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Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… The late 1970s witnessed increased labour unrest in the … African Trade Unions (FFATU) disintegrated in the 1960's. Strikes Fattis and Monis Strike 1979 In…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… The school students in Cape Town reacted to the news they … of events in Soweto. A teacher at one of the Coloured schools was later to write: 'We haven't…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… During the early 1960s, civil society was disempowered and social … indication of black workers’ mood. In February 1973 mass strikes erupted impacting across…
ArticleNational Youth Uprising
… Strikes in the Schools Presumably, not all students of the earlier … The first, recorded stoppages of lessons, (always called strikes in the South African…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… Daily Mail photographer, two of which were published in the and Daily Mail of 29 September 1962 and captioned: … in repressing dissent, until in 1973 a…
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… The period after the Sharpeville Massacre and the banning of … students at their leadership seminars and formation schools. They formed an umbrella…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… The participation of young people in the liberation struggle … of young people who played active roles in the Durban strikes of 1973 and the 1976 student…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… how to look after animals and how to gather seafood from the beach. 1652 First white settlers arrive at the Cape, Jan … formal education. 1800 Christian…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… 1976 According to the government-appointed Cillie Commission of Enquiry 575 … the Cillie Commission that at least 46 incidents of arson, strikes and…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… Resistance to apartheid Umzabalazo - The Freedom Struggle in South Africa Conditions in Rustenburg … of Gertrude Mpheka, protested against the Pass Laws…
Liberation organisations
… UDF The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a non-racial alliance … point in trade union history came about with the Durban strikes in 1973. These strikes…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… For this complex period to be studied, the Sharpeville massacre, Soweto uprising and the release of … English was made compulsory as a medium of instruction…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… Introduction The 16 June 1976 Uprising that began in Soweto and spread … English was made compulsory as a medium of instruction in schools in 1974, black…
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… Filling the void left by SASO? The Azanian Students Organisation … was similar to the role played by students prior to the 73 Strikes who brought to the…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… The 1980s saw escalating state repression and mass … (SRCs), which could fight against sexual harassment at schools and to popularise the Freedom Charter…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… The Congress of South African Students (COSAS) was … COSAS organized students at secondary and night schools, as well as technical, teacher training and ……
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… The South African Students Movement (SASM) an organisation of … grievances and foster contact between students at various schools regionally and nationally…
ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
… The word fascism is used to describe any form of dictatorial, … also happy with the banning of trade unions and the ban on strikes. Hitler succeeded in…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… One of the key instruments used by the apartheid government to … and injuring 180. In response to this state brutality, strikes broke out and stayaways…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… 1903 William Edward Durghardt Du Bois publishes The Souls of Black Folk rejecting the notion that Black … boarding school and one of the few remaining…
ArticleLenin’s implementation of Leninism in Russia and the changes made
… While looking at the background information on the Russian revolution and the … parents from the working class were not allowed to attend schools. They began…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… Introduction 1985, Desmond Tutu, armed only with the bible under his arm, confronts the SA forces during their … uprising surpassing that of 1976. Students…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… 1850 The Nederduitsch Hervormde Church (Nederduitsch Reformed … the Volksraad ratifies the principle of town and district schools (farm schools). 1868 Mining…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… In 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the … and Indians. The government denied funding to mission schools that rejected Bantu…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… Contents The Segregated City, 1910-1948 The Apartheid City A decade of … Sport codes flourished, churches drew congregations and schools were established…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… 1950 - 1960 In Fietas, Johannesburg, the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) initiates and implements … discuss a joint campaign of civil disobedience and…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… Intervention from Above: The 1913 Native Land Act "Awaking on Friday morning, June 20, … African labour (at much lower wages) led to a series of strikes by…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… 1972 October and December - Strikes at the Durban docks October 1972 - when new wages for … End of January - newspapers list 29 firms affected by strikes…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu is born in Engcobo District in the Transkei, in the same year, the ANC was formed. 1920 … ANC at Veeplaats. Sisulu speaks of the…
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… Sleeping giant is stirring: Farmworkers in South Africa , the farmworker population in the Western Cape make up the … Strike 2012 In late 2012, a series of…