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Nelson Mandela Speaks on Tolerance, April 30, 2006 on CBS (Video)
… he was able to lead South Africa from the repression of apartheid into a peaceful democracy. …
EventRiots erupt in East London, Eastern Cape
… Nelson Mandela, Yusuf Dadoo and Walter Sisulu defied Apartheid laws in Johannesburg and other major city centres. …
EventNelson and Winnie Mandela travel to Canada.
… the economic and political pressure on South Africa to end Apartheid. …
EventKenya lifts ban on sports links with South Africa
… South Africa. The year 1991 saw many of South Africa’s apartheid modeled policies come to an end. In the same week …
EventNigeria imposes sanctions on South Africa, and implements a total trade boycott
… on South Africa, due to objections against South Africa's apartheid policy. In early 1960, Nigeria had decided to ban …
EventLucas Seage is born
… of the resistance artists, who saw art as a weapon against apartheid. References: Rankin: Images of Wood, p. 155. …
EventInaugural Conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… to mobilising international solidarity action against the Apartheid regime. …
EventOmar Badsha, South African photographer, is born
… struggle. He was at the forefront of all the major anti-apartheid campaigns in Natal and the Western Cape for close …
EventSA artist, Daniel Sefundi Rakgoathe is born
… Drift. The art centre at Rorke's Drift began during Apartheid, with the aim of nurturing the unique artistic …
EventANC attacks Koeberg nuclear power station
… it once more warned foreign investors against investing in Apartheid South Africa. …
EventThe Ciskei homeland is established
… republic'. The creation of Ciskei was in line with apartheid policies of the South African government. The …
EventWalter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Ahmed Kathrada address the public after 26 years
… prison and the rally marked the beginning of the end of apartheid. …
EventCelebrated South African photographer, David Goldblatt, receives Hasselblad honours
… piece of missing information regarding life under Apartheid in South Africa". …
EventFerdi Barnard is found guilty of killing Webster
… 1998, Ferdi Bernard was convicted for the murder of anti-Apartheid activist, David Webster. Bernard shot Webster in …
EventUDF distances itself from Madikizela
… by the TRC, as it was the leader in protest against apartheid at the time when these crimes were committed and it …
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 …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 89th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2001
… legacy of colonialism on our continent, the system of apartheid in our country. Being an insult to all people of … and a direct threat to their freedom, 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…
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…
Address to the Nation by President Thabo Mbeki, 21 September 2008
… Cup and our election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council two years ago. Despite the economic … Cup and our election as a non-permanent…
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…
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…