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Pretoria the Segregated city
… was to reinforce constitutionally the segregation of the Black populations of South Africa from the White minority as … would never work as modern industry…
ArticleAbout Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Project
… us the building of a new land, a home for men who are black, white, and brown, from the ruins of the old narrow … Egyptian, Jewish, European. It will not…
The Godliness of Apartheid Planning by Elizabeth Corrado, (University of Illinois), 5 October 2013
… other subgroups, the ultimate goal of separating white and black South Africans was intentionally nuanced. For example, people who were considered black by…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… dusty township. During the next few weeks' dozens of other black townships across the country were involved in the most … Villiers: 'Deeply concerned…
82. The President’s Council
… people prevents full interaction by them with the black, coloured and Indian people; and the fact that the … mainly influences the thinking of large numbers…
ArchiveWhy The EFF Is A Fascist Political Party by Gareth van Onselen, 26 March 2018
… I've got no sympathy for whiteness, it feels so good for a black child to determine the future of the white one." But … – who wrote much about what does and…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… students and youths would actively defy apartheid in the face of imprisonment, torture and murder, earning them the …
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… all white rule was overthrown. The problems the PAC might face once it had been decapitated by arrests were the cause …
Canon Collins Memorial Lecture by Oliver Tambo, 28 May 1987, London
… to objectives and modalities, fall far short of reasonable black expectations and well-accepted democratic norms and … the creation of genuine democratic…
Statement at the 25th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 24 – 26 July 1989
… had hoped to build a buffer around itself, made up of black surrogates paid by Pretoria and owing their allegiance … and nonracial South Africa. Referring to…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1982
… wealth for South Africa`s ruling class. It was from this black labouring section of our population that the new forces … The racist regime itself can no…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Cultural Activities
… quarter it comes. It visualises the rise and emergence of Black Africa as a world power. It believes in the leadership … Stars" and the "Orlando Philharmonic…
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
… political initiatives related to the building of the Black Consciousness movement, and "political mobilisation and … of SASO was to politically galvanise…
Say It out Loud - The 1913 Presidential Address, Kimberley, Cape, 11th October, 1913
… that my critics will be honest enough on this occasion to face them boldly. They may question their accuracy, if they … Now although there never was a time…
ArchiveI Write What I Like: Selected Writings
… anti-apartheid thinkers and the founding figure of the Black Consciousness Movement. The collection brings together … What I Like articulates Biko's central…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… restricted any actions which might cause hostility between Black and White people. The State used this clause as a to … request to Ray Charles to cancel a…
ArticleHistory of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
… to resist apartheid. While it is well known that many black South African men were imprisoned and tortured by the … of apartheid prisons were undeniably…
PlaceGeorge, Garden Route- Western Province
… who thought it was: "the prettiest village on the face of the earth" . Whilst, the N.G. Congregation was … in sunset, or dark grey and rent by lightening, or…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… a traditional leader was accountable to his people. The Black South African population was organised into group with … objectives, the colonial government of…
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… them. The Natal Native Contingent showed reluctance to face the Zulus, some of whom were armed with rifles. In an … The British lost 52 officers, 727 white…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… began to establish “ Native Locations ” for exclusive Black settlement. On 8 March Umlazi, south of Durban, and … to accommodate the establishment of…
PlaceWeenan
Weenen stands as a testament to the turbulent History of South Africa! Located on the serene Banks of the Bushman River in KwaZulu-Natal, it remains as the…
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… representation in the country’s representative bodies. Black opposition to this political dispensation began with … The situation was worsened by the…
The CASA Conference
… was taken in order to support the promotion and growth of Black art and culture, as well as being a form of affirmative … physical landscape, allowing for…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… a presence throughout the modern history of South Africa, Black trade unions never managed to establish a permanent … was the first real flowering of trade…
Freedom for Namibia by Toivo Herman Ja Toivo (1968)
… to sabotage against their own fatherland. I volunteered to face German bullets, and as a guard of military … suppressed. This convinced me that we were too…
ArchiveBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
… did not address the issues African women in Senegal face. Once Senghor took office, resistance to the French … in regards to these norms. In an article…
Archive1995 - President Mandela: State of the Nation Address, 24 February 1995 (after National Elections)
… bear testimony to the seriousness of the problems we face; concerns that you, as elected representatives, bring … the people of South Africa. But far as we…
ArticleLife in Sophiatown
… overcrowding and rack renting became the order of the day. Black property owners in Sophiatown were themselves poor. In … tribes, Chinese, Mulattos like me…
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… of the prison with a row of singularly bleak cells with black stone floors and high walls that were unusually lacking … moments of the day. We set out…