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Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Report on Delegations, Publications and Organisations of the PRC
… to publicise the Passive Resistance struggle to acquaint American public opinion of the injustice of colour bar laws … difficult conditions, Mr. Choudree did…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… Louis Botha's death in 1919. The Pact Government had to work on establishing a new South African identity marking its … so he used “Swart Gevaar” (Black…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
… and convoys. Ruth Robb was known for her outstanding work leading and being a huge part of the Black Sash … World War I, he was held a prisoner of war…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… branch and the Prisons Department, the man acting as if his authority was greater than the commanding officer of the … of integrity than any pledge he might…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… Luthuli , a future ANC President, commented later: “with his ascendancy, the African National Congress shifted several … Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , lifetime…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… The United Democratic Front (UDF) was an anti-apartheid body that incorporated many anti-apartheid organisations. It was launched in 1983, in … in…
State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela
… she wrote that: "The child is not dead... the child lifts his fists against his mother who shouts Africa!... The child … is also acutely conscious of the…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
… instilled in the youth obviously agitated the Apartheid regime. The process leading up to the Soweto … Consciousness, but it must be noted that Biko had…
ArchiveArt Fair forced to reinstate Mabulu painting after Goldblatt threat by Matthew Krouse (Mail & Gurdian), 28 September 2013
… Artlogic Ross Douglas who claimed that he had done so on his own initiative. The action was apparently taken in order … to witness the same thing that was…
EventGambian Government overthrown in military coup
… by Senegal, Jawara enjoyed their support for most of his rule to the extent that they suppressed an attempted … rule.. Following the coup, Jawara fled to a…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… Alexander the Great conquers Egypt. He occupies Egypt and his general, Ptolemy, becomes king and finds a dynasty. … . Enslaved people from West Africa were…
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… Johannesburg and was a prominent figure in the city's anti-apartheid movement. * Oliver Tambo : A key leader in the … anti-apartheid activist, Gerwel was…
EventControversial 'Black Jesus' painter, Ronald Harrison, dies
… Christ, depicts Luthuli crucified on the cross next to apartheid mastermind Hendrick Verwoed and former Minister of … of cancer on 28 June 2011, just before…
Deployment of Racism in South Africa by Rooha Variava
… previously I had little acquaintance. The scope of this work might appear ambitious, but it makes no pretensions to … prints and relatively little contact…
BiographyNgoza Mvelase
… a revocation order was in the process of being prepared. His order was withdrawn on 2 April 1981, as conditions in … the book, Forgotten People - Political…
Address at the National Youth Day Celebrations, 16 June 2002
… of South Africans could free ourselves from the yoke of apartheid, establish a new democratic order and live together … of our country must seek to develop…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… Figure 1.1. With his call to put “America First”, Donald Trump is the latest … to the vision that all oppressed racial groups must work together to achieve…
George Bizos: Interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 16 February 1998, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg
… the contribution and the impact of a whole range of anti-apartheid non-governmental organizations, who have been … such a novel situation that Eddie Roux…
#JimiMatthews decision praised by Chelsea Geach (News), 28 Jun 2016
… of the state of management at the SABC. Matthews posted his resignation letter on Twitter on Monday morning. “What is … to reverse its policies to censor the…
ArchiveAcceptance of Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award, by Nelson Mandela, 1 November 2006
… and to know that Seamus Heaney is with us through his words. That I am being honoured by Amnesty International … can truly rest. We must become stronger…
Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert: Former Leader of the Opposition in the Whites-Only Parliament, and co-founder of Idasa interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg
… in terms of your own political action, did you work in this period with a theoretical understanding of the … together and I went on the dog and pony trial, I…
ArchiveCHAPTER ONE: A Conceptual Overview by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
How do we understand Nelson Mandela@100? by Raymond Suttner, 29 May 2018
… to move away from the cliché-ridden assessments of his multi-faceted personality. Understanding Mandela means … experienced at the time. This means analysing…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… should be only between those that gave their support to apartheid and those that did not. He declared that in this period his main priority was white…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… spoke only Afrikaans or spoke only English. It would be to his advantage to know both languages.” The policy was deeply … Pieterson, aged 12, and in…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… seeking political asylum and working with European anti-apartheid movements to impose sanctions on the apartheid … of a group of objectors rejecting their…
The first martyrs of Satyagraha by E. S. Reddy
… under United Party management, during the era of apartheid. I hope that the Indian Government and the Indian … phase of the satyagraha while he was in prison…
ArticleSouth African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
… and the South African Congress of Democrats was an anti-apartheid organisation run by radical white lefties. African … past has faced accusations of going…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… routes and centres. European explorer Marco Polo and his travels At the same time that Mapungubwe was at its … in Italy in 1254 and he died in 1324. He…
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… its orientation towards Black Theology, Steve Biko and his circle of associates were not content with the UCM. They … to people,” said Barney Pityana (Biko’s…