No easy choice to resist

Source 1 This is one of four books written by anti-apartheid activists who worked with the Black Sash in Worcerster.  In this extract from her book, Not the End of the World, Nothemba Ngcwecwe describes her initial unwillingness to get involved in the struggle against apartheid. click here to download source Source 2 For her book, Lives of Courage Women for a new South Africa (1989), Diana...

“Meids” and “Medems”

Source 1 Many wealthier South African families employ domestic workers and so many South African women work as domestic workers. This job is unique in that the employee works within her employer’s living space and is privy to the employer’s private life, intimate relations and personal things. Domestic workers are often considered ‘part of the family’ and are included in family occasions...

How did apartheid create and enforce divisions based on ideas of “we and they”?

Source 1 The Population Registration Act(No. 30)  provided  the basis for separating the population of South Africa into different races. click here to download source. Source 2 All South Africans were issued an Identity number which indicated the population to which they had been allocated. click here to download source. Source 3 Many stories from District Six are about ‘Coloured’...