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… Prime Minister B.J. Vorster officially opened the South African Navy's R15m … modern Advokaat naval communications system at the base, from where the operational command and control of maritime … Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. …

… all in the "independent" bantustans. It plans to recruit from among the oppressed a black bourgeoisie linked to the … the efforts to assist the regime to meet its oil needs. In 1976 West German banks, many of them State-controlled, … in Sharpeville. It was the police, incited by Vorster himself, who murdered nearly 1,000 children in Soweto …

… 25 August, 1960 in Brondal, Mpumalanga. He matriculated from Khumbula High School. He obtained a National Teacher’s Certificate from Mngwenya College of Education in 1985. He furthered his … Arts degree in 1989. Mabuza has been involved in politics from his mid-twenties, holding the position of secretary of …

… to South Africa in 1927. She obtained a BA(FA) in 1950 from UN(P). From 1941 to 1950 she taught at schools in South Africa and from 1951-1952 at the L.C.C. schools in London. On her return …

… seen as representatives of the apartheid government. The 1976 All Blacks (New Zealand's national rugby team) tour of … condemnation that resulted in 28 countries boycotting the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1977, the Commonwealth signed the … the  International Rugby Board  (IRB) banned South Africa from all international competitions until apartheid ended. As …

… Date Keorapetsi Kgositsile The word is Here: Poetry from Modern Africa   1971     For Melba 1970     The Present … up to it, AD Donker 1975     The Bues is You in Me, Donker 1976     The Soweto I Love. Collins 1977     Children of the …

… an estimated group of between 30 000 and 50 000 Africans from surrounding African townships march into the centre of … the magisterial district of Johannesburg; prohibited her from entering any educational premises and barred her from … democratic South Africa. May, Minister of Justice, B.J. Vorster , serves Chief Albert Luthuli with yet another …

… most notable being that of Arch Bishop emeritus Desmond Tutu, who in 2007 was made the National Spokesperson for … are so many things that are pulling us apart," Archbishop Tutu said in 2007. "this has a wonderful potential to bring … football game, a popular TV show, a favorite food.  Said Tutu during a recent interview: "We're going to have this …

… in 1941, and Ramamma. 1943 E.S. Redy receives his B. A. from the University of Madras, India. 1946 March, E.S Reddy … Dr. A. B. Xuma, 1948 Reddy obtains his M.A. from New York University. 1949 26 May, E.S Reddy joins the … Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africans. 1976 Reddy becomes the Director of the Centre against …

… Congress (ANC) respectively, Minister of Justice John Vorster, announced that there had been twenty-three incidences of sabotage from late September to date. At the time the government had … Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. Links: …

… government, serving as Secretary General of the ANCYL from 1948. By the time the Defiance Campaign began, Mandela … of the ‘rainbow nation’ was coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and represented a post-apartheid nation building … Africa can trace their roots back to such events as the 1976 student protests , yet the object of the students ire is …

… By the late 1970s, and especially as a result of the June 1976 uprising , the Apartheid government was forced to … resistance to the policies of separate development from various quarters: the Black Consciousness Movement … a part in dissolving the central features of Apartheid. From the late 1970s, informal settlements were springing up …

… completion of their sentences, if Minister of Justice Vorster deems them a potential danger to the country or … the opposite. In a remarkable example of double-speak, Vorster outlined his motive for introducing the bill, saying … were charged with contravention of security laws and Vorster justifies this by declaring his actions necessary to …

… African Student Organisation  (SASO) was gathering support from campus to campus. Their activities were becoming … initiated into the Congress tradition by Joe Gqabi. The 1976 uprising raised the political awareness of students and … body. The state’s response to the students’ uprising in 1976 was brutal, forcing thousands of youth into exile, …

… the family dry. I had hoped things would improve a bit from the end of this month when Mum gets her first pay packet after living on the dole for so long. 15 April 1976 This is a special letter Ngutyana [Winnie's clan name], … they need. You could confer with Mpilo [Bishop Desmond Tutu] with regard to the funds for both Ntonto and Dan. There …

… the National Association of Youth Organisations (NAYO). In 1976 through to 1978 large numbers of young people left the … motion plans to continue political activity underground. From 1978, BCM political activists from these various BCM … responsible for the Soweto uprising of 16 June, 1976 and banned in October 1977. AZAPO helped in the …

… - Prioritising armed struggle, January 1974 - June 1976 A struggle is made up of failures essentially. It’s … with them a close ideological affinity and common backing from the Soviet Union and its allies. The independence of … of Angola in 1975 with about 2,000 troops 45 rebounded on Vorster. He called off the invasion when the United States …

… he had been elected on 4 June 1979. Viljoen replaced B.J Vorster who had resigned on that date. Before being elected … he served as acting state president for two months from August to October 1978. He served in the position until …

… Commission (TRC), under Chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu, began its first formal hearings in East London City … during the apartheid era. The Commission heard testimonies from all members of South African society about political …

… From the book:  Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid … during the 1970s was the uprising that began on 16 June 1976. Police opened fire on youths protesting against … the churches. The names of Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu, former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, come to mind, …

… P W Botha came to power in 1978, the government of John Vorster had begun a process for constitutional reforms. A … state abuse. The government excluded the bill of rights from the final draft of the constitution because it required … Not surprisingly the reforms were met with protests from around the country from the liberation movements who saw …

… in the project. The title of the exhibition and book comes from a poem by the great South African poet Ingrid Jonker, … “The Child that was shot at Langa.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu wrote the forward to the book. On 4 May 1986, exhibition … at Duke University. In 1987, with a three year grant from the Carnegie Corporation, the Centre was established …

… at the hands of the security police at the infamous John Vorster Square. The initial inquest ruled that he had committed suicide by jumping from the 10th floor. After many years of struggle, his family … political detainee to be killed at the notorious John Vorster square, by the security police of the apartheid …

… in 1938, setting academic records. In 1941 he graduated from Fort Hare with distinction in mathematics and physics … and thereafter received, between 1944 and 1959, an M.S. from the University of South Africa, and an honor's B.A. and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of the Witwatersrand. While a student in …

… matriculated in 1979. He studied at Fort Hare University from 1980-1985 and obtained a BA(FA) Degree and an HDE. From 1989-1990 he studied at Wales University (UK) and … in Art Education.  In 1993 he obtained a Certificate from Unibo in Fundamental Business; in 1994 he obtained a …

… Nazi progenitor, this regime was a historical anachronism from the very first day of its existence, a remnant of an … Period of Extreme Reaction Within our country, the Vorster regime was at the pinnacle of its power. It felt that … it had from its imperialist allies. The events of 1974-1976, however, also confirmed the importance of independent …

… Nazi progenitor, this regime was a historical anachronism from the very first day of its existence, a remnant of an … Period of Extreme Reaction Within our country, the Vorster regime was at the pinnacle of its power. It felt that … it had from its imperialist allies. The events of 1974-1976, however, also confirmed the importance of independent …

… As a result of parent's reactions to the 1976 uprisings and their aftermath, ex-Federation of South … members in the Western Cape began organising themselves from as early as 1978 and eventually formed the United …

… rule for Rhodesia. South African Prime Minister B.J. Vorster joined the final stages of the talks.  Towards the end of 1974, Vorster, backed by President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia, had … in March, 1978, which produced a transitional government. Vorster immediately expressed his willingness to co-operate …

… on 15 November 1938.  His grandparents were immigrants from Latvia and Lithuania, who had fled from the Czarist pogroms at the end of the 19th century.  His … mother worked as a shop assistant. Kasrils matriculated from the King Edward VII High School (KES), and excelled in …