resistance to apartheid Flashcards
programme of action
- consisted of demonstrations, strikes and general defiance of the government and the laws that had been passed
Who was apart of the Defiance campaign in 1952
- ANC
- South African Indian Congress
- Asian anti apartheid political organization
what was the defiance campaign
a non violent campaign, one in which apartheid laws were deliberately broken
the freedom charter
was a charter that expressed the aims of people, which would embody the rights of the people
freedom charter beliefs
1 - The people shall govern
2 - All national groups shall have equal rights
3 - the people shall share in the country’s wealth
4 - the land shall be shared among those who work it
5 - all shall be equal before the law
6 - all shall enjoy equal human rights
7 - there shall be work and security
8 - the doors of learning and culture shall be opened
9 - there shall be houses security and comfort
10 - there shall be peace and friendship
the womens march
when the national party government planned to extend the pass law system to women, the women were unhappy about this - So the african national congress womens league (ANCWL) and the non-racial federation of south african women (FEDSAW) were most unhappy
when did womens march occur and who was it lead by
9 august now womens day
- Lilian Ngoyi the president of FEDSAW and an active trade unionist
PAC ; who founded it
- Pan african Congress, Robert Sobukwe
- The PAC insisted on being militant exclusively on black support
- was abolish inequality of blacks vs ANC which was abolish inequality for all
SHARPEVILLE
white police opened fire on a mass demonstration organised by the PAC, which led to violence and protests throughout the country
- 1960 The PAC and ANC were banned
umkhonto we sizwe
spear of the nation
what was the importance of sharpeville (beside the event itself)
it drew world attention to what was happening in south africa and international pressure on the apartheid government
