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Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
… became a liability for Mandela and the anti-apartheid movement. In 1986, at a time when suspected … died in an air crash many believe was orchestrated by the…
PlaceUmlazi
… Group Areas Act in Durban townships In the 1940s, when the Apartheid policy came into existence, Black South Africans … forced removals, most notably in Cato…
PlaceKwaMashu
… townships that emerged with the implementation of the Apartheid Group Areas Act during the 1950s. The Group Areas Act was a system used by the Apartheid…
Extraordinary ministerial meeting of The Co-ordinating Bereau Of The Non-aligned Countries on the question of Namibia -1985
… General Assembly, United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, United Nations Special Committee on … same time, further consolidating its obnoxious…
Exploring Student-Worker Alliance: the role of COSAS in trade unions, 1979-1985 by Noor Nieftagodien
… time, mobilised a regional general strike to pressure the apartheid government to accede to students’ demands, among … and was arguably a major turning point…
PlaceMasiphumelele Township, Cape Town
… today the huge Longbeach shopping mall is located. Under Apartheid laws these families were repeatedly chased away by … and again to move back to their…
PlaceAtlantis
… as a “model industrial node”, within the framework of Apartheid spatial Development Policies. These policies were … was developed for people designated as …
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… as the most effective force in the fight against apartheid throughout the country. With the launch of the … the country was entering a new period that would…
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… about the possibilities of the involvement of the apartheid government. Of thirty-four people on board only … (TRC) investigation Following the demise of…
ArticleThe Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
… deny making speeches where they expressed opposition to apartheid, specific speeches were made by specific people in … it was not against the people because…
ArticleAbstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes Conference
… the KwaZulu regime, 1972-75 by David Hemson 1973: Neo-apartheid and the Sleeping the Giant by Mbuso Nkosi The …
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2020 submissions
… about history. Project: Deborah Matshoba’s fight against Apartheid Victoria Sedeno Victoria Sedeno is senior at …
ArchiveCHAPTER 9 - Tactics of talks, Tactics of confrontation, The Road to Vula, July 1985 - December 1986 Insurrection cannot be led from afar. by Howard Barrell
… mandate. 18 Tambo said the ANC was part of the wish to see apartheid end painlessly, but our experience is that the … the government’s refusal to consider…
Chapter 8- Gumede walks the ANC and SACP tightrope, 1930–46‘
… on passive resistance as an answer to this anti-Native legislation. The Natives are alarmed. In fact there exists a … launched an attack on the Government’s…
EventTumi Molekane, the South African hip hop artist and poet is born
… of his birth his parents were living in exile due to the Apartheid regime. However in 1992, he was repatriated as a …
EventTumi Molekane, the South African hip hop artist and poet is born
… of his birth his parents were living in exile due to the Apartheid regime. However in 1992, he was repatriated as a …
PlaceOriental Plaza, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
… of Fietas were forced to vacate their shops under the apartheid government’s Group Areas Act. Those who could …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… The 1946 Campaign was seminal in the gestation of the anti-apartheid front, at home and abroad. it was the forerunner to …
EventSouth African poet, writer and political activist, Mafika Pascal Gwala is born in Durban.
… He used his writings to speak out against the injustice of apartheid. He served in the Black consciousness …
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… a South African government spokesperson stated that the apartheid regime would be prepared to negotiate with the ANC …
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… the country onto reformist paths and away from the racial "apartheid" (separation), which had been an article of faith …
EventBeatles records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon’s previous ‘Jesus’ comments
… to play their songs and concerts were cancelled. In apartheid South Africa the South African Broadcasting …
EventThe new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is adopted
… were created. The 'separate development' policies (Apartheid) of H.F. Verwoerd resulted in the 'awarding' of …
EventZulu King Zwelithini threatens to establish a separate Zulu state
… the period leading to and during negotiations for a post apartheid settlement. A month before King Zwelithini's … non, (n.d.), 'The History of Apartheid…
EventDr. Federik Van Zyl Slabbert leads delegation to meet ANC
… government however saw it as a betrayal not only of the apartheid state, but also of Afrikanerdom. The ANC delegation …
EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… have kicked off with a new round of honours for this anti-apartheid icon, including a photo exhibit and the release of …
PlaceRed Location Museum
… settled. It became a site of struggle during the years of Apartheid. Many prominent Political and Cultural leaders were … Displays of Apartheid History and…
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… people, deaths in detentions, hangings of those opposed to apartheid, imprisonment, exile, massacres, assassinations, …
Archive2006 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 3 February 2006
… that for many of us, our country’s evolution away from its apartheid past seems to have moved at such a hectic pace that … our people. The child she knew had…