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… The Special Committee against Apartheid holds a solemn meeting in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with …

… Former apartheid-era security police colonel Gideon Nieuwoudt dies in Port Elizabeth after a battle with cancer. Nieuwoudt was …

… Anti-apartheid sport personalities Rama Reddy and Krish Mackerdhuj are arrested during a demonstration in front of the Durban h …

… Apartheid and the Removal of Black Spots from Lake Bhangazi in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa by Bradley Skelcher …

… Christian voices and international opposition to apartheid in the 1950s by Rob Skinner …

… An intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, involving 133 Angolan soldiers, anti-apartheid activists, Klaas de Jonge, …

… Two Black men are hanged in Pretoria, SA, for a multiple killing committed during outbreak of anti-apartheid violence. …

… At its eightieth anniversary celebration in Bloemfontein, the ANC presents its post-apartheid policies and launches its elector …

… International Trade Union Conference against Apartheid organised by the Workers’ Group of the ILO Governing Body, in cooperatio …

… The Centre against Apartheid is established in the United Nations Secretariat, with E. S. Reddy, Chief of …

… (TRC) chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Tutu was almost in tears and choked with emotion at a media briefing on … De Klerk could still insist that he had been unaware of apartheid atrocities, when delegations from the Lawyers for … many others, had told him of security force involvement in gross human rights abuses. Tutu said he himself had told …

… Critism and Censorship in the South African “Alternative” Press with particular reference to the cartoons of Bauer and Zapiro (1985 - 1990) - by Mario Pissarra …

… UNIP most sincerely for allowing us to hold our conference in this country. We are especially grateful for the … we need to take in order to achieve victory over the apartheid regime. We characterised the conference as a … that the Botha regime is still determined to defend the apartheid system of white minority rule by force of arms. …

… Botha appointed Rajbansi and Hendrickse to the Cabinet in September 1984 as Chairmen of the Ministers' Councils, but … new system by arguing that they would be able to oppose Apartheid ‘from within’. Hendrickse said in January 1986: 'It … and even collaborated with the NP in bolstering Apartheid laws in some instances. When Rajbansi and …

… was born Margaret Mary MacDonald on 26 September 1916 in Indwe, a small village in the former Transkei . [i] Her father, Chisholm MacDonald, … where she became head girl. She excelled in academics, sports and music. In 1933 she won eight medals at the … of ichthyology. |J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology in collaboration with Royal Society of South Africa; Cape …

… George Hallett was born in 1942   District Six , Cape Town. He then moved to Hout … in other parts of Europe and the USA. Before leaving apartheid South Africa in 1970 and going into self-imposed … of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | United States, 1985 Howard University | Washington DC; Michigan State …

… Robert M. Resha was born in Bolotwe,Queenstown, Eastern Province [Now Eastern Cape] on … March 1920. He completed eight years of formal school and in his late teens went to work as a miner on the Reef. After … to Sophiatown in Johannesburg around 1940. He later became sports editor of the New Age  and wrote for  The World . He …

… Jillian Edelstein was born and grew up in South Africa. In 1975, after her final year of high school, she took a … in Johannesburg for the Rand Daily Mail and The Star . In 1985 Edelstein emigrated to the UK to enter the more …

… Remember all our women in the jails Remember all our women in campaigns Remember all our women over many fighting years … and for their Tears - Conditions and Resistance of Women in Apartheid South Africa by Hilda Bernstein …

… Professor Adam Small was born on 21 December 1936 in Wellington, Cape Province (now Western Cape) to a mother … Throughout his life, he upheld the idea that one of apartheid’s greatest injustices was that it divided people … holding this position until his retirement in 1997. In 1985, he was promoted to Professor and became a permanent …

… It was, however, only at university that Moosa got involved in politics. He attended the University of Durban-Westville, where he obtained his BSc degree in 1978. In 1976 he joined the Black Consciousness Movement … and a member of the National Executive Committee. In 1985, after the arrest of Popo Molefe , Moosa became acting …

… (largely known as Cassius Make, his alias name) was born in Maile village (Diepkuil) just outside Rustenburg on 6 … he resumed his underground work for the ANC. In June 1985 at the Kabwe Conference, Tabane was elected to the … fellow comrade Peter Sello Motau, were assassinated by the Apartheid security forces in Swaziland just after they …

… continued support to bring to fruition the ideas enshrined in the Freedom Charter - the policy document of our national … Tambo to the World Festival of Youth and Students, 05 July 1985, Moscow …

… Donald James Woods was born in Elliotdale, Transkei on 15 December 1933. He was educated at Christian Brothers College in Kimberley. After completing his matric, Woods enrolled at the University of Cape Town in 1952 to study law but switched to journalism.  Woods …

… 1908 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested for the first time in South Africa for refusing to carry an obligatory identity … card commonly known as the 'pass'. Gandhi was released in February after negotiations with the government. A few … compatriot, who accused him of betraying the Indian cause. In 1906, the Transvaal government promulgated a new Act …

… The United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid urged a boycott of all South African racist … Committee (IOC) extended South Africa's ban. This resulted in the country's exclusion from the tragic 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany where eleven Israeli Olympians were …

… The Ford closure in Port Elizabeth clearly reveals that multinationals have absolutely no interest in the welfare of workers and their communities in the countries where they operate. … International pressure is a challenge to apartheid, says union vice-president …

… of total strategy 1948 - 1989 1.     The many faces of apartheid repression 2.     The legal veneer 3.     The … Covert operations Part B: The cracks appear 1988-1990 7.   Apartheid power in crisis Part C: The era of destabilisation 1990-1994 8. A … A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman …

… of people holding placards with demands. Image of industry in the background. 35th Anniversary of the South African … Demand the release of all political prisoners - stop apartheid executions …

… impose stricter sanctions against South Africa. This was in response to international and local outcry against the excesses of the Apartheid government then led by PW Botha. This Bill would … military, police, and government agencies that enforced Apartheid, a ban on the exportation of nuclear technology, …