South African libraries from pre‐Apartheid to Apartheid in the 1960s and 1970s: the beginning of the end

Provides an historical context for the protest movements in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s and the situation for libraries at this time. The impact of the Sharpeville Massacre and the Soweto Uprisings on the outcries in the 1980s and 1990s are discussed. The structural changes in library services for South Africa as a whole are described.