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ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… and proposed rent increases resulted in the revival of the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organization (PEBCO) and resulted in the formation of the Port…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… bomb blasts against government structures in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Durban. For instance in the Eastern Cape, an … of these being in the Eastern…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… May, The African National Congress (ANC) executive mets in Port Elizabeth and announced a new campaign, the Defiance of … of Communism Act. 31 May, The ANC’s…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… was poet Arthur Nortje, a Coloured man who grew up in Port Elizabeth. Finding the oppression and conflict in South … his work. Nortje was born on 16 December…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… Natal, and Rhodes); and two bilingual universities (Port Elizabeth and the University of South Africa). The University … African townships around…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… conference in Johannesburg, and branches sprang up in Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, Pietermaritzburg, Stellenbosch and … 20 months. Janet Cherry , who set up…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… Womens League (ANCWL) was a leading figure, while in Port Elizabeth Florence Matomela (the provincial president of the … Florence Matomela was among 35…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… demonstration resulting in the burning of passes in Port Elizabeth. Nelson Mandela succeeds Peter Mda as the new … June, Walter Sisulu addresses a meeting at…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… at 20 000. After an intensive organising campaign amongst Port Elizabeth dockworkers by Alven Bennie and Vuyisile Mini , the Port Elizabeth dockworkers union…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… 1980) A number of revolts took place in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, and all over South Africa. Over 10,000 volunteers … . Florence Matomela was among 35…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… Congress (SAIC) executive committees hold a meeting in Port Elizabeth to discuss the details of the Defiance Campaign. … it first appeared to be a flop…
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
… Government buildings: Bantu Affairs Administration Board, Port Elizabeth. Bomb explodes outside offices; One civilian … security guard and friend 30/10/80 …
ArticleMissionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
… Rosmary Wilkinson, of Johannesburg, and Cleopatra Mda, of Port Elizabeth, who were responsible for most of the typing. …
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… course. 40 000 African miners strike on the Reef and in Port Elizabeth 21 people are killed by the police. 1921 Josiah … people, supported by Africans and…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… in Education, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, for his fight for equal education for all children …
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… the settlers were sent to Algoa Bay, known today as Port Elizabeth. Lord Somerset, the British governor in South … eastern border in search of a better life…
ArticleConvict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
… East, and straddles across the main wagon route from Port Elizabeth to Cradock The road, which travels through the … war, the convict camp was removed to the…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… (as outlined by Tambo) during the Easter holidays in Port Elizabeth. Second, it called for a National Council of … of organizations opposed to Bantu…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… came from Johannesburg with 50 unions and 80 000 members. Port Elizabeth had 19 unions with 30 000 members, Pretoria had 15 … some of them waged strikes in…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… West, near Kimberley in the Cape Colony, arrive in Port Elizabeth from India, via Mauritius. The names of three … Natal, who absconded from their employers,…
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… on post offices and other buildings in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Durban. ASA Leadership in Exile and the demise …
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… Biko’s death revealed otherwise. During his detention in a Port Elizabeth prison cell he had been chained to a grill at night …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… Congress annual conference. October, Riots break out in Port Elizabeth and other centres. November 12, J.B Marks is … in Cape Town, other areas of the…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… 1977 August Steve Biko is detained at Walmer Jail, Port Elizabeth and held under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act. …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… issues and fight for their political rights is formed in Port Elizabeth. 1887 The Imbumba Eliliso Lomzi Ontsundu (Union of …
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… 1977 August, Steve Biko is detained at Walmer Jail, Port Elizabeth and held under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act. ... …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… government structures and installations in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Durban. One of its aims was to "hit back by all … a member of the MK regional…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… the late fifties. The Soweto Civic Association and the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation are formed. 108 911 … 20 people were shot dead by the police…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… was a South African jazz pianist and alto saxophonist from Port Elizabeth. Due to rising political oppression imposed by the … this tragically common…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… held at Grahamstown, December 1898-January 1899. Port Elizabeth: Brooks, Mitchley and Sinclair. Pamphlet in the … 1902. The Early Annals of Kokstad and…