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Side By Side: The Autobiography of Helen Joseph
… most well-known South African women to campaign against apartheid. Her autobiography is being published on her 81st … the harsh laws, brutal repression and…
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… to galvanize international public opinion against the apartheid government serving as the ANC's Chief … became the Treasurer General in 1977. After the fall…
ArticleList of SADF raids into Neigbouring Countries
… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state , Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee …
The National Anthem
… meetings. It was sung as an act of defiance during the apartheid years. The first stanza is generally sung in Xhosa …
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… He says that the government must first put an end to apartheid 1988 He is admitted to Tygerberg Hospital where he …
Press Conference in Addis Ababal: Oliver Tambo, 02 July 1987
… that they hear what the ANC has, as an alternative to the apartheid system, and that it is firmly supported by the … people of South Africa as a whole as to…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… co-ordinate system, using the equator as an axis. In urban areas the trigonometrical beacons are black vein …
ArchiveThe Black Consciousness Movement and Steve Biko By Jonathan Ansumana
… called South Africa. It is the year 1948. A law promoting Apartheid has just been passed. A majority of the country’s … for almost half a century. How does…
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
… people as a result of the application of the policy of apartheid within the last eighteen months as indicated by the … the Reserves. (f) Expulsion of…
PlaceWalter Sisulu University, Mthatha- Eastern Cape
… There are now 4 campuses - Mthatha, East London (Buffalo City), Butterworth, Komani (Queenstown). There are a range of …
PlaceZoute River Cottage, Hopefield
… a freelancer: Painter; Photographer; Lecturer in the City; or simply a couple who’d like to get away for a few … a freelancer: Painter; Photographer;…
EventSA's first official commercial airline service is launched
Major Allister Mackintosh Miller secured a government subsidy and introduced the first official commercial air service in South Africa under the name of Union…
EventJan van Riebeeck's statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… It was sculpted in bronze by John Tweed and donated to the city by Cecil John Rhodes, a politician and financier of the …
EventANC receives letter of gratitude from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan
… ANC for giving him the organisation's views on Nationalist apartheid policies. The recipient of the letter was Duma … receive ANC delegation to talk about…
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
… and Billy Nair were charged with high treason. These anti-apartheid activists sought refuge in the British consulate in … consulate. On leaving the consulate…
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… with Youth Day, was the result of increasing opposition to apartheid amongst the black youth of South Africa. In particular, students were protesting against…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… the next day, took many people by surprise. The Apartheid government attempted to negotiate the release of … to a civil war. This state, among others,…
EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
… general protest against corrupt councillors and the unjust apartheid system. Three months after the incident the … when negotiations between liberation…
PlaceRugby Museum, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town
… skills in kicking, passing and more. From 1984, during apartheid, South Africa was banned from taking part in international rugby competition. When apartheid…
EventState of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre
… the first such declaration of a State of Emergency by the Apartheid state. During these periods, the government had … means of passive resistance were…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions. Convenor: Natasha Erlank
… on South African history, satire, journalism, and anti-apartheid movements. His books include Historical Dictionary … an outspoken, independent voice in the…
PlaceRainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
… a full liquor license in 1983. In those dark days of Apartheid, the Rainbow played an important role in the … musicians, who remained in South Africa during…
Speech at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa by O . R. Tambo, London, 24 May 1991
… volunteers who were charged for defying the unjust laws of apartheid. This work mushroomed with the establishment of the … sought to convict us of treason…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 4 - The Fruits of Freedom by Eddy Maloka
… example of an inspiring transition from the oppression of apartheid to the freedom of democracy. The transition, … Capitalism and Conflict) and then, from…
EventVaal Uprising Begins as Sharpeville Residents Resist Rent Increases
… Council. The Black Local Authorities, established by the Apartheid government to administer townships, were widely … who were seen by residents as…
PlaceMarket Theatre
… didn’t receive state funding until after the demise of the apartheid regime in the 1990’s. Due to the fact that the … ‘voice to the voiceless’ in confronting…
EventIt is widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticised the ANC, calling it a terrorist organisation
… cement her reputation as a supporter of South Africa's Apartheid regime. Throughout the summit Thatcher stood alone … western nations in their official…
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… (ANC), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and covert elements in apartheid government structures playing leading roles. The … one of a number of actions that had…
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
… Marico district. Meanwhile the same was taking place in urban areas. On January 7, 1957, a bus boycott began in … early evenings, the same crowds turned…
Address to CODESA by comrade Nelson R. Mandela, President of the ANC 20 December 1991
… today will mark the commencement of the transition from apartheid to democracy. Our people, from every corner of our … will set our country on the road to…