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… Greg Arde spoke to Fatima Meer, once a shining light in the fight against apartheid, now a thorn in the side of the fat-cat … with Chief Albert Luthuli, faced treason charges during apartheid's darkest hours. When it comes to "struggle cred", …

… and enmity that have a way of creeping into the text in a work of this nature. Besides, memory can sometimes be … context of this narrative as the repressive actions of the apartheid government. Later I wrote about the mindset of the … the seminal campaigns in the two founding decades of apartheid, the 1950s and 60s, was to examine the steady slide …

… Nkosiyabo Xalabile (30) was from Elliotdale in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2004. … 2012 Nkosiyabo was killed at scene 2 after being shot in his thigh and buttock by the police. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and left behind his wife, mother, sister and …

… David ‘Andy’ Anderson was born in Kwazulu-Natal. He began his editorial cartooning career in 1977, submitting work for the Natal Witness . He went on to do work for most of the big newspapers in the country, including The Rand Daily Mail , Pretoria News …

… Brigitte Mabandla was born on the 23rd of November 1948. In the mid-1970s, she worked as a youth co-ordinator at the Institute of Race Relations in Durban but left South Africa for Zambia where she obtained … Affairs Department. During this time she specialised in Children’s rights, human rights and constitutional …

… 1976,was the third person to die at the Johannesburg Fort in 2 weeks. No details are available on the date of his … available on whether a post-mortem or inquest were held. In answer to a question put to him before parliament on 29 … 'There is no record that such a person has been detained in terms of security legislation,and unless further …

… Handdrawn A2 poster ink on card; hand putting ballot in box; text: A vote for SAIC is a vote accepting racial inferiority; Reject Apartheid; text on ballot box: At the congress of the ASB held in Pretoria on 28 June 1971 the Prime Minister warned that …

… his life is characterised by a turbulent political climate in the shifting tides of precolonial and colonial history of … Sarhili’s father and he was assassinated by the British in 1835. [1] Hintsa was the son of Khawuta, whose father was … backdrop of the ‘6 th Frontier War’ . [4] At this point in time, colonialists were doing all they could to capture …

… John J Skomolo was an Anglican clergyman prominent in the Cape African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s and 1950s, Skomolo was also a member of the ANC … Campaign of 1952, and helped to organise volunteers in his hometown of Aliwal North. He later became inactive in …

… Andrew Meintjes was born in Cape Town on 31 January 1955. In the 1970s, while he was working as a post office technician, he met photographer David Goldblatt in, who took him under his wing and allegedly helped him to …

… Lucky Dube was born on a small farm near Ermelo in the eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). His mother, Sarah, … that she named him “Lucky”. She was the only breadwinner in the family as she had separated from her husband before … Lucky and her other two children, Thandi and Patrick, in the care of her mother. She earned such meagre wages in …

… , former wife of President Nelson Mandela , is born in Bizana, Pondoland. Madikizela-Mandela was a staunch … " mother of the nation ". Madikizela-Mandela played a role in the founding of the Black Women's Federation and the Black … Parents' Association. Both worked towards the ending of Apartheid. …

… Organisations at the World United Against Apartheid for a democratic South Africa Conference in Arusha, Tanzania, December 1-4, 1987. Includes Draft …

… NUSAS, with an outline of the history of university apartheid in South Africa and the Acts and other Government actions …

… organized by the South African Congress of Democrats in Johannesburg in 1958 to hear the President General of the … that they constitute the majority - are still subjected to apartheid rule. I emphasize the words are still, because I do … firmly that it is not a state that can be perpetuated. Apartheid rule is the antithesis of democracy. Apartheid - in …

… organized by the South African Congress of Democrats in Johannesburg in 1958 to hear the President General of the … that they constitute the majority - are still subjected to apartheid rule. I emphasize the words are still, because I do … firmly that it is not a state that can be perpetuated. Apartheid rule is the antithesis of democracy. Apartheid - in …

… 1950 - 1960 In Fietas, Johannesburg, the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) … calls for a broad anti-nationalist front to oppose anti-apartheid laws such as the Group Areas Act . May,  Sam Kahn … Nations declares, "a policy of 'racial segregation' (apartheid) is necessarily based on doctrines of racial …

… a distinguished leader of our people and a close comrade in arms with whom I have shared many a historic trench. … as never before to use their organised strength to destroy apartheid, thanks to you and the team of men and women you … pressure played a vital role in deepening the crisis of apartheid and forcing the regime to move towards dialogue. In …

… a declaration of the Convention's opposition to the apartheid policy and resolutions for future plans to … conferences that promote political rights for Black people in South Africa. …

… a declaration of the Convention's opposition to the apartheid policy and resolutions for future plans to … conferences that promote political rights for Black people in South Africa. …

… Notice of an anti-apartheid conference on 24-25 September 1988 in Cape Town. One person one vote. Black, white and red …

… red lettering and artwork. Notice of a programme against apartheid in Rome, Italy. List of speakers. Artwork of a tree and a …

… In the early hours of the morning of 18 November 1993, while most South Africans were sleeping, the old apartheid South Africa was officially signed away. What does …

… Isaiah Shembe was born at Ntabamhlophe near Escourt in the Drakensberg region (near Giants Castle). His … family later moved on to Ntabazwe (Harrismith district) in the Sotho region of the Orange Free State, higher up in the Drakensberg mountains. The Shembe family was Zulu and …

… demon of racism, our previous rulers chose to keep them in prison, house arrest and exile. Others they decided to … test for the liberation movement. As the screws of apartheid repression tightened and leaders of our people … were not even born when she was placed under house arrest. Apartheid repression had failed. After my release I made it a …

… of the twentieth century. It was particularly influential in politics during the decades following the National Party’s … only in white communities, particularly during the apartheid period compact – a formal agreement or contract … the liberation movements in their struggle against apartheid. In the 1970s several black-ruled states joined …

… Ebrahim Ismail Asvat (Aswat) was born in Surat, India. He was a committed passive resister from … went to prison. He served three terms of imprisonment in 1908–09: jailed for one week in November 1908 for hawking without licence; sentenced on 3 …

… Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams was born on 12 March 1903 in Vilna, Lithuania. He was the son of Zecharya Alter … London. He was minister of the Shepherd's Bush synagogue in London (1928-32) and the Great Synagogue, Manchester (1933-37). He came to South Africa in 1937 and on 30 June 1945 he was appointed the Chief Rabbi …

… Dora Tamana (nee Ntloko) was born in 1901 in Hlobo, Transkei , the eldest of seven children. Her … on the many tasks demanded of a young girl growing up in rural South Africa. Tamana and her four sisters had to … H. (2007) “Dora Tamana and Mildred Ramakaba Lesiea” in Representation and Reality: Portraits of Women’s Lives in …

… Lord William Palmer, the second Earl of Selborne was born in 1859. He studied history at the University of Oxford. He … South Africa to succeed Lord Milner as High Commissioner in South Africa, and Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, in April 1905. He showed much more understanding and was much …