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Interview with Sunny Singh by C de Vos, Durban, 28 May 2002
… to him on May 28th; interviewer is Christian de Vos from the Human Sciences Research Council for the “VOICES OF … had problems schooling then, there were…
Chapter eight - Conclusion
… From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A … union work. Trade unions were to him by far the best 'schools of war' of the workers. His active…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe … African at that time) at Georgedale School and taught at schools at VredeviUe, Darlington, and…
National General Council 2005: Consolidated Report on Sectoral Strategies, 3 July 2005
… Participatory democracy can be enhanced by addressing the following issues: Public participation unit to educate on … place builds stability, and reduces…
Reclaiming Radical Traditions of Workers' Education by Linda Cooper and Sheri Hamilton
… This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference South … to workers’ education. The period following the 1973 strikes and…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… Forced removals refer to the moving of people from their homes against their will. … imposing unfair building restrictions as well as closing schools and…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… The struggle for a shorter workday, a demand of major political significance for the working class dates back to the 1800s. On 7 October 1884, the Federation…
Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Kabwe, Zambia, June 1985
… Comrade Chairman, Comrades, Delegates, This day, the opening of the National Consultative Conference of the … up to 1979, we had succeeded to vanquish the…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… After the government crackdown on political organizations in the early 1960s, new organizations emerged to fill the … through which black consciousness…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… June 16 marks the commemoration of National Youth Day in South Africa. This is the day the country reflects on the massacre of school … Decree, issued in…
Chapter 13. General Strike, 1932
… Lengthy negotiations took place between the union and the employers' association before the agreement expired in the middle of August 1932, but these …
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… The history of the Young Communist League (YCL) dates back to 1921, although the organisation observes 25 May 1922 as the date of its … support, leaflets…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… This period was characterized by events leading up to the formation of the African National Congress in 1912 as well as the … May as the date) 8 July, As a…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 11) “Bantu Education … the act’s implementation, a boycott of government primary…
Political report by Oliver Tambo on the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the African National Congress, 17 June 1985, Kabwe, Zambia
… Comrade Chairman, Comrades, Delegates, This day, the opening of the National Consultative Conference of the … up to 1979, we had succeeded to vanquish the…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… Mangaliso Sobukhwe is born in Graaff-Reinet a town in the Cape Province. 1940 Sobukwe enrols at Healdtown Institute … bursaries and additional funding…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 7
… From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin In … organizing and managing several state-aided Indian schools…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 2
… Introduction Most of the world is living under the system of Society called … ICU ; promotion of an assistance to native trade unions, strikes and political…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… Women at the start of the 20th century It is only over the last three … dissatisfied with the status quo and a number of major strikes and boycotts were held…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province). 1870 The death of the King of the Baostho Moshoeshoe I. 1878 Sekhukhuni at war … go on strike in what becomes…
Chapter 10
… Chief obstacles in the way In the last few chapters we have described the … colour. This in fact is what is actually happening, as the strikes which have…
EventPupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools
… School started boycotting classes in protest against the use of Afrikaans as medium of instruction in certain subjects in schools. The unrest spread to Belle…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… Between the 20th and 21st century, a number of people lost their … However, some of these events were carried out beyond the borders of South Africa by…
ArticleStalinism and how Stalin used his power to change Marxism-Leninism
… from school for neglecting his studies and found work at the City's meteorological observatory over the next decade. Stalin became a famous local…
Apartheid power in crisis
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman … was not the first time detainees had embarked on…
EventSoweto students begin protest against the compulsory use of Afrikaans
… out a police car and damaging three other vehicles. The first indication of African unrest at Soweto schools was noticed by government authorities on 4 June,…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… stands over Steve Biko's open casket in his home before the funeral, attended by 20,000 mourners at King William's … apartheid system became more evident in…
EventSoweto High School under siege
… in a convoy of more than ten armoured vehicles, surrounded the Thaba-Juluba high school in Soweto and arrested 200 students during a clampdown on school…
Chapter 3: The Pitfalls of National Consciousness by Frantz Fanon, 1961
… HISTORY teaches us clearly that the battle against colonialism does not run straight away … that students from Black Africa who attend secondary schools…