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Chapter VIII - Treason - South African style 1
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Six months later, in August 1958, we came to trial. The government wanted us out of Johannesburg this time, to…
Chapter IX - Treason - South African style 2
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The months of legal argument on the indictment were over at last and thirty "high traitors" pleaded not guilty to…
Chapter XIII - Journey to the banished
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph At long last 1962 arrived and I could say to myself, "It's THIS year" ”” this year that my bans would end and I…
Chapter III - My very ordinary life
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph On that day in August 1956, I was already fifty-one. I often wonder just how it took me so long to find the road…
Chapter I - Twenty thousand strong we marched
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph We shall not rest until we have won for our children their fundamental right to freedom, justice and security. I…
Chapter XIV - End of an era
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph I drove back alone to Johannesburg, to my comfortable home in a white suburb, to my comfortable white life; my…
Chapter I - Learning to live a half life
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The 1950s had been a decade of protest, from the Defiance Campaign at the beginning to the Treason Trial victory…
Chapter II - More of the same
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph After almost five years of house arrest, I was eagerly but anxiously looking forward to 31 October 1967, when the…
Chapter 1 - The House at Lower Seoli
From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 The Last Supper is a painful story in…
Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson Although out of active politics, Gomas observed with keen…
Chapter 18. Disrupting the Trade Unions
In Mein Kampf, Hitler propounded at length the need for capturing or disrupting all mass organisations in the interest of National Socialism. The leaders of…
Chapter 14. Rebuilding the Union-Constitution
When I returned to South Africa in March 1933, I found the stillness of the grave in the union office. The mass of workers in the factory section had lost…
Chapter 24. Sack All Non-Europeans
In May 1948, when the Nationalist Government came to power, the union was engaged in a struggle with the clothing manufacturers. The agreement for the industry…
Chapter 29. Policy and Tactics of The Union
… matters. The constitution provided that audited balance sheets had to be submitted to general meetings … half-yearly and, later, yearly. I have read and…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 4 - Participatory Democracy
… in the factory, for hiring and firing, for the annual balance-sheet, and for the distribution of surplus, It would …
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… of negotiation. The document assessed the political balance of forces and provided a perspective on the …
Turning the Tide: A chapter from The UDF. A history of the United Democratic Front in South Africa
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
… behind South Africa’s withdrawal, a shift in the regional balance of forces had indeed resulted from Angolan and …
Chapter 10 - The Character, Role and Significance of SANSCO
It is now possible to interpret the character, role and significance of SANSCO. For this purpose, I draw on the previous chapters which discussed SANSCO's…
ArchiveCHAPTER 4 - A turn to masses by Howard Barrell
… demand; it had to ensure that the ANC was seen to be striking at the South African state. 12 COH argued that the …
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
… motors, turning the rotors on a small precision lathe to balance them. This made the cars run faster and made them …
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
This chapter grounds the analysis of the emergence, ideology and politics, organisation and collective actions of SASO which are examined in the next three…
Chapter 17 Affairs of the heart and Community H.E.A.R.T. by Denis Goldberg
Four striking truckers are shot and wounded by a security guard when about 150 protesters storm the gates of Cargo Carriers in
… Four striking truckers are shot and wounded by a security guard …
About 100 striking Nigerian oil workers seize four offshore rigs and hold hostage ninety-seven expatriate workers as well as mo
… About 100 striking Nigerian oil workers seize four offshore rigs and …
ArchiveChapter five: Black organisations - political pressure groups
ArchiveChapter one: Government created political bodies - Bantustans
ArchiveChapter nine: Education for Blacks - Higher Education
ArchiveChapter twelve: Education for Blacks - higher education
ArchiveChapter 26 Community H.E.A.R.T. by Denis Goldberg
From: Freedom Fighter and Humanist by Denis Goldberg