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BiographyReggie Williams
… Apartheid was a programme established by the white dominated … the process of racial segregation in South Africa. The apartheid state prided itself on being…
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
… and Mozambique. In London, he became a member of the anti-apartheid movement and the anti-slavery society and … decided one day he would take violent action…
BiographyJohn Jack Curtis
… Curtis was known as a very fierce opponent to tyranny, Apartheid and his championing of the oppressed. He worked … kwaZulu-Natal) because he would not…
BiographyOswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
… study social work at the University of the Witswatersrand. Apartheid legislation prevented him from enrolling at the … Writers’ Program. Despite obstructions…
BiographyEric Miller
… During this time he began documenting the struggle against apartheid for progressive publications including the Weekly … 1988. In the 1980s, he documented…
BiographyHugh Lewin
… imprisonment for protest sabotage activities against apartheid. Upon his release in 1971, he left the country on a … a story of friendship and betrayal in…
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… and the early structures of what would become formal apartheid. The rural areas of KwaZulu-Natal were designated … a life despite the increasingly oppressive…
BiographyJoyce Piliso-Seroke
… and the United States where she spoke about the ravages of apartheid. In 1975, she was appointed to the Executive … no longer travel abroad to address YWCA…
BiographyPatrick Holo
… the distress felt by his people, who were subjugated by apartheid policies. This subjugation was accentuated by the … that became an epicentre of art as a…
BiographyHelen Suzman
… criticism of the governing National Party's policies of apartheid at a time when this was unusual amongst white … a few) have awarded her honorary doctorates…
BiographyIvan Toms
… to be deployed in Black townships. In February 1985, the Apartheid Government decided to forcibly remove the … Conference on Children, Repression and the Law…
BiographyBasil Coetzee
… boastfulness. It was precisely this assertion that the Apartheid government detested. Consequently, musicians faced … was also inspired by prevailing…
BiographyRoy Padayachie
… local civic issues with political issues. In 1983, the apartheid government announced plans to co-opt the Indian and Coloured communities into the apartheid…
BiographyLeon Levy
… other Congress leaders. As a result of his opposition to Apartheid rule, Levy was repeatedly placed under banning … of the time. After his return to South…
BiographyA. B. Nogaya
… Defiance Campaign led a batch of 40 volunteers to defy apartheid regulations, for which he served two months …
ArchiveUnited Nations General Assembly Resolution 1375 (XIV): Question of race conflict in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid of the Government of the Union of South Africa
… plenary meeting expressing opposition to South Africa's apartheid policies, calling on member states to promote human … plenary meeting expressing opposition…
BiographyJack Joseph
… during the Defiance Campaign for defying railway apartheid regulations. He was frequently arrested and …
BiographyMadi Gray
… she met people who were very committed to anti-apartheid work, democracy and human rights. Gray did … In due course, she also became involved with the anti…
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
… rallies and shared the platform with the prominent anti-apartheid leaders, the likes of Dr Yusuf Dadoo and Dr Monty … reconciliation and non-violent action…
Tribute by Oliver Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Statement at the meeting of the special committee on its tenth anniversary, New York, 2 April 1973
… Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Statement at the meeting of the special committee …
Extract from statement by dr. Horace Mann bond before the United Nations special committee on the policies of Apartheid of the government of the Republic of South Africa.
… the United Nations special committee on the policies of Apartheid of the government of the Republic of South Africa. …
BiographyMary Sibande
… to reclaim the black female body in post-colonial and post-apartheid South Africa. She often works through an alter-ego, … in Sibande’s family who worked as…
ArchiveApartheids refugees : South Africas displac
Black poster with white lettering. Black and white photographs of displaced people. Poster from South African Council of Churches, Division of Refugee…
ArchiveApartheids everyday insults in relief
BiographyChris Qwazi
… in the 1980s at a time of increased resistance against Apartheid in Port Elizabeth , and the Eastern Cape . He … era and continues to record images of…
BiographyTraci Mackie
… recalled how challenging it was to be a journalist during apartheid as the government would often interfere and even … the regime to intimidate her. She…
BiographyJeanette Carlson
… result of the white nationalist government’s imposition of apartheid on the country in the late 1940s. She saw the importance of questioning the apartheid…
BiographyJennifer Davis
… of majority rule in South Africa and leader in the anti-apartheid movement in the United States, died on October 15 … long focus on the way U.S. corporations…
BiographyZola Budd
… 5000m world record. As this performance took place in apartheid South Africa, the world track and field … place without publicity that might have attracted…
BiographyNomvula Paula Mokonyane
… started actively participating in the struggle against Apartheid at the young age of 15. She joined the Young … Mokonyane was continuously harassed and…