Index
Bev Orton
(University of Hull, UK)
ISBN: 978-1-78754-526-7, eISBN: 978-1-78754-525-0
Publication date: 15 November 2018
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Orton, B. (2018), "Index", Women, Activism and Apartheid South Africa: Using Play Texts to Document the Herstory of South Africa, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 205-211. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78754-525-020181010
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Copyright © 2018 Bev Orton
INDEX
Note: Page numbers followed by “n” with numbers indicate footnotes.
Abandonment
, 122–123
African Claims (1943)
, 17
African funeral rituals
, 165
African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)
, 18
African National Congress (ANC)
, 5–6, 15–17, 30, 32, 88, 93, 144
ANC/UDF
, 44
camps
, 84
Youth League
, 65n24
African patriarchy
, 117, 134
African women
, 2, 157
Afrikaans
, 79, 80
SABCTV2
, 146
as second language for the Bantu
, 35
Afrikaner Nationalism
, 24–25
Alexandra Township
, 120
Amakhosi
, 133
ANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
, 15, 25–26, 30, 43
Andrew McCord (AM)
, 37
Animal hide
, 31
Apartheid
, 10, 74, 75, 107
ideology
, 24
policies
, 83
principles
, 95
Apartheid South Africa
, 91
Arena Theatre
, 47
Assassination squads
, 40–41
Azanian Student Organisation
, 37
Bantu
, 25, 35
Bantu Education
, 27, 78, 81, 173
Bantu Education Act (1953)
, 35
Bantu Women’s League
, 19
Bantustans
, 25, 26, 116
Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto
, 40
Battle of Blood River
, 8
Baxter Studio Theatre
, 47
Beauty
, 124
Black
, 1n1
graduates of mission schools
, 18
prisoners
, 85
spots
, 25n7
theatre
, 89, 162
Black (or Natives) Land Act
, 20–22
Black African women
, 53
Black Christmas
, 88
Black Conscious Movement
, 163
Black Consciousness
, 37, 38
Black Consciousness Movement (BCM)
, 26, 37–39, 41–42, 93, 109
discourse
, 39
Black Power Movement
, 39
Black Sash
, 58
Black South African
, 1n1
Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays (Perkins)
, 3
Black-on-black policing
, 88
Black-on-black violence
, 88
Blacks (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act (1952)
, 15
Blacks (Urban Areas) Consolidation Act
, 26
Boeren Bond (Keyter from Orange Free State)
, 20, 21, 35
Bold and The Beautiful, The
, 140, 144, 146–150
Born in the RSA (Simon)
, 2, 4, 7, 11, 91, 92, 160
characters
, 94–96
Glen
, 96–98
knowledge of personal details
, 102–103
living newspaper
, 93–94
Mia
, 103–104
realisation
, 106–107
Susan
, 98–100
Thenjiwe and Susan in detention
, 100–102
Women’s Voices
, 107–109
Zaccariah
, 104–106
Bourdieu’s concept of symbolic violence
, 70
Bourdieusian analysis
, 70
Breadline’ problems
, 161
Brecht’s realisation
, 70
Broederbond
, (see Boeren Bond (Keyter from Orange Free State))
Broken Dreams (Rozani)
, 169
Buthlezi, Gatsha
, 38
Campaigns
, 27–28
Cape Town
, 19, 40, 50, 60
Case studies
, 9–10
Casspirs
, 65
Centre for African Affairs
, 20
Chanti
, 132–133
Characters
, 94–96
Chattanooga Sisters
, 151
Chicago Festival
, 92
Christian nationalism
, 173
Chronic violation of dignity
, 87
Cock’s research
, 31
Coloured person
, 25
Communists
, 40
Community Arts Centre
, 50
Community Arts Project (CAP)
, 41, 48, 50
Comrades
, 154
Concscienstisation
, 37
Congress Alliance
, 16
Congress of South African Students
, 37
Congress of the People
, 27
Connotations
, 13
Consciousness raising
, 62–66, 91
Constitution Hill in Hillbrow
, 84
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
, 16
D40
, 40–41
Dancer, The (Poem)
, 116
Dee
, 153
Defence Amendment Act (1961)
, 33
Defence Force
, 40
Dehumanising social system
, 42
Department of Justice
, 33, 34
Detention
, 85–88
Thenjiwe and Susan in
, 100–102
Dialogue
, 13
Die volksmoeder
, 100
Diepkoof Prison
, 102
Discourse
, 76
Discrimination
, 167–168
Disequilibrated social system
, 91
Disidentification
, 119
Domestic servants
, 31
Domestic workers
, 55–59, 175–176
inferiority
, 57, 58
Domestic Workers Project, Association and Union
, 58n13
Double patriarchy
, 138
Dramatisation of Zulu oral narratives
, 17
Dutch Reformed Church
, 20
Dynamic herstory of South Africa
, 15
Afrikaner Nationalism
, 24–25
ANC
, 16–17
ANCWL
, 25–26
BCM
, 37–39
Black (or Natives) Land Act
, 20–22
campaigns
, 27–28
FEDSAW
, 27, 30–31
march against passes
, 28–29
Maxeke, Charlotte
, 18–20
missionaries
, 17–18
multiracial society
, 30–31
Native Amendment Act (1953)
, 26–27
Natives Urban Act (1923)
, 22–24
in 1980s
, 39–41
in 1990s
, 42–45
political events (1970–1993)
, 35–36
Republic of South Africa
, 34
Sharpeville and State of Emergency
, 31–33
students and Soweto Riots
, 36–37
theatre
, 37–39
theatre groups
, 41–42
Edinburgh festival
, 92
Educated black elite
, 18
Education
, 77–81, 173–174
lack of
, 113–114
Emotional abuse
, 176
Empowerment
, 62–66
Ending women’s oppression
, 169, 170
English SABCTV1
, 146
Equality Act
, 172
Equity ban (1963)
, 32
Evangelisation process
, 17
Family Institute
, 154
Federation of Black Arts
, 41
Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
, 3, 10, 27, 30–31, 34, 44, 53
Female migrant workers
, 26
Feminist lens
, 7–9
Feminist Review
, 162
First National Conference of Women
, 27
First South African, The
, 6, 70
First-hand knowledge
, 54
Fourth Annual Women’s Parliament Conference
, 170
Freedom Charter (1955)
, 16
Freire’s ideas
, 37
FSAW (see Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW))
Funerals
, 165–166
Gender-based violence
, 84–85, 101
General laws Amendment Act
, 28, 34
Gertrude Shope of ANCWL
, 30
Glass House (Dike)
, 2, 4, 7, 11, 69, 71, 85, 142, 160
detention
, 85–88
education
, 77–81
gender-based violence
, 84–85
inequality
, 74–77
narratives reflecting pain
, 88–90
political activism
, 69–72
synopsis
, 72–74
trauma
, 81–83
Gobodo-Madikizela
, 74, 83
Gogo
, 127–128
suitcase
, 133–134
Grahamstown Festival
, 47
Group Areas Act (1950)
, 15, 25, 27
Hamba kahle Vuyelwa
, 126
Hardships
, 50–51
Have You Seen Zandile? (Mhlophe)
, 2, 4, 7, 10, 11, 70, 111, 160
abandonment
, 122–123
autobiographical play
, 116–117
different play
, 134–135
Gogo
, 127–128, 133–134
Lulama
, 117–120
physical characteristics
, 123–127
politics of visibility
, 135
praise poem
, 133
relationship with mother
, 115–116
sexuality
, 131–133
small play
, 113–115
space for personal stories
, 120–122
White Car
, 127
Zandile’s future
, 128–130
Helicopters
, 62
‘Herstoricisation’ of women’s lives
, 70
Herstory
, 1–2
of African women
, 167
of African women
, 2
Hlatshwayo
, 134
Homelands
, 25
Homophobic violence
, 172
Hostels
, 59–62
Imbeleko, ritual of
, 126
Imbokodo
, 161
Imfuduso,
, 165
Immorality Act
, 163n2
Immorality Amendment Act (1957)
, 76
Impalahoek Primary School
, 173
Impimpis
, 88
Industrial Conciliation Act (1924)
, 50n3
Inequality
, 74–77
Influx control
, 22–24, 26
Influx laws
, 25n6
Informers
, 88
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
, 44
members
, 144
Intelligence
, 124
Inter-racial relationships
, 162–163
Interdisciplinary approach
, 4, 7
Intersectional experiences of poverty
, 113–114
Intersectional traumatization
, 82
Intersectionality
, 154–155
John Vorster Square
, 102
Kierries
, 29
Kwa-Landlady
, 163
La Mama Off Broadway in New York
, 72
Labour Relations Act (1981)
, 31
Langa High School
, 81
Last Bus, The
, 163
Lincoln Center New York
, 92
Living newspaper
, 93–94
Lulama
, 114, 117–120, 130
Madams
, 55–59
MAKABONGWE AMAKOSIKAZI (Red banner)
, 30
Mambhele
, 48, 49, 52–54, 56, 57, 64
Mamlambo
, 133
Mampompo
, 48, 49, 52–54, 56, 64
Mandela, Nelson
, 16, 28, 42
far-reaching political reforms and release
, 39
tribute to women
, 43
Mandela, Winnie
, 43, 71, 158–159
Market Theatre (1985)
, 47, 92, 93, 111
Maxeke, Charlotte (Mother of Black Freedom in South Africa)
, 3, 10, 15, 18–20
Mayor of Bloemfontein
, 19
Medieval morality plays
, 17
Mercedes
, 150–154
Mhlophe, Gcina
, 8, 12, 70, 95, 111, 112, 123, 130
Mhloti (Tears) Theatre Group
, 41
Mia
, 94, 103–104
Military training
, 33
Minister of Native Affairs
, 19
Mise-en-scene of autobiographical performativity
, 115
Missionaries
, 17–18
Mitzi E Newhouse in New York for Woza Afrika Festival
, 92
Moffat Commission
, 20
Mongane Wally Serote (MWS)
, 37
Multiracial society
, 30–31
National Coalition for Women’s Rights
, 44
National Party
, 15
National Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
, 38, 97
National Women’s Coalition (NWC)
, 44n16
Nationalist Party
, 26, 34
Native (Urban Areas) Act of 1923
, 141
Native Affairs Act (NAA)
, 22–23
Native Affairs Commission
, 22–23
Native Amendment Act (1953)
, 26–27
Native Education
, 79
Native Laws Amendment Act (1937)
, 23
Native Laws Amendment Act (1952)
, 26
Natives Land Act (1913)
, 15
Natives Land Bill
, 20–21
Natives Resettlement Act (1954)
, 25n6
Natives Urban Act (1923)
, 22–24
Negative connotations
, 133
Negro college in Cleveland
, 18
Non-consensual sex
, 101
Nonconsensual pain
, 101
Nyanga Arts Centre
, 41
Olive Tree
, 169
Omtonjane
, 132
Orlando High School
, 80
Overcrowded cells
, 104
Pain
, 158
narratives reflecting
, 88–90
Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)
, 17
Parris-Bailey (Carpetbag Theatre member)
, 114
Patriarchy
, 113–114
in post-apartheid South Africa
, 170
Personal stories, space for
, 120–122
Phefeni Junior Secondary school in Orlando West
, 36
Physical violence
, 100
Play texts
, 2, 3, 5–7, 9, 142
Playwrights
, 168
Playwriting
, 1
Police Amendment Act (1961)
, 33
Policy documents
, 17
Political
activism
, 69–72
change in South Africa
, 1
conscientiousness
, 72
detention in South Africa
, 106
events (1970–1993)
, 35–36
resistance
, 84
turbulence
, 39
violence
, 2, 92
widowhood
, 166
widows
, 165n3
Political Widowhood in South Africa
, 166
Politics
, 157
of visibility
, 135
Polygamy
, 129, 175
Population Registration Act (1950)
, 24
Poqo
, 64n22
Poverty
, 174–175
Praise poem for Gogo
, 133
Prevention of illegal squatting (1951)
, 25n6
Prison warders
, 100
Project Barnacle
, 40–41
Psychological violence
, 100
Puberty
, 129
Public memory
, 160–162
Publications and Entertainment Act (1963)
, 13
Publications Control Board
, 13
Punishment
, 126–127
Racial groupings
, 25
Radical Congress Youth League
, 17
Rape
, 171
Raped in Detention/Rest in Peace (R. I. Pd)
, 176–177
Re-living/remembering of traumatic memory
, 69
Readings
, 11–13
Realisation
, 106–107
Republic of South Africa
, 16, 34
Reservation of Separate Amenities Act (1953)
, 15, 24, 34
Revolutionary violence in Fanon
, 70
Robben Island
, 63
Rubicon Speech
, 39, 40
Sabotage Act (1962)
, 34
Sacrifice of Kreli, The
, 6, 70, 90
Sally
, 148, 149
School-related gender-based violence
, 173
Sdudla
, 48, 49, 52–54, 62, 65
Secular English comedies
, 17
Segregation laws
, 20–22
Self-defence units (SDUs)
, 44
Sex workers
, 173
Sexual violence
, 169–173
Sexuality
, 131–133
Sharpeville Massacre (1960)
, 16, 32
Sharpeville police station
, 31–33
Shebeen Queens
, 140–142
Shebeens
, 49
Sibikwa Arts Centre
, 169
Sibikwa Community Arts Project
, 12
Silent strength
, 6, 15
Silinga, Annie
, 52
Simon’s method
, 92, 93, 162
Sindiswa
, 94
Single-sex hostels
, 61
Sisulu, Albertina
, 3, 10, 29, 85, 158
Sisulu, Elinor
, 29
Sisulu, Walter
, 29
Sjamboks
, 31, 40, 66, 71
Smarties
, 59–62
So What’s New? (Dike)
, 2, 4, 7, 11, 137, 160
The Bold and The Beautiful
, 146–150
context
, 142–146
Dee
, 150–153
intersectionality
, 154–155
Mercedes
, 150–154
Shebeen Queens
, 140–142
Social identities
, 151
Social inequality
, 9
Socialisation
, 154
Societal constraints
, 13
Soft political issues
, 6
Soliloquy
, 122
Sotho on channel SABCTV4
, 146
South African anti-apartheid struggle
, 6
South African apartheid regime
, 5
South African Broadcasting Company (SABC)
, 146
South African Constitution
, 167–169, 173
South African Defence Force (SADF)
, 62, 143
South African Human Rights Commission
, 172
South African Law Commission (1985)
, 171
South African Native National Congress (SANNC)
, 16, 19
South African Party
, 20
South African prison system
, 95
South African Students Organisation (SASO)
, 38
Soweto Riots (1976)
, 36–37, 90
Soweto Uprising (1976)
, 36
Space Theatre
, 89
Special Hearings on Women
, 158
Spirals Trust
, 168
State of Emergency
, 31–33, 40, 91
Storytelling
, 120, 121
Strikes
, 17
Structural constraints
, 13
Structural violence
, 71, 87
Subsistence farming
, 60
Suppression of the Communist Act
, 34
Susan (Activist)
, 94, 96, 98–100
in detention
, 100–102
Susulu, Albertina (political activist)
, 28
Suzman, Helen
, 15
Symbolic violence, Bourdieu’s concept of
, 70
Tembu, Busiswe
, 55
Theatre
, 5, 18, 32, 37–39, 176–178
access to
, 162–165
groups
, 41–42
Theatre as Witness
, 5
Theatre of the Oppressed (Boal)
, 50–51
Torture
, 101
Townships
, 171
life
, 141
Trade union leader
, 93
Traditional laws
, 113–114
Transvaal region
, 44
Trappist order of monks
, 17
Trauma
, 69, 81–83
Tricycle Theatre in London
, 92
Triple oppression
, 138
Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC)
, 84, 85, 88, 158–159
Truth Commission
, 100
Tutu, Leah
, 55
Umemulo
, 132
Umkhonto we Siswe
, 17, 32, 158
Umteteli wa Bantu (Mouthpiece of the People)
, 20
Under Western Eyes (1988)
, 30
UNICEF reports
, 170
Union Buildings in Pretoria
, 29, 161
United Women’s Organisation
, 40
University of Cape Town (UCT)
, 47, 106
Unrest-related injuries
, 40
Urban Areas Act (1923)
, 23
van Reneen, Maralin
, 70
Vetkoek
, 49
Violence
, 91, 101, 157
Voices
, 120
Volksmoeder
, 23–24
Vorster, B. J.
, 33
Walder, Dennis
, 114
Walker’s research
, 170
‘Wathint Abafazi’Wathint’
, 47–67
Western culture
, 39
White Car
, 127
White privilege concept
, 74
White South African
, 1n1
Whiteness
, 74, 124, 125
Widows of spouses
, 165
Wiehahn Commission (1977)
, 31
Wilberforce University
, 18
Williams, Sophie
, 29
Williamson, Craig
, 97–98, 106
Women
, 162–165
experience
, 49
lives
, 114
voices
, 107–109
Women News Network (WNN)
, 170
Women’s Charter
, 27, 45
Women’s Charter for Effective Equality (1994)
, 172
Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
, 23, 24
Women’s Liberation Movement
, 31
Women’s March (1956)
, 11, 48, 53, 63, 161
gendered nature
, 49–50
in Pretoria
, 8
Workers’ Theatre Movement
, 41
Writing a Woman’s Life (Heilbrun)
, 12
Xhosa
, 123, 126, 143
on channel SABCTV3 and Twsana
, 146
You Strike the Woman, You Strike the Rock (Klotz)
, 2, 4, 7, 10, 11, 47, 49, 50, 51, 54, 143, 160
company and hardships
, 50–51
consciousness raising and empowerment
, 62–66
domestic workers and madams
, 55–59
hostels and smarties
, 59–62
Mampompo, Mambhele and Sdudla
, 52–54
Zachariah
, 94, 102, 104–106
Zandile
, 59n14, 114, 116, 119, 120, 128–130, 131
Zulus
, 139, 143–144
on channel SABCTV3 and Twsana
, 146
- Prelims
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. A Brief Overview of the Dynamic Herstory of South Africa 1912–1993
- Chapter 2. ‘Wathint Abafazi’Wathint’ – You Strike the Woman, You Strike the Rock
- Chapter 3. Glass House: A Clash of Two Cultures, Detention and Aggression
- Chapter 4. Born in the RSA: Lies, Manipulation, Violence and Solitary Confinement
- Chapter 5. Have You Seen Zandile? Gogo and her Granddaughter
- Chapter 6. ‘So What’s New?’ The Bold and the Beautiful
- Chapter 7. Women, Protest and Theatre
- Chapter 8. Twenty Years On and ‘So, What’s New?’
- References
- Index