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Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Celebration of National Day of Reconciliation, Freedom Park, Tshwane, 16 December 2005
… victims and the families of the victims of the crime of apartheid had gone through. They also had to put themselves … many of whom happen to be poor. As we…
Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
… September, 1948, the union held a general meeting at the City Hall, Johannesburg, to receive a full report on the … "General meeting garment workers…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the National Council of Provinces Cape Town, 7 August 1998
… unlocking the productive potential in areas neglected by apartheid. Each of these projects also reflected the close … service of the public, whether they…
PlaceDorkay House (1952)
… of Ian Bernhardt. The Union was formed in response to the apartheid government’s restrictions on creative freedom for …
A Dialogue in Partnership with Kaya FM - MyConstitution Exhibition
… negotiated transition, one that turned a country under apartheid into a modern and peaceful democracy. The …
Remember Soweto 16 June 1976
… experiences of a key turning point in the struggle against apartheid. It would be much appreciated if the invitation …
Place'Aardoringspruit', Brandfort in the Free State Province
… Home to former prime-minister H.F. Verwoerd. During the Apartheid era, Winnie Mandela was banished to Brandfort and … Where the First Aeroplane in Africa Was…
EventCricketer Omar Henry born
… was labelled “unofficial” due to the political position of Apartheid South Africa, and the international sporting …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.1 Oct-Dec 1958
… de Crespigny. The Village and the Castle, Owen Williams. Apartheid in Nursing-a Challenge, an African Nurse and Fr. …
EventPrime Minister opens SA's first atomic reactor
… The former Prime Minister of South Africa and apartheid mastermind, Dr H.F. Verwoerd opened South Africa's …
EventCurnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.
… in exposing agents sent by the government to disrupt anti-apartheid activities in the trade union movement and this led …
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… Mozambique.This was the first open act of war by the apartheid government against Mozambique. Three years later …
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… Blood Knot" which led to his passport being withdrawn by Apartheid government. …
EventANC launches mass boycott of Bantu Education
… to the administration of education for blacks under the Apartheid system of racial discrimination. High standards of …
EventRight wing Wit Kommando bombs academic’s office
… foreign White expatriates opposed to any relaxing of apartheid principles, claimed responsibility for the bomb …
EventJournalists’ first visit to Robben Island
… north east of Cape Town, political prisoners of the anti-apartheid movement were kept together with hardened …
EventThe death in police custody of Ahmed Timol, political activist and underground operative, is confirmed
… On 28 October 1971, the death of anti-apartheid activist, Ahmed Timol, was officially confirmed. It …
EventLucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader is deposed
… ploy failed to change the view of Bophuthatswana as an Apartheid sham state. In March 1994, rioting broke out in …
EventSA signs diplomatic relations with Vietnam
… With the processes of the dismantling of the apartheid system and preparations for democratic rule under …
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 266. …
EventHarms releases his report
… to shed light on who is responsible for the death of anti-apartheid activists David Webster and Anton Lubowski in May …
EventAdelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years
… for her exceptional commitment to the struggle against apartheid, and her dedication to community service and nation …
EventMayor of Welkom, in the Free State, is tarred and feathered
… Race relations during the decline of the Apartheid regime were particularly problematic as many Whites …
EventKhotso House is bombed
… based in Johannesburg, was bombed for harbouring anti-apartheid groups a year after a blast at Congress of South … timelines,' apartheid groups ' ,[online]…
EventCarte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo
… American publications, was indicative of the pressure the apartheid government was feeling in 1987. Events in 1988, …
EventSchools closed in the Western Cape
… in many parts of the country in protest against the apartheid system. The major grievance of the students was the …
EventNelson Mandela is voted the greatest South African
… in this list, such as Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid and Steve Hofmeyr, receiving more support than …
EventOrganisations forward applicants for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
… court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt they had been a victim of …
EventPW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
… (TRC). He also stated that he would never apologise for apartheid and he called the TRC "the fierce unforgiving …
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… on 13 September 1932. Since 1994 and the end of apartheid considerable transformation has taken place. The …