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ArchiveChapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 by Denis Goldberg
… happened and, though normal life was over, I believed the apartheid system would soon come to an end. During the trial … it could survive. I said that…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 95th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2007
… the appalling economic conditions forced on them by the apartheid system; the 40th Anniversary of the start of the … a beacon of hope and freedom during the…
The Life and Politics of Steve Biko by Yunus Momoniat, November 2014
… to developments that emerged in the high phase of apartheid, when the Nationalist Party, in power for almost … to a generation that resisted the process of…
Chapter 5 -The Character, Role and Significance of SASO
… the master (No Sizwe, 1979: 122). The lived experience of apartheid was, however, not the only factor that structured … of strong repression of dissent and…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… formation and involvement in the broader struggle against apartheid. [lxxviii] Sport The school has a proud sporting … relocation of Lückhoff High School…
65th Anniversary of the South Africa Communist Party - Joe Slovo
… white laager) which favour a far-reaching shift away from apartheid, but which do not necessarily share the ANC's more … and should forget all about…
Freedom Day Call by Albert Luthuli, 3 June 1956
… gloomy skies of South Africa, darkened by the oppressive apartheid laws made by Parliament of whites only. "We should …
Message by Albert Luthuli, 1 May 1955
… is faced with an impending fascist republic built on apartheid, which has been condemned the world over. This …
PlacePhilippi
… and Manenberg on what is known as The Cape Flats. During apartheid it was a battleground, and today still faces huge …
PlaceNdabeni
… permanent nature, and the origins of the segregated or "apartheid" city can be traced back to this outbreak. By 1920 …
PlaceDistrict Six Museum
… the District Six community that was scattered when the Apartheid Government declared the area a 'Whites only' area. … the District Six community that was…
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… a very different one from that of the previous decade. The apartheid government had shattered the Black resistance …
Appeal For Funds For New Age, January 1956
… and stand firmly united in order to turn back the tide of apartheid tyranny. One of the most important and …
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… He was born under the cruel injustices and violence of the Apartheid system. His parents, Albert and Priscilla, were …
EventSally Little, South African golfer recognized by the LPGA as one of its top
… was at the top of her career at a time when South Africa's apartheid regime was facing international sanctions. In order …
The Trust Feed Massacre
… Mitchell was the first senior policeman during the anti-apartheid struggle to be tried and sentenced to death for a …
EventDepartment of Environmental Affairs and Tourism approves ESKOM’s prototype 110MW pebble
… that South Africa possesses were constructed under the Apartheid regime and the real cost of the programme was never …
EventFirst Fietas Festival to celebrate the legacy of the community
… community that was destroyed by the Group Areas Act of apartheid between 1956 and 1977. Before then the first …
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… Dutch and British colonists, but more especially by the apartheid government since 1961. Countless member of the …
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… Swart played a great role in furthering the policy of apartheid. He was instrumental in the passing of the …
EventParliament convenes to consider the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki
… as the third President of the country, after the fall of apartheid, on 25 September 2008. References: AFP. (2008) …
Arthur Chaskalson Chief: Justice Emeritus, Constitutional Court of South Africa
… were launched by the LRC against the implementation of apartheid laws. He also appeared as counsel on behalf of …
Conference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
… struggle have now become bound to the questions of post-apartheid politics and the ideology of state power. …
EventThe father of South African Jazz Hugh Masekela dies
… trumpet was from Archbishop Trevor Huddleston , an anti-apartheid Christian priest at St Peter's Secondary School. …
ArchiveChapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg
… the “walls” dividing people of different racial groups in apartheid South Africa. We spoke about “bars” between people … that, though armed struggle was…
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
… and the last Afrikaner leaders: Reconsiderations of the Apartheid Era Introduction One of the key generalisations of … military victories. The most important…
ArchiveCHAPTER FOUR: The Revival Of Alliance Politics, 1982-1984 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
PlaceClaremont Main Road Mosque
… of political resistance to racial oppression and the apartheid regime. Imam Gassan's convictions on the role of Muslims in the justice and anti-apartheid…
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma at the funeral of Mme Ruth Mompati, Vryburg, North-West Province 23 May 2015
… as a teacher. Her first major frustration with the apartheid system was when she was barred from teaching simply … address to the United Nations Special…
Address on South African Freedom Day 2001, Pietersburg, 27 April 2001
… Yet we are also aware of the enormous legacy of neglect apartheid has inflicted on our people. We know too the great … so that we should be free; so that…