Te reo Māori gains official-language status

The apartheid government declared a nationwide state of emergency and detained opponents. Restrictions on political activity, funerals and reporting sought to disrupt community and labour...

Congress completed its override of President Ronald Reagan's veto, bringing sanctions against South Africa into law. The measure restricted important economic relationships sustaining apartheid. It...

Malik Oussekine died after police beat him in the early hours of 6 December, during repression surrounding student protests. His death became a focus of public opposition to police violence. A...

White attackers assaulted three Black men in Howard Beach, Queens. Michael Griffith died after fleeing onto a highway and being struck by a vehicle. The attack became a focus of protest and demands...

A conference running from 9 to 12 July brought an ANC delegation together with mainly Afrikaans-speaking South Africans. Organized through IDASA, the encounter challenged the apartheid state's...

The National Union of Mineworkers began a strike on the night of 9 August over wages and working conditions. Hundreds of thousands participated during the dispute. The miners confronted a central...

Rivonia trialist Govan Mbeki was released from Robben Island. His imprisonment had removed a senior liberation organizer from public political life. The release was an important milestone in the...

Aboriginal people and supporters gathered in Sydney to protest amid celebrations of the First Fleet's bicentenary. Radio Redfern helped connect participants and circulate Indigenous voices. The...

The United Democratic Front issued a statement protesting the banning and restriction of open political organizations. Suppression attacked the networks through which communities organized against...

Dulcie September, the ANC representative in France, Luxembourg and Switzerland, was shot dead in Paris. Her work built international opposition to apartheid. Her assassination illustrates the...