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ArticleSimon van der Stel Timeline
… house before relocating to quarters at the Castle in May. 16 July 1685 : VOC commissioner Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede … is succeeded by his son, Willem…
ArchiveSpeech made by Mrs Winnie Mandela to mark the
… Immediately following the "childrens revolt" in Soweto in June 1976 and the massacre and repression with … Winnie Mandela made an impassioned plea at a…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
… of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer The riots broke out in Soweto on June 16, 1976 when police fired on a group of school children …
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… three days later, at the mouth of the Limpopo. 1552 24 June, The Portuguese slave galleon Sao Joao ran aground at … presumably in the company of newfound…
EventCellist and music teacher Betty Pack is born
… Cellist and music teacher Betty Pack, who started several youth orchestras, was born in Nylstroom, Transvaal. At the age of 16, she gave her first public…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… in the middle of forced removals of the community to Soweto. At the time of the boycott the process of resettling … residents had been relocated to different…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… but was forced to relocate to the Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto when the Group Areas Act made it illegal for black …
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… more radical campaigning agenda. The emergence of the ANC Youth league in 1944 which demanded freedom from white … reference books (passes) for all Africans…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… holds a conference, in Cape Town on 2 January 1919. 4 June 1923 The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) is … Act and express their determination to support…
ArchivePWAWU Congress
… Notice of a PWAWU Congress from 16 to 18 October 1987 at Soweto. PWAWU Logo. Agenda. Artwork of outline of people. …
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
… [Accessed 16 February 2015] The following is to be covered in this … [Accessed 16 February 2015] ii) … [Accessed 16 February 2015] iii) … http://www…
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
… newly established townships of south-western Johannesburg (Soweto). Verwoerd was also in charge of African education, …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… particular insights into what led to the major revolt in Soweto in 1976 ”” an uprising of students that inspired the oppressed all over the … his daughter…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… and a number of other young people had formed a Communist youth organisation in Johannesburg in 1921. According to the … modelled on the All-Union Leninist…
BiographyJomo Kenyatta
… course in Birmingham, Kenyatta returned to London and, in June 1932, he testified to the Morris Carter Kenya Land … new party, the Kenya African National…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… Dr Brij Maharaj is an academic and civil society activist. 16 November 2023, marks the 163rd anniversary of the arrival … Indian indentured labourers of 1860…
BiographyManiben Sita
… differences, TIC meetings had become violent and on 4 June 1939, members of Dr Yusuf Dadoo ’s group were attacked …
BiographyJohn Collins
… information as and when the committee needed it. In June 1965 Reddy invited Collins to address the Special …
BiographyFrancois Pienaar
… captained the team for two tests against France in June and July. They drew with the tourists in Durban and lost …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
… to convert his region’s Hindu population to Islam. [16] The decision for tolerance and openness to other … (Accessed: 20 June 2020). [2] Author Unknown, …
ArchiveNUMSA demands
… red in background of two people. List of demands for 16th June to be public holiday. In memory of 16th June 1976 students march. …
Address by Deputy President Jacob Zuma at the 40th Anniversary of the Execution of Vuyisile Mini and five others, 6 November 2004
… Khayingo, Mpentse, Ndongeni and Jonas was relived by the June 16 Detachment, a product of the 1976 Soweto Uprising. Rather than submit, Solomon Mahlangu,…
BiographyOlive Peace Landman
Beginnings Olive Peace Rosenberg was born in Knysna on 5 August 1919, the eldest daughter of Hendrika Jacoba Pieterse and Ellis Lawrence Rosenberg. Hendrika…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
… allowing the Government to import labour from India. 1860 16 November, The first batch of indentured labourers arrives … Indian barrister- at-law, arrives…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… the city right up to the 1960s, when the rapid growth of Soweto under apartheid changed the balance radically. Since … housing figures reflect the numbers as…
Crucial Stage in the Struggle for Liberation of Southern Africa - Statement at the World Conference for Action against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, Nigeria, 23 August 1977
… men, women and children would flow in the streets of Soweto, Langa, Mameledi, Alexandra and other black ghettos at … and Apartheid in Southern Africa, held…
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
… for a single season goal-scoring average: 35 goals in 16 matches.” July, The Federation of International Football … in the Embassy Multinational Series at…
ArticlePeter Magubane Timeline 1932-
… the Rand Daily Mail . 1976 Magubane covered the Student Uprising as a photographer for the Rand Daily Mail . During the course of the uprising, he was…
4. The ANC underground between Rivonia and 1976
… it was that the ANC became the primary beneficiary of the Soweto uprising of 1976–7. Before marshalling the evidence to … with Robert Manci (known as ‘Malume…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… the ferry was named the ‘Freedom Ferry’. From June 1962, MK guerrillas heading to Tanzania began using this … 6 February 1982 Peter Lengene, a student leader…