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Pamphlet by Professor Z. K. Matthews, published in November 1946
… of that political representation of Africans in the Union, the Act provided for the establishment of a Council … of our constitutional machinery for the…
PlaceNamibia
… viewed as the colonial territory of a friendly power. The Union Government, however, had military necessity and economic reasons to incorporate the territory…
Africans’Claims in South Africa,
… way of directing the attention of our Government in the Union of South Africa, the European population of our country … the non-Europeans. We know that the…
Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the 1940s
… resistance. Both the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) and the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) … organised mass protests, pass burning…
ArchiveAziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
… in the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the National Union of Students. He was, without a shadow of a doubt, one …
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… hostile blocks represented by the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union respectively. These two blocks are engaged in terrible … There is again a scramble for Africa,…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… resistance. Both the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) and the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) … organised mass protests, pass burning…
African Claims in South Africa by Dr Xuma, ANC Conference, 1943
… Charter from the Standpoint of Africans within the Union of South Africa" and "Bill of Rights," Adopted by the … way of directing the attention of our…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… following 1959 made tremendous advances in the trade union field; the campaigns encouraged the SACTU to devote … meaning of militancy and organisation ad we…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… anti-apartheid groups and the country's largest trade union federation from any political activity and served 17 … protesting:‘ The women, most of them…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… W. Lace Visiting Professor of World Christianity at the Union Theological Seminary, thus missing the entire Defiance … announced for 20 March 1951. The Food…
PlaceMaputo National Park
… in the French Capital at the weekend. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has described … in the French Capital at the weekend. The…
EventCI and SACC offices are raided
… was established to investigate the CI, the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and the South African …
EventMike Gatting's rebel cricket tour is curtailed
… Sports Council (NSC) and the white South African Cricket Union (SACU) on the rebel cricket tour by Mike Gatting's …
ArchiveCHAPTER 5 - Armed Propaganda and Non-Colaborattion, Rationalising weakness, August 1979 - December 1980 by Howard Barell
… state-related institutions strengthened. The ANC's Trade Union Confusion, 1979-1980 This drift also affected relations with the emergent trade union movement…
PlaceGuinea-Bissau
… pending. In April 2020, ECOWAS, followed by the European Union, recognized the election of Umaro Sissoco Embalo as …
EventP.W. Botha launches CONSAS at the Carlton Conference to eliminate “Marxist threat”
… he understood to be under the influence of the Soviet Union) in order to ensure that the region remained open to …
PlaceSchanskop Fort, Pretoria
… Gen Roberts. In 1922, Fort Schanskop was returned to the Union Government, and used for Signaling and Reconnaissance …
EventTanzania gains independence
… around this time, including the Tanganyika Africa National Union (TANU), headed by Julius Nyerere, now the former …
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… National Congress (ANC), the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and the South West African People's Organization …
EventRobert Kennedy, American politician, speaks at the University of Cape Town about the racial inequality of apartheid
… UCT at the invitation of liberal student movement National Union of South African Students(NUSAS). In his speech he …
EventThe Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire
… After the death of Jonas Savimbi, leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), the …
Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations’, 17 August 1944
… moved at a special congress of the Transvaal Agricultural Union in Pretoria on August 17. The main points contained in …
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… 16th anniversary of Freedom Day celebrations held at the Union Buildings in Pretoria prior to the FIFA 2010 World Cup …
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… From the 1880s Korannafontein had a few shops and by 1910 the area had been connected to a telephone line and had … local government. The Industrial and…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… to liberation movements, in many ways it was the trade union movements that became the spawning ground for women … rose to positions of importance in South…
Document 53 - M. Harmel, “Observations on Certain Aspects of Imperialism in South Africa”, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 3, February 1954
… class which has settled more or less permanently in the Union has become as "native" and fixed a feature of the local … this group corresponds closely in its…
Chapter 1 - The Victory of the Nationalist Party in 1948
… the migrant labour system, and to divide and crush trade union and political organisation of the majority. New racial … argued that better wages, permanent…
Chapter eight - Conclusion
… is nowhere more clearly demonstrated than in his trade union work. Trade unions were to him by far the best 'schools … belief in trade unionism. His dream of…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 2
… also in favour of labour unity and militancy and one Trade Union centre, as against the estranging and debilitating … right to own, acquire and occupy land…