Africa Flashcards
South African War
The Second Boer War otherwise known as the Second Anglo-Boer War or the South African War, started on 11 October 1899 and ended on 31 May 1902
PAC
The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is a political party whose presence in the South African political landscape spans just over half a century. The PAC’s origins came about as result of the lack of consensus on the Africanist debate within the http://www.sahistory.org.za/organisations/african-national-congress-anc (ANC
Population Registration act
The Population Registration Act of 1950 required that each inhabitant of South Africa be classified and registered in accordance with his or her racial characteristics as part of the system of apartheid.
Defiance Campaign
The Defiance Campaign in 1952 was the first large-scale, multi-racial political mobilization against apartheid laws under a common leadership – by the African National Congress, South African Indian Congress, and the Coloured People’s Congress.
Steve Biko
Stephen Bantu Biko was an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. A student leader, he later founded the Black Consciousness Movement which would empower and mobilize much of the urban black population
Freedom Charter
The Freedom Charter was the statement of core principles of the South African Congress Alliance, which consisted of the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies - the South African Indian Congress, the South African Congress of Democrats and the Coloured People’s Congress
Alexandra Bus Boycott
The 1957 Alexandra bus boycott was a protest undertaken against the Public Utility Transport Corporation by the people of /Johannesburg, South_Africa.
It is generally recognised as being one of the few successful political campaigns
ANC
The African National Congress is the Republic of South Africa’s governing social democratic political party
Sharpeville
The Sharpeville massacre was an event which occurred on 21 March 1960, at the police station in the South African township of Sharpeville in Transvaal (today part of Gauteng). After a day of demonstrations against pass laws, a crowd of about 5,000 to 7,000 black protesters went to the police station.
Rivonia Trial
The Rivonia Trial was a trial that took place in South Africa between 1963 and 1964, in which ten leaders of the African National Congress were tried for 221 acts of sabotage designed to overthrow the apartheid system
Soweto
Soweto is a township of the city of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city’s mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships
Mineral Revolution
The Mineral Revolution is a term used by historians to refer to the rapid industrialization and economic changes which occurred in South Africa from the 1870s onwards
Treason Trial
The Treason Trial was a trial in which 156 people, including Nelson Mandela, were arrested in a raid and accused of treason in South Africa in 1956. The main trial lasted until 1961, when all of the defendants were found not guilty. During the trials, Oliver Tambo left the country and was exiled.
Trekboers
Created around 1804. In the history of Southern Africa, the Trekboere (now referred to as Trekboer in English) were nomadic pastoralists descended from mostly Dutch colonists, French Huguenots and German Protestants in the Cape Colony (founded in 1652).
Embargoes
An official ban on trade
Sanctions
A threatened penalty of disobey law or rule
