South African Flag (from 1994)

Logo of African NationalCongress

Anti-pass demonstrations, 1955-6

1956 Women’s March on theUnion buildings, Pretoria

Robert Sobukwe, founder of the Pan African Congress (PAC)

Sharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960

Trafalgar Square Demonstration After Sharpeville

Umkhonto We Sizwe (Spear of the Nation)

Nelson Mandela arriving atthe Rivonia trial

Demonstrations in support of those on trial

During my lifetime I have dedicated

myself to this struggle of the African

people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die (Nelson Mandela, Rivonia Trial, Pretoria Supreme Court, 20 April 1964).

Steve Biko

The most potent weaponin the hands of theoppressor is the mindof the oppressed – Steve Biko

March of Soweto School-children, 16 June 1976

The body of Hector Peterson, killed by police in Soweto, 1976

11 February 1990

Queuing to vote in the firstone person one vote general election, 27 April 1994

Lilian Ngoyi1911-1980

Winnie Mandela1936- Albertina

Sisulu1918-2011

Helen Joseph1905-1992

Ruth First1925-1982

Dorothy Mwembe1931-199818 yrs in prison

Diversity in the South African Parliament, 2009

Cape Town councillor June Frans surveys an open-air toilet in Khayelitsha, Cape Town suburb