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ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… going to talk about Pretoria, the administrative capital city of South Africa. Firstly it is important to know where … features like rivers and mountains in…
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… to identities that were socially constructed through Apartheid engineering. The importance of these identities was … unwholesome ways. [ix] For many it meant…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… Director for over 25 years. Under the harshness of life in apartheid South Africa, it was Cassim Saloojee and his … able to develop a deep understanding of…
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… Indians from the new Union constitution, forced the new urban European educated and traditional African leadership to … and inspiration to both nationalists…
BiographyMuntu Myeza
… came in the aftermath of the banning orders issued by the apartheid government to eight SASO leaders. Myeza was elected …
BiographyYvonne Bryceland
… a rare strength of portrayal, particularly of the anti-apartheid works of Athol Fugard. She was a committed South …
BiographyTito Mboweni
… of Labour Mboweni was the architect of South Africa’s post-Apartheid labour legislation. He became one of the World …
BiographyCleopas Madoda Nsibande
… strike was conducted, it was deemed illegal because the Apartheid regime did not recognize black unions. The …
BiographyPenelope Jane Dunlop
… Makeba and Harry Belafonte. The move disgruntled the apartheid government and as a result, Powers was banned from …
Cleopas Madoda Nsibande
… strike was conducted, it was deemed illegal because the Apartheid regime did not recognize black unions. The … Last accessed 8 January 2009| Fighting Back…
BiographyHelene Marie Passtoors
… Brussels and focused on international solidarity against apartheid. She was also involved in preparing the African …
BiographyJordan Kush Ngubane
… he now lives. He is the author of An African Explains Apartheid (1963), Ushaba: The Hurtle to Blood River …
BiographyPopo Molefe
… to involve people of other colour in the struggle against apartheid. He started thinking about working together with …
BiographyMurphy Morobe
… about doing something against the education system and apartheid as a whole. The group was very influenced by Black …
BiographyMagnus Malan
… murders, including the assassination of two prominent anti-apartheid activists, David Webster and Anton Lubowski. … Magnus Malan was South African Defence…
BiographyFlorence Elizabeth Mnumzana
… and health problems in the country on the one hand, and apartheid on the other. She joined the African National …
PlaceDistrict Six, Cape Town
… derived from the series of canals running across the city, some of which had to be crossed in order to reach the … for ‘canal’.) District Six before its…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… by Schoeman and Andries Pretorius tries to resolve issues relating to political power. Pretorius is installed as … Nationalist Party comes to power and…
BiographyJob Shimankana Tabane
… fellow comrade Peter Sello Motau, were assassinated by the Apartheid security forces in Swaziland just after they … In recognition for his role in the…
BiographyKing Sarhili kaHintsa
… King Hintsa’s jurisdiction was targeted. [10] Governor D’urban and Colonel Smith demanded the Rharhabe refugees as …
ArchiveRepression Portfolio Report 1991 to 1992: Report Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1992
… on 6 March 1992 discussing regional monitoring, Sash's Urban involvement, political imprisonment, protest action, squatter issues, housing, policing, court…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… of Justice. (link to report) July 26, The ANC in Transvaal issues a flyer Mass Meeting, "Africans Shot in Cold Blood", … Laws Amendment Act 1944 is passed…
Liberation organisations
… was an essential tool in the repressive apparatus of the apartheid regime, and consisted of both white and black … Organisation (SANCO). Civics tackled …
BiographyMono Badela
… opposed to the ANC. They warned him to resign from City Press, his employer at the time, and left him severely …
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… its unbanning in 1960. For 30 years they fought against apartheid through underground organisations. In 1990 the … South African government and focuses on…
BiographyViolet Weinberg
… Africans had about Black South Africans being happy about Apartheid by showing the injustices of the system. [12] Due … on cars and throwing bricks against…
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… The concerns of the NNC centred around the following issues: Unobstructed land ownership Education Parliamentary … against the government. Ilanga Lase Natal…
PlaceMarconi Beam, Montague Gardens
… Marconi Beam is next to Montague Gardens and is located in City of Cape Town. Montague Gardens and Marconi Beam are of … Town and Bellville, it is also the…
BiographyBishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba
… states at the Interaction Council on Southern Africa and Apartheid on negotiations as an option to end apartheid. At the end of his term, he was once again …
BiographyMokgadi Caster Semenya
… the sport. The intense focus on Semenya has also brought issues of racism to the fore, as previous Women's World …