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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. …
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 …
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,…
Famous Gatsha Buthelezi Editorial in SASM Newsletter, April 1973
… timers believe that Chief Gatsha Buthelezi will free the Black People. This famous "daddy" of the "Zulus" with his "tricks" manages to confuse so many black…
EventMuntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.
… Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO), an affiliate of the Black Consciousness Movement. At the age of 22 , he joined the first black consciousness…
“I want to live not survive”: the politics of refusing low-wage work in a time of mass joblessness by Hannah Dawson
… Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Why would young Black South African men refuse low wage jobs in a time of …
PlacePorterville
… as " Coloured ", 21.0% as " White " and 1.6% as " Black African ". It was laid out in 1863 on the farm: …
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…
Eye of the Needle - Notes by Richard Turner
… Turner 1 It will be noted that the author uses the term "black" throughout to refer to persons of color, including … Africans. This use of the term has deÂ…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… The UDF begins to focus on the planned elections for the Black Local Authorities (BLAs) and other local government in … nephew is killed in the bombing. 16…
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…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… anti-Indian and other discriminatory legislation against black groups intact. The Immigrants Regulation Act of 1910 … 1913 The Native Land Act formally…
Ernest Cole: Brave photographer who exposed horrors of apartheid from within by Teo Kermeliotis, (cnn.com), 5 January 2015
… scattered clothes hanging from rusty pipes, a young black man is down on his knees. His feet are naked, his … great eye for detail, Cole was one of South…
EventSouth African artist Fikile Magadledla is born
… in nature. Magadlela was a member of and adhered to the Black Consciousness movement led by Steve Biko. He became … acquainted with the leader, who…
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
… did to the character and self-esteem of the educated Black man. The book was banned in South Africa in 1966. … Dortmund, West Germany and is rated as one of…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… The government intended to redistribute 30% of the land to Black people by 2014. However, for the following reasons, the … and the falling into disuse of…
‘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…
Chapter eight - Conclusion
… of accumulation which was occasioned by the action of the black working class (in the 1920 Mine to disrupt the class … "golden age" shifted the interest of…
EventSouth African poet, writer and political activist, Mafika Pascal Gwala is born in Durban.
… out against the injustice of apartheid. He served in the Black consciousness Movement (BCM) and he was a member of Black South African Student Organisation,…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… Mandela, considered too influential to be housed with black prisoners, would be jailed at the Fort with white … the segregation outside the walls. One…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thembinkosi Khumalo
… off with the authorities who wanted to harm your precious black bodies. I do admit however that the ANC government that … face being from this crime ridden…
PlaceSophiatown
… Hermann Tobiansky. When World War I started and many Black people moved to Cities in search for jobs. As the number of Black people increased in the Cities,…
EventRand Daily Mail publishes exposé of conditions in Homelands
… African government, the media and White perceptions of Black bodies during the time. “As the Black spot removals bring more people to an already depressed ……
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.4 No.3 Nov 1981
… by Sy Moya; Have you seen Sticks? By ThamSanqa; Lone Black Woman by Morongwana; A Gift For Rajendra by Jayapraga Reddy. Features: The Story of a Black Blind…
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… (from 1905-1940). His death raised concern within the Black, Coloured and Indian communities, as he was a … rights campaigner. The Standard and Imvo…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… Ground, it was laid out on. It was the only Place where black people could buy free-hold Land until J.B. Hertzog . Black people in Alexandra became the…
PlaceNgoye University of Zululand, Richards Bay
… introduced. 1977 : Prof. AC Nkabinde becomes the first Black Rector. 1979 : Dr. MG Buthelezi is installed as the first black Chancellor. The Durban-Umlazi…
ArchiveGqozo you are a bandit, a mercenary
… White background black lettering inside black double border …
The diary of Maria Tholo - Epilogue by Carol Hermer
… and this included trade unionists, publishers and black ministers, were clamped down on by arrest or banning. … threat of chaos made people finally aware of…
New year message to the ANC external mission by Oliver Tambo, 01 January 1971
… will never take place, unless it is a dialogue where a black chief sells his people into slavery as some black chiefs did centuries ago. But we refused to be…