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Liberation Struggle in South Africa
22 ARTICLES
- Mandela and the South African Communist PartyMandela and MK The late 1950s saw the first hints of an armed struggle occurring in…
- State of Emergency - 1985
- African Resistance Movement (ARM)Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa…
- States of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
- Popular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960 Historians recognise the significance of popular struggles over the past 100 years. But…
- Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW)The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW or FSAW) was launched on 17 April 1954 in…
- Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900Several factors seemed to pave the way to apartheid, among them a colonial conquest, land…
- 1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance1984-1990:- The people armedIntroductionNumerous factors characterised the…
- PoqoPoqo was formed as an armed wing to the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) during the 1960's…
- South African Congress of Democrats (COD)In 1952, Whites who identified themselves with the aspirations of those who participated…
- Partial State of Emergency, July 1985On 20 July 1985 the government declared a State of Emergency in 36 magisterial districts…
- Transition and negotiation, 1990-1994'Laws do not make a better society, people do ... it is crucial that the people of South…
- The people armed, 1984-1990Introduction 1985, Desmond Tutu, armed only with the bible under his arm, confronts the…
- Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976Introduction MK Sabotage. This photograph was part of a sequence shot by a Rand Daily…
- Apartheid and reactions to itIn 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a…
- Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948South Africa enters the War General Smuts signing the agreement at the first meeting of…
- State policies and social protest, 1924-1939One of the most important developments in South Africa in this period was the formation…
- Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10Scanned in copy of the last page of the Treaty of Vereeniging, click to enlarge and view…
- Pass laws in South Africa 1800-1994Slaves at the Cape were forced to carry passes. This made it easier for their owners and…
- Mass Democratic movements, 1976-1983IntroductionNovember 1977, Dr Mamphele Ramphele stands over Steve Biko's open casket in…
- The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966Introduction Sharpeville shortly after the shootings © Museum Africa. The 1960s marked…
- African nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with…