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Youth and the National Liberation Struggle
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- SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational DialogueSouth African History Online (SAHO) is hosting an intergenerational dialogue to…
- “Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman LevyThis article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 11) “Bantu…
- Student protests in democratic South Africa
- The Youth StruggleFrom the early years of colonial rule, South African youth had participated in various…
- South African National Students Congress (SANSCO)Background to the formation of the South African National Students Congress (SANSCO) The…
- Youth Politics in South Africa in the 1970sThe 1970s period was a watershed for youth politics in South Africa. The South African…
- 16 June 1976 - Soweto UprisingIntroductionThe 16 June 1976 Uprising that began in Soweto and spread countrywide…
- South African Students Congress (SASCO)
- Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)The Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) was formed in Transvaal (now Gauteng) as the…
- The African Students Association (ASA)The African Students Association (ASA) was established on 17 December 1961 in Durban…
- The banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
- The Society of Young Africa (SOYA)The Society of Young Africa (SOYA) held its opening conference on 20th December 1951. Led…
- University Christian Movement (UCM)In July 1967, the University Christian Movement (UCM) held its founding congress in…
- Congress of South African Students (COSAS)The Congress of South African Students (COSAS) was established in June 1979 as a national…
- Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)The history of the Young Communist League (YCL) dates back to 1921, although the…
- African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) was established on 2 April 1944, by…
- Cape Youth Congress (CAYCO)Together with civic organizations, the youth played an in important role in the struggle…
- June 16 Youth Uprising casualtiesThis is a list is part of the Youth and the National Liberation Struggle 1894-1994…
- South African Students Movement (SASM)The South African Students Movement (SASM) an organisation of mainly high school students…
- Black People’s Convention (BPC)The Black People’s Convention (BPC) was an umbrella organisation of the Black…
- Defining the term 'Bantu'The following article is based on an essay from Kees van der Waal’s chapter in “Critical…
- Cape Schools Join the RevoltThe school students in Cape Town reacted to the news they heard of events in Soweto. A…
- UDF Affiliates
- National Youth UprisingStrikes in the Schools Presumably, not all students of the earlier generation …
- Organisations involved in Youth and the National Liberation StruggleBlack Consciousness Movement South African Students Movement The South African Student…
- Black Consciousness Movement (BCM)On 12 September 1977, the Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko died while in the custody…