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Document 52 - LA. Jordaan, “A Critique of Mr. W. P. van Schoor’s.The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa” Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951
… and appreciation of the manifold problems which face the peoples of South Africa in their democratic … blacks blacker, Mr. van Schoor tries to paint the…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… moment of draconian law enforcement against the majority Black, Coloured and Indian population of South Africa proved … by the increasingly ‘ungovernable’…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal Washington, 23 September 1998
… world, are greater than those we have already overcome, we face the future with confidence. We do so because, despite … South Africa. From me and the members…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 8
… African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin During the black-out on the night of the 7th December 1942, somewhere … seeking the warmth of nightlights and, in…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… significant for thee role played by women, particularly black women. Black men in the Cape Colony still had the vote (although a black man could not become a…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… Many of the ALSC members had been involved with the exiled Black Consciousness Movement of Azania. Thus, although they were Marxists and socialists, they did…
Document 29 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 5 December 1928
… he certainly is not going to have anything to do with a Black Republic. Tramwaymen, indicating me, shout to each … we say is true, though they want to cling…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… militant leftist rhetoric. While the SL accepted black people into its membership, it remained largely a White … join the UDF. An estimated 110,000 white…
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
… South African trade union federation that organised mostly Black employees that aimed to be a national, non-racial umbrella organisation that could…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… against the Germans in September 1914 in Karonga were black people. He then wrote a letter to the Nyasaland Times … that participation in the war would…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
… sound of marabi music was original and improvisational. Black Music and Musicians of the 40s and 50s With the removal … start of radio were also important to…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 3 - South Africa: Culture and Conflict
… over unused land in a half-occupied continent flies in the face of the historical facts. But even if it were true that … throughout the twentieth century,…
EventThe first 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… After South Africa became a Union, the government wanted Black and White people to live separately, so they set certain areas apart for Black people. Before…
PlaceLouwsburg, Zululand
Louwsburg is a little Village on the main road to Pongola, about 70 kilometres East of Vryheid and roughly 400 kilometres North of Durban. Louwsburg is named…
Belonging - A History of Indian South Africans
… class, daring to outpace their colonial rivals, only to face relentless hostility for their audacity. Drawing on …
PlaceTsaarsbank Beach, West Coast
… fantastic for anyone craving the cool sea spray on their face and the feel of the sand underfoot. To make the most out …
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
… four months alone scores of strikes involved over 100,000 Black workers. The recent action by Black miners crushed in one case by batons and in another by ……
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… they had to find a way of accommodating the demands of Black people for basic rights enjoyed by whites or the … in the old haphazard way, which instead of…
Article1973 Durban Strikes
… the beginning of a turning point in the long struggle of Black, Coloured and Indian workers to build non racial trade … organisations. The third tradition…
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
… speech alongside two South African novels that depict black-on-white violence: Sindiwe Magona’s Mother to Mother … literature etc., portrays this violence as…
Archive2000 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 4 February 2000
… we are entitled to make the claim that, as a people, both black and white, we did, in a mere decade, carry out a … been in a better position to confront the…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… criticizes the living conditions that Johannesburg's Black citizens are forced to live under. 1906 Pass Laws for … Commission criticizes living conditions of…
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
… same time, we would take diplomatic steps to convince the black States of the area that their current liberation and … movements and questioned "the depth…
Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Kabwe, Zambia, June 1985
… same time, we would take diplomatic steps to convince the black States of the area that their current liberation and … movements and questioned "the depth…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… Due to the apartheid racial classification systems, many black artists were not allowed to further their education and … mainly for white scholars at the…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
… of apartheid in the 1940s marked major changes for all Black South Africans. In 1953, the South African Government … was only in the 1980?s that membership…
WE HAVE THE KEY TO FREEDOM NOT THE OPPRESSOR, December 16, 1957
… many duties and problems internal and external that face our Liberatory movement. A constant reflection on such … indoctrinate him with theories of white…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… in the industrial sector. Segregation legislation against Black, Indian and Coloured South Africans increased during … The Government also sought to tighten…
ArticleQuotations by Oliver Tambo
… society. We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in … economic power, its oppression and…
Cyril Ramaphosa: Can ‘Mr Nice’ Be A Decisive President? Some say he lacks decisiveness, also in pursuit of his own interests by Liesl Pretorius (Huff Post), 21 August 2017
… Ramaphosa's smile as one "that wraps itself around his face". But, says Kuben Pillay, who worked under Ramaphosa in … across that boundary between liberation…