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EventCOSATU conference prohibited and organisers restricted
… The government prohibited an anti-apartheid conference organised by COSATU in Cape Town, which … aimed to include delegates from a broad spectrum of anti…
EventAfrikaans is used for the first time in an international document with the signing of the Convention of Mozambique in Pretoria
… Mozambique in Pretoria. The language’s close link with the apartheid government has meant that it has inherited the legacy of being the oppressor’s language…
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… Sixty-ers"). The group used literature to speak up against Apartheid and to bring about a European influence to … of Brink and his contemporaries’ books…
EventDr David Webster, a social anthropologist at Wits University and political activist, is shot dead outside his home
… became involved in politics. He was active in the anti-apartheid movement, especially in the Detainees’ Parents’ … The aim of the committee was to support…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
… to the call to make the country ungovernable and apartheid unworkable. We are celebrating this day with former … ministerial team to visit the area to…
Speech at the Meeting of Representatives of the Parties and Movements Participating in the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the "Great October Socialist Revolution" by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, November 4-5, 1987
… the remaining bastilles of colonial and racist oppression. Apartheid Aggression However, more than forty years after the successful conclusion of the Second…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
… by issuing a false death certificate. As a result the apartheid government, through the Medical and Dental Council, … being raised and by then we had to be…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
… Conquest: The act of taking control of a country, city, etc. by force. Conquistador: One of the Spanish people …
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
… spearheading the campaign for international action against apartheid and support for our liberation struggle. This role … of inspiration and strength for all…
PlaceLebowa
… During the apartheid period, Lebowa was the homeland of the North Sotho … Under the South African constitution that abolished the apartheid system, Lebowa…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Mandela, to the International Solidarity Conference Johannesburg, 19 February 1993
… You refused to let the world ignore the tragedy wreaked by apartheid. And today you are here with us, many of you for … disease, poverty and violence; That…
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… it was his duty to speak out against the injustices of the Apartheid regime. In 1976, the Apartheid government exiled Father Lapsley for his … at: justice…
EventMandela signs SA Constitution into law
… and set in motion processes that laid the foundation for apartheid. On 21 March 1960 police opened fire on a crowd … This resulted in the negotiations for…
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… to allow the men’s wives and families to live in the urban centres; and their physical strength barely sustained … almost all produced by the CPSA and dealt…
Memorial lecture on the 26th Anniversary of the Lowveld Massacre presented by Comrade Jackson Mthembu ANC National Spokesperson, 15 March 2012
… evening. As we all know this Massacre of our people by the apartheid regime and its security forces started with the … and the mourners, scores of people…
EventRand Daily Mail publishes exposé of conditions in Homelands
… Daily Mail became South Africa’s most influential anti-Apartheid newspaper, known for its courageous and liberal … audiences in the United Kingdom,…
EventMiriam Makeba returns to South Africa
… musical King Kong and was barred from returning when the apartheid government revoked her passport in 1960. During her … addressed the United Nations twice…
The Struggle Continues and Grows More Intense - Statement by O. R. Tambo, 23 August 1984
… Such a massive boycott could be a blow from which the apartheid regime may never recover. Let August the 28th be … for the destiny of their country. The…
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
… in the 1950s in response to the enactment of numerous apartheid laws by the South African government. During the … than 8 500 people were imprisoned for…
EventUDF organises boycott of Coloured and Indian parliamentry elections
… the United Democratic Front, an internal coalition of anti-apartheid groups, organised highly successful boycotts of the … http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages…
EventReverend David Russell sentenced for defying his banning order
… leaders were among the foremost and vocal opponents of the Apartheid regime. Acting out of conscience and under the … did not shield these individuals from…
EventBlack People Convention is formed
… welcomed it as an endorsement of racial segregation and apartheid policies. When the party assumed a radical anti apartheid political agenda the government…
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… former South African prime minister and chief architect of apartheid was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Willem … he gave indications of the…
EventNRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President’s Council a chance
… by the National Party (NP) in 1948, which then introduced Apartheid policy. He became the founding member and the … splintering after 1959 when MPs,…
EventDemonstrations begin outside the South African Embassy in Washington D.C.
… DC and continued on an almost daily basis as anti-apartheid protesters demanded a stronger anti-South Africa … went on to discuss violations of human rights…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Christian Missions and the Bantu
… In the case of the African boys and girls employed in urban areas this proved often disastrous. Their evening hours … partly accounts for the gangs of…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
… with 4,747 confirmed cases and 124 deaths. 8 March- Italy issues a lockdown of around 16 million people in the …
PlaceUniversity of Fort Hare, Alice- Eastern Cape
… and catalytic role in the development of the Buffalo City Region . Hence it is posed to grow into a much …
PlaceOld Fort and Cemetery, Durban
… in Umgeni Road, and are now an integral part of the city centre. The first formal European settlement of the Bay … in Umgeni Road, and are now an integral…
PlaceSenegal
… in international peacekeeping. The most important city in Senegal is its capital, Dakar. This lively and …