... Project, this series contains six books that explore the history and heritage of South Africa. The first five books in the series contain stories of people and events from different historical periods. Some of the great people examined are Olive Schreiner, Mohandas Gandhi, Brenda Fassie and Nelson Mandela. The sixth book is a practical guide for both learners and teachers on how to conduct an oral history project. The books include activities pages and lists of websites and reference books for readers to study further, as well as advice for teachers on how to use the ...

... apartheid government’s deliberate violation of human rights to the world. Although the Sharpeville Massacre gained worldwide attention, the 21 March, which is now known as Human Rights Day, was only officially declared a public holiday in 1994 following the inauguration of former president Nelson Mandela. This public holiday reminds South Africans of the Sharpeville Massacre and allows us as South Africans to celebrate South Africa’s constitution, which gives equal rights to all. By depicting some of our posters from the SAHA Poster Collection ...

... was acquired, segregation was not permitted and consequently the zoo and the public park where the lake is located, were open to all races. When it was apparent that the apartheid regime was nearing an inevitable end, this law was repealed on October 15, 1990. A significant year in SA's which saw Nelson Mandela being released from prison.Visit the SAHA-hosted website, www.sthp.saha.org.za to read more about one of the legislations which formed part of the Separate amenities

... 10 year retrospective, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Conference, Cape Town, March Presentation: Privacy and Data Protection Teleconference, Wits Law School / Mandela Institute / SAHA, May Workshop: Privacy and Data Protection Workshop, Nelson Mandela Foundation, May Panelist: South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) Forum on Protection of Access to Inforation Act (PAIA), May Presentation: Australian Volunteers International Conference, Lesotho, August Presentation: Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC) ...

Ryan Shapiro, a United States (US) citizen, has filed a lawsuit against the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) for failure to respond to a request for Nelson Mandela's arrest records. It has long been suspected that the CIA worked closely with the South African apartheid government to assist with the arrest of Nelson Mandela in 1962, and Shapiro is seeking information that sheds light on the arrest. The lawsuit against the CIA relates to requests for information that were made under the US's Freedom of Information Act in 2013 by Shapiro, a PhD candidate at the ...

... was detained in 1976, and banned by the apartheid regime, but this did little to quell her powerful contribution to the struggle, as well as her prolific writing career. Meer's publications include Trial of Andrew Zondo, about an executed ANC guerrilla, Higher than Hope, a biography of Nelson Mandela, and Power of the Powerless, dedicated to society's underdogs. Her screenplay of Mahatma Gandhi's experiences in South Africa was bought by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). Since 1994, Meer's contribution to transitional justice and higher learning has made ...

... State President P.W. Botha had realised that sustaining the burgeoning system of apartheid was untenable, in spite of emergency regulations first implemented in 1985. Botha finally relented to the global call to end apartheid in 1989 when, on 5 July, he secretly met with Robben Island prisoner, Nelson Mandela. Mandela arrived at Tuynhuys, the presidential residence, in his personal capacity, donning a suit for the first time since the Rivonia Trial. Before arriving, Mandela laid out the potential road map to negotiations in ‘The Mandela Document,' ...

... that South Africa is still facing 23 years after democracy was attained. The posters on auction also form part of a publication, Images of Defiance: South African Resistance Posters of the 1990s, which was originally published in 1991. Two of these original publications, which were signed by Nelson Mandela, Jay Naidoo, Mosiuoa (Terror) Lekota and Jessie Duarte were also on auction.                                                         ...

... those votes were cast South Africa has made tremendous strides in an attempt to redress some of the past injustices that were inflicted by a white minority regime. However, like most young democracies the vestiges of our segregated past still linger on. Our beloved country is trying to live up to Nelson Mandela's vision of "The Rainbow Nation" but most black South Africans feel that it has been a very slow process. As keeper of a number of voices from South Africa's history ranging from the satirical lyrics and flagrant disregard of apartheid censorship of Shifty Records, ...

On 10 December 1996 the Constitution of South Africa was signed into law by South Africa's then President, Nelson Mandela. The final version was symbolically signed at Sharpeville, Vereeniging to coincide with International Human Rights Day. The signing thus represented a move from the horrors of our Apartheid past into an era of transparency and accountability founded upon an unerring respect for human rights. The Constitution is the supreme law of South Africa. Not only does it prescribe the rights and duties of citizens and the State, but also provides the legal ...