South African Liberation Struggle Stories
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Dedicated to the task of making it easier for young people to learn about the triumphs, challenges, and resilience of the South African liberation struggle.
Come Guerilla! Guerilla gijima..1990-91 was alive with a strong spirit for genuine liberation.. Exiles were returning home, political prisoners were being released..the youth was highly politicised..@HistorySAZAR #SteveTshwete #Mokaba #FNBStadium @fnbstadium #JabulaniAmphitheatre
From Orlando West Soweto - his brother was Henry "Mr. Drum" Nxumalo, the father to Sis Suzette Mafuna.
Gideon "Mgibe" Nxumalo (1929-1970) was a South African musician, jazz pianist, composer and arranger. An unsung hero in the South African arts even though he worked with some of the great jazz artists of the time in South Africa.
What happened to William McNeil Jr. should never happen during a traffic stop. He was punched, dragged, and dehumanized — not for committing a violent crime, but for asking questions. America, this treatment is far from acceptable!
A good friend of ours, whose father spent 10 years on Robben Island before going into exile, was named after Fischer. However, his name was spelt Braam.. His sister was born in prison#HerosOfOurStruggle
Bram Fischer (1908-1975)
He was arrested over 50 times during apartheid regime for performing with black musicians and defying segregation laws. True Legend indeed.
Anthropologist, musician and activist Johnny Clegg (1953-2019)
This is reminiscent of the experiences of Black South Africans at the hands of the SAP Security Branch. Lest we forget. It is plainly unbelievable that it still happens to this day..in the United States..
that lawsuit is gonna be nasty…
#OTD: Frantz Fanon, born 20 July 1925. 100 yrs later, his words still burn: “Liberation is the reclaiming of the self.” From Black Skin, White Masks to The Wretched of the Earth, he exposed colonial violence inside our heads—and pointed the way out. Read, unlearn #Fanon100
They call him 'The Defier Of The Undefiable'. 'Prof', as he was known, resigned from a cushy position as one of the few, if not the only African lecturer, at Wits University, to challenge apartheid-colonialism full-time. How many of us are likely to make such a life sacrifice?
Drum Magazine Cover, April 1978.
Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela and Clarence Mlamli Makwetu looked so similar than some confused them as brothers upon seeing them in the same space. Both had served time on Robben Island for a long time prior to being released @HistorySAZAR
Women delegates identify a police informer (impimpi) during the 1958 Transvaal congress of the ANC at Orlando Communal Hall in Soweto. @HistorySAZAR
Patrick Duncan (PAC) & Alfred Hutchinson (ANC) at the All African People's Conference (AAPC) in Accra, Ghana, December 1958. Hutchinson, an ANC leader in the Transvaal, was acquitted in the 1952 Treason Trial. Duncan joined the PAC in 1963. Both were exiled..@HistorySAZAR #Poqo
It was neither a coincidence nor a mistake for the UN to declare Apartheid as a Crime Against Humanity
Drum Magazine Cover, April 1978.
🧵Liliesleaf farm, the headquarters of the High Command of Umkhonto Wesizwe, was raided on this day in 1963. So, Nelson Mandela was already serving his prison sentence on Robben Island, following his arrest in 1962, when he was abruptly transferred to Pretoria Central...
Founding members of the ANC Youth Leaue and also the spiritual fathers of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) of Azania 📷 uPoqo akabethwa @ZakesMda
Ashby Peter Mda with Anton Lembede circa 1940's. Both teachers turned Lawyers. Both were architects of the Africanist philosophy of the YL. Both were deeply religious, devoted catholics and staunch anti-communists. Both served as Presidents of the YL.
#TBT: Phillip Qiphu 'PQ' Vundla at his home in Dube Village, Soweto. The ex head of ANC Western Native Township and ANC NEC member had named his house as 'This Is It'. A sign bearing these same words was attached to the exterior front facebrick fence on Mtipa Street @HistorySAZAR
Yes it was
Seems Dube was a hub of successful black people. I wonder why.
PAC Chief representative in the UK, Zolile Hamilton Keke, in the 1980's.
WATCH: The people of Oukasie, to the north west of Pretoria - waged one of the best-known battles during the South African liberation struggle ('80s & 90s), when they refused to be forcefully removed to Letlhabile by both the South African & Bophuthatswana regimes..@HistorySAZAR
A demonstration on March 21, 1973 outside South Africa House - London to commemorate the anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre. On this day, 69 people were killed and 180 injured by police during a peaceful protest against pass laws. Pic: Southern Africa mag azine @HistorySAZAR
