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Thousands of Alexandra township residents attend the funeral of activist Meshack Kunene. Security police killed him on 30 June
At least seventeen people are killed in Langa, a Black township near Port Elizabeth, during a commemoration of the twenty-fifth
Police seal all entrances to Alexandra township near Johannesburg after an Inkatha supporter is necklaced, at least nine people
Electricity is cut off in Tumahole township because of a municipal and rent boycott. (Collinger, J. (1990). “Black out as provi
Winnie Mandela, placed under restriction in Soweto on 28 December 1976 is now banished to a Black township outside Brandfort, O
Police opens fire on anti-apartheid protesters in the township of Sebokeng, near Johannesburg, killing at least fourteen people
John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist, dies in Katutura Township, Windhoek, Namibia. He moved to South West Africa in 1956.
BiographyOlive Peace Landman
… Special Branch also swooped at vantage points on African townships and raided the homes of Mrs Frances Baard, Mr and …
Maduna Abednego
Maduna Abednego was released from Robben Island prison on 8 October 1973. His prison number was 1/5392. He was from Zwelithsa Township in King Williamstown.
BiographyObed Tseko Motshabi
Born in 1925, Motshabi worked as a clerk. He took part in the 1944 Alexandra Township bus boycott movement and the shantytown movement after World War II.
BiographyJoseph Ramapulane Maseko
Soweto based artist, Joe Maseko, died in Johannesburg in May 2008 at the age of 71. Maseko is best known for his vibrant paintings of township scenes.
BiographySydney Sipho Sepamla
Sydney Sipho Sepamla spent most of his life in Soweto, the enormous township southwest of Johannesburg. Sepamla has been grouped with poets like Oswald Mtshali…
BiographyThembile Benson Ndimba
Born 1921. Messenger-clerk. Came to active politics in 1937 during the mass removal of the people from the African township of Korsten and one of Korsten's…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… encouraged the idea of planned and carefully controlled townships. The idea of returning Blacks to the reserves was … also moved out of the centre of…
The scheme decided on 17 October, involving the conversion of Newclare, Western Native Township and the southern part of Clarem
The scheme decided on 17 October, involving the conversion of Newclare, Western Native Township and the southern part of Clarem
A large cache of arms is discovered in a township near Springs, east of Johannesburg. Together with the buried arms are bundles
Inkatha supporters rampage through a squatter camp in the Kagiso Township in the West Rand, killing at least twenty-two people.
BiographySiphiwo Maxwell “Congress” Mthimkhulu
Siphiwo Maxwell “Congress” Mthimkhulu, son of Sipho and Joyce Nobantu Mthimkhulu was born on the 23 March 1960. He grew up in Njoli Street, Zwide Township in…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… labour demands in the mining industry. The creation of townships was to keep a steady labour force in urban areas … involved the forced removal of Africans…
BiographyVincent Tshabalala
Vincent “Toivo” Tshabalala was born in Bethal in Mpumalanga on 15 August 1964 where he also grew up. Tshabalala became politically influenced at a young age by…
BiographyDr Irvin Khoza
Dr Irvin Khoza, known as the “Iron Duke”, was born on 27 January 1948 in Alexandra Township. He began his education at the Roma Mission School in Alexandra…
BiographyEdward Sonnyboy Bhengu
Edward Sonnyboy Bhengu was born on 8 November 1934 in Sophiatown to Gladys Toti in the Italian household of the Mattera family. He was the first born son of…
BiographyBarney William Ngakane
After living for some time in Orlando Township, Johannesburg, Barney William Ngakane moved to Springs, where he served as chairman of a Liberal Party branch in…
BiographyElizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng
Elizabeth Mafekeng was born in 1918 in Tarkastad and attended school until Standard 7. Living conditions in her birthplace forced her to leave for Paarl in…
BiographyJob Shimankana Tabane
Job Shimankana Tabane (largely known as Cassius Make, his alias name) was born in Maile village (Diepkuil) just outside Rustenburg on 6 December 1942. Tabane…
BiographyStephanie Urdang
Stephanie Urdang was born in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape), to a family staunchly opposed to apartheid. Her father, a lawyer, worked in the…