16 June 1976: 'This is our day'
It is a day violently etched on the South African collective conscience. Commemorated over 30 years later as Youth Day, an official holiday, it is the day that honours the deaths of hundreds of Soweto schoolchildren, a day that changed the course of the country's history: 16 June 1976.
Liliesleaf: one day back in '63
Liliesleaf Farm, home of the ANC leadership in the early 1960s and the scene of the arrest of the Rivonia trialists, has opened as a museum. Denis Goldberg, one of the surviving trialists, and Bob Hepple, who escaped before the trial, reminisce about one of the key moments in South Africa's history.
A short history of South Africa
Take a brief tour through the rich, dramatic history of South Africa: from the earliest inhabitants through colonisation to the discovery of diamonds and gold - and the war that followed; from the formation and evolution of black resistance, through three decades of crisis to the eventual death of apartheid.
Oliver Tambo's vision of diversity
Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordaan pays homage to former ANC leader Oliver Tambo, saying his vision of embracing cultural diversity remained "the key to South Africa's collective strength".
Biko: first liberate the mind
Just over 30 years ago, on 12 September 1977, Stephen Bantu Biko died in police detention at the age of 31, leaving behind him a fundamentally altered political landscape and a liberating mirror for the black men and women of South Africa.
UN to preserve Rivonia records
South Africa's famous Rivonia Trial records, along with 38 other items of documentary heritage from around the world, have been added to the United Nations Memory of the World register in order to preserve them for future generations.
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