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American Supporters of the Defiance Campaign by George M. Houser
… a meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid on June 25, 1982, to commemorate the 30th … to make statement to the Special Committee…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… women faced harsh oppressions in the workplace during the apartheid era of South African government. Together, the … the creation of trade unions and…
EventFirst United Nations General Assembly opens
… Security Council or at the concurrence of the majority of UN members with a single member. The General assembly has debated crucial issues over the years,…
BiographyAhmed Timol
… the tribulations they had to endure as sportsmen due to Apartheid. The article goes on further to exhort the White … and were more like brothers. Essop also…
ArticleThe African Union (AU)
… AU in partnership with international bodies such as the UN has made strides towards managing the multiple conflicts … undertaken a number of hybrid missions…
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… assisted with her important role in the abolishment of apartheid. She wrote major articles and books that would aid anti-colonial and anti-apartheid…
EventJoaquim Chissano succeeds Samora Machel as president of Mozambique
… Soviet Union and RENAMO, supported by United States and apartheid South Africa. At this time, the African National … the time of the accident, it has been…
Americans for South African Resistance, 25 June 1982
… to make statement to the Special Committee against Apartheid on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the … was a very important development in the…
ArticleCurries Fountain events timeline
… By the 90's when all the Liberation organizations where un-banned, Currie's served has a 'home ground' to the ANC …
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
… family, the Heathcotes, when reclassified according to apartheid legistlation as ‘mixed-race’. Head described her … newssheet, The Citizen, which depicted…
BiographyEla Gandhi
… negotiate and stay in the country. I don't think that the apartheid government realised the massive support that was … in prison because they refused to be…
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… debate on the launching of an armed struggle against the apartheid state. Vandeyar was among the first to agree to … for a selective cultural boycott; the…
PlaceVenda
… in 1979 it was granted Independence. The United Nations (UN) Security Council condemned the Homelands Policy as a strategy, of the South African Government,…
BiographyPeter Rudolf Gisela Horn
… African poet, who made his mark especially with his anti-Apartheid poetry. During the eighties all his writing in …
BiographyZolile Malindi
… an alternative vision to the repressive policies of the apartheid state. When police raided the Congress of the …
BiographyAaron Sipho Madondo
… and Thabane Zulu. As negotiations for the dismantling of Apartheid gathered momentum, political prisoners were …
BiographyLeo Linda Sihlali
… the struggle for education with the struggle against Apartheid. Thus, Sihlali played a role in affiliating Cape …
Introduction of A Crime Against Humanity
… A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman This is a book about … to be a crime against humanity and a…
BiographyDavid Dabede Mabuza
… Luthuli House, which accused Mabuza of being an apartheid spy. Mabuza claimed R10 million in damages from …
BiographyMaggie Bopalamo
… She was approached by security policeman to spy on anti-apartheid comrades. She spoke to Bishop Kevin Dowling, and …
BiographyChristopher Ndodebandla Dlamini
… Amendment Act. On 21 September 1988 a planned anti-apartheid conference, aiming to bring together a wide range …
BiographyEnver Hassim
… Programme. As a consequence, Hassim was sought by the apartheid security police and went into hiding. He deputized …
Subbiah Moodley
… Free State - OFS (now Free State Province). During the Apartheid era, Indians were not allowed to live in the OFS …
EventGerman South West Africa is put under South African administration
… year with increasing animosity at the United Nations (UN), successor to the League of Nations. On 18 July 1966, the … increased, and in October 1966 the…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the Sharpeville Massacre and … opposed the use of violence as a…
ArticleHistory of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
… of both domestic violence and a gang rape, attended the UN International Year of the Women Conference in Mexico City … violence services of the time were…
EventLibya becomes independent
… country to achieve autonomy through the United Nations (UN) and one of the first former European possessions in … independence Libya, a former Italian…
ArchiveObstacles to free and fair elections in Namibia
… UN Resolution 435, which provided for free and fair elections … on 1 April 1989. A Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and a UN Transition…
EventThe General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time
… where they adopted the Charter of the United Nations(UN). Three months later the UN was officially launched when the signatory countries … Africa was one of…
EventThe last French troops pull out of Rwanda
… the start of the genocide. By the time the United Nations (UN) troops had been stationed in Rwanda, thousands of Tutsi … election. With the process of re…