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EventCol Eugene de Kock testifies in Court
… in Pretoria Supreme Court by revealing his part in the apartheid regime's 'dirty tricks' campaign. Pleading in …
EventJohannes Kerkorrel, Afrikaans singer and songwriter, is born in Johannesburg
… activism. Kerkorrel’s music was overtly critical of the apartheid government and, as a result, his albums were banned …
Dr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures in South African history, dies
… one of the most controversial figures from South Africa's apartheid era, died in a Stellenbosch frail care centre at …
EventThe second elections to the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council result in the Labour Party holding the majority seats
… Council resulted in an absolute majority for the anti-apartheid Labour Party (LP). The LP won thirty-one of the …
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… reserves ' created by the Land Act was a forerunner of the apartheid-era ' Bantustans ' or ' homelands .' Denying the … of Africans' right to own land. …
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… reserves ’ created by the Land Act was a forerunner of the apartheid-era ‘ Bantustans ’ or ‘ homelands .’ Denying the … of Africans’ right to own land. Land,…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… its unbanning in 1960. For 30 years they fought against apartheid through underground organisations. In 1990 the … active, participating in riots and…
Letter to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by O. R. Tambo, 21 July 1986
… evade and indefinitely postpone decisive action to end the apartheid system. In this regard, the statements repeatedly … decisive international action to…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 21 July 1986
… evade and indefinitely postpone decisive action to end the apartheid system. In this regard, the statements repeatedly … decisive international action to…
PlaceCiskei
… for the South Africa's Xhosa -speaking people as part of apartheid racial segregation . The area was relatively small … the target of popular anger in the…
EventRugby player Breyton Paulse is included in the national team after the ANCYL challenged the decision to omit him
… of ruby developed along with the political ideology of apartheid, and soon became representative of the exclusion … in the national team. By 1992, with the…
PlaceJohn Vorster Square Police Station or Johannesburg Central Police Station
… cells were on the lower floors of the building. During the Apartheid era, this Police Station, was notoriously known as a site of interrogation, torture and…
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
… sharp, seven nights a week, during the darkest days of apartheid, an incendiary radio broadcast beamed out from … movement that took power in 1994 after the…
PlacekwaMakhutha Township
… Massacre involving state-sponsored violence during apartheid . The name means "at the Makhutha location," and … linked to state-sponsored paramilitary…
ArchiveDirector’s Report on the Activities of the Chris Hani Institute for the period October 2012 to September 2015
… people, from the losers rather than the winners in post-apartheid South Africa. …
PlaceKwaNdebele
… , which has a section covering the Ndebele and the Apartheid state . …
EventThe QwaQwa homeland receives self-government status
… one of the ten homelands in South Africa introduced by the apartheid government. It was home to the Batlokoa and Bakwena …
EventANC command structure in the Western Cape is arrested.
… the creation of national unity, and the nature of post-apartheid South Africa. The talks continued in Ghana and …
EventSA Prime Minister completes a tour of homelands in the Northern Transvaal
… was emphasized. The Homelands were at the centre of apartheid’s policy of separate development, aimed at …
EventA delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community
… the government that the present political dispensation of apartheid was unacceptable. … , ‘Coloured Labour Party strengthened its stance against apartheid , …
EventMandela is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace
… African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the leader of the anti-apartheid movement in Britain. Source: Leader Newspaper. …
EventMinister reports 23 acts of sabotage in RSA
… government had already arrested sixty Black suspected anti-apartheid activists. Sources: Books: Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, …
EventAllan Boesak is arrested
… a triumvirate of South African clerics opposed to the Apartheid regime. …
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA’s first Executive President
… they viewed the new constitution as a means to enhance apartheid. …
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
… neighbours and create a buffer zone that would protect the Apartheid government from Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) attacks. The …
EventBishop Zulu refused passport by the state
… on 'Church and Society' was planned for July. During the Apartheid era the South African government regularly refused …
EventDe Klerk and Mandela receive UNESCO peace prize
… award was given to them for their brave effort in ending apartheid, thus bringing peaceful negotiations for a …
EventMandela addresses ANC rally in Durban
… Buthelezi, for the role he had played in opposing apartheid. Mandela also emphasised the need for a single …
EventLocal elections in Townships
… 1980s, which attempted to co-opt Black leaders into the Apartheid system without sharing power, the government …
EventANC makes first submission to TRC
… of its record and strategy during its campaign against Apartheid. The document expressed the ANC's full support and …