Resistance against Apartheid policy 1950

This presentation focuses on the resistance strategies against the Apartheid policy in the 1950s

1. Gallery Walk History Grade 11 Ms A Shilubane

2. Recap on the Previous Lesson What was the previous lesson about? Define Apartheid. Watch a Video of Verwoerd Defining Apartheid

3. Discuss Divide and Rule How did Verwoerd view the Apartheid Policy? Neighbourliness Results: displacement, discrimination and an inferiority complex

4. Gallery Walk Instructions 4 Groups Carry a pen and paper Time keeper and Group leader 4 Stations, 2 minutes per station Visit all stations as a Group Share your findings

5. Let us Reflect: What did you see? What types of resistant strategies did you observe?

6. Station 1 Station 2

7. Programme of Action- 1949 In 1949, the ANC called for the Programme of Action to oppose white domination. 1950- May Day Protest in Transvaal and Johannesburg (ANC, SAIC, APO & CPSA) Aims: reject racial segregation, work independently of whites

8. Purpose: Stay away, to protest against low wages and for the government to burn the communist party. Results: In JHB, this event led to violence when the police clashed with strikers. 18 workers were killed . Passive/ Non-violent resistance: boycotts, strikes and civil disobedience.

9. Defiance Campaign 1952 In 1952, the ANC, SAIC and APO launched a joint campaign of peaceful resistance against Apartheid laws Purpose : Participants broke the law by using whites-only entrances, refusing to carry passes and breaking curfew hours.

10. They refused to apply for bail or pay fines while many spent months in overcrowded jails. It lasted for 3 months. Results: 8000 people were arrested. -Increased ANC membership from 7000 to 100 000 -This United Front led to white membership groups (Liberal Party and Congress of democrats) joining the campaign.

11. Freedom Charter ANC formed alliances during the 1950s. In 1953 the ANC called a national meeting called the Congress of the People. Congress alliance was formed- ANC, SAIC, Coloured People’s Congress, Congress of Democrats and SACTU

12. Purpose : The committees collected lists of grievances and demands which were put together in a document called the Freedom Charter. Event: On 26 June 1955, the Congress of the People adopted the Freedom Charter at Kliptown.

13. The Freedom Charter called for a non-racist South Africa: equal human rights for all races democracy, land-reform labour rights and nationalisation Social security and education for all

14. Women’s resistance The Federation of South African Women- 1954 Held a series of peaceful anti-pass protests. 09 August 1956- a group of women marched to Pretoria. They delivered thousands of protest letters to the government.

15. The Black Sash It was started by white women in 1955 to defend human rights and protest against government policies. They opposed discrimination and injustice, monitored court hearings and gave legal advice offices for people affected by the pass laws.

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17. Conclusion: Train Method Knowledge check 5 learners Read the question and answer. How was the gallery walk? What have you learned?

18. Homework Blended learning: Research about the Treason Trail and write down important notes on your notepad. Discussion: What is Treason Trial, what was it about? how was it implement? who did it affect? What happened to the victims and the result.