Index

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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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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