For Freedom and Equality

Lizzie Van Zyl who died in the Bloemfontein concentration camp, 1902

Lizzie Van Zyl who died in the Bloemfontein concentration camp, 1902

Lizzie Van Zyl, Emily Hobhouse tells the story of the young Lizzie van Zyl who died in the Bloemfontein concentration ca...

Lilian Ngoyi, Defiance Campaign, 1950s

Lilian Ngoyi, Defiance Campaign, 1950s

Another woman to come to the fore during the Defiance Campaign was Lilian Ngoyi, who later became president of both the ...

Last portrait sessions of the last all white South African Cabinet at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, 1993

Last portrait sessions of the last all white South African Cabinet at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, 1993

Front row, Left to right: Dawie De Villiers, Pik Botha, President FW De Klerk, Gen Magnus Malan, Kobie Coetzee. Rear cen...

Kate Philip speaks to the delegates at the launch of the UDF 20th August 1983.

Kate Philip speaks to the delegates at the launch of the UDF 20th August 1983.

Kate Philip speaks to the delegates at the launch of the UDF. The launch took place at the Rocklands Civic Centre, Mitch...

In the Native Refugee Camp at Klerksdorp, washing the baby. Circa 1900

In the Native Refugee Camp at Klerksdorp, washing the baby. Circa 1900

The developement of guerrilla warfare after the occupation of the Boer capitals in 1900 meant the abandonment of convent...

ICU women members, beer halls and boycotts

ICU women members, beer halls and boycotts

ICU women members, beer halls and boycotts The regulations placed on the brewing of home-made beer in Natal rural dist...

HIV (Aids) protest at an Aids conference, Durban, 2000

HIV (Aids) protest at an Aids conference, Durban, 2000

Aids activist are incredibly active in South Africa and many protest have been organised. Most are around the issue of A...

Helen Zille, Leader of the Democratic Alliance

Helen Zille, Leader of the Democratic Alliance

Helen Joseph (back) and mourners at the memorial service for Victoria Mxenge, who was assassinated by government agents, 1985

Helen Joseph (back) and mourners at the memorial service for Victoria Mxenge, who was assassinated by government agents, 1985

The insurrection of the 1980s was fundamentally different from previous struggles against white minority rule, both in i...

Heading Home (walking home from school). Rhulani. Northern Province

Heading Home (walking home from school). Rhulani. Northern Province

Frene Noshir Ginwala, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from 1994 to 2004

Frene Noshir Ginwala, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from 1994 to 2004

Franchise Action Committee Protest, 1940s. Cissie Gool is pictured here (front right).

Franchise Action Committee Protest, 1940s. Cissie Gool is pictured here (front right).

Frances Baard speaking at the launch of the United Democratic Front, 1983

Frances Baard speaking at the launch of the United Democratic Front, 1983

Many leaders from the 1976 uprising and late 70s were either imprisoned or exiled therefore the liberation struggle did ...

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Fatima Meer. University of the Western Cape

Fatima Meer. University of the Western Cape

Farming project, Inyavini, KwaZulu Natal

Farming project, Inyavini, KwaZulu Natal

FEDSAW poster, showing its members, 1950s

FEDSAW poster, showing its members, 1950s

Executive members of the National Liberation League, Circa 1930

Executive members of the National Liberation League, Circa 1930

Executive members of the National Liberation League. Cissie Gool is sitting in the front row fourth from the left. Gool ...

Emily Hobhouse

Ela Ghandi

Elderly women waiting for pension funds

Elderly women waiting for pension funds

District Committee of the Communist Party, 1945

District Committee of the Communist Party, 1945

District Committee of the Communist Party. Seated from the right are Hilda Watts and Josie Palmer. 1945.

Community water project. Umbumbulu, KwaZulu Natal, 2000

Community water project. Umbumbulu, KwaZulu Natal, 2000

Poverty alleviation and education is of huge priority to the government. The government has initiated a public works pro...

Community awareness, Pungashe, KwaZulu Natal, 2000

Community awareness, Pungashe, KwaZulu Natal, 2000

Boer women, children and the elderly, Bloemfontein 1902

Boer women, children and the elderly, Bloemfontein 1902

Black Sash demonstrated daily against the Apartheid Government

Black Sash demonstrated daily against the Apartheid Government

Bicycle Balance, Sophiatown, 1955

Bicycle Balance, Sophiatown, 1955

Barbara Hogan

Assault victim, Julesburg Clinic Northern Province

Assault victim, Julesburg Clinic Northern Province

 In the new millennium South African society remains a pluralist one with huge cultural diversities, and there are ...

Annual SACTU conference, 18 March 1958

Annual SACTU conference, 18 March 1958

The photograph was taken by then banned photographer Eli Weinberg. The inaugural conference for SACTU was held on 5 Marc...

Anti war rally regarding the Inkatha Freedom party and ANC conflict of the Nineties Soweto. South Africa, 1991

Anti war rally regarding the Inkatha Freedom party and ANC conflict of the Nineties Soweto. South Africa, 1991

In the late 1980s and early 1990s conflict rose to unprecedented heights and even went beyond black-white unrest, with I...

Albertina Sisulu outside the court during the 1963-64 Rivonia Trail

Albertina Sisulu outside the court during the 1963-64 Rivonia Trail

Albertina Sisulu, a leader of the UDF, briefs a group of women 1984.

Albertina Sisulu, a leader of the UDF, briefs a group of women 1984.

Albertina Sisulu, a leader of the UDF, briefs a group of women before they embark on a national women's day picket in Jo...

Albertina and Walter Sisulu wedding portrait, 1940s

Albertina and Walter Sisulu wedding portrait, 1940s

Albertina Sisulu

Albertina Sisulu

African women on route to a concentration camp in the Orange Free State

African women on route to a concentration camp in the Orange Free State

African women on route to a concentration camp in the Orange Free State. British military policy discouraged Black civil...

A woman walks to work during clashes in Tokoza May 22, 1993

A woman walks to work during clashes in Tokoza May 22, 1993

Fighting between the ANC and Inkatha, and the police, claimed tens of thousands of lives. Even though the process toward...

A Johannesburg woman addressing the crowd of passive resisters. Circa 1906-1913

A Johannesburg woman addressing the crowd of passive resisters. Circa 1906-1913

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PAC meeting in Alexandra, 21 March 1979

PAC meeting in Alexandra, 21 March 1979

The young men and women tyrned up in numbers at the PAC meeting in Alexandra on Sunday. Mr Sobukwe, President of the PAC...