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ArchiveHamba kahle Jennifer Davis 1933-2019
… of majority rule in South Africa and leader in the anti-apartheid movement in the United States, died on October 15 … of entertainers to put pressure on…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… dissimilar throughout the country. In the popular tourist city of Cape Town, one of the ways in which it may be … beat of the music (Martin, 1999:114). The…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… have nothing to do with pass laws or unhappiness with apartheid . Instead he stated the march as a ‘periodic … reports of peace in Tom Lodge’s book,…
ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
… They arrived around 400 AD and only started to build the city seen today during the 1100s. It is difficult to … no records of their society other than the…
Lives on the Line: An Invitation to a Gripping True Story
… team of spies infiltrated and dismantled the violent urban terror organisation, Pagad G-Force. What to expect: An … genius, and the human cost of a six-year…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation:Indian Political Resistance in Durban, South Africa, 1979 - 1996 by Kumi Naidoo
… College, D. Phil., Michaelmas, 1997 Resistance to the apartheid system, led by the African National Congress (ANC) … resistance amongst South Africans of…
BiographyRoelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha
… of his Foreign Minister and endorsed the reaffirmation of apartheid policy outlined by other senior Nationalist Members …
BiographyProfessor Emeritus Phillip Tobias
… During his student years, Tobias was also active in anti-apartheid politics, and was the chair of the National Union …
BiographyMaggie Resha
… “… her excellent contribution to the struggle against the apartheid system in South Africa and fighting gender …
BiographyCyril Matamela Ramaphosa
… the resignation of Jacob Zuma. Previously an anti-apartheid activist, trade union leader and businessman, …
BiographyRowley Israel Arenstein
… active in organizing opposition to the new laws enforcing apartheid and in establishing labour unions in …
BiographyMagdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha
… “her excellent contribution to the struggle against the apartheid system in South Africa and fighting gender …
PlaceAtlantis
… as a “model industrial node”, within the framework of Apartheid spatial Development Policies. These policies were … was developed for people designated as …
PlaceWooden Bridge over Lagoon, Milnerton, Cape Town
… for a R20 million makeover. Mayco Member for Transport and Urban Development, Brett Herron said; a tender for the … “The funds allocated to this project…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) resuscitated the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa – at first through the … were inspired by it. It provided…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… of the struggle against racism, today known by the name 'apartheid". Some of these battles were won by the pioneers of … women would have none of it! For…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… the South African Communist Party (SACP) and other anti-apartheid organisations, the suspension of the death sentence … 50 000 people from the steps of the…
ArchiveCHAPTER FOUR: The Revival Of Alliance Politics, 1982-1984 by Kumi Naidoo
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EventNkosi Sikelel’iAfrica composer, Enoch Sontonga dies
… of Braamfontein cemetery, where Sontonga was buried, the City of Johannesburg invited city officials, archaeologists and historians to locate his … the…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… large numbers of unskilled white unemployed men into the urban areas. It was against this background that mine-owners … strike turned into open revolution in…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… address the huge socio-economic problems brought about by Apartheid government. Most importantly, the ANC government’s … supported many campaigns which vary…
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
… an impressive basis for world-wide workers' action against apartheid. It united for the first time in many years all the … industry and repeats itself in…
ArticlePaper Wood and Allied Workers Union (PWAWU)
… Transvaal. It was also established with the help of the Urban Training Project (UTP). Benjy Mngoma was its first …
EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
… to reports, the security for Mandela included 12 000 city police officers, 4 super-insulated bomb trucks, 16 teams … National Congress (ANC) at the time, was…
ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
… its existence as an organisation of the northern Afrikaner urban petty bourgeoisie - teachers, clergymen, intellectuals, … an existence as tenants on big…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… 1994, and was disbanded in 2005. Its policies included apartheid, the establishment of a South African Republic, and … wants of the white population. The…
PlaceKuGompo was called East London, Eastern Cape
… East London, (Afrikaans-'Oos-Londen'), is a Port City is situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South … pressing after 16 June 1835 when Governor Sir…
EventThe Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the '72-hour curfew'
… imposed on visiting blacks was one of the most hated apartheid laws. This curfew formed an integral part of … blacks to have a permit to stay more than 72…
ArticleHeritage
… significance. In this section, we will explore a number of issues relating to heritage, namely: What is heritage? What … heritage resources from the past…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre , in … in the space of a few years. The new…