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EventAlan Paton is born
… came to power in the Union of South Africa and instituted apartheid. The publication of Cry, the Beloved Country, which … contributed. In 1953 he formed…
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… that the end for the homeland government and their apartheid overlords was imminent. A group of Afrikaner … of the ANC or any of the political formations…
Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sanctions Against South Africa, 1 April 1964, London
… "Apartheid - the Indictment" One of the biggest failures of … an attitude of mind which is basic to the policy of apartheid, namely, that South Africa is…
ArchiveOpening Address at the Omar Badsha Photographic exhibition by Jakes Gerwel, September 2001
… the racial maze created over a century of colonialism, apartheid and what he calls his own "Indianness". People and … identities, in South Africa. The racial…
Remembering the enslaved in Cape Town by Sam North
… than this. Slavery is a history which until the fall of apartheid in 1994 remained largely forgotten in public … to remote and dangerous racially-exclusive…
ArchiveThe Legacy Of The Jazz Epistles, South Africa's Short-Lived But Historic Group by Simon Rentner, 27 April 2017
… one session together before the country's brutally racist apartheid government forced them into exile. One recording … nationalists in power were in the…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… of racist and unfair conditions in Hendrik Verwoerd ’s Apartheid South Africa; pass laws, police raids, low wages, … and the banning of political…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Informal Ministerial Consultations on COP 17, O.R. Tambo Building, Tshwane, 09 September 2011
… is particularly important as we prepare for the formal UN inter-sessional meeting in Panama next month. This meeting …
Chapter 6. Conclusion by Frantz Fanon, 1961
… workers to shatter this narcissism and to break with this un-reality. But in general the workers of Europe have not …
Address, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening of the World Summit for Sustainable Development Johannesburg, 26 August 2002
… financing for development, and the environment. The UN Millennium Summit stands out among these global …
EventMurder trial of “Sharpeville Six” opens
… against reputed corrupt councillors and the unjust apartheid system was not taken into consideration during the … a meeting of the United Nations Special…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… Luli (1993), A Place in the City: The Rand on the eve of Apartheid, Braamfontein: Ravan and Cape Town: Maskew Miller … Ellis, Stephen and Tsepo Sechaba (1992…
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… enveloped vast tracts of land in short order. During the apartheid era, large housing projects were built here, mostly … and raised in the Cape Town area…
Message by Oliver Tambo of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 71st anniversary of ANC, 08 January 1983
… can neither defuse nor halt. Within the confines of the apartheid system there is no way out of this crisis … of the revolutionary forces, the dismantling of…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 71th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1983
… can neither defuse nor halt. Within the confines of the apartheid system there is no way out of this crisis … of the revolutionary forces, the dismantling of…
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa
… history of student protests going way back to the anti-Apartheid marches that predated South Africa’s democracy. …
ArticleObituary: Sheila Weinberg
… figures who had been jailed or exiled or killed by the apartheid regime. Sheila was one of the best known and most …
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… in South Africa to change its name after the fall of apartheid to Polokwane, meaning 'Place of Safety' in Sesotho. …
ArticleTimeline of the History of Rugby in South Africa
… Rugby Board as a result of the nation's continuation of apartheid policies. 1988 Danie Craven and Louis Luyt of the …
Submissions by the McGill University students 2014
… Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid Anna Hutchinson Anna Hutchinson is in her fourth …
Message by Oliver Tambo to Frelimo Central Committee on the death of Samora Machel, 22 October 1986
… by the only enemy who stands to gain by his death, the apartheid regime of Pretoria and its agents. President Machel … and by nationals of countries in the…
Message to Frelimo Central Committee on the Death of Samora Machel by O. R. Tambo, 22 October 1986
… by the only enemy who stands to gain by his death, the apartheid regime of Pretoria and its agents. President … and by nationals of countries in the…
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
… South African Communist Party (SACP) to fight against the apartheid government by means of guerilla attacks. MK was … MK was classified as a terrorist…
EventMK hero cadre Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu is executed
… Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu was executed by the Apartheid regime for being part of an abortive attempt by … South Africa, determined to assist in the…
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
… of a strategy that would undermine the struggle against apartheid by creating disunity. This strategy was created by … State, and Educational Reform, in…
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, … a vibrant city which still openly…
EventThe Trojan Horse Massacre
… Sinton High School became a gathering place for anti-apartheid protests, particularly by students. On 15 October … crush a gathering of youth who were…
PlaceKwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban
… to the people of Durban. KwaMuhle is in no sense an apartheid museum. Nor is it an African History Museum. It is … the inaccuracies in the historical record…
EventSteven Biko is arrested.
… was focused on the resistance against and liberation from apartheid. In 1973 he was banned by apartheid government. Under the ban, he was restricted to his …
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
… the external armed wings of the ANC and PAC to topple the apartheid regime. Letter from Bishop Desmond Tutu to Prime … police reactions sparked widespread…