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ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… in both South Africa and America Key Words: Miriam Makeba, Apartheid, Civil Rights, United Nations, Manhattan Brothers, … in South Africa sixteen years…
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
… measure dawned on me. The Labour Party, in line with the UN and the Organisation of African Unity, recognised both the … led by Abdul Minty, the honorary…
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
… about the exploitation of workers and the role of race in apartheid I saw to be absolutely true. I also discovered that … discussing such matters. The League…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… to Britain. This was seen as added proof that the anti-apartheid student activist had been beaten to death while in … to the West’s decision to support the…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… January 28 2013 Egypt DRC peace deal signing cancelled: UN. Ethiopia January 28 2013 Peace Deal Jazz legend Victor … South Africa June 2 2013 Gaddafi Funds…
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… 1993 UNITA is sanctioned by the UN, and the United States officially acknowledges the MPLA … for power continues. 1995 …
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
… had no contact with the increasing political opposition to apartheid. One would have expected him to accept the status … strange way, he was drawn to those…
EventBeverly Palesa Ditsie is the first out lesbian woman to address the United Nations about LGBT rights
… of basic human rights”. Born in Soweto at the height of Apartheid in 1971, Ditsie was an anti-Apartheid and LGBT rights activist. She was one of the … of…
BiographySydney Kumalo
… onward. He simply did not acknowledge the strictures of apartheid, and actively sought his collaborators and fellow … during the most repressive days of the…
BiographySunny Girja Singh
… giving radio and television interviews and addressing anti-apartheid meetings. He developed tremendous support from the … after Mandela’s release from prison…
Sadecque Variava
… was a cook for weddings. The family was steeped in anti-apartheid politics, and Variava’s brothers Haroon and Yusuf … a wide ranging critique of education…
BiographyJoseph Mathunjwa
… seen little improvement in their lives two decades after apartheid ended. Mathunjwa led the mineworkers strike in …
BiographyTlou Theophilus Cholo
… Silver , for his self- sacrifice in the struggle against apartheid and outstanding leadership in the trade union …
BiographyMduduzi Richard Shabalala
… them at the time that Lesotho was in on good footing with Apartheid South Africa. They were abducted by the Lesotho …
BiographyPauline Podbrey
… the Industrial Council. However, the introduction of grand apartheid legislation, in particular the Mixed Marriages Act …
BiographyAziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
… the African National Congress (ANC), developing the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the United Kingdom and Europe. In 1966, …
BiographyNorman “Billy Holiday” Pietersen
… On 11 March 1987, Pietersen was shot in his bedroom by the apartheid Riot Squad; 12 shotgun pellets to his chest killed … Sizwe (MK) guerrilla. On 11 March,…
BiographyGladys Thomas
… books that spoke to the experiences of children during apartheid. She is also the author of “Children of …
ArchiveThe Life of Trevor Huddleston, Makhalipile (the Dauntless One) by Victoria Vandiver, 3 May 2018
… The United Nations referred to apartheid as “a crime against humanity” (United Nations, … Huddleston’s connection with the townspeople, “He was so un-English…
EventEritrea becomes a member of the United Nations.
… by Eritrea to gain recognition from the United Nations (UN). Habte Selassie who represented the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) at the UN argued…
BiographyKay Hassan
… His mother brewed traditional beer at a shebeen, defying apartheid laws and repeated raids by police. His cousin, … G.V. (2003) Voices of Justice and Reason:…
BiographyDikobe Ben Martins
… and was consciously non-racial, in the segregated apartheid era. Staffrider had two main objectives: to provide …
BiographyCharles Nupen
… had run (such as the 1974 campaign) which was seen by the apartheid government as promoting the objectives of a banned …
BiographySipho Gumede
… Quincy Jones . In South Africa, Sipho continuously defied apartheid laws by performing in multiracial concerts. In 1992 …
BiographyBongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa
… African printmaker, art administrator and opponent of apartheid, Dhlomo grounds her art on the socialist-realist …
BiographyDr Hoosen Mia Haffejee
… of the brutality employed by the security police during Apartheid. His tragic death devastated his family whilst at …
BiographyJoe Slovo
… that the SACP would commit itself to a multi-party, post-apartheid democracy, freedom of organisation, speech, …
BiographyDean Hutton
… various other news publications Exhibitions After Apartheid: 8 SA Documentary Photographers, 2002 Cape Town …
Address by President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 62nd session of the United Nations’ General Assembly, New York
… 'Responding to Climate Change', during the United Nations (UN) Session that would mark the half-way point towards the … effective, flexible and inclusive…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the XIV Summit Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, Havana, Cuba 14 September 2006
… into their own hands and give notice that colonialism, apartheid and foreign domination would no longer be … Can we go from here to gather in the meeting…