HIRSON, Baruch (1921-1999) 1960-1999

Hirson, Baruch

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Baruch Hirson was born at Doornfontein near Johannesburg, South Africa on 10 December 1921, the son of a Jewish electrician. Between 1944 and 1946 he worked as the political organiser for the Workers' International League, and subsequently he combined his politics with an academic career as a physicist at the University of the Witwatersrand. Towards the end of the 1950s he joined the Congress of Democrats, the white arm of the African National Congress-led congress alliance. Highly critical of i...

Black Parents Association

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South African Commission of Inquiry into the Penal Stystem

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Soweto Students Representative Council.

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National Union of South African Students

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University of Witwatersrand, Southern Africa

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University of Cape Town, Students' Representative Council

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Between 16 and 24 June 1976 there was widespread rioting in the African townships of South Africa, the worst since the Sharpeville massacre in 1960. The disturbances began in Soweto, the immediate cause was the compulsory use of the Afrikaans language as the medium of instruction in Bantu schools. The rioting quickly spead to other townships. The official death toll was put at 176. The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution condemning the South African Government for 'massive violen...

ANC, African National Congress

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Black Peoples Convention

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