And how do those words move us? Thirdly, Gwala was … Gwala as the ‘exciting re-emergence of…
EventThe Chinese Community in South Africa is granted ‘White’ status
… of the Apartheid Regime the Chinese have been classed 'Black' again. South Africa's high court ruled that Chinese South Africans would be reclassified as …
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… are currently in force on all funerals in over 70 black townships, while specific restriction orders are … structures of homelands authorities and of black…
EventThe second Carnegie Report on poverty in South Africa is released
… eradicated poverty amongst Whites. Fifty years later, most Black South Africans endured a level of poverty even more … activists and humanities specialists,…
‘Just say yes, Mr President’: Mbeki and AIDS by Anthony Brink A PROSPECTUS
… ‘AIDS and Zimbabwe will remain, into perpetuity, sort of black marks against his name.’ In The Mbeki Legacy (Cape … ‘“That was the first time I became aware…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… argument against the Bantu Education on that fact that Black children had to know their place in South African by … 23). The apartheid government primary…