The Third Day of September (The Sebokeng Rebellion of 1984)
An eyewitness account, by Johannes Rantete, of the 1984 uprising in the township of Sebokeng.
In the ANC's battle of factions there are no superheroes
Ovambo migrant workers general strike for rights, Namibia: 1971-72
In the winter of 1971-72 the economy of South West Africa (Namibia) was shutdown by a general strike of contract labourers challenged the economic system emplaced by Apartheid South Africa. The strike led to the scrapping of the contract system and is seen as a watershed moment, encouraging a rapid growth of opposition movements.
From a South African notebook - Maurice Goldman
An eyewitness account of the brutality of South Africa's apartheid system.