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The 1957 Alexandra bus boycott was a protest undertaken against the Public Utility Transport Corporation by the people of Alexandra in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is generally recognised as being one of the few successful political campaigns of the Apartheid era, by writers and activists such as Anthony Sampson and Chief Albert Luthuli. [1] [2]
This spontaneous act marked the start of a three-month period during which an estimated 70,000 workers joined in the action, which became known as the 1957 Alexandra bus boycott. PUTCO was forced to rescind the increase in the bus fare. [4] [5] [6]
When the 1957 Alexandra bus boycott was announced, in protest against the local bus company's attempt to raise its fares, Mokonyane joined the boycott committee as Publicity Secretary and then later as the Secretary of the Organizing Committee. He was frequently arrested and imprisoned during the campaign against the pass laws.
This spontaneous act marked the start of a three-month period during which an estimated 70,000 workers joined in the action, which became known as the 1957 Alexandra bus boycott. PUTCO was forced to rescind the increase in the bus fare. [9] [10] At the end of the decade PUTCO also expanded its service to Durban. Prior to this only municipal bus ...
[1] [2] The following year, she was a member of the committee that organised the Alexandra bus boycott. [1] Later described by Maggie Resha as "a magic organiser", [2] Mophosho ultimately became a full-time organiser for the ANC. [1] She was arrested in 1958 during a women's anti-dompas protest in Johannesburg. [2]
The bus Rosa Parks rode in when she refused to give up her seat to a white rider and helped spark the civil rights movement is shown on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., March ...
In 1957 Thomas Nkobi shot to prominence when he chaired the Second Alexandra Peoples Transport Committee which was co-ordinating a bus boycott in the Johannesburg and Pretoria townships following a 25 per cent increase in bus fares.
Inside the bus are black and white photographs and engraved panels about the Mansfield High School Desegregation conflict, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Freedom Riders and a picture of a young ...