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Rally to commemorate Joseph Sithole’s funeral
… On 23 September 1984 the apartheid regime banned the funeral of the late Joseph …
EventThe Group Areas Act comes into effect
… government passed the Group Areas Act, a cornerstone of Apartheid. The Act divided South African residential areas …
EventDefence minister Mosioua Lekota born
… he received from the soccer field. Lekota joined anti-apartheid movements in the early 1970s. He served six years …
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed first Black Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg
… He used this position to intensify his opposition to the Apartheid system in the country. …
EventUS Senator Edward Kennedy visits SA
… of the United States visited South Africa to show his anti-apartheid support to the South African people. He was hosted …
ArchiveMemorandum to the Government of Swaziland on the agreement between Swaziland and the Pretoria regime on Ka-Ngwane and Ngwavuma
… South Africa and transform Swaziland into an ally of the apartheid regime. …
Desmond Tutu interviewed by John Carlin
… consciousness. At a basic level these encompassed an anti-apartheid, majority-rule disposition while at the other end … were becoming more committed to the…
Soweto forty years on: The Black student rebellion of 1976 by Professor Noor Nieftagodien
… youth became leading actors in the struggle to defeat apartheid. The trigger that ignited this transformation was the apartheid government’s determination to…
PlaceMandela Capture Site, Howick in Kwa Zulu Natal
… turn helped ferment the groundswell of resistance!". The Apartheid Museum , in partnership with the KZN Provincial … suddenly took on profound consequence. …
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… cricket memories, it was also blemished by Colonial and Apartheid mentalities, which meant that for many Years, only … era of modern cricket was ushered in…
The Final Prize by Norman Levy book review by Chris Saunders, 1 June 2014
… accounts now published by those involved in the anti-apartheid struggle, Norman Levy’s substantial memoir stands … where he became a lecturer but remained…
EventThe Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by Justice M.T. Steyn
… tribunal have been condemned as an attempt to introduce 'apartheid style draconian measures' aimed at regulating the … Vaal, the government had the media…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the 40th anniversary of Inkosi Albert Luthuli`s passing away, 4 November 2007, Thembeni, Ilembe District Municipality, Kwazulu-Natal
… Albert Luthuli was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the then apartheid Minister of Justice, John Vorster, grudgingly … that this great honour should have gone…
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… a whole and not, as now appears, only to those who work in apartheid structures. In the light of subsequent Government … no violence at all if we did not…
Restrictions on the media
… from those individuals he felt did not conform with apartheid's view of acceptable journalism. In this he has … African press, survived for a further five…
ArchiveStatement issued by The Black Peoples Convention 11th July 1973
… Gatsha Buthelezi makes a derogatory reference to the anti-apartheid activist Professor Dennis Brutus as a "graduate of …
ArchiveANC/UCT Position Paper proposals
… programme; deciding on the university's role in an Apartheid society. …
ArchiveD.I.V.I.D.E. And Rule; South Africas Bantust
… poster blue, orange, white; map showing Bantustans; text: Apartheid: 70% of the population are Africans. They are …
PlaceUWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives
… for freedom, or to Robben Island and imprisonment under Apartheid. …
EventPoqo members kill a White family
… destabilise the country and cause an uprising against the Apartheid government, members of Poqo, the Pan Africanist …
EventMohammed Valli Moosa is born in Johannesburg
… of Durban-Westville. He found himself on the wrong side of apartheid laws for participating in political activities. …
EventThe Star Condemns Forced Removals In Sophiatown
… forced removal was part of the government's countrywide apartheid plan to turn the residential and business areas of …
EventMinister of Defence, PW Botha discloses that South Africa’s northern borders are protected by a radar early warning system
… of advanced radar and navigation equipment emphasized Apartheid South Africa's military might, especially to those …
EventZach de Beer is elected as leader of the PFP
… Dr Zach de Beer, was elected as leader of the anti-Apartheid Progressive Federal Party. The officials of the … AP,(1988), ' Top South African Executive To…
EventMinister of Public Works Stella Sigcau dies
… died of a recurring heart problem. In 1994 first-post apartheid government she was appointed Minister of Public …
EventNatoo Babenia is born
… British rule and later in South Africa against the Apartheid government, was born at Coedmore Road, …
EventEli Weinberg, trade unionist and photographer, is born
… Cape Town and he was jailed and banned several times under Apartheid law. Besides his role as an activist, Weinberg was …
EventThe Natal Indian Congress is formally revived
… of inactivity due to the harassment of its leaders by the apartheid government. It was formed in 1894 by Mahatma Gandhi … to be formed. The NIC led to the…
EventRocklands Community Hall declared a heritage site
… was the keynote speaker. Under the slogan, ‘UDF unites, apartheid divides’, the UDF and the speakers emphasised the … religious, cultural and grassroots…
Africa in Today’s World by Max Coleman - Book Launch
… This book by the distinguished Anti Apartheid activist Max Coleman is about the Cycle of Life: …