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Robert Sobukwe

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Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (5 December 1924 – 27 February 1978) was a prominent South African political dissident, who founded the Pan Africanist Congress in opposition to the South African apartheid system. [1]

39 relations: African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, Apartheid, Benjamin Pogrund, Black Consciousness Movement, Cape Province, Defiance Campaign, Dissident, Galeshewe, General Law Amendment Act, 1963, Graaff-Reinet, Great South Africans, Healdtown, House arrest, Humanitarianism, Incitement, Internment, Johannesburg, Kimberley, Northern Cape, List of people subject to banning orders under apartheid, Lung cancer, Maoism, Methodism, Non-Racialism, Orlando, Soweto, Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, Pass laws, Potlako Leballo, Robben Island, Sharpeville, Sharpeville massacre, Solitary confinement, South Africa, Standerton, Students' representative council, Union of South Africa, United States, University of Fort Hare, University of London.

African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) is the Republic of South Africa's governing political party.

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African National Congress Youth League

The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) is the youth wing of the African National Congress.

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Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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Benjamin Pogrund

Benjamin Pogrund (born 1933) is a South African-born Israeli author.

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Black Consciousness Movement

The Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) was a grassroots anti-Apartheid activist movement that emerged in South Africa in the mid-1960s out of the political vacuum created by the jailing and banning of the African National Congress and Pan Africanist Congress leadership after the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960.

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Cape Province

The Province of the Cape of Good Hope (Provinsie van die Kaap die Goeie Hoop), commonly referred to as the Cape Province (Kaapprovinsie) and colloquially as The Cape (Die Kaap), was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of South Africa.

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Defiance Campaign

The Defiance Campaign against Unjust Laws was presented by the African National Congress (ANC) at a conference held in Bloemfontein, South Africa in December 1951.

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Dissident

A dissident, broadly defined, is a person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy, or institution.

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Galeshewe

Galeshewe is a township in Kimberley, South Africa.

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General Law Amendment Act, 1963

The General Law Amendment Act, number 37 of 1963 (commenced 2 May) allowed a South African police officer to detain without warrant a person suspected of a politically motivated crime for up to 90 days without access to a lawyer.

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Graaff-Reinet

Graaff-Reinet is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

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Great South Africans

Great South Africans was a South African television series that aired on SABC3 and hosted by Noeleen Maholwana Sangqu and Denis Beckett.

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Healdtown

Healdtown is a small town located 10 km north-east of Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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House arrest

In justice and law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or, in modern times, electronic monitoring) is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to a residence.

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Humanitarianism

Humanitarianism is an active belief in the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans, in order to better humanity for moral, altruistic and logical reasons.

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Incitement

In criminal law, incitement is the encouragement of another person to commit a crime.

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Internment

Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges, and thus no trial.

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Johannesburg

Johannesburg (also known as Jozi, Joburg and Egoli) is the largest city in South Africa and is one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world.

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Kimberley, Northern Cape

Kimberley is the capital and largest city of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.

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List of people subject to banning orders under apartheid

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Lung cancer

Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung.

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Maoism

Maoism, known in China as Mao Zedong Thought, is a political theory derived from the teachings of the Chinese political leader Mao Zedong, whose followers are known as Maoists.

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Methodism

Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.

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Non-Racialism

Non-Racialism is an ideology rejecting racism and racialism while affirming liberal democratic ideals.

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Orlando, Soweto

Orlando is a township in the urban area of Soweto, in the city of Johannesburg (South Africa).

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Pan Africanist Congress of Azania

The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (formerly known as the Pan Africanist Congress, abbreviated as the PAC) is a South African Black Nationalist movement that is now a political party.

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Pass laws

In South Africa, pass laws were a form of internal passport system designed to segregate the population, manage urbanisation, and allocate migrant labour.

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Potlako Leballo

Potlako Kitchener Leballo (19 December 1915–January, 1986) was an Africanist who led the Pan Africanist Congress until 1979.

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Robben Island

Robben Island (Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Sharpeville

Sharpeville (also spelled Sharpville) is a township situated between two large industrial cities of Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging in southern Gauteng.

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Sharpeville massacre

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).

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Solitary confinement

Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which an inmate is isolated from any human contact, often with the exception of members of prison staff, for 22–24 hours a day, with a sentence ranging from days to decades.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Standerton

Standerton is a large commercial and agricultural town lying on the banks of the Vaal River in Mpumalanga, South Africa, which specialises in cattle, dairy, maize and poultry farming.

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Students' representative council

A students' representative council, also known as a students' administrative council, represents student interests in the government of a university, school or other educational institution.

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Union of South Africa

The Union of South Africa (Unie van Zuid-Afrika, Unie van Suid-Afrika) is the historic predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Fort Hare

The University of Fort Hare is a public university in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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University of London

The University of London (abbreviated as Lond. or more rarely Londin. in post-nominals) is a collegiate and a federal research university located in London, England.

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Redirects here:

Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, Robert Subukwe, Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sobukwe

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