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ArchiveChristian principles and race problems
… against the principles of Christianity, in view of the apartheid, oppression and suffering of the South African … against the principles of Christianity, in…
EventThe Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act commences
… in South Africa is passed. The law was introduced by the apartheid government and part of its overall policy of … Coloured, Indian and Black. Using these…
EventChief Kaiser Matanzima is elected Chief Minister
… the emigrant Thembu clan. He was a strong proponent of the Apartheid regime’s Bantu Authorities Act (1951).For his support of the Apartheid government,…
EventMaria Mary Burton, former national president of the Black Sash, is born
… Africa in 1961, and upon witnessing the injustices of Apartheid, became a member of the Black Sash in 1965. Founded … to Burton's membership, the Black Sash…
EventJeannette Schoon and her daughter are killed by a letter bomb
… bomb at Lubango, in northern Angola on 28 June 1984. Anti-apartheid activist Marius Schoon (Jeannette's husband) was … of the bombing because of his prior…
EventPW Botha states that the Soviets will not prevent South Africa from attacking ANC bases in Mozambique
… of its neighbouring countries in order to prop up the Apartheid system, resulted in strong condemnation by … of its neighboring countries in order to prop up…
EventESCOM announces its decision to order two nuclear power reactors from France
… had to withdraw due to political pressure due to the Apartheid policies of the South African State. The Apartheid government claimed that they were…
EventChief Albert Luthuli, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of the ANC, is killed in Groutville
… close to the home that he had been confined to by the Apartheid regime in Groutville, (then) Stanger, … and defiance brought him into direct conflict with…
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
… This measure had been one of the most hated pieces of apartheid legislation and had been used against tens of thousands of anti-apartheid protesters. The…
EventAt least 150 people die in clashes between the ANC and IFP
… two years in 1987. Most violent action was directed at the apartheid government, but soon spread between residents of … for the violence as it was later…
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
… of South Africa by the English Cricket team. Angry anti apartheid demonstrators including the African National … who went on the tour received financial…
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… of Black electorates followed the repeated call of anti-apartheid forces and largely boycotted the elections, with … as a manoeuvre to further entrench White…
EventPW Botha gives the “Rubicon” Speech in Durban
… to consider immediate and major reforms in the country's apartheid system. This meant the abolishing of the apartheid system. In a speech that had been…
EventP.W. Botha, former South African State President, appears in court for refusing to testify at the TRC
… contained details of his involvement in the gruesome apartheid killings of black freedom fighters allegedly arranged by the apartheid regime. Botha was asked…
EventSouth Africa Declares Gender-Based Violence a National Disaster
On this day in 2025, South Africa officially classified gender-based violence and femicide as a national disaster, following nationwide protests where women…
ArchiveJakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
… transform the University of the Western Cape (UWC) from an apartheid "bush university" into the "intellectual home of … (an Afrikaner nationalist…
Document 28 - Brian Bunting, “Problems of the Multi-Racial Conference”, Liberation, 28, November 1957
… of the masses of the people in active struggle against the apartheid tyranny. What do we mean by the masses of the … reason for the United Party's…
Robert Sobukwe Inaugural Speech, April 1959
… the opportunity this offers me to treat briefly of certain issues relevant to our struggle which, though adequately … It is precisely for that reason that we…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… the opportunity this offers me to treat briefly of certain issues relevant to our struggle which, though adequately … It is precisely for that reason that we…
Appendix 1: Freedom Fighters On The March: A Message From Dr. Y. M. Dadoo To The Indian People
… Indian people Brothers and Sisters The struggle against apartheid and for Freedom has entered a newdecisive phase. … Coloured people, has hadenough of racial…
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1974
… of freedom and independence. The proponents of racism, apartheid, separate development - whatever the enemy may call … a society without class... In the…
James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016
… Andrew Masondo, were convinced it was organised by the apartheid regime and wanted those involved to be summarily … rebel army Unita instead of being allowed…
Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949
… however much we may disagree with Prof. Dent on certain issues, we cannot say that he has ever refused students a … thought. It is interesting to note that…
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
… however much we may disagree with Prof. Dent on certain issues, we cannot say that he has ever refused students a … thought. It is interesting to note that…
Document 29 - Kenneth Hendrickse, “The Opposition in Congress”, The Citizen 3, 3, 4 March 1958
… It is multi-racialism - a gratuitous concession apartheid - which is at the root of all other evils in … serves only one purpose: to conserve and entrench…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the ANC National Conference on Reconstruction and Strategy NASREC, Johannesburg, 21 January 1994
… and from the indignity and insult of racism and apartheid. As an expression of its glorious humanism, the new … change in our country. In our approach to…
EventDue to insufficient evidence South African police are cleared of charges with regards to the death of Steve Biko
… Steve Biko, who died at the hands of apartheid security police on September 12, 1977, is widely seen as the greatest martyr of the anti-apartheid movement. …
SACTU press release in ‘New Age’, 22 November 1962
… arrested] people in their homes or flats he will make Apartheid workable and just? Does he think that the non-White … 'marked' by a member of the Special…
Letter by Oliver Tambo to the OAU Secretary-General, Mr. William Eteki Mboumoua, 01 June 1974
… the question of the destruction of the criminal system of apartheid in South Africa and the liberation of our oppressed … the world, who are threatened by…
Letter to the OAU Secretary-General, Mr. William Eteki Mboumoua by O. R. Tambo, 1974
… the question of the destruction of the criminal system of apartheid in South Africa and the liberation of our oppressed … the world, who are threatened by…