As today marks 29 years since South Africa achieved freedom, the country has gone through different eras before achieving democracy in 1994. FreedomDay
, the country has gone through different eras before achieving democracy in 1994.
The era of King Shaka Zulu during colonialism is displayed with various Zulu warriors who resisted oppression. Shaka is displayed holding a short spear, as Manganyi explains. These were the words of Solomon Tshekiso Plaatjie after the 1913 Natives Land Act came into effect, almost 110 years ago. Sol Plaatjie, as he is known, was an author and a journalist, who used his bicycle as a mode of transport to travel across the country.
Some activists were jailed, while others were murdered. Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko, died in detention on the 12th of September 1977. The site also has a display of couples, who were activists. These include anti-apartheid activists, Grifiths Mxengwe and his wife Victoria, who were both human rights lawyers. They were both assassinated by apartheid security forces in the early 1980s.
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