As unarmed protesters in the crowd of 5,000 began to burn their pass books, police opened fire. Many demonstrators were shot in the back as they ran away.

Meet the authors of Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid - new book aimed at younger readers looking at SA’s apartheid 00:00 / 26:51 ...

Liezille Jacobs receives funding from the Future Professors Programme for the Book publication. When apartheid ended in 1994, South Africa underwent significant social and political transformation ...

Asked to explain the sentence he meted out to Machete, Hlongwane used a 1958 sentence imposed by the "Native Commissioner" on a group of black women who had burnt their "pass books" in protest as ...

Hum If You Don’t Know the Words, the title of a delightful yet deadly serious novel by Bianca Marais, is also a metaphor for how Robin, a white girl in apartheid South Africa who co-narrates ...

Human Rights Day in South Africa commemorates the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960, where 69 peaceful protesters were killed by police while demonstrating against apartheid pass laws. This day serves ...

When apartheid ended in 1994, South Africa underwent significant social and political transformation. A key aspect of this shift was the push for greater inclusion and representation of Black ...