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Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Province Herald Port Elizabeth, 14 September 1995
… the past it was a light in the darkness of colonialism and apartheid, today the Herald can act as a clear mirror against … of the whole of it then. Years of…
Address by ANC President, Nelson R. Mandela, to the Ruth First tenth anniversary commemoration trust Cape Town, 17 August 1992
… of the systematic elimination of leading opponents of apartheid. Ten years later this commemoration is most … the death squads and the crimes committed in…
PlaceBonteheuwel
… and whites distinct residential zones, the beginning of Apartheid! This act established the distinct areas of South … and whites distinct residential zones,…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… the Natal Government under Prime Minister Moor passed new legislation which they claimed was “for the better … step towards white domination of African…
Justice Arthur Chaskalson: President of Constitutional Court interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 2 February 2000, The Braamfontein, Johannesburg
… project is trying to do, is it to look at the role of anti-apartheid NGOs within South Africa and how they had an … of conflict, and how they in various ways…
Birthday message by Albert Luthuli to Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 2 September 1955
… and abuse. In their efforts to fulfil their baaskap apartheid policy the Nationalist Party, supported by …
Letter to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 June 1968
… of my address to the session of the Special Committee on Apartheid in Stockholm, I asked the Chairman, Ambassador …
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
… a ‘White area’ under the 1950 Group Areas Act of the Apartheid government. Before the passing of the Group Areas …
PlaceMvezo, Eastern Cape
… Nelson Mandela: The President of South Africa and anti-apartheid ... Newsfolo-18 minutes ago Remembering Madiba in …
PlaceAgtersuurberg, Eastern Cape
… Republic of South Africa in 1971. However at the end of apartheid, the Verwoed name was officially changed to Gariep …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.2 1988
… Present by Wole Soyinka; Popular Music and the Markets of Apartheid by Chris Chapman; The Return of the Soldiers by …
Africa South
… Ronald M. Segal claimed to be a socialist, and was an anti-apartheid activist who crossed the South African border into …
PlacePort Elizabeth and the City Hall
… The city's history also includes the impact of apartheid and forced removals, as well as the eventual …
Artist Bill Ainslie is born
… and sculptor himself, he was keenly aware of the damage Apartheid inflicted on local art. To combat this Ainslie …
EventFour South Africans and a British national charged with illegally exporting military equipment to South Africa
… in terms of its arms manufacturing capability, the Apartheid regime relied heavily on imported components for …
Event11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on negotiators in Sebokeng
… Pretoria talks, which discussed the removal of repressive apartheid measures, and the creation of a free political … A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the…
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
… allegedly involved in hit-squad operations against anti-apartheid activists. De Klerk said in March 1990 that he had …
EventP. W. Botha refutes possibility of Black majority rule
… country. Only now that the stark reality has dawned that apartheid has failed, and that Blacks will one day have an …
EventANC stalwart and Rivonia Trialist, Govan Mbeki, is released from Robben Island Prison
… a call for all political prisoners to be freed, as apartheid was dying. Upon his release the government …
EventSimon van der Stel, commander and governor of the Cape, is born
… race-origin, a fact that was largely unacknowledged by the Apartheid government. …
EventAWB leader, Eugene TerreBlanche, is convicted of attempted murder and assault
… the negotiations between the Liberation Movements and the Apartheid government regarding the transfer of power and …
EventPolice head admits to Khotso House bombing
… a press statement; “At last we have been vindicated. The apartheid regime, at its highest levels, ordered the bombing …
EventTerror strikes the Olympics Games in Atlanta
… banned from participating in the Games due its policy of apartheid. References: 1996 Summer Olympics [online] …
EventA few days after deciding to establish a Dutch newspaper in South Africa, the name De Burger is chosen
… which, at first, supported the nationalist cause and apartheid, and was the mouthpiece of the National Party of …
Event19 die at Shell House massacre
… The ANC saw it as a power struggle as the demise of apartheid was finalised. The IFP is based on a Zulu cultural …
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto
… to South Africa and opened an art school in Sophiatown. Apartheid laws forced Mohl to close the school, after which …
EventSuppression of Communism Act 44 of 1950 severely limits what the media could report
… One of the most infamous of all security laws during the apartheid era, it severely limited what the media could …
EventPassbook laws relaxed
… first state of emergency and the banning of a host of anti-apartheid organisations, including the African National …
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… work in the underground ANC during the height of the anti-apartheid struggle reveal the excessively brutal and inhumane … mobilize the student population in…
Excerpts from Priscilla Jana’s book 'Fighting for Mandela' that relate to Solomon Mahlangu
… of the biggest landmark cases in the appalling history of apartheid-era judiciary. It shocked the world. By June 1977, … the Soweto uprising, a virtual…