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Motswedi Alexandra Art Centre, Wynberg Sandton

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… In September, Art with the Art Africa was launched at the Soweto Festival, showcasing various crafts from locals. “As … In September, Art with the Art Africa was launched at the Soweto Festival, showcasing various crafts from locals. “As …

The Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s

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… (TRC) characterised as “war between AZAPO and the UDF in Soweto”, local tensions were as significant – if not more so … and influenced the conflict between AZAPO and the UDF in Soweto from 1984 to 1993. At its inception in 1979 AZAPO … AZAPO’s leadership rejected the proposal. Again in May the Soweto branch of AZAPO proposed a boycott of the apartheid …

The banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s

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… to end the nationwide student unrest that broke out in Soweto in June 1976. Recognising that secondary schools and … activity, seriously curtailing any political mobilisation. Soweto, the epicentre of the June 1976 uprising, was singled … 1977, the apartheid government announced that all Soweto secondary and high schools were to become state …

June 16 Youth Uprising casualties

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… Beaten to death by group of migrant workers Barron, James Soweto 26.12.76 Shot through the head Bezuidenhout, Isaac … 14 9.9.76 Shot in chest from front Buthelezi, Leonard Soweto 39 4.8.76 Gunshot wounds to the head and body … Shot dead Dithipe, Elifas Kagiso 31.12.76 Dladla, Baby Soweto 28 14.6.76 Shot through the head Dlamini, Emmanuel …

Volksrust, Mpumalanga

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… politicised. These youths who were coming from places like Soweto and the Vaal shared their political experiences with … politicised. These youths who were coming from places like Soweto and the Vaal shared their political experiences with …

Commemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising

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… June 16 1976 student uprisings have been commemorated. The Soweto student uprisings have also inspired the production of … Mbongeni Ngema depicted students who were involved in the Soweto Student uprising on 16 June 1976. It was adapted into … projects of commemorating and memorialising the June 16 Soweto uprising started in the early 1980s. One of the …

Key sites in and around Soweto

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… High School Morris Isaacson Primary Naledi High School Soweto is home to the Naledi school. Past students who rose … Protea Street Anglican Church* Sofasonke Mpuza House Soweto College of Education Soweto Highway* Soweto Homeakers St. Peter Claver School …

Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa

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… He grew up in the South Western Native Township (Soweto), attending a local primary school and Sekano-Ntoane High School, Soweto. In 1971 he matriculated from Mphaphuli High School in … working for BPC. In June 1976, following the unrest in Soweto , Ramaphosa was again detained under Terrorism Act for …

Joe “Sdumo” Mafela

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… from one of the squatter settlements that sprang up in  Soweto  in the 1940s. Mafela’s family remained in White City … His performance in the movie helped endear him to Soweto’s movie goers, with many a young men mimicking his … Haartebeespoort Dam. The movie was shot during the 1976 Soweto riots. Asked about the impact of the 1976 riots on his …

A history of Soweto

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… and to control the influx of black people. The Creation of Soweto: Orlando Under Prime Minister Jan Smuts, the South … faced by Sowetans, especially the earlier inhabitants of Soweto, and the government reacted by amending the clause … were relocated to what was to become the first township of Soweto, namely Orlando. Most of the 1st generation Sowetans, …

The June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising

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… 2024 Introduction The June 16 1976 Uprising that began in Soweto and spread countrywide profoundly changed the … against the government. While the uprising began in Soweto, it spread across the country and carried on until the … 'homelands' policy, no new high schools were built in Soweto between 1962 and 1971 -- students were meant to move …

Sydney Sipho Sepamla

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… Information Sydney Sipho Sepamla Born: 22/09/1932 in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa Died: 09/01/2007 in … Africa Sydney Sipho Sepamla spent most of his life in Soweto, the enormous township southwest of Johannesburg. … Cape Town and Durban, but rather the ‘Black’ cities of Soweto, Langa and Kwa Mashu.  For a long time, the new city …

Soweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC)

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… August 27, 2019 Before the June 16 student uprising, the Soweto Students' Representative Council (SSRC) was formed. … the police fired on and came to be known as the famous Soweto Revolt of June 16. The SSRC had mobilised students to … murder them. … Before the June 16 student uprising, the Soweto Students' Representative Council (SSRC) was formed. …

Kilnerton Training Institution

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… * Dr N H Motlana – medical practitioner, and member of the Soweto Committee of Ten  *Dr Machupe Mphahlele – obstetrician … * Dr N H Motlana – medical practitioner, and member of the Soweto Committee of Ten  *Dr Machupe Mphahlele – obstetrician …

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… Act. The majority of the inhabitants moved to Lenasia and Soweto between 1956 and 1977, and the area was declared … Act. The majority of the inhabitants moved to Lenasia and Soweto between 1956 and 1977, and the area was declared …

Murphy Morobe

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… Born: 2 October 1956 Morobe was born on 2 October 1956 in Soweto. When he was young he spent a lot of time with his … school in Ermelo, but in 1996 returned to his parents in Soweto. He completed Primary School in Soweto and went on to Orlando North Secondary School and …

Ngoako David Thebehali

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… David Thebehali was born on 3 June 1938 in Orlando East,  Soweto . His parents were among the earliest residents of Soweto. From 1945 to 1952 he was a pupil at St. Mary’s school … own self interest. In 1978 David was nominated Mayor of Soweto. His term of office lasted until the Rent boycotts saw …

Response to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile

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… reflects on the massacre of school children during the Soweto Uprising of 1976. The response of the organisations in … 1976, students from the Orlando West Junior School in Soweto went on strike and boycotted classes. By 16 June, their rebellion spread to other schools in Soweto. Incidentally, the student-organised mass rally on …

Vincent Baloyi

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… in Newclare, Johannesburg. Baloyi first attended school in Soweto where his family moved in 1961. He studied art at the Fred Clarke Higher' Primary School in Soweto and completed Standard VI. In 1972 he met Eric Mbatha and began studying under him at the YWCA in Dube, Soweto. In 1974 Baloyi embarked on the two-year course at …

Key People in the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising

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… activists, government employees, and others were in Soweto itself and elsewhere across the country. They made … government leaders, eye-witnesses, other key leaders, and Soweto poets and artists, to name a few. Tsietsi Mashinini … Poppy Buthelezi ANC Leaders who established contacts with Soweto Student Leadership: Eliot Shabangu Joe Gqabi Martin …

Mandla Nkosi

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… 1987   Mandla Nkosi was born on 13 June 1962 in Pimville, Soweto, the third child of Joyce Nkosi. In 1981 he completed Standard Nine at the Sekano Ntoane School in Soweto. He then studied at the Mofolo Arts Centre Soweto from 1982 to 1983 under Cyril Manganye. In 1983 Nkosi …

Cecil Sols

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… a branch of Afrapix as well as a training workshop in Soweto . He collaborated with the Afrapix collective and … July of 1986, Cecil Sols together with Vuyi Mbalo ran the Soweto branch of Afrapix for a short period. The same … up Photographers for Social Documentation (Photosdoc) in Soweto. Sols was attracted to social documentary photography …

Vuyi Lesley Mbalo

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… a Catholic family. He grew up in the suburb of Orlando, Soweto. He was one of 32 students who were forced to flee Soweto in 1978 just before the matric exams. After finally … Vuyi and Sols proposed the establishment of a Soweto Afrapix branch, eventually establishing one at Funda …

Andrew Tshabangu

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… Andrew Tshabangu Born: 1966 Andrew Tshabangu was born in Soweto, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africain … la photogrpahie Africaine, Mali, 1996 20th anniversary of Soweto students uprising, Soweto, 1996 Language Not specified Comments Art Category …

June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986

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… the resistance in the townships. Within four months of the Soweto revolt 160 African communities all over the country … It was estimated that at least 250 000 people in Soweto were actively involved in the resistance. Resistance … to discuss the conflict that has been escalating in Soweto schools since the beginning of the school year. 24 …

Hector Pieterson

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… Hector Pieterson Born: 1963 in unknown Died: 16/06/1976 in Soweto, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) Hector … was born in 1963. He became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a newspaper … a memorial to Hector Pieterson was erected in Orlando, Soweto , two blocks from where Hector was shot and fell. …

Fenuel Mogatusi

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… causes/ suffocation during epileptic fit) Affiliation: Soweto student Mr Fenuel Mogatusi, aged 22, a Soweto school student,was detained in July 1976 and died in … he was reportedly arrested on charges of theft after the Soweto unrest. He was held at the Johannesburg Fort.Bail was …

Lesley Hastings Ndlovu

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… Ndlovu was a fifteen year old boy at the time of the Soweto Youth Uprising in 1976. He is widely believed to be … is undoubtedly Hector Pieterson, after whom the museum in Soweto is named. The reason for this is that a photographer, … Both Ndlovu and Pieterson are buried at Avalon Cemetery in Soweto.  Language Not specified Comments Most Read Off Staff …

Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko

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… of Rhodes. In her youth, she was a member of the Soweto Students League (SSL), Soweto Youth Congress (SOYCO), Young Christian Students (YCS) and Soweto Civic Organisation. She was an executive member of the …

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