1960s Quote by Ruth First

It must not be forgotten in fairness to the National Government that apartheid is not just a policy of oppression but an attempt -…

— Harry Oppenheimer

I didn't actually realise what apartheid meant. I'm probably a bit naive, but I thought it was more of a vague segregation, like on…

— John Deacon

I remember being very affected by what was going on there towards the end of Apartheid. And the subject is still very pertinent, politically,…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

“As the British Empire fell, the Afrikaner rose up to claim South Africa as his rightful inheritance. To maintain power in the face of…

— Trevor Noah

Yes, I learned history at school; I know everything about apartheid. My dad, he bought the books about it, stuff like that. But I…

— Caster Semenya

The reason I joined the struggle against Apartheid was because you had this system of oppression, which affected everybody who was black. Whether you…

— Thabo Mbeki

“The Apartheid system has systematically infiltrated the struggle, eliminating our heroes, and choosing their own preferred candidates to lead us”

— Thabiso Monkoe

I'm thinking about some developments say in the 80s when the anti-apartheid movement began to claim more support and strength within the US. Black…

— Angela Davis

I discovered even before I went to jail that apartheid was not run by people who were monolithic in their approach. Some of them…

— Nelson Mandela

“The Apartheid system has systematically infiltrated the struggle and eliminating our heroes, and chose their own preferred candidates to lead us”

— Thabiso Monkoe

Together we have travelled a long road to be where we are today. This has been a road of struggle against colonial and apartheid…

— Thabo Mbeki

Mandela was a guy who didn't come in and just eviscerate the existing institutions. He sought to co-opt them. He brought white South Africans…

— Ben Rhodes