AHIMSA Gandhi Special Screening and Live Virtual Panel

Announcing a Special Screening of AHIMSA – Gandhi: The Power of the Powerless and a follow-up Live Virtual Panel Discussion  The Peace Alliance Celebrating the 61st Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech  August 28, 1963 August 28, 2024, marks the 61st anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have […]

Commemorating the Rivonia Trial 60th Anniversary: A Legacy of Courage and Justice

 “Uncle Kathy” Ahmed Kathrada, in his own words June 9, 2014. – www.gandhitour.info/safrica  Today, we commemorate the anniversary of the Rivonia Trial, a landmark event in the history of South Africa and the global struggle for human rights. The trial, which began in October 1963 and concluded in June 1964, saw Nelson Mandela and […]

President Nelson Mandela’s Historic Inauguration Speech: May 10, 1994

President Nelson Mandela’s Inauguration Speech: May 10, 1994. Introduction: May 10, 1994, marked a pivotal moment in history as South Africa witnessed the inauguration of its first democratically elected President, Nelson Mandela. Mandela’s journey from prisoner to president symbolized hope, reconciliation, and the triumph of the human spirit over oppression. His inaugural address not only […]

Freedom Day Nelson Mandela’s Historic Vote: 30 Years Since His First Time at the Ballot Box

Image 1: Nelson Mandela Freedom Day casting his vote in the 1994 elections. Image 2: Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa. Image 3: Gentlemen that walked Nelson Mandela up to the voting booth to cast his vote April 27, 1994.  Image 4: Ohlange High School near Durban, South Africa where Mandela cast his ballot on 4.27.1994.  […]

Remembering Sharpeville: A Turning Point in South African History

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 21  Humanity, not racism! The Sharpeville Massacre stands as a stark reminder of the brutality of apartheid-era South Africa and the courageous struggle for human rights. On March 21, 1960, 64 years ago the township of Sharpeville in South Africa’s Transvaal Province became the site of […]

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Gandhi Satyagraha Legacy Tour of South Africa

Originally posted on Gandhi Legacy Tour website: Day One in Durban South Africa May 31, 2014 Opening day of the first Satyagraha Tour of South Africa, we paid a visit to the Durban Institute of Technology, a school attended by Steve Biko, leader of the Black Consciousness Movement. Ela Gandhi formerly served as Chancellor of this University […]