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A Matter of ‘Principle’: Corporate America and the South African Worker in the Early 1970s by Mattie C. Webb
… uprising as the pivotal moment that bolstered the anti-apartheid movement’s divestment campaign and turned world opinion against apartheid in South Africa,…
EventThe Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… of the 16 June 1976 Uprising, in Soweto, Johannesburg, the apartheid government banned all the organisations under the … and continued to propagate it in it…
Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "No Easy Walk to Freedom: Articles, Speeches and Trial Addresses of Nelson Mandela edited by Ruth First", 1965.
… - and crimes of violence are ever on the increase in apartheid society - but also for petty infringements of … or Coloured - can be a crime for Africans…
This item by Oliver Tambo was published as the introduction to the book "No Easy Walk to Freedom" by Ruth First, 01 June 1965
… - and crimes of violence are ever on the increase in apartheid society - but also for petty infringements of … or Coloured - can be a crime for Africans…
Nelson Mandela by Oliver Tambo
… - and crimes of violence are ever on the increase in apartheid society - but also for petty infringements of … or Coloured - can be a crime for Africans…
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 …
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 …
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 …
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested
… Desmond Tutu, a central figure in the fight against apartheid, was arrested outside parliament while leading a …
EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… ANC's most important rural partners. After the demise of Apartheid, Contralesa campaigned for the constitutional … in South Africa: law, power & culture in…
EventSebe seeks International Court of Justice to mediate in the ‘Kei dispute
… the International Court of Justice in the Hague. The Apartheid government originally created these Bantustan …
EventZola Budd breaks a world record
… place without any publicity that might have attracted anti-apartheid demonstrators as South Africa was banned from …
EventFormer Cabinet Minister Dullah Omar dies
… in 1983, which led to him being closely watched by the Apartheid government. In the period nearing Nelson Mandela’s …
EventMxenge murder accused Dirk Coetzee found guilty
… Judge Pieter Combrinck finds Dirk Coetzee, Apartheid policeman and Vlakplaas assassination squad …
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
… and a way of seeing that challenged the established apartheid tropes. In the words of Professor Ari Sitas, …
EventSol Kerzner admits to the Harms Commission, that he has paid R2m for the personal benefit of Chief George Matanzima
… Kerzner has a reputation of being connected to both the apartheid government and the ANC government. He has since …
EventThe Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
… the hope that they could contribute in the eradication of apartheid and achievement of equality. One of the companies …
EventSouth Africa’s TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… to help deal with violations of human rights during the apartheid era. The Commission heard testimonies from all …