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Alexandra commuters organise a bus boycott against a fare increase

📅 7 Januari 1957

After a one-penny fare rise, Alexandra residents stopped using buses and walked to work. Township organisations formed the Alexandra People's Transport Action Committee, and the campaign spread to...

ANC calls a three-day stay-at-home against the proposed white republic

📅 29 Mei 1961

The ANC and allied organisers called workers and residents to stay home from 29 to 31 May, opposing the creation of a republic without the participation of the Black majority. The action challenged...

Republic declared as the ANC stay-at-home concludes

📅 31 Mei 1961

South Africa became a republic after a whites-only referendum. The ANC's stay-at-home ended on this date, making visible the gap between constitutional change and democratic inclusion: the change of...

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📅 15 Juli 1992

The ANC, South African Communist Party and Congress of South African Trade Unions announced a month-long campaign of rolling mass action in support of their demands for democratic change. The...