📅 30 March 1960
The government declared a state of emergency after weeks of mass protest, including the Sharpeville killings and the nationwide stay-at-home. Police arrested more than 2,000 people, many in dawn...
📅 29 May 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...
📅 31 May 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...
📅 15 July 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...
