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WHITE, KimAge Description By the time that we enrolled the 30 little black students, there were 64 white students at that stage. So the survival of the school was really placed in jeopardy when they walked out. Actually we had to restart the school. That was the first restart; the second restart was after the bomb. But the military men had a much harsher message; it quickly became clear that the APLA strategy of attacking white civilians was going to be a central issue. ... residents were expecting a vigilante attack. Matela claims that he went to go and find the ANC members who were on patrol to alert them that the white people were looking for them. The news spread like wild fire and at some stage a large group of angry residents, fearing that these people were ... Perhaps the most vexing question was why the attack on the disco was carried out at a time when the end of white minority rule was imminent. // Looking at the situation now, can you think of how the attack on the discotheque in any way assisted the move to democracy in South Africa? // I don’t ... human beings who are formed by the society in which they live. But there are people who came out of homes that regarded black people as not equal to white people. Now, a person coming out of that situation, going to a church that said apartheid was right, going to schools that merely reinforced ... Anybody who is victimized because of his commitment to the struggle is a source of inspiration to us. Especially when it is a white person who belongs to a privileged group who decides to abandon those pleasures and identify himself with the struggle of the oppressed. That has always been a source ... Two violent actions by ANC guerrillas shook the foundations of white Pretoria in the 1980s. The Silverton bank seize of January 1980 and the massive car bomb in Church street in May 1983. The Truth Commission’s Human Rights Violations Committee focused on these two bloody events in Pretoria this ... ... The pathologist said he did not bend down - if he had bent down he would still be alive - he was running. And as I walked away two constables, white policemen came to me. They said good afternoon. And I said hello. And then I asked sir, who actually shot my son? They introduced the one as ... time. Africans attending night vigils, commuting to work et cetera, more especially in the eighties and nineties, were brutally massacred whilst the white community lived in harmony and tranquillity. It should therefore not surprise anyone that targets like the St James Church, King Williamstown ... ... of ‘guys and dolls,’ of super cool, of cutting edge. It was a time of no constraints in a time of chains as legislation slowly disinherited non-white people of their rights they band together in Sophiatown and were free. It was the best of times. The importance of Sophiatown was not only in ... The development of black business has over the past decades been deliberately stunted. The angry voice of black businessmen this week contradicted many of the interpretations their white counterparts gave of the past. will … away, not you and me. // I truly respect you feelings and I do apologise for what happened. It’s not that I’ve done that because I hate white people but because of the circumstances at that point in time. My duty was to pursuit the aims and objectives of my organisation, although the ... ... widely hailed as the mother of the nation. She was renowned for her courage and indomitable spirit. And in the 1970s she became a martyr when the white government banished her to a remote town called Brandfort. She was callously treated. On return to Soweto in 1985 it was as a heroine. Sir ... Last week two men who murdered a chief imposed on their tribe received amnesty from the Truth Commission. This week the Commission’s Amnesty Committee refused to give amnesty to four murderers, two white and two black. It is difficult to see my brother in this … like this. I mean it’s hard, it’s hard. There’s nothing I can say at the moment. It’s hard. I cannot even think anymore. If you look at white people, what they have done to our brothers, it’s bad. It’s really bad. ... The statement that gave rise to the complaint was. // ‘The truth as we now know is that this repulsive form of killing was first started by white Rhodesian security forces in the 1970s and then brought to South Africa by the security police.’ // After having studied additional evidence ... ... erected the first hostels for these workers to ensure a continuous, controlled and cheap labour force. Black men could only stay in the so-called white areas as long as they were employed by whites and they would stay without their families. It was an idea that would become intrinsic in the ... ... with black consciousness, black pride; black dignity in South Africa. But the circumstances surrounding his death have always been associated with white police brutality, secrecy and lies. Biko was arrested on the 18th of August 1977 for breaking his banning order. He was held here at the Walmer ... But the most dramatic moment of the day came when lawyer Arendse asked Sibaya to walk around the room to see if he could recognize the driver of the white ... There had been much speculation in newspapers about possible clashes between large numbers of right wingers and ANC demonstrators. The white people of George were holding their breath and the police were ready for anything. But when the first groups of chanting protestors arrived from the township ... |
