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EventNP demands apology from TRC
… that the pre-1994 governments ordered the murder of anti-apartheid activists. Because the State Security Council was …
EventProtests against Afrikaans language in Black schools
… enforced. This was introduced in their schools by the apartheid government. The students drafted a memorandum to …
EventFrederik Willem de Klerk is elected President of South Africa
… in the referendum which, as he put it "closed the book on apartheid" and paved the way to a new dispensation for all …
EventJames Kantor, a lawyer, is arrested for his involvement in Liliesleaf farm activities
… law profession and wrote about his experiences under the apartheid government. Kantor died of a heart attack in 1974. …
EventBlack, Coloured and Indian churches issues a statement on Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act
… the Immorality Act were among the first major laws of the apartheid government. In 1949 mixed marriages were banned in …
ArchiveWinnie Madikizela-Mandela: Revolutionary who kept the Spirit of Resistance alive by Shireen Hassim (The Conversation), 3 April 2018
… see more clearly the violence wrought by colonialism and apartheid, the profound consequences of fraternal political … and betrayal, she stood firm in her…
EventPope John Paul II celebrates a papal mass in South Africa
… the country came seven years after the cleric angered the apartheid government when he refused to kiss the ground in … is to pay tribute to your own…
ArchiveChanging focus: The art and activism of Omar by Bongani Kona (Mail and Guardian), 4 June 2015
… from the larger, Âcollective story of the resistance to apartheid. He was born in 1945 and his father, Ebrahim, a … country who were exhibiting. That’s the…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… her fervent struggle for women’s rights since the years of apartheid. Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge, “mother of … Madlala-Routledge still continued…
Bishop Tutu’s 1999 interview on NewsHour
… : We start with some background on this crusader against apartheid in South Africa, including a reprise of several of … Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize for…
EventSA's Fifa membership reinstated
… policy on sport. Previous to this, in keeping with pre-apartheid segregation, leagues had been divided according to … unmoved by the growing international…
How Zuma, the smiling spy, controls South Africa by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley (World News), 04 May 2016, Johannesburg
… for the outlawed African National Congress during apartheid, Jacob Zuma neutralized perceived traitors and … years on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela,…
ADDRESS AT A DINNER HOSTED BY THE FEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE (FICCI), CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRIES (CII), AND JOINT BUSINESS COUNCILS (JBC) Delhi, 26 January 1995
… the Government of India in opposition to the injustices of apartheid. By choosing to observe economic sanctions and … your way, you helped translate…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 106th Anniversary of the African National Congress presented by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, 13 January 2018
… 95 years since the Native Urban Areas Act, two pieces of legislation that were central to the deprivation of black … for having the courage to take up arms…
PlaceKwazulu Natal Province
… (or place of the Zulu) was granted self-government under apartheid on 1 December 1977. According to the apartheid social planner’s ideal of 'separate…
Address by President Nelson Mandela North West stadium Welkom, 27 August 1995
… to serve these children who are victims of the pernicious apartheid laws under which we lived for so long. Local … only divide and weaken communities. We…
EventSA Prime Minister, P.W. Botha calls for unity against Marxism
… statement came at the height of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Just months after his speech, …
EventThe launch of the Progressive Women’s Movement of SA
… against the extension of pass laws to African women by the Apartheid government.The membership of the movement consists …
EventAlbert Luthuli accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
… to racial discrimination in South Africa. Though the apartheid government restricted his movements, Luthuli was … [Accessed on 28 november 2013]| BBC 1961:…
EventSharpeville Deputy Mayor killed
… local councillors who were accused of being puppets of the apartheid regime. The gropup wanted all Black councillors and …
EventPrime Minister P.W. Botha announces Ciskei will become independent on 4 December 1981
… part of the Government's plan to further its programme of Apartheid by excluding the majority of Black South Africans …
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… was born in Verulam, Natal and began fighting against apartheid from an early age. He was involved in the student …
EventThe UN lifts mandatory sanctions against SA
… West Africa (now Namibia) and the UN's struggle against apartheid. …
EventThe European Community announces that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa
… against the South African government over its policy of apartheid. For instance, in 1962 the UN General Assembly …
EventF.W. De Klerk is inaugurated
… on 17 March, 1992, which, as he said "closed the book on apartheid" and paved the way to a new dispensation for all …
EventPresident Mandela addresses the National assembly of Mali
… the people of Mali for their support during the years of Apartheid as well as praising them for their commitment to …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister JG Strijdom dies
… a republic, and strengthened and refined the Government’s Apartheid policy. Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom died on 24 …
EventSA jazz singer, Letta Mbulu is born in Soweto
… to South Africa, but did not stay long because of the apartheid government policies. She returned to the US where …
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… create a suitable climate for negotiations which would end apartheid and bring about a new Constitutional dispensation …
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… leadership of Verwoerd. The country was criticised for its Apartheid policies by members of the Commonwealth. In just …