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EventNelson Mandela appeals for calm after the assassination of Communist Party chief, Chris Hani
… the murder was carefully orchestrated by Janusz Walus, an anti-Communist Polish immigrant who was later sentenced after …
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
… music, dance and cuisine established the foundation of Indian culture in South Africa. Indeed, the steady progress … a narrow, Christian Calvinist agenda,…
New Book | Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy edited by Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs
… the apartheid regime in Israel.” –Ahmed Kathrada, Veteran Anti-Aparthied activist "Offering more thoughtful questions … a just peace." –Saree Makdisi, UCLA …
Document 92 “Communist Party of South Africa Plenum Held from 5th to 8th April 1936”, Umsebenzi, and 16 May 1936
… be taken to give every assistance in the formation of an Anti-Imperialist and national Liberation movement on the … non-European people, in particular for…
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… of Shepstone. They gave him a free hand in drawing up the legislation that would make him as Secretary for Native … independent sovereignty on its border and…
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… of Shepstone. They gave him a free hand in drawing up the legislation that would make him as Secretary for Native … independent sovereignty on its border and…
EventArchbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
… and related matters. His attack came at the height of anti-Government rioting in Black communities. "We see these …
EventBheki Mlangeni, ANC human rights lawyer of Soweto, is killed by a walkman bomb meant for Dirk Coetzee.
… at Vlakplaas . The unit carried out assassinations of anti-apartheid activists. Coetzee himself was the first …
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… the 1952 Defiance Campaign, a non-violent, national, anti- pass protest, the apartheid government summoned him to …
EventThe Harms Commission officially restricts investigations into South African security force
… for instance to the investigation into the murder of anti-apartheid activist David Webster , which could therefore …
EventGeneral Lothar Neethling sues Vrye Weekblad and the Weekly Mail
… that Neethling has supplied him with toxin to be used on anti-apartheid activists. Justice Johan Kriegler ruled in …
EventSecurity officials report that levels of political violence have dropped significantly in SA
… (ANC), the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and other anti-apartheid organisations. The extreme right reacted with …
Chapter 12
… Charter-Bill of Rights. Then there was the National Anti-Pass Campaign Committee, the Unity Fact between the … examine two of Dr. Xuma's political ventures:…
ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
… lecturer. They were caught while they were distributing anti-Nazi pamphlets. Although the movement lasted for less … 1943), they managed to make six…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… 1960 21 March , In a peaceful anti pass march led by the PAC at Sharpeville, the police … to supplement the police, army and air force. April, The Anti…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… cultural groups. This led to many Black, Coloured, and Indian citizens being limited as the apartheid government … rallies and concerts, linking it directly…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) resuscitated the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa – at first through … The 1970s was a turbulent period during…
Archive1996 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 1996
… development of small and medium-sized businesses. Relevant legislation on these issues, as well as the critical question … including big and small companies…
EventUnFreedom Day
… since been held collectively by Abahlali BaseMjondolo, the Anti-Eviction Campaign, and the Landless People’s Movement …
We are no longer in France - Book Launch
… with the South African communist movement. During the anti-fascist struggle and the Second World War, the PCA …
EventVuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist is hanged
… Sizwe (MK) activist was hanged for his role in the MK and anti-apartheid resistance. As a member of the South African …
EventMaria Mary Burton, former national president of the Black Sash, is born
… prior to Burton's membership, the Black Sash was a women's anti-Apartheid movement that initially sought to protest …
EventThe first regional committee of the UDF is established in Natal
… Anti-apartheid organisations united under the umbrella of the …
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
… measure had been one of the most hated pieces of apartheid legislation and had been used against tens of thousands of anti-apartheid protesters. The decision…
EventReconciliation talks between F.W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are rescheduled due to violence in Sebokeng
… cancelled the talks after police shot and killed several anti-apartheid demonstrators in Sebokeng, a township in the …
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
… tour" of South Africa by the English Cricket team. Angry anti apartheid demonstrators including the African National …
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… of Black electorates followed the repeated call of anti-apartheid forces and largely boycotted the elections, …
EventNaledi High School is founded
… Naledi High School, the site where historic anti-Bantu Education student uprisings were first felt, …
EventBritain proposes the sale of arms to South Africa
… of maritime trade routes in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Britain's proposal threatened to cause the … Wasp helicopters to South Africa. Protests…
A Brief History of Mali by US Department of State updated 01 October 2015
… government were challenged in 1980 by student-led, anti-government demonstrations, which were brutally put down, … was not ready for democracy. In early 1991…