Ratanda Civic Association
SAHA T-shirt archive, photographed for Common, curated by Khanya Mashabela for Common, 6 May–26 July 2023. Image courtesy of A4 Arts Foundation.
Title
Ratanda Civic Association
Date
1980s
Type
Archival garment
Associated organisations
Ratanda Civic Association
Dimensions
72 x 76 cm
RATANDA CIVIC ASSOCIATION (front)
ORGANISE! OR BE HOMELESS (back)
K. Lanegran writes in South Africa’s Civic Association Movement: ANC’s Ally or Society’s “Watchdog”? Shifting Social Movement-Political Party Relations (1995):
The ANC owes its current political power, in large part, to the sacrifices and dedicated efforts of members of the Civic Association Movement who mobilized black township residents to demand political reform and rectification of the misdeeds perpetrated against them by the white administration.
