“Wind of Change” speech
Made by Harold Macmillan to the South African Parliament in 1960 By Alistair Boddy-Evans African History Expert What was the “Wind of Change” speech? The “Wind of Change” speech was made by the British Prime…
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Leading Apartheid Ideologue, Professor of Psychology, Editor, and Statesman By Alistair Boddy-Evans African History Expert Updated February 19, 2016. National Party Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination on 6 September 1966,…
Sharpeville Massacre The Origin of South Africa’s Human Rights Day
By Alistair Boddy-Evans African History Expert Updated December 10, 2014. On 21 March 1960 at least 180 black Africans were injured (there are claims of as many as 300) and 69 killed when South African…
The Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
The Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960 1959-1960: Formation, Sharpeville and Banning For many years there was tension inside the African National Congress (ANC) between those with more moderate views and those with more ‘Africanist views’ – An…
Sharpeville
At the annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Durban on 16 December 1959, the President General of the ANC, Chief Albert Luthuli, announced that 1960 was going to be the “Year…
The Anglo Boer war in South Africa
The year is 1899 and the preamble to the Anglo Boer war was about to begin. Queen Victoria had just recently celebrated her Diamond Jubilee. The British Empire was at the top of its power…
“Scorched Earth” (Anglo-Boer War) documentary (2000, South Africa)
Published on Sep 7, 2015 Classical European colonialism was not a simple white vs black story. Whites were divided and numerous “white” countries were colonies of others (including Ireland, Poland and Ukraine). Black soldiers…
Michael McWilliams on white privilege: Bling is born – The African Cargo Cult
March 9, 2016 In this fascinating series, Michael McWilliams is exploring the concept of white privilege and how one gets it. Below is the fourth part which looks at both what Britain has that Africa…
RW Johnson: Why Zuma’s ANC turning to racism, fuelling anti-white rhetoric
March 2, 2016 If South Africa possesses finer political analysts than RW “Bill” Johnson, I’ve yet to discover them. The former anti-Apartheid activist, Rhodes Scholar and Oxford Don was the first to highlight financial risks…
Mailbox: BEE – current version of Apartheid. Robbing the ‘Rainbow Nation’.
January 18, 2016 This morning Alec Hogg wrote about Brazilian economist Edmar Bacha, who used a mythical country called Belindia to explain his nation’s challenge. He described Brazil as akin to a merger between a…