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ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… address the specific challenges faced by black women under apartheid. The organisation emerged from AZAPO's recognition … under the leadership of Fatima Meer…
BiographyIngrid Jonker
… of the parliamentary committee responsible for the apartheid system of censorship. Through sheer depth and the …
BiographyKalushi Drake Koka
… detained for eight months in solitary confinement by the apartheid police in November 1974.Despite his banning, Koka … - but only in name because his legacy…
BiographyAnton Ndoda Xaba
… guidelines formulated by the ANC for a negotiated end to apartheid. Mandela requested de Klerk to give his urgent …
BiographyAndrew Mokete Mlangeni
… world have tried to persuade the Government to abandon its apartheid policy, and although resolutions have been passed …
BiographyDumile Feni
… living at the time- for being disposed to represent the apartheid regime on an international exhibition. On his …
BiographyGeorge Naicker
… the special meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the Day of Solidarity with South …
BiographyRica Hodgson
… Aid Fund, covertly channelling funds for the defence of apartheid prisoners and the support of their families. …
BiographyDavid Hartman
… in which black people in South Africa lived under apartheid, and his conviction that he should use his …
PlaceBellville, a Suburb of Cape Town
… It lies east of Cape Town City, within the Cape Peninsula urban Area. This Area was … Twelfth Mile Stone. Since it is situated 20 km from the city of Cape…
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… the Freedom Charter transformed what was essentially an urban-based movement into a fully-fledged national movement. … The campaign also revived congress…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… of the most prominent organizations that worked to end apartheid in South Africa, including the Federation of South … and women like Florence Mkhize when…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… in the Freedom Charter, and non-collabortism with the apartheid state. 25 January, The next day the commision … supported by the UDF spread across the…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
… themselves in problem-solving strategies when dealing with issues that affected them and most importantly they aimed to unite all women in the fight against…
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… appear to have much interest in important higher education issues at institutional and national levels, or in crucial political and social issues. Some…
BiographyShaleen Surtie-Richards
… Surtie-Richards had to contend with serious health issues throughout her later years, such as diabetes, heart …
BiographyStella Nyanzi
… led to her subsequent imprisonment in 2017 and has brought issues of freedom of speech and political oppression to the …
BiographySteven Eli Friedman
… Friedman compiled a series of studies into the reform of apartheid and its implications for a democratic South Africa. …
BiographyThemba Godi
… became aware of political oppression under the Apartheid laws and poverty and this contributed to his …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… member of the ANC and MK, is gunned down by members of an apartheid hit-squad while reversing out his drive-way at his … Union named an executive committee…
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
… and contributions. Isaac wrote extensively on a number of issues that provide a significant lens on the dynamics and issues of his day and reveals to us how…
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… government representatives, homeland representatives, anti apartheid movements and white business groupings particularly … in Harare on human rights, the law…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… election of the National Party and the enforcement of an Apartheid State, it took time for the world to take notice … That said, one year before the…
'The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists' Statement issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C., April 6, 1963
… are the pass laws and Bantu Authorities. The notorious Urban Areas Act Amendment Bill now aggravates the already … needs a leadership with the profound…
ArticleSocialism
… in South Africa is closely linked to the struggle against apartheid , a system of racial segregation and oppression that lasted from 1948 to 1994. During…
PlaceDe Goede Verwachting, 17 Cavalcade Road, Green Point
… it was known locally as the Manor House. However as the city expanded, so then inroads began to be made into the … its rural character, and had been…
Formation and launch of the UDF
… In the late 1970s moves to form united front against apartheid were set in motion. These plans culminated in the … By the mid 1980s, resistance against the…
ArticleThe House in session
… embarked on the novel experience of sitting and deciding issues related to their respective communities. Botha … new system by arguing that they would be…
PlacePiketberg
… , Piketberg is just over an hour’s drive from the Mother City, and only 30 minutes from the Cape West Coast region. … by the then Governor of the Cape Colony…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… Manuel , Cheryl Carolus , Johnny Issel and others against Apartheid education. In 1976, they were arrested under the … and was visiting Professor of…