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Joint Statement by Chief Albert Lutuli, Dr. G.M. Naicker and Peter Brown appealing to the British People to Boycott South Africa, 5 December 1959
… a period of one month. The boycott is a protest against apartheid, the removal of political rights, the colour bar in … realise that the world outside will…
Appeal For United Front, July 1948
… ever would be taken to fight their case. The Nationalists` apartheid policy for the Indians was the logical outcome of … not make their intentions clear, the…
EventThe recommendations of the Riekert Commission (to investigate the employment conditions of Black workers) are tabled
… was established in response to a crisis faced by the apartheid state, as South African capitalism has been facing … the call for the registration of African…
EventB.J Vorster steps down as Prime Minster
… enforced the Security Legislation that curtailed anti-apartheid activities in the country. In the late 1960s, … In recognition to his strong commitment to…
Steve Biko revisited by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 21 June 2016
… politically and culturally aware. The Apartheid regime initially chose not to target him/BCM … entities, which inadvertently made them vulnerable to…
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
… of the need for a united and multi-racial struggle against apartheid tyranny. After extensive discussions and … been re-established and secured. Mass…
Address by Deputy President Jacob Zuma at the 40th Anniversary of the Execution of Vuyisile Mini and five others, 6 November 2004
… Their execution 40 years ago at the hands of the brutal apartheid hangmen, was a turning point for the people and the … the ANC had undertaken to free…
86. Non-racial sport
… completely unrelated to other facets of [our] existence'. Apartheid, it argues, must go before there can be such a … Union have remained insensitive to the…
Postscript
… Democratic Front slogan splashed across it, "UDF unites, apartheid divides". I thought that to that great crowd she … State President Botha to renounce…
PlaceWestern Cape Province
… Outlook and international commitments under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. It is part of a … Outlook and international commitments under the UN…
PlaceDistrict Six, Cape Town
… for ‘canal’.) District Six before its destruction under Apartheid , was a community representative of diversity on a … the port. It represented the polar…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Anthony Heard, October 1985
… the struggle to get rid of the tensions that come with the apartheid system. We have hoped that we could together build … among the whites. We were uniting…
EventPolice constable is buried alive at Ackerville cemetery near Witbank
… of security forces were targets of attacks by anti -apartheid militants in the political struggle. The killers of …
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979)
… sport; Legislation and South African sport; The anti-apartheid sports movements and South Africa's sport …
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979
… sport; Legislation and South African sport; The anti-apartheid sports movements and South Africa's sport …
EventDr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert resigns from parliament
… Slabbert, a staunch opponent of 'separate development' (Apartheid) and leader of the opposition Progressive Federal …
EventHuman Rights Day is celebrated for the first time in South Africa
… as well as other innumerable acts of violence under Apartheid, are what inspired South Africa's famously …
PlaceMandela House
… Soweto was an important location of the struggle, against apartheid, and Mandela's house seems an appropriate site for … Soweto was an important location of…
EventTanganyika formally ends all trade ties with South Africa
… that the US and UK heeded the call for a boycott of the apartheid state. … Ngeleza B. and Nieuwhof A. (2004), ‘Sanctions against apartheid South Africa…
EventBishop Ambrose Reeves returns to South Africa
… Anti-apartheid cleric, Dr Richard Ambrose Reeves, Anglican (Church …
EventThe Riotous Assemblies Act Commences
… Act No 74 of 1982 Click here for more on South African Apartheid legislation. …
EventFormer premier of Mpumalanga, Afrikaans poet and lawyer, Mathews Phosa is born
… tipped off by the ANC's Counter-Intelligence Unit that the Apartheid security forces were planning to kill him by means …
EventAfrican leaders issue a call for African unity
… T. Bokwe, and L.K. Ntlabati. They were protesting against apartheid and its dangers to African education, freedom of …
EventFormer NP member Roelf Meyer is born
… Development, a post he previous held under the apartheid regime. In 1997, Meyer and Bantu Holomisa formed …
EventSA Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd stabbed to death
… Service Officer Dimitri Tsafendas stabs main architect of apartheid Prime Minister H.F. Verwoed to death. A prior …
EventWinnie Mandela is elected ANCWL president
… one of the most recognised faces of the struggle agaisnt apartheid. Several productions depicting her life have been …
EventDe Klerk announces a referendum to test his political reforms
… reforms. He introduced sweeping reforms that brought apartheid to an end. 69% of White voters voted in favor of …
EventThe SA Cricket team is re-admitted to international cricket
… a resolution taken against the South African government's apartheid policy. This led to South Africa playing only …
EventUnited Front launch in jeopardy
… implicated organisations of either having participated in apartheid structures or for their racial make-up. The move of …
EventDulcie September is assassinated in Paris
… trade (including nuclear material) between France and the Apartheid government in South Africa. Sergeant-Major Joseph …