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Address by President Mandela at the 53rd United Nations General Assembly New York, 21 September 1998
… and celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Born in the aftermath of the … human rights instruments…
BiographyBoas Moiloa
Boas Moiloa, from Linokana Reserve (Zeerust), Marico District, Transvaal [North West Province] is described by Advocate George Bizos’ as ‘a dignified, elderly…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… in South Africa The National Party come to power in 1948 and governed the country according to apartheid laws. … at the end of the Second World War. The…
BiographyEdson Sithole
Edson Sithole was born in what was then Southern Rhodesia in 1935. He was the first black person in Southern Africa to obtain a Doctor of Laws degree. He was…
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
… and Gauteng provinces). Bopape was an organizer of the 1948 Votes for All Convention, and in March 1950 he … at Kliptown. Bopape was arrested again following…
BiographyJeanette Eleanor Kasrils
… pamphlets in Durban against the Nationalist Government’s declaration of South Africa as a republic. By 1961, Eleanor …
BiographyAlfred Mangena
Alfred Mangena was born in Escort in present day Kwazulu Natal circa 1879. He managed to acquire little formal public education, and eventually began to study…
PlaceApartheid Museum, Johannesburg
… The National struggle climaxed during the Apartheid era (1948 - 1994) where gross human rights violations were … and therefore the struggle against Apartheid…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… by Alan Paton, it was originally published on 1 February 1948 and speaks to the history and dawn of apartheid in South …
BiographyTeboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… shootings of June 16, he said: “We see it as an official declaration of war on the black students by our …
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… of 71, the Johannesburg Star wrote that he had enjoyed ' universal respect of South Africans, white and non-white '. ( … presidential address to the…
BiographyFiroz Cachalia
Professor Firoz Cachalia holds a BA degree, a BA (Hons) degree, an LLB and a Higher Diploma in Company Law from Witwatersrand University. Cachalia is currently…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… 1924. The NP was the governing party of South Africa from 1948 until 1994, and was disbanded in 2005. Its policies … in relation to Britain was made clear in…
BiographyGeorge Arthur Heard
… Africa to enter the war on the Allied side. After the declaration of war, he exposed what he claimed were security …
BiographyGladys Thomas
Gladys Thomas born was in 1935 in Salt River, Cape Town. She was adopted by a family in Lakeside, Cape Town in Western Cape as she was an orphan. She grew up…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… (emphasized above), which merely treats people as universal subjects devoid of local histories, cultures, and … When the Nationalist Party (NP) won the…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… thought about only after National Party (NP) victory in 1948. In the 1830s when some Afrikaners left the Cape on the … it was decided to exclude from the…
BiographyElizabeth Komikie Gumede
Recorded as one of the most tortured women political prisoners under the apartheid regime, Elizabeth Komikie Gumede was born in 1921. Gumede served as an…
BiographyWilliam Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr
… organise meetings fairly freely. However, the government’s declaration of a State of Emergency throughout the early …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… Introduction Important Events Prior to CODESA Harare Declaration The End of the Cold War and Disintegration of the … the right to participate in government…
BiographyLewis Baker
Lewis Baker was married to Villa Baker. He was a civil rights lawyer, and a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). The couple continued their…
BiographyJoseph Fansio Mati
Joseph Faniso Mati was born on a farm near Adelaide, Eastern Cape and grew up in Port Elizabeth. During high school, teachers encouraged students to attend…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… Britain which was against Ian Smith’s 1965 unilateral declaration of independence (UDI). A number of conflicts and … killed. The violence against the…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
… if one could see above the current situation and see the universal truth, then one had the power to make change. … the name. However, this is incorrect. On…
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
… rule and the transition to the apartheid regime in 1948, and in 1950, he and his family were forced to register … should be granted to the Khoisan peoples…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… Brighton’s central square against Ian Smith’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Rhodesia. In October 1966 … Government of the Organisation of African…
Present Stage of the Struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. Paper prepared at the request of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 1 June 1968
… fascism, assembled at the United Nations and adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Thus the year 1948 witnessed the crystallisation of two…
Paper prepared at the request of the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid by Oliver Tambo, 1 June 1968, Stockholm
… fascism, assembled at the United Nations and adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Thus the year 1948 witnessed the crystallisation of two…
BiographyAmbrose Mzimkhulu Makiwane
Ambrose Makiwane was born in 29th of November in1921 near Cala in the Transkei. He attended Clarkebury School and was expelled after participating in a student…
BiographyChristiaan Rudolf De Wet
… At Steenbokfontein on 29 October 1914, Beyers issued a declaration on behalf of himself and De Wet that they were to …