Liberation Struggle in South Africa

General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts as his deputy. ...

Although Apartheid only ‘officially’ started in 1948, repression was rife in South Africa long before that date. This sp...

1984-1990:- The people armedIntroductionNumerous factors characterised the intensification of the freedom struggle again...

The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW or FSAW) was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg as the first attemp...

When the African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912, it did not accept women as members. In 1918, the government...

On 30 July 2011, the South African Communist Party (SACP) celebrated its 90th anniversary. Initially known as the Commun...

On 16 December, 1961, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) was launched as an armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The...

 

The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is a political party whose presence in the South African political landscape spans jus...

In 1952, Whites who identified themselves with the aspirations of those who participated in the Defiance Campaign formed...

 

 

 

This article was written by Baruch Hirson A Short history of the Non-European Unity – An insider's view Where is the N...

In aftermath of the June 16 Uprising, the government cracked down on student activists and organisations alike. On 19 Oc...

The period 1860-1923 is characterised firstly by the introduction of indentured Indian labourers into Natal and of the "...

On 20 July 1985 the government declared a State of Emergency in 36 magisterial districts in the Eastern Cape and PWV (no...

Slaves at the Cape were forced to carry passes. This made it easier for their owners and the local authorities to contro...

The African National Congress (ANC) is South Africa's governing party and has been in power since the transition to demo...

One of the most important developments in South Africa in this period was the formation of the Pact Government in which ...

Like all other Black ethnic groups, the Coloureds also fell victim to segregation and repressive legislations enacted by...

Several factors seemed to pave the way to apartheid, among them a colonial conquest, land dispossession, economic impove...

By the beginning of the twentieth century a number of political organisations initiated by Coloureds existed, most of wh...