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EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods is banned
… a deposit before they could publish. This became known as "Black Wednesday." On the same day, Daily Dispatch editor Donald Woods who was also a friend to the…
EventEdgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia.
… would in terms of the period; greatly extend the number of black people eligible to vote. For the White electorate of … as his own party rejected him as…
EventThe first indications of protest over Afrikaans in Soweto schools
… the cutbacks by the Apartheid government on education for Black students. The result was that Black teachers now had more students to teach and fewer …
EventSchools closed in the Western Cape
… to prevent mass protest demonstration by pupils. However, Black pupils were boycotting schools in many parts of the … the students was the inferior standards…
Archive"Racism, Apartheid and a New World Order": Speech in Acceptance of the Third World Prize on Behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 5 May 1986
… underling, each with his position defined by race. As black South Africans, we have lived within the entrails of … who are white are inherently superior…
Call for papers: 100 years of the SACP
… important tasks of the Communist Party has been organising black workers. We invite papers that examine the party’s … constituency, and the party’s approach…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Glossary
… of Education homelands ”” those territories reserved for black people and around which the principle of segregation in South Africa was organised; sometimes…
PlaceUniversity of Cape Town
… . The University Admitted its first small group of Black Students in the 1920's . The number of Black Students remained relatively low until the 1980s and ……
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Segregation Fallacy
… and civil service of clerks and interpreters here are all black men. (4) Basutoland is conveniently near to the … to the segregationist, because he does not…
Tell no Lies, Claim no easy Victories by Thabo Mbeki, 4 April 2016
… now I have been concerned that, as South Africans, we face the very serious threat and danger that the resort to … claims of his barbaric behaviour.’’ The…
Chapter 5 - Who would deliver us from oppression? Gumede and African politics in South Africa,1921-1927
… Ncwana, paid tribute to the sacrifices of Gumede, in the face of considerable difficulties. Gumede was the only … CPSA policy in 1922 did not bring them…
Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960
… expansion was dependent upon increased employment of black labour was seen from the fact that black employment increased by 70 percent compared with 20 … of…
Silent Cries from a Beloved Country by Ken Johnson, 20 August 2009
… it can leave you with more questions than answers. A black-and-white photograph from 1984 shows a black woman and her child lying on a bed surrounded by…
ArchiveConcentration camps in the South African War? Here are the real facts by Fransjohan Pretorius, (The Conversation), February 18, 2019
… It’s well established that 28 000 white people and 20 000 black people died in various camps in South Africa. Between … of the action that the British…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - The glitter of gold by Emilia Potenza
… Richest Gold-Mining Area in the World. Gold changed the face of the Transvaal. Before 1886 it was a poor, struggling … the mines to pay the hut tax. Every…
ArchiveAn Interview With F.W. De Klerk, the Last Apartheid President of South Africa by Nicolas Rossier
… but the overwhelming majority of all South Africans, black or white or whatever their color might be, want the … deteriorated from 1994 until now…
ArchiveResisting apartheid through pen and paper by Richard Rive, 05 March 2018
… to criticize the government, White, Indian, Colored or Black, out of the country, behind bars, or into a grave. What … spread and enforce stigmas and…
EventMartin Luther King is arrested for his role in a bus boycott
… Reverend Martin Luther King leads a public bus boycott by Black people in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, for which he is … racial oppression. His dream of freedom…
EventEmily Hobhouse is born
… situation. Concerned with the plight of suffering Boer and Black families in the concentration camps, Hobhouse was also … who fought for the rights of South…
EventPassbook laws relaxed
… government lifted the obligatory carrying of passbooks by Black people on 23 July 1986. The pass system was, however, not abandoned altogether, Black men and…
PlaceChapman's Peak Drive, Hout Bay to Fish Hoek
… 000. The Hout Bay - Noordhoek Road ‘hewn out of the stone face of Sheer Mountain’ was opened to traffic on Saturday 6 …
PlaceMaynardville Open Air Theatre
… in the performances, and effectively became the public face for an inspiring and immensely successful project. So …
Address by Deputy President Jacob Zuma at the 40th Anniversary of the Execution of Vuyisile Mini and five others, 6 November 2004
… prisoners, displaying great courage and strength in the face of adversity. When we honour Comrades Mini, Khayingo, …
The curious case of the missing ANC members – and the crisis plan to win them back by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick),14 October 2015, South Africa
… of slates, and those involved in such practices should face disciplinary processes. It was also proposed that …
Address by President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the World Economic Forum, Southern Africa summit Cape Town, 9 June 1994
… that South Africa has hitherto never experienced. We face a long and hard road to address the havoc wrought by …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
… are not going to tolerate this policy and we are going to face all the consequences of opposing this policy, not only …
Address by Mashatile on the occasion of the 20th commemoration of the Bisho massacre, 7 September, 2012
… challenges.” As this generation of South Africans we face new and more difficult challenges brought about by us …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the AU-African Diaspora Ministerial Conference Gallagher Estate, Friday 16 November 2007
… especially in the many struggles that they themselves face today. This, I believe, is something that both our …
Albert Luthuli’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, December 10, 1961
… an age when the outbreak of war would wipe out the entire face of the earth, the ideals of Nobel should not merely be …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Ceremony to mark the Retirement of Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson and the Assumption of Office of Chief Justice Pius Langa and Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke: Houses of Parliament, Cape
… they will accomplish their mission with distinction. We face continuing challenges with relation to the judiciary, …