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Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… Africa gave [her] legions of fans but also some enemies” [vii] (Barnett, 2007). Although many South Africans struggled … of resistance in Soweto took a turn…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… Mass action and Boipatong Massacre on 17 June Rumours of Police Involvement and ANC break off Multilateral Talks at … including the choice of community…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking … mineworkers at Marikana, in the North West Province . The…
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
… conquered the Malinké people in the early 13th century [vii] . The King known as Sundiata (also spelt Sunjata) … African History, IV, 3 (I963), pp. 34I-353…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… not carried out during the hottest times of the year. [vii] As is commonplace in most slave societies in the world, … and J. Hoge, Volume 3 (Cape Town, 1921…
List of deaths in detention
… 10. Yan, Ah 11. Madiba, Alpheus 05/01 09/09 63 ? Silverton Police Sta. Namibia 37 1 1968 12. Tubukwa, Jundea 13. Unknown … 01/06 17/06 10/09 27/09 ? ? ? ? ? …
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… 1976 16 June, Extra police patrols are deployed. 24 June, The Principal's office … who are determined to keep order. Students are also under police…
ArticleSharpeville
… pass books at home and thereafter gather peacefully at police stations nearest their homes, and demand that the police arrest them for not carrying passes. …
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
… their passes at home on the appointed date and gather at police stations around the country, making themselves … Pan Africanist Congress surrendered…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… by the PAC organised in 1960 that ended in bloodshed as police fired on unarmed protesters resulting in the death of … in Langa. Members of this group began…
June 17
… was marked by uncontrollable fury and burning hostility...Police also assumed another attitude. They shot at random, … amongst township youth had free reign…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… carried at all times and must be produced on request to a police officer under penalty of a fine or imprisonment. The … against the discriminatory taking of…
Safety and security issues
… abuse and often the incidents are not reported to the police or sometimes even to their mothers. If the incident is … the child's mother, she would often not…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… that lasted barely five days, and were crushed by a brutal police force. The strike was undertaken by workers who … mineworkers on strike at Langlaagte…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… conference, Robert Sobukwe informs the Commissioner of Police, Major General Rademeyer, that the Pan Africanist … pass books at home and give themselves…
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
… realise that death was near”¦Fortunately for me, they (the police) could not shoot on the side where I was standing. … they saw the blood and dead people,…
ArticleSilverton and Soekmekaar trial
… Administration Board; and an attack on the Soekmekaar police station. The accused were charged with treason; two … and of planning to attack the Pretoria…
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… Chief of Eastern Pondoland. The meeting ended in chaos and police officials were requested by the colonial government to … As a result, the angry Mpondo…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… 30.000-50.000 protestors from Langa and Nyanga to the police headquarters in Caledon Square. The protesters offered … themselves up for arrest for not…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… were shot and killed by the officers of the South African Police Services (SAPS) at the hills of Rookopies also known … at the time was a non-executive…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… were shot and killed by the officers of the South African Police Services (SAPS) at the hills of Rookopies also known … at the time was a non-executive…
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… were shot and killed by the officers of the South African Police Services (SAPS) at the hills of Rooikopies also known … at the time was a non-executive…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… thought, but it is known that they were aware of the extra police patrols that were set up in the townships following … schools had electricity. During the…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… and a further 78 miners were injured, when South African Police Service (SAPS) opened live ammunition gun fire on … (green blanket) and Xolani Ndzuzu (centre…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… teachers stayed at schools. Students were placed under police surveillance. In Langa students marched to the police station where they handed their…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… Security Council and governments worldwide condemned the police action and the apartheid policies that prompted this … plummeted. Local responses Dr…
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… for 48 hours in his cell. A scuffle with security police caused brain damage. He was then driven, naked and manacled in the back of a police van, to Pretoria…
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… are not convinced that the Israelites are peaceful. The police and Native Affairs officials, dealing with policies … ECA Welsh, visits Ntabelanga. He is…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… “slums billowing woodsmoke, prison cell and secret police interrogation rooms” as well as “township landlords, … about social events and the academic routine…
The Battle of Square Hill
… of ‘exceptionally good character’ were eligible to apply [vii] To this end a Cape Corps War Recruiting Committee was … Hall in Cape Town. Although the…