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BiographySantu Mofokeng
… Born in 1956, Mofokeng grew up in and around Soweto (Johannesburg), spending most of his childhood in … his school years at the Morris Isaacson High School…
BiographyVincent Baloyi
… 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…
EventRetired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto
… Kaizer Motaung was born on 16 October 1944 in Orlando East, Soweto, a township South West of Johannesburg. Motaung began … founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC,…
BiographyMandla Nkosi
… 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…
Victor M Mgadi
… with the African National Congress(ANC) during the uprising agaisnt the Apartheid regime. He was also an …
EventSoweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged with negligent and drunken driving
… Soweto’s assistant chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga, was … Soweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and …
Lucas Mangope, the leader of the apartheid homeland Bophuthatswana, retreats from his capital in the face of a popular uprising
… retreats from his capital in the face of a popular uprising …
Lucas Mangope, the leader of the apartheid homeland Bophuthatswana, retreats from his capital in the face of a popular uprising
… retreats from his capital in the face of a popular uprising …
As the nationalist uprising of the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA, Popular Liberation Movement of Angola) en
… As the nationalist uprising of the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola …
BiographyCecil Sols
… 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…
Extract of an address given to the Transvaal United African Teachers Association by CF Beyers Naude during May, 1997
… Extract of an address given to the Transvaal United African …
Extract from a speech at the opening of the academic year at the University of Stellenbosch on 22 February 1971
… Extract from a speech at the opening of the academic year at …
Vuyi Lesley Mbalo
… 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…
BiographySiyamthanda Kolisi
… Eastern Cape . He was born exactly 15 years after the Soweto Youth Uprisings , and 16 months after the release of …
BiographyRuth Naomi Leon
… returning home for a visit in 1976, shortly after the Soweto Uprising , Leon decided to get involved in the anti-apartheid …
Fenuel Mogatusi
… 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…
BiographyFaith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko
… 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…
Mayibuye Uprising-black South Africans, slaves in the land of their birth, rose up to peacefully throw off their shackles
… Mayibuye Uprising-black South Africans, slaves in the land of their …
BiographyJames “Sofasonke” Mpanza
… created pressures leading to the construction of modem Soweto. In 1946, Mpanza was deported to Natal by government … he was one of those who supported the…
William Nomodi Tshwane
… Tshwane was reported to have been detained with other Soweto students on 25 July 1976 and held at Modderbee prison … on 23 February 1977 said that Mr Tshwane…
BiographyMatsilela Ephraim “Jomo” Sono
… as he is affectionately known was born in Orlando East in Soweto, Johannesburg on 17 July 1955. At the age of 8, his … was left in the care of his ailing…
BiographyChief Mshiywa Henry Tshabalala
… After the trial, he was chairman of school committees in Soweto in the 1960s. He was also active in the street … of the ANC Veterans League in 1990.He now…
BiographyJudus Mahlangu
… at the SABC as a graphic artist. He is a member of the Soweto Art Society and SAAA and produces both mono- and … SA). Bonn and West Germany ”” tour (Art from…
BiographyMark Shinners
… and together they revived the PAC. After the national uprising in 1976, Shinners and 17 other PAC members were accused of instigating the uprising and were…
BiographyJabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
… His participation in the countrywide upsurge following the Soweto uprising of 1976 made him a marked person. With a number of …
ArchiveFrom shout of fear to Amandla! - book extract, Thula Simpson, The Independent, 5 March 2016
… From shout of fear to Amandla! - book extract, Thula Simpson, The Independent, 5 March 2016 …
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki's most stirring speeches
"I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the…
Azikhwelwa on Monday. Flyer by Soweto Students’ Representative Council calling for a stay-away from 13 September 1976
… "Azikhwelwa on Monday." Flyer by Soweto Students' Representative Council calling for a … Vorster is already talking of home-ownership for Blacks in SOWETO…
(1976) ‘Inquiry must be held into Soweto riot’, The World, 17 June.
… (1976) ‘Inquiry must be held into Soweto riot’, The World, 17 June. …
Theophilus “Doctor” Khumalo, SA World Cup soccer player, is born in Soweto.
… “Doctor” Khumalo, SA World Cup soccer player, is born in Soweto. …