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ArchiveNamibian independence talks: Meeting at the Mulungushi Conference Hall, Lusaka, 11-13 May 1984
… on Namibian independence talks, and implementation of UN Security Council 435, held in Lusaka in May 1984. …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… out of the organisation in 1956 because of its policy of apartheid. 1995 14 February, the Constitutional Court is … industry are all committed and legally…
ArchiveMaria and Mariam found refuge
… Camp, Guinea. Humanitarian Aid Works, United Nations. www.un.org/works. …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… the South African Communist Party (SACP) and other anti-apartheid organisations, the suspension of the death sentence … of other South African parties…
South African and World leaders
… was a very important leader in the struggle against apartheid. He was one of the leaders of the ANC. Like many … he became an important symbol for human…
BiographyNthato Harrison Motlana
… in the post-1976 era and steered resistance against apartheid into more productive channels. He later founded the … spending much of his time redressing the…
BiographyBheki Cele
… politicisation in the struggle for liberation during apartheid. “I remember when I was doing matric, I only had … solidifying Cele’s legacy as part of the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… supplement the police, army and air force. April, The Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) is formed in Britain with the … organisation that took a strong moral…
Summary Minutes of a Meeting held at the US Embassy in Cairo on 24 June 1988 between the South African and US delegations to the Cairo talks
… of Cuban troops from Angola in order to implement UN Resolution 435. …
BiographyCecil John Rhodes
… called Southern and Nothern Rhodesia. The Precursor to Apartheid In July 1890 Rhodes became the Prime Minister of … , a document that is often seen as the…
ArchiveInternational day of peace
… Coloured image of earth's curve with South Africa in red. UN Logo with wreath around. Initials ECC. Notice of a fast …
EventSteve Tshwete is born
… a prohibited "immigrant" after constant harassment by the apartheid security establishment. He then left South Africa … weSizwe. On his return to South…
EventUniversal Declaration of Human Rights is adopted by the United Nations
… The UN adopts and proclaims the Universal Declaration of Human … at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 28 Noevember 2013]| UN History of the Document [online…
Document 20 - Advance to national democracy: guidelines on strategy and tactics of the ANC
… of the South African Labour Market as a direct result of apartheid, oppression and exploitation of the working class. … of affordable and accessible health…
EventSouth Africa heeds United Nations call to assist Korea
… by the North Koreans, on 27 June 1950, the United Nations (UN) called upon its members to assist in repelling the North … United Nations History (online),…
EventWorld Aids Day is internationally observed for the first time
… and in Pretoria, Gauteng. On 21 November 2007, a new UN report stated that more than three-quarters of … the world. Speaking on the same day of the release…
ArchiveStatement of the African National Congress of South Africa to the Ad Hoc Committee on Human Rights
… requests action to be taken against member states who defy UN resolutions. …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… countries and individuals who were sympathetic to the anti-apartheid cause. Towards the end of the decade, the ANC held … Congress (PAC) take up anti-pass…
EventFive women are stoned to death in Somalia
… executed shortly after evening prayers. United Nations (UN) officials who witnessed the incident were helpless, as …
EventSouth Africa will subscribe to the UDHR
… accede to human rights conventions of the United Nations (UN). Click here to read Nelson Mandela state of Nation …
BiographyColine Williams
… and work towards overthrowing the racist and oppressive apartheid regime. Williams was involved in student politics, …
BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
… Council (SAIC) elections, a puppet body set up by the Apartheid regime. Prema was detained on 21 November 1981, …
A tribute to international solidarity support for Southern Africa
… Symposium. Today, exactly 40 years ago, the Anti-Apartheid Movement was launched in London at the request of … whom later played catalytic roles in fighting…
Statement by Albert Luthuli on the "Sabotage Act", 6 June 1962
… freedom lovers - "life is more than meat". Mirages in the apartheid desert will not deceive them. At worst, the measure … why the Nationalist Party…
EventInternational Day for the Abolition of Slavery
… 1949. This was one of the early resolutions of the UN, adopted during the fourth session. …
The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola.
… destroyed, including rations originally obtained from the UN High Commission for Refugees. …
EventFelix Mounie, the Cameroon opposition leader is assassinated in Geneva.
… The UPC was a major political force demanding the end of UN Trusteeship over Cameroon and full independence of the …
Timol: Salim Essop testifies of beatings, torture following arrest, News24, in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… – The man who was arrested alongside late anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol in 1971, took centre stage at … memories of the torture he endured in the hands…
ArticleLegacy: A Timeline of HIV/AIDS by Carlos Motta
… to benefit developing nations. 2004 The United Nations (UN) Secretary General Kofi Annan compares the “War on Terror” …
BiographyTaubie Kushlick
… the owners of British and American copyrights denied to apartheid South Africa. Although she had never performed in …