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EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of President Nelson Mandela, is born
… Parents' Association. Both worked towards the ending of Apartheid. …
EventThe Population Registration Act of 1950 is repealed
… the South African parliament. The Act was a pillar of the Apartheid system. It required people to register from birth … to mid-1997 , Westport: Greenwood.|…
ArchiveProfile of a Death Row Prisoner: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1989
… discussing political and ordinary prisoners on death row, apartheid, education of death row prisoners, statistics of …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the first Triennial Conference of the Methodist church of South Africa Durban, 17 July 1998
… Religious organisations also played a key role in exposing apartheid for what it was - a fraud and a heresy. It was … Just as you took leading roles in the…
Speech by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr. Blade Nzimande at SAHO Graduate Internship Programme launch, 30 October, 2012
… did indeed develop a rich historiography even during the apartheid and pre-apartheid periods. Particularly noteworthy was the so-called … - and, flowing from…
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
… having committed acts of treason or communism during the apartheid era, little attention was paid to what transpired … the sentences were determined. In fact…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1953
… Minister of Justice declared that he would introduce new legislation to meet the situation. The following are … were placated to accept the Government policy…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
… Minister of Justice declared that he would introduce new legislation to meet the situation. The following are … were placated to accept the Government policy…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… teacher. She married Harold Strachan who was also an anti-apartheid activist. Middleton moved to Johannesburg when she became heavily involved in anti…
Speech to the ANC Rally at Soccer City by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 16 December 1990
… deep felt condolences go to the families of the victims of apartheid. We grieve for all these, as we mourn for the many … by efforts of the international…
South Africa's freedom struggle by E.S. Reddy
… and armed struggle in SouthAfrica and a world-wide anti-apartheid movement. His contribution was recognised by the … in the stay-at-home on June 26, 1950, in…
PlaceOutcrop of Main Reef Group of Conglomerates, Johannesburg
… enlarge It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 February 1944. 12TH FEBRUARY 2016 BY: JADE …
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 February 1965. When Johannesburg was …
Document 29 - Resolution on the need for the resumption of multi-party negotiations
… any rights. [(2) This right must be regulated by national legislation.]" The DP has expressed concern over the …
ArchiveConsultation in preparation for the meeting with law professors from white South Africa
… Law professors. Proposed agenda includes Human Rights and Apartheid Colonialism; Human Rights and the Freedom Charter; …
EventA full scale police search, headed by a specially trained anti-terrorist unit is launched
… shoot-out happened at the height of the struggle against apartheid, with political organisations like the African …
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. …
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…
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…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… of the Transvaal Indians militantly to resist the legislation, had a number of weaknesses. It was individual in … struggle against segregation and other…
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…