KwaZulu-Natal’s Freedom Route offers a multi-perspective view of life under apartheid, thanks to its melting pot of cultures. See the landmarks, walk in struggle heroes' footsteps and admire the statues and plaques built in their memory by successive generations who today enjoy the fruits of a democratic country. more

The Kliptown open air museum is where delegates to a people's parliament met in 1955 to adopt the Freedom Charter, now the cornerstone of the Bill of Rights and the South African Constitution. This historical museum in Soweto is dedicated to Walter Sisulu, a stalwart of the Freedom Struggle. more

In the 1950s, Mandela & Tambo Attorneys operated out of the humble 3-storey Chancellor House building in Johannesburg. Recently restored and refurbished, the once derelict offices at the corner of Fox and Gerard Sekoto streets once again convey the spirit of Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo and the freedom struggle. more

The Hector Peterson Museum in Soweto's Khumalo Street recalls the events of 16 June 1976 and the ensuing Soweto Uprising. This museum in Soweto takes the visitor on a journey that includes the build up to a youth rebellion, the events of that fateful day and its aftermath. more

The Apartheid Museum, set in superbly landscaped grounds, uses multimedia exhibits to recall the struggle for freedom from racial oppression. Film footage, text panels and artefacts are arranged in such a way as to recreate the experience of what it was like to live under apartheid. more

Johannesburg’s Constitution Hill remembers the horrors of the past, and yet embraces the promises of the future, marrying them with the reality of the present. It is home to the Constitutional Court, the birthplace of our democracy and protector of our human rights. more

South African performance poetry is alive and kicking, thanks to a strong tradition of using the spoken word to highlight injustice. Its guerilla cloak is discarded, however, when the spotlight falls on spoken-word or slam poetry in Speak the Mind at the Arts Alive festival in Johannesburg every September. more

The Sharpeville Human Rights Precinct is a memorial for those who died in 1960 in the Sharpeville Massacre, an event that shocked the international community and inspired increased efforts against apartheid. more

When you follow the traces of Nelson Mandela through the Eastern Cape, your first stop is the Mandela Museum in Mthatha, a world-class display that outlines the lives and characters of the anti-apartheid struggle – with Nelson Mandela as the central character. From there, it’s off to his home village of Qunu. more

The Red Location museum is one of two anti-apartheid museums in South Africa. It is an extraordinary museum, both for its ground breaking, award-winning architectural design, its visionary approach to the human trauma of apartheid, and its controversial location in the midst of an impoverished township. more

The Nelson Mandela Museum documents the early years of an historic man. In a form unprecedented, the Nelson Mandela Museum in South Africa incorporates three different museums: the Bhunga building in Umtata; Mvezo where he was born; and at the Qunu Museum, a colourful depiction of his youth. more

Inside the Hector Pieterson Museum you come face to face with the cold reality of racial discrimination and vicious hatred that existed in apartheid South Africa. Celebrate the hope of thousands of schoolchildren who took to the streets against apartheid. more

Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia was where senior ANC members planning the overthrow of the apartheid government were arrested during a police raid in 1963. The Liliesleaf Farm Museum aims to give it its rightful place in South Africa’s history. more

Helen Suzman was born in 1917 in South Africa to Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants. She spent a total of 36 years in Parliament before retiring in 1989 – most of which was spent criticising the National Party’s white privilege policies and demanding civil rights for all South Africans. more