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EventThe Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… government banned all the organisations under the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) banner. The BCM … behind the uprising, these included among others, the…
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
… side to tour abroad and for most opposition the first black team they played against. 1902 Durban ‘Bush Bucks' … “Kalamazoo” Mokone and David Julius become…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… The period after the republic saw a radicalization in black politics. Afrikaners White South African politics had … J. 1999. Help-U-History Grade 12 . Cape…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 16 February 2010
… society, as to how best to respond to the challenges we face, we need to be mindful of some basic facts about our … service. We will meet social workers as…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… fulfilled her mother’s dream for her to become an educated Black woman in South Africa. Her journey led her to become a … of Documents Act of 1952, had begun…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency: National Assembly, 12th June 2007
… with government as well as with the challenges that face our people. In this regard, I am happy to congratulate … of those who are well-off within our…
Closing speech by Oliver Tambo at the ANC conference "Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa", 04 December 1987, Arusha
… and unrelenting tyranny as brutally violent as the one we face, we have the duty to raise the armed struggle to new … apartheid State. The greater numbers of…
Closing Speech at the ANC Conference "Peoples Of The World United Against Apartheid, For A Democratic South Africa" by O. R. Tambo, Arusha, 4 December 1987
… and unrelenting tyranny as brutally violent as the one we face, we have the duty to raise the armed struggle to new … apartheid State. The greater numbers of…
Acceptance speech by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of being awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters in recognition of his contribution to education at Texas Southern University Houston, Texas, 23 September 2011
… time, where education was a privilege and not a right for black children. Even those who went to school, obtained an … the most pressing and significant…
Everyone must take responsibility, 21 August, 2012 - Sahra Ryklief
… this from occurring again, we have to make sure that this black Thursday of August 16 is never forgotten. This means we … not be too difficult for the NUM…
Chapter 9 - Conclusion
… to state that Gumede was a respected leader in Black protest politics in South Africa. Gumede lived through … Gumede's career unfolded. Josiah Gumede's…
ArchiveApartheid Super Spy, Craig Williamson’s Trails of Death and Destruction: The Scandinavian Connection, (Responses to recent exposures in Jyllands Posten) by Prithiraj Dullay
… detention for leading a ‘subversive’ organization of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) . Little did I know that … Biko and the massive crackdown across…
"Attack, Advance, Give the Enemy No Quarter!" by O. R. Tambo, Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 74th Anniversary of the ANC, 8 January 1986
… but to the people. This is so exactly because in the face of the harshest enemy repression, we have succeeded both … into our townships white soldiers and…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 74th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1986
… enemy but to the people. This is so exactly because in the face of the harshest enemy repression, we have succeeded both … into our townships white soldiers…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… (showing different faces). The government and the black opposition moved even further apart. This trend was accentuated by significant shifts in both black…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… particularly Bloemfontein passed the laws to regulate black people in 1893. For example Law 8 passed in 1893 … passes by male and female. In the location of…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… building a network of LPSA branches in Natal recruiting Black people to its ranks. Alan Paton president of the LPSA … after its formation, this changed over…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… South African daily] routinely avoided using pictures of black people unless they were rioting and which did not print … Africa's racist history was how to…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… a Kimberley schoolteacher, becomes the first South African Black woman to receive a Bachelor's degree. While on a choir … University in Cleveland. She also…
ArticleGeneral Factory Workers Benefit fund (GFWBF)
… political activist. During this period it was illegal for black workers to belong to a registered trade union, as a consequence black workers joined the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC)
… Bloemfontein, with the aim of fighting for the rights of black South Africans. The organization was renamed the ANC in … the establishment of apartheid, its…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… of South Africa, which was accomplished in 1910. However, black people were excluded from meaningful political … that would consolidate their wealth while…
Address to the Nation by President Thabo Mbeki, 21 September 2008
… us to act together to address the major challenges we face. Fellow South Africans, Since the attainment of our … of us are aware of the huge and daunting…
Concluding Remarks
… to "truths made clear" as early as the beginnings of Black Consciousness. A neglect of overtly political art from … of information and insight include SASO…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… killing thousands of people and destroying property. Some black people died from so-called black-on-black violence, and many others were killed by police …
ArticleSS Mendi
… Davies Image source The concept of training and arming a Black army was considered undesirable by the White government … the crew gave up their places on the…
Chapter IV - Becoming an activist
… vote. It had been a short but bitter battle, in which the Black Sash also played its part. Later in the year came my … into contact with the Garment Workers'…
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
… of the apartheid period was the fourfold increase of the black population from just over 8 million to over 31 million. … of entry into the dominant caste for…
Address to the Parliament of Ghana, Accra 06 October 2000
… people lived without faces, except for their chief, whose face was the face of all the people; that is, if their chief's name was …
Address by President Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Celebration of Workers Day, Swellendam, Western Cape, 1 May 2006
… people for the better. This is the principal task that we face. This task that we talk about every day, the task of … and I believe that's the challenge all…