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The Black Face of Apartheid
… influence, between 1963 and 1976, Steve Biko called the homelands “the greatest single fraud ever invented by white politicians” . He made it clear that…
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
… racial segregating policies, such as the formation of the ‘homelands’ in 1936 which limited where Africans could live … by economic reasons. For Wolpe,…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… it in the hands of the Department of Basic Education. In response, Sindiso, along with many other ANCYL members, began to reconcile themselves to the fact…
EventRight wing Wit Kommando bombs academic's office
… initiative. The Black states, including the independent 'homelands' rejected the idea, but the SA government was …
PlaceNamibia
… Nations Permanent Mandate Commission. The United Nations (UN) was formed in 1944 and soon afterwards began trying to … the Union. The South African proposal…
BiographySimon Gqubule
… and ordered Fort Hare to expel the seminary in 1975. In response, Rev Gqubule moved the seminary to Umtata; however, …
BiographyKobera Manual
… if she would go back and live in Simon’s Town. Her first response was that there was no Moslem butchery there, and …
BiographySydney Kumalo
… South Africa, and his later work reflected a more intense response to the state of the country. The more …
BiographyKing Dingane ka Senzangakhona
… conflict between the Voortrekkers and Dingane's Zulus. In response, Voortrekker leaders Hendrik Potgieter and Piet Uys …
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… Uprising. Steyn saw instantly the need for a coordinated response. He was instrumental in organising a summit of Black …
BiographyDr Abdullah Abdurahman
… with D. D. T. Jabavu to formulate a co-ordinated black response to segregation. Although he was unable to turn this …
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… Katlehong on the East Rand. Photo: Daniel Booi Mathang In response to his removal as chief of Grouville, Luthuli issued …
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… activity, dating back to a dramatic appearance before the UN in 1963” [xiv] (Hamm, 1989). In the conclusion of his work … Committee on Apartheid and implored…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… communities were located in all four provinces and the homelands. A police witness said to the Cillie Commission … publication, Pro Verlate , were banned…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… Mbeki appeared before a delegation of the United Nations (UN) Special Committee against Apartheid to plead for the life … ANC frontline base in the country…
EventA United Nations team finally arrives in Mbandaka, Congo, to investigate alleged massacres of refugees
… Kabilla, led by ethnic Tutsi's, had started a rebellion in response to the fact that they government of Zaire had … Kofi Annan accused the rebels of mass…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… out of the work places demanding wage increases. The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act strips blacks of their South … of the border of a member-state is…
PlaceSarah Baartman Centre for Women and Children, Manenberg
… for Women and Children (SBCWC) was opened in 1999 in response to the high rates of violence against women and … encapsulated in the South African Victims…
OSEO report on Allan Boesak
… and was upset that their representative at the UN was under investigation. It was suggested that they … Boesak decided to withdraw as ambassador-designate to…
PlaceBotshabelo, Motheo Region near Bloemfontein
Botshabelo, which means 'place of refuge', is the largest Township in the Free State, after Soweto which is the largest in the South Africa. Botshabelo and…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… of the General Assembly of the United Nations. 1952 — The UN creates a task team to monitor the apartheid State and the … Countries 20 November — 1987 77th…
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… political role changed substantially. this was partly in response to the changing political climate and the …
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
… Fatima Meer founded the Clare Estate Environment Group in response to the needs of shack dwellers and rural migrants, …
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
Moosa “Mosie” Moolla was born in the small, (then) western Transvaal town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a successful import-export…
BiographyPetrus Nzima Nyawose
In the 1970s, Petrus Nyawose worked as a bouncer at The Paradise, a popular nightclub in Durban. Nyawose spent most of his working hours at the offices of the…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… Apartheid, which constitutes a crime against humanity.’ In response, the UN Security Council sent an appeal ‘strongly urging’ the SA …
Extract from a speech at the opening of the National Party Congress of the Orange Free State at Bloemfontein on 18 September 1973
… bring about a confrontation between the Republic and the UN to its own advantage. The Prime Minister reacted to all … I received this instruction from my…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… where they were born. They had no rights outside these homelands. In 1994, twenty-six parties negotiated and adopted … to dispossess and disenfranchise…
Opening remarks by President Jacob Zuma to the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on global sustainability - transforming the world in an era of global change, Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC, African Pavilion, Durban, 06 December 2011
… and related solutions to climate change. This UN climate change conference in Durban, COP 17/CMP7 is all … This symposium is very important to members of the…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… from 1970, he initially did so with widespread support. Homelands or “bantustans” were the 10 impoverished rural … have confirmed to negotiators on all…