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… resistance. This culminated in the Congress of the People, a gathering in Kliptown, and the adoption of the … 1950s a series of boycotts, demonstrations and marches to protest against the tightening grip of the government’s … Suppression of Communism Act and proclaim 1 May as Freedom Day, calling on all organisations to protest by staging …

… with the apartheid state. 25 January, The next day the commision releases a statement outlining the ‘broad … with, and reflect accurately the demands of, democratic people wherever they may be in progressive worker, community … in the British Consulate in Durban, in a very public protest against the state’s practice of detaining it’s …

… first public address as President of the ANC 1 May, A May Day stay at home is successful in Johannesburg despite being … National Congress, South African Indian Congress , African People's Organisation, ANC Youth League, Communist Party and … committee decides to call a national one-day stay at home protest on 26 June 20 June,  Communist Party of South Africa …

… provincial branch of the virtually non-existent African People's Organisation, convene for the Defend Free Speech … June 26 , The Defiance Campaign begins. It becomes the day of National Protest and Mourning, when all Blacks are to stay away from …

… Convention in Johannesburg proclaims May 1st as Freedom Day and calls on all organisations to go into demonstrations … and other areas on the Reef, killing 18 and wounding 30 people. 5 May - 6 May, An emergency meeting of the Central … 'Nchu and decides to call a national one-day stay at home protest on 26 June. 11 June, The African National Congress …

… a 'Defend Free Speech Convention', attracting 10 000 people to Market Square. The meeting proposed a one-day stay-away on May Day (1 May) to protest the banning of communist leaders. Many ANC leaders, …

… for the PAC. International sympathy lay with the African people, leading to an economic slump as international … funerals were held for the victims. On 24 March 1960, in protest of the massacre, Regional Secretary General of the … Matthews called on all South Africans to mark a national day of mourning for the victims on the 28 March. The call for …

… democracy in 1994, public protests either service delivery protest, protest against undemocratic laws or land … that majority of the protests are about service delivery. People walk past burning barricades during a protest against … that South Africa had almost one protest every second day this year with Gauteng and the Eastern Cape were the most …

… organization of Africans. For many years we have addressed protest, petitions, memoranda, deputations and other … But so long as this unfair position continues, and our people are excluded from the franchise, have we not at least … our country, South Africa? We see the crime rate rising day by day. Savage punishments, whippings and floggings will …

… the crowd and was arrested by the police later that day. Along with other PAC leaders he was charged with … misgivings regarding government policy was Paul Sauer. His protest was ignored, and the government turned a blind eye to … of a state of emergency, the arrest of thousands of Black people and the banning of the ANC and PAC convinced the …

… At an African National Congress (ANC) meeting of 10 000 people, at Newtown Market Square, Dr James Sebe Moroka … the Transvaal at the Gandhi Hall, Johannesburg in protest of the bans.  The convention condemns the bans on the … two leaders and calls for May 1 to be observed as Freedom Day and people of all races to stay away from work to …

… a minimum wage of R40 per week, eight hours wing day, lunch and tea breaks and 3 weeks of annual leave. Fellow … and Monis products on 11 May. Their campaign was joined by people nationally and internationally.  Students organized a … boycott for seven months.  Bus Boycott On 3 June 1980 protest against higher bus fares erupted in the Cape Flats in …

… was evidently in commemoration of the 1985 coup in which people were also protesting bread prices and lack of … rejected by the masses and forced to stand down within the day. Next a seven-member Transitional Military Council (TMC) … in 1970, was reintroduced in murals [iii] on the walls of protest areas. The prominence of women in the protests …

… were telling us that. We never went to work on that day”, said Elizabeth Mabona in her first public testimony … to break up the meeting. . “On the evening of the 20th, people came round to my house. They woke me…I joined the … Phillip Kgosana  a high school student activist leads a protest march from the Cape Town African townships to Cape …

… small settlement in the south of his kingdom near present-day Durban, Natal. 1836 January, Dr. Newton Adams and Revs. … African miners strike on the Reef and in Port Elizabeth 21 people are killed by the police. 1921   Josiah Mqebu succeeds … by the success of huge rallies organised on 6 April in protest against the Van Riebeeck tercentenary celebrations, …

… the formation of the PAC, growing frustration among black people, the Sharpeville incident and the banning of the ANC … break up between the ANC and the PAC, the ANC organised a protest against pass laws for 1960. The PAC decided to jump … They continued to shoot while people ran away. On this day 69 people were killed and 180 were injured. There was …

… April, Kasturba Kapadia is born in Porbandar, in present-day Gujarat. 1876 Kasturba Kapadia and Mohandas Karamchand … 11, Mass meeting at Gaiety Theatre in Johannesburg to protest against treatment of Indians. March 29, Indians … was imposed, but 10 000 men and women still assembled. 386 people were killed by troops who fired into the crowd. …

… Moroka , and Moses Kotane . The meetings were called to protest the Unlawful Organisations Bill and Group Areas Bill. … or office bearer of the CPSA 1952 22 June, around 10 000 people attended a ‘Day of the Volunteers’ rally in Durban where Chief Albert …

… aimed at further tightening existing restrictions on black people migrating into the cities. As a result pass law … laws. In 1944 people in Langa began mobilising to launch a protest against pass laws with leading members of CPSA and … people on the women’s anti pass campaign and 1 pound a day campaign. The 1 pound a day campaign was waged by the …

… was sighted on 5 April 1652 and the ships docked the next day. Within a week of the arrival of the three ships, work … The ANC and TIC issued a flyer entitled ‘April 6: People Protest Day’. In 1980 the public holiday was changed to …

… becomes the editor of Tsala ea Becoana (‘Friend of the people’), a self-styled “independent race newspaper” (Limb, … women in the Orange Free State take the lead in a mass protest when they march to the municipal office in … municipal sanitary workers go on strike for an extra 6d a day. This becomes known as the ‘bucket strike’ 8 June, The …

… the Tricameral Parliament opened in Cape Town while protest demonstrations began in the Transvaal, marking the … with both police and township councillors, and left thirty people dead. The marchers also looted shops, set fire to … The UDF condemned the police violence and called for a day of mourning, but also called for non-violence on the side …

… and Mr. Sam Nujoma, leader of the South West Africa People's Organisation, was sworn in as the country's first … killing at least 14 people and wounding more than 380. The protest was organised against high rents and racially … the number of prisoners released since the end of the 11-day hunger strike at that prison. 31 March, The ANC decides …

… of Marcus Garvey’s Pan-African liberation for black people via village meetings arranged by Wellington Buthelezi, … action. 1931 At mid-year, some time after his 120-day contract expires, Walter returns home to the Transkei. … a major impetus to transforming the ANC from a reactive, protest movement to a mass organization. It was at this shift …

… the government-appointed Cillie Commission of Enquiry 575 people died. Police action resulted in 451 deaths. 3 907 … of the school year. 24 February, The first indications of protest over schooling in Afrikaans appears in Soweto … school. 16 June, The Soweto uprising takes place on the day that the Internal Security Amendment Act comes into …

… on racial segregation and disenfranchisement of black people except for a small number who previously qualified in … African Peoples Organisations resolution to declare the day of arrival of the Prince of Wales in South Africa as a day of mourning in protest against the South Africa Acts disenfranchisement of …

… and are allocated unacceptable sites. December 11, Indians protest at mass meeting against Licensing Laws. 1904 February … Zulu rebellion breaks out. March 21, Addresses coloured people's meeting in Johannesburg. March 30, Supports the … Immigration Registration Bill (TIRB) and declares day of Hartal in Transvaal. July 31, Mass meeting held in …

… instance, the detention of Winnie Mandela with 21 other people in 1970. Workers went on strike in 1970 and in 1973 in … a meeting in London to commemorate South African Freedom Day. 11 July, Oliver Tambo makes a statement at a press … that they return to school after they had walked out in protest against the use of Afrikaans as the medium of …

… in jail. He addresses a crowd of approximately 50 000 people from the steps of the Cape Town City Hall. 27 … May, An Anti-Apartheid Movement Rally is held in London to protest against President F.W. de Klerk’s  visit to the … and the ANC to end Black violence in townships a day before the ANC’s 9 May ultimatum to suspend negotiations …

… Between the 20th and 21st century, a number of people lost their lives in South Africa amid liberation … mineworkers were shot and killed by police while on wage protest at Marikana, North West Province. 1913 A strike of … in support of a demand for higher wages - 10 shillings a day. They continued the strike for a week in the face of the …