A human being died that night…

Source 1 The caption for this photograph reads as follows: “A Duduza township resident lies dead while members of a special police squad take a smoke break after an all night “cleanup,” Transvaal, July 1985. Photographs such as this led to the government emergency regulations making it an offence to photograph police in “an unrest area or situation.” The police have shot hundreds, and...

Resistance from all sides

Source 1 In August 1956 thousands of women gathered at the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the introduction of pass laws to black women. This photograph shows the leaders of the protest, Sophie Williams, Helen Joseph, Lilian Ngoyi and Rahima Moosa. click here to download source Source 2 This photograph is of learners protesting against the Bantu Education Act of 1953. Many people...

The risk of resistance

Source 1 Bernstein discusses Steve Biko’s death in detention and the rationale of the police to keep him naked during his interrogation. She includes Biko’s own words to explain how white and black people viewed each other and related to each other. click here to download source Source 2 In his poem, Today, Nise Malange discusses the oppressors and resistors of apartheid, particularly...