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EventANC receives letter of gratitude from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan
… ANC for giving him the organisation's views on Nationalist apartheid policies. The recipient of the letter was Duma … receive ANC delegation to talk about…
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
… and Billy Nair were charged with high treason. These anti-apartheid activists sought refuge in the British consulate in … consulate. On leaving the consulate…
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… with Youth Day, was the result of increasing opposition to apartheid amongst the black youth of South Africa. In particular, students were protesting against…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… the next day, took many people by surprise. The Apartheid government attempted to negotiate the release of … to a civil war. This state, among others,…
EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
… general protest against corrupt councillors and the unjust apartheid system. Three months after the incident the … when negotiations between liberation…
PlaceRugby Museum, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town
… skills in kicking, passing and more. From 1984, during apartheid, South Africa was banned from taking part in international rugby competition. When apartheid…
EventState of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre
… the first such declaration of a State of Emergency by the Apartheid state. During these periods, the government had … means of passive resistance were…
EventVaal Uprising Begins as Sharpeville Residents Resist Rent Increases
… Council. The Black Local Authorities, established by the Apartheid government to administer townships, were widely … who were seen by residents as…
PlaceRainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
… a full liquor license in 1983. In those dark days of Apartheid, the Rainbow played an important role in the … musicians, who remained in South Africa during…
David Goldblatt, TJ, 1948-2010 - review by Claire Guillot, 25 January 2011
… guard at the entrance make no difference. Since the end of apartheid in the 1990s no one has been spared by the … a fragmented place," he explains. With good…
Speech at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa by O . R. Tambo, London, 24 May 1991
… volunteers who were charged for defying the unjust laws of apartheid. This work mushroomed with the establishment of the … sought to convict us of treason…
Address delivered by Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress to the graduation ceremony at MEDUNSA 23 March 1991
… there are few people who do not recognise the crisis of apartheid and the apartheid education systems. While there is widespread recognition that apartheid…
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 … in mind. These are the total abolition of…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 4 - The Fruits of Freedom by Eddy Maloka
… example of an inspiring transition from the oppression of apartheid to the freedom of democracy. The transition, … Capitalism and Conflict) and then, from…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… or ‘Mabaard’, to those who knew her well, was an anti-apartheid activist who fought to defend human rights by protesting against the unfairness of apartheid…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… as a social group and a ‘race’, which led to the apartheid regime. The article briefly traces the key events … dark masses gathering around your isolated…
PlaceMarket Theatre
… didn’t receive state funding until after the demise of the apartheid regime in the 1990’s. Due to the fact that the … ‘voice to the voiceless’ in confronting…
EventIt is widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticised the ANC, calling it a terrorist organisation
… cement her reputation as a supporter of South Africa's Apartheid regime. Throughout the summit Thatcher stood alone … western nations in their official…
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… (ANC), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and covert elements in apartheid government structures playing leading roles. The … one of a number of actions that had…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… Party (NP) wins election and immediately introduces apartheid (separateness) measures against Blacks, Indian … disobedience. Some 8 000 Blacks are arrested…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… government. AZAPO saw the capitalist system rather than apartheid as the main oppressing force in South Africa and … established to carry disinformation and…
Statement on Human Rights Year by Oliver Tambo, 01 June 1968
… Human Rights as part of its avowed policy. Twenty Years of Apartheid 1968 sees the end of two decades of apartheid in South Africa. The Nazi ideology which…
ArchiveMandela, From a Freedom Fighter to an Icon of Reconciliation
… could no longer strictly adhere to nonviolence as the apartheid government had closed all avenues for legal or … 1961 with a series of acts of sabotage…
ArchiveHugh Lewin, 1939–2019, RIP by Jennifer Malec, 17 January 2019
… Journalist, author and anti-apartheid activist Hugh Lewin has died, aged seventy-nine. … that executed acts of ‘protest sabotage’ against the apartheid state…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… The Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) defiantly rejected apartheid and found resonance among black workers and the … and the addition Afrikaans fueled the…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… a significant role in the struggle against segregation and apartheid. Among its founder members were young and vibrant … take up the post due to restrictions…
ArchiveFrom conscience politics to the battlefield
… was unsuccessful in preventing the entrenchment of the apartheid policies it so vehemently opposed. However, the … attracted increasing government…
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
… in Stanger, Natal (now Kwa-Dukuza). His resistance against apartheid began in 1952 when he organized a school boycott in … exile based in Ireland, where he…
EventDr. Connie Mulder is acquitted and discharged on charges of contempt
… had planned to use defence force funds to stage an apartheid propaganda campaign. This plan included offering … the only English newspaper supportive of the…
EventSADF mounts raids on ANC targets in neighbouring states
… (1986). Following the banning of the ANC and other anti-apartheid organisations in 1960 and increasing terror from the Apartheid security forces, these…