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BiographyBuzwe Stanley Mabizela
… who had been imprisoned by ANC.After the collapse of apartheid and first democratic elections which brought the … November 2011]|Hanlon J. (2006), Beggar…
BiographyDavid Bruce
… imprisonment for refusing to do military service under the apartheid system on the grounds of his opposition to racism. …
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
… a language that was synonymous with the oppressors during apartheid South Africa. Furthermore, his choosing of …
BiographyTheresa Solomon
… courage and unwavering commitment to justice during apartheid’s most difficult years. Cape Town Mayor Geordin …
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
… South African children, most of whom had suffered under apartheid for many years. Some had been detained without … measures to extend testing and counselling…
Why did so few Black South Africans make films before the 1990s?
… and an often-hostile environment. In addition there was legislation that forbad black and coloured people from taking …
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
… was one of 27 young ANC members to go into exile after the apartheid government banned the organisation in 1960. She did … convened the first International…
ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
… party that supported increased racial segregation and apartheid legislation, took increasingly authoritarian measures to … any forms of resistance against…
BiographyRonnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)
… Lahnee’s Pleasure was based on characters in a hotel in apartheid South Africa. It was one of South Africa’s longest …
BiographyAugust Aime Balkema
… to Balkema. In 1958 he published the first Afrikaans anti-apartheid novel, Jan Rabie's Ons, die A/god - a book that …
BiographyMary Moodley
… that her funeral was an act of defiance against the apartheid regime. Her coffin was draped with the ANC flag and …
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
… Kotane and John Beaver Marks and again ordered by the apartheid government to resign from the ANC and CPSA. But his …
BiographyAmina Cachalia
… Indians, like Amina, were opposed to this new form of apartheid and Anti-SAIC committees were formed to fight the …
BiographyJeanette Eleanor Kasrils
… international community of the plight of children under apartheid. The booklet was published on 16 June, in …
EventIndependent African States resolve to impose sanctions against South Africa
… to all vessels flying the South African flag, to enact legislation prohibiting their ships from entering South … against the Union of South Africa in protest…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… no way be described as a reaction against the Government's apartheid policy and has nothing to do with passes. Such … They call upon the Government to…
Document 3 - Resolution on ‘the South African question’ adopted by the Executive Committee of the Communist International following the sixth Comintern congress
… To date no such procedure has yet been put into place, as legislation in this regard (the Money Bills Amendment … to parliament. Indeed COSATU questions…
EventJournalists’ first visit to Robben Island
… on Robben Island where 370 men, convicted under security legislation, were held. On the island, 12km north east of Cape Town, political prisoners of the anti…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… of the African National Congress May, Anti-Indian Legislation: The Transvaal Asiatic Land Tenure (Amendment) … interests on proclaimed (mining) land. Anti…
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… period from the 1960s to the early 1990s. The Coming of Apartheid Key to understanding this period is the National … election in 1948 and the process of…
EventJournalists' first visit to Robben Island
… on Robben Island where 370 men, convicted under security legislation, were held. On the island, 12km north east of Cape Town, political prisoners of the anti…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… Prior to the passage of apartheid laws both Black and White South Africans played rugby, albeit separately. After the onset of apartheid Black South Africans…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… both politics and negotiations during the struggle against apartheid. Women helped transform South Africa into a new, … now have a voice and freedom from the…
EventThe first 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… of their land access via the 1913 Land Act. Later, under apartheid (after 1948) the division and control were more … for their own governments, led by chiefs…
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… the march culminated in the death of Hector Peterson. The Apartheid Government had, in 1953, enacted The Bantu … requirements of the black people." The…
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
… in White areas who should stay in their reserves) and that legislation and administration would have to take into … and Smuts with them, in effect considered…
PlaceThaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte
… on 12 June 1902. On the 19 May 1998, following the end of apartheid , it was renamed again, getting the name: 'Thaba … in 1902. On the 19 May 1998, following…
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… Judges have, in a number of cases, struck down or adjusted legislation that violates the constitutional right to … applicant had been infringed. The Court…
The South African Human Rights Commission
… additional powers and responsibilities by other national legislation. Since its inauguration on 2 October 1995, the … Rights Commission has the powers, as…
Message by Oliver Tambo to Nelson Mandela an International Tribute for a Free South Africa, 16 April 1990, Wembley Stadium, London
… in their own oppression. Their fearless defiance of apartheid and their determination to resist - whatever the … South Africa and by the international…