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ANC statement on the passing of Epainette Mbeki, 7 June 2014
… of activism and her contribution in the struggle against apartheid. Mrs Mbeki has for decades been a pillar of the … and in your grief we share. May her Soul…
EventSAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail
… was a liberal newspaper that operated at the height of apartheid. It was the first newspaper to address the issues of Black people at the time. Its demise…
EventBanning orders served on NUSAS leaders
… affiliation from Black Student bodies. NUSAS addressed issues of significant importance to Black South Africans, … constantly worked towards social…
EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
… as hopelessly inadequate and alleging that it reflected apartheid priorities in addressing the issues of unemployment and poverty …
EventThe First Gay Pride March is Held in South Africa
… continent and acted as both a gay pride event and an anti-Apartheid march. The march was organised by the Gay and … homosexuality in South African law and to…
PlaceHangberg, Hout Bay
… designated for people categorized as Coloured during the apartheid-era. Most of the about 6 000 people living in … the removal of about 30 houses. The local…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
… Alexander, N. An Ordinary Country. Issues in the Transition from Apartheid to Democracy in South Africa . Pietermaritzburg, … A. Beyond the Miracle – Inside…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… of the time were familiar - men in regular jobs, living in urban townships with families and with deep roots in all the aspects of black urban life. These…
Dance For All (DFA)
… of CAPAB Ballet in Cape Town , now known as the Cape Town City Ballet. Philip Boyd, who was a principal dancer for Cape Town City Ballet, held ballet classes…
PlaceDie Grootkerk in Bosmanstraat
… story of our country especially with regards to the Apartheid era. As “Moederkerk” of the Dutch Reformed … to loose members. Demographic changes within the…
The National Arts Festival
… theatre and resistance art during the height of the apartheid era, and it still offers an opportunity for … Lotteries Commission, the National Arts Council,…
ArticleSlave Resistance
… Slave consciousness of injustice and awareness of issues of abolition of slavery in other parts of the world … ambush the insurrectionists at Salt River just…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Press, 16 November 1984, Addis Ababa
… our continent as a whole, central among which are the issues of the liberation of Namibia and South Africa. The … a renewed offensive by the African…
Statement to the Press by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 16 November 1984
… our continent as a whole, central among which are the issues of the liberation of Namibia and South Africa. The … a renewed offensive by the African…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 79th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1991
… struggle for the liberation of our people from the yoke of apartheid tyranny. As a result of the victories scored … basis on the new constitution. Having…
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… challenges, with the pass laws rife and full in force in apartheid South Africa. There was always an actor who would … theatre production. Approval was…
EventThe first museum is opened in Soweto, and is named after Hector Pieterson, one of the first casualties of the 16 June 1976 Soweto uprising.
… history and heritage of the struggle for freedom against Apartheid. It has become a popular destination for tourists, … squalor and an upbeat lifestyle, it's…
PlaceSophiatown
… of Black people increased in the Cities, the Johannesburg City Council (JCC) passed Slum Clearance programmes with the … in Sophiatown. The National Party …
PlaceMalay Quarter, Cape Town
… incursions from commercial development and the threat of Apartheid legislation. It is one of the oldest parts of Cape … the then Historical Monuments…
PlaceUnion Buildings, Pretoria
… Africa . It is situated on Meintjieskop and overlooks the City . The Legislative seat of Parliament is in Cape Town … later, in 1956, some 20 000 women,…
Capital Cities Activity
… Which capital city belongs to province number 1 ? Bisho Bloemfontein …
ArchiveChapter 18 New Life Number 9 2002- 2009 by Denis Goldberg
… in South Africa even though I knew Pretoria only as the city of my imprisonment. But we both liked it. The sky was so … who were former government officials…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… prior to the introduction and institutionalisation of the Apartheid policy by the NP. Legislations that had an … another direction in the 1950s. Before the…
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… Congress (ANC) fail to reach agreement on certain key issues. CODESA was a negotiating forum created to facilitate a new constitutional dispensation for a…
BiographyDr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
… was her first direct experience of Blacks’ defiance to the apartheid system. Ramphele’s political awakening came at a …
BiographyJoseph Masobila Mdluli
… significant role played by Mdluli in the struggle against apartheid became known. It was alleged that he attended …
BiographyBilly Nair
… These interviews have been published by the 'Overcoming Apartheid' website …
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
… majority of South African activists were banned by the Apartheid regime. One of these activists was the general … Anti-Apartheid activist and trade unionist …
EventBeverly Palesa Ditsie is the first out lesbian woman to address the United Nations about LGBT rights
… of basic human rights”. Born in Soweto at the height of Apartheid in 1971, Ditsie was an anti-Apartheid and LGBT rights activist. She was one of the … women…
New Year Message to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 December, 1964
… of the unequivocal stand of the United Nations on many issues affecting our struggle against apartheid. The vigilance and swift reaction of the Special…