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The melody of freedom
… in hospital. Fear seems to reign among the defenders of apartheid. Fear of revolutionary songs, fear of South African … black South African musical identity…
Remembering Nadine Gordimer (The Conversation), 15 July 2014
… in character, you would soon realise that the world of apartheid suffused every aspect of the personal. Gordimer, … published in 1979, focused on the…
Press Conference in Addis Ababal: Oliver Tambo, 02 July 1987
… that they hear what the ANC has, as an alternative to the apartheid system, and that it is firmly supported by the … people of South Africa as a whole as to…
PlaceSouth End Museum, Port Elizabeth
… resulted from Forced Removals, the Group Areas Act and Apartheid legislation that oppressed so many people for so long. Local Museum devoted to the History &…
Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court by Morris Arvoy
… African security agents during the arduous fight to end apartheid. Sachs, 78, went on to help negotiate South Africa’s peaceful transition from the racist…
ArchiveThe Black Consciousness Movement and Steve Biko By Jonathan Ansumana
… called South Africa. It is the year 1948. A law promoting Apartheid has just been passed. A majority of the country’s … for almost half a century. How does…
ArchiveThe Mandela I knew by Saths Cooper, 6 December 2013
… by a phalanx of white racist power and privilege that was apartheid and that our unity as blacks in opposition to apartheid was paramount. In our first…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… was “to make it easier for the government to force its apartheid policy on the country”.8 We boycotted registration … remain one of the most entrenched…
EventANC receives letter of gratitude from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan
… ANC for giving him the organisation's views on Nationalist apartheid policies. The recipient of the letter was Duma … receive ANC delegation to talk about…
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
… and Billy Nair were charged with high treason. These anti-apartheid activists sought refuge in the British consulate in … consulate. On leaving the consulate…
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… with Youth Day, was the result of increasing opposition to apartheid amongst the black youth of South Africa. In particular, students were protesting against…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… the next day, took many people by surprise. The Apartheid government attempted to negotiate the release of … to a civil war. This state, among others,…
EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
… general protest against corrupt councillors and the unjust apartheid system. Three months after the incident the … when negotiations between liberation…
PlaceRugby Museum, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town
… skills in kicking, passing and more. From 1984, during apartheid, South Africa was banned from taking part in international rugby competition. When apartheid…
EventState of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre
… the first such declaration of a State of Emergency by the Apartheid state. During these periods, the government had … means of passive resistance were…
ArchiveNothing groundbreaking in Mandela debate by Steven Friedman, 09 December 2015
… now is a growing concern among black thinkers that many of apartheid’s ills are still with us. It is true that the racial attitudes that underpinned…
PlaceRainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
… a full liquor license in 1983. In those dark days of Apartheid, the Rainbow played an important role in the … musicians, who remained in South Africa during…
David Goldblatt, TJ, 1948-2010 - review by Claire Guillot, 25 January 2011
… guard at the entrance make no difference. Since the end of apartheid in the 1990s no one has been spared by the … a fragmented place," he explains. With good…
Speech at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa by O . R. Tambo, London, 24 May 1991
… volunteers who were charged for defying the unjust laws of apartheid. This work mushroomed with the establishment of the … sought to convict us of treason…
Address delivered by Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress to the graduation ceremony at MEDUNSA 23 March 1991
… there are few people who do not recognise the crisis of apartheid and the apartheid education systems. While there is widespread recognition that apartheid…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 79th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1991
… struggle for the liberation of our people from the yoke of apartheid tyranny. As a result of the victories scored … in mind. These are the total abolition of…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 4 - The Fruits of Freedom by Eddy Maloka
… example of an inspiring transition from the oppression of apartheid to the freedom of democracy. The transition, … Capitalism and Conflict) and then, from…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… or ‘Mabaard’, to those who knew her well, was an anti-apartheid activist who fought to defend human rights by protesting against the unfairness of apartheid…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… as a social group and a ‘race’, which led to the apartheid regime. The article briefly traces the key events … dark masses gathering around your isolated…
PlaceMarket Theatre
… didn’t receive state funding until after the demise of the apartheid regime in the 1990’s. Due to the fact that the … ‘voice to the voiceless’ in confronting…
EventIt is widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticised the ANC, calling it a terrorist organisation
… cement her reputation as a supporter of South Africa's Apartheid regime. Throughout the summit Thatcher stood alone … western nations in their official…
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… (ANC), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and covert elements in apartheid government structures playing leading roles. The … one of a number of actions that had…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… Party (NP) wins election and immediately introduces apartheid (separateness) measures against Blacks, Indian … disobedience. Some 8 000 Blacks are arrested…
Address to CODESA by comrade Nelson R. Mandela, President of the ANC 20 December 1991
… today will mark the commencement of the transition from apartheid to democracy. Our people, from every corner of our … will set our country on the road to…
EventVaal Uprising Begins as Sharpeville Residents Resist Rent Increases
… Council. The Black Local Authorities, established by the Apartheid government to administer townships, were widely … who were seen by residents as…