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St George’s Grammar School, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town

Place
… boarders” required to travel to and from School by Bus and Train each day, instead they were taught in the … boarders” required to travel to and from School by Bus and Train each day, instead they were taught in the …

Popular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960

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… to new measures passed by the apartheid government in the 1950s. One of the factors that loomed large in the general … by average family incomes. These causes included increased bus, train and tram fares, intensified enforcement of pass … Newclare, Western Native Township and Sophiatown staged a boycott of trams following the Johannesburg City Council’s …

Doornfontein, Johannesburg

Place
… has been situated at 3 Gordon Terrace since the late 1950s. The Area has undergone substantial Transport Renewal … with the introduction of a key route of the Rapid Transit Bus System. On the very edge of old Doornfontein running … has been situated at 3 Gordon Terrace since the late 1950s. The Area has undergone substantial Transport Renewal …

Tennyson Xola Makiwane

Biography
… at the trial to consult with organisers of the Alexandra busboycott in 1957. Makiwane made ends meet as a staff writer in the mid-1950s and later as a correspondent for New Age . Early in …

C. J. Mayekiso

Biography
… ANC in 1942 and was a leader of the 1949 Port Elizabeth busboycott and an ANC volunteer during the  1952 Defiance Campaign .  In the mid-1950s he was a member of the Cape ANC executive and also …

Thomas Titus Nkobi

Biography
… Congress  (ANC) from 1958 and a leader of the 1957 busboycott in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. He attended … executive committee of the ANC, leader of the 1957 busboycott in Alexandra Township,  Treasurer-General of the …

Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance

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… laid down the foundation for the ANC’s campaigns in the 1950s. At the same time, rapid migration into urban areas … the ANC inspired the several organisations in Cape Town to boycott the event. For instance the Langa Rugby Club, part of … African Coloured People’s Organization (SACPO) launched a busboycott in April 1956 in Cape Town. Driver assists …

Alexandra, Township in Johannesburg

Place
… control.  In 1940 residents of Alexandra embark on a boycott of Public Transport to protest fare increases and … subsidized by the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce. The bus strike had been organised by the Alexandra People's … 1946-1994 ANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s Apartheid and reactions to it Petition to King Edward …

Joseph Sallie Molefi

Biography
… at the University of the Witwatersrand in the early 1950s, but they were jettisoned for political activism and … Congress Youth League (ANCYL).It was alleged that the busboycott, ‘actually started after he had convened various …

Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka

Biography
… and called it the African Claims. During the Alexandra BusBoycott, Mosaka was a member of the Emergency Transport … the meantime, his businesses were flourishing and by the 1950s he was focusing most of his energies in running them. …

Audrey ‘Bobbie’ Cobden

Biography
… anti-apartheid politics became her main focus. In the late 1950s, Cobden worked for the multiracial Liberal Party of … the same time, she played an integral role during the 1957 busboycott when 70,000 Black workers living in the townships on …

Hyman Meir Basner

Biography
… he was involve in the anti-pass campaign and Alexandra busboycott. He went to the United States to help India's … United Nations on behalf of Africans.he went quiet in the 1950s with his politically activities. In 1952 Nelson Mandela …

United Women’s Organisation (UWO)

Article
… organisation had been active in the ANC Women’s League in 1950s. For instance, Dorothy Zihlangu, Mildred Lesia and Dora … and interests of women in those areas. UWO initiated the bus boycotts in 1984 and the bread boycott in 1985. After joining the UDF, women leaders such as …

Elsie’s River

Place
… a scene of total bloodshed and violence, when a school boycott became violent and police shot dead two 15-year-olds! … a scene of total bloodshed and violence, when a school boycott became violent and police shot dead two 15-year-olds! …

Grade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s

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… August 27, 2019 GRADE 12 Topic 3: Civil society protests 1950s to 1970s Online Resource: … Forms of protest through civil disobedience: Montgomery busboycott, sit-ins, marches including to Lincoln Memorial, …

ANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s

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… Suppression of Communism Act. In 1955 the ANC started a boycott of Bantu Education and called for an alternative … in the organisation of women. In 1957 there was a busboycott in Alexandra resisting fare increases, and … Award … ANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s … article …

Boy Mvemve

Biography
… in 1931, Boy Adolphus Mvemve joined the ANC in the early 1950s. He also became a member of the ANC Youth League, of … among the dedicated foot soldiers of the 1957 Alexandra BusBoycott, a role he had also played two years before, during …

African National Congress Timeline 1940-1949

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… period, passive resistance campaigns such as the Alexander bus boycotts and the miners’ strike in 1946 were woven into … In a spontaneous protest the 20 000 residents begin a busboycott and walk approximately 14kms into town and back home. … disobedience. This leads to the Defiance Campaign of the 1950s. Dr. A.B Xuma is replaced as President-General of the …

The Society of Young Africa (SOYA)

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… distributing the organisation’s leaflets. During the Busboycott in Johannesburg, some members of SOYA led by Dan … The Witness, From www.witness.co.za By the mid-to-late 1950s SOYA was wracked by internal problems, and debates …

A History of Ottosdal and Letsopa

Place
… labour. [11]    The Growth of Local Industry By the early 1950s, impetus grew for the removal of Makweteng. The Group … were difficult on the mine; strikes took place during the 1950s over “new work methods” that were brought into the … grew in Ottosdal and Letsopa. In 1992 there was a consumer boycott led by residents of Letsopa. This manifested in the …

South African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)

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… that Coloured politics took another direction in the 1950s. Before the introduction of Apartheid, there were … a series of boycotts and protests. In 1954 SACPO staged a busboycott in Cape Town to oppose the introduction of racial …

South African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)

Article
… that Coloured politics took another direction in the 1950s. Before the introduction of Apartheid, there were … a series of boycotts and protests. In 1954 SACPO staged a busboycott in Cape Town to oppose the introduction of racial …

Gaur Radebe

Biography
… was again in the news when he helped lead the Alexandra bus boycotts of 1943 and 1944. From the Alexandra branch of … the National-minded Bloc the following year. By the late 1950s, Radebe had moved into the Africanist camp, and in 1959 … the National-minded Bloc the following year. By the late 1950s, Radebe had moved into the Africanist camp, and in 1959 …

Women in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath

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… Bertha Mashaba began to be heard. In fact, the 1940s and 1950s highlight the changing role of African women, and … women) of Alexandra Township challenged an increase in the bus fare into Johannesburg and boycotted the buses until the … in 1945 when local women, with CPSA backing, organised a boycott of the municipal canteens. This led to police action …

David Goldblatt

Biography
… magazines such as  Life  and  Picture Post . In the 1950s, David started photographing the unfolding political … workers who travelled an average of four hours per day by bus between the homelands and cities like Pretoria .  This … of the  African National Congress  (ANC) called for a boycott of his exhibition that was touring Britain. The ANC …

Clarkebury, Eastern Cape

Place
… involved in a Students’ Representative Council (SRC) boycott against the quality of food, for which he was …

African National Congress Timeline 1950-1959

Article
… the period, for instance FEDSAW and SACTU. During the 1950s a series of boycotts, demonstrations and marches to … Act and the ANC, in protest, decides to plan a massive boycott by teachers and students. 7-9 April, A National … between White and Black people. 7 January, The Alexander BusBoycott takes place following an increase in bus fares of …

David Wilcox Bopape

Biography
… 1943-44. Bopape was also a central figure in the Alexander busboycott of 1943 – 1944, when thousands walked eighteen miles … Congress (ANC) figure until his banning in the mid-1950s. References Gerhart, G.M. & Karis, T (eds)(1977). … …

Liberation history Timeline 1940-1949

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… of passive resistance campaigns such as the Alexandra bus boycotts and the miners’ strike in 1946. Conversely, … increasingly urban population.   The first Alexandra BusBoycott takes place in Alexandra Township , Johannesburg, … of the Congress movement's tactical campaigns of the 1950s, which, in their use of passive resistance, showed …

Martin Luther King, Junior, is born

This day in history
… the message of the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. King led blacks in the Montgomery busboycott of 1955-1956, an action stimulated by the arrest of …

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