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ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… The Rand Rebellion of 1922 was an armed uprising that is also referred to as the Rand Revolt or Red Revolt. It occurred during a period of economic … Rand…
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… Herero wrote a letter with these instructions after the revolt had already begun. All preparations for the revolt were kept secret and the White victims had…
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… rulers at the expense of their subjects. The Pondoland revolt took place in the Eastern Transkei in the late 1950s … divide arable land from grazing land. A…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… to events in the Eastern Cape, where a new focus of revolt had been established in Port Elizabeth and East London … with different roots, led to the next…
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… up their cause. He wrote about the strike and subsequent revolt and aimed to raise support in Britain. Below is an … sentences commuted. He concluded with…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… and leaving that choice to principals, the student revolt spread to other parts of the country. Thus, apart from … thus linking these to the wider activities…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… the ‘Haitian Revolution’, which began to stir up ideas of revolt amongst Louis and his comrades. Events began when … of Toussaint l’Ouverture, leader of the…
ArticleBizana and the Pondoland Revolt 1946 - 1962
… Bizana and the Pondoland Revolt 1946 - 1962 …
15th Anniversary of 1922 Rand Strike - South African Worker, 27 February 1937
… does this apply to the Great Strike of 1922 on the Rand, commonly known as the Rand Revolt, when the workers of the Rand supported the miners … 15th…
Extract from The Peasants’ Revolt, Chapter 9 by Govan Mbeki (1964)
… Extract from The Peasants’ Revolt, Chapter 9 by Govan Mbeki (1964) …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… with a crisis when striking White miners mount an armed revolt against the Government and mining houses proposed … in jobs traditionally done by Whites…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… In the wake of the urban revolt of 1976 and with prospects of a national revolution … of a hunger strike. Kruger took one of these papers, the Rand Daily…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… their white counterparts. This led to the outbreak of the Rand Revolt of 1922. 1924-1939 This period is marked by the … by increased resistance in other…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… chiefs organised rebellions against colonial authorities. Revolt: To rise against the government with the aim of … were all crushed. In East Africa there was…
ArticleThe following is a list of 43 names of those killed in the stampede at a soccer match at Ellis Park stadium
… Sphiwa Esrome Mpungose, 13, from Burgersdale, West Rand Ivan Jeffrey Bezuidenhout, 39, from Potchefstroom … East Veleta Eunice Mouton, 26, from Windmill Park…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… other towns in South Africa to make a quick buck on the Rand. Moreover, gold mining was labour intensive and, as a … conscious republic. The discovery of…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… Sabotage. This photograph was part of a sequence shot by a Rand Daily Mail photographer, two of which were published in … a series of labour strikes erupted,…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… periods when the government faced unprecedented internal revolt – both in 1960 and in the 1980s – an Emergency was … the first time, the government was faced…
ArticleSoweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC)
… police fired on and came to be known as the famous Soweto Revolt of June 16. The SSRC had mobilised students to protest …
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… on demonstrating students. This resulted in a widespread revolt that turned into an uprising against the government. … the senseless killings inspired…
ArticlePeter Magubane Timeline 1932-
… Africa until 1966. 1967 Worked as a photojournalist for Rand Daily Mail, English morning paper, until 1980. 1969 … Orders for 5 years. Magubane was forced to…
ArticleThe Transkei
… the resistance of the peasants culminated in the Pondo revolt which broke into the open early in 1960. At first the … 27 January 1961, C. 226) The government…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… impact of the apartheid government’s backlash on students’ revolt and the impact of the backlash on the capacity of … the period from 1978 to 1983, when…
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… blacks. In 1987 one black troop refused to fight but the revolt was soon put down. South African counter insurgency … business interests through war. It took…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… 43 civilians and 39 miners. It took on the dimensions of a revolt when the miners organised themselves into armed … police in KwaThema, Springs, a township…
CAPS Grade 6: The Transatlantic Slave Trade - term 2
… owners o Rebellion against slavery o Nat Turner’s revolt 1831 o Joseph Cinque and the Amistad mutiny 1839 o …
Luli
… bringing much money into the country. Gold mining on the Rand created a revolution in mining methods, and changed … way. This section examines the nature and…
ArticleNational Youth Uprising
… strike 'for more food'... read on Cape Schools Join the Revolt The school students in Cape Town reacted to the news …
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… June 13- Benjamin Pogrund, senior reporter for Rand Daily Mail jailed for 8 days for refusing to divulge a … (New Age), Margaret Smith (Sunday Times), Paul…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… about the role of Black Consciousness in the student revolt. BCM adherents insist that the students were … the case, the role of SASM in launching the…