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| B-0008345 | biography | Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli | 1898-1967 | ✓ |
| B-0121658 | biography | M. J. M. Williams Shope | 1919 | – |
| B-0096631 | biography | Nkosi Johnson | 1989-2001 | – |
| B-0009039 | biography | Mark Shope | 1918-1998 | ✓ |
| A-0016580 | article | Western Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976 | 21 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0016650 | article | The people armed, 1984-1990 | 21 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0059603 | article | 1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance | 31 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0149719 | biography | Coline Williams | 1967-1989 | ✓ |
| B-0150859 | biography | Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy | 1958-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0008516 | biography | Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki | 1942 | – |
| A-0013836 | article | An Introduction to Sophiatown | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0065254 | biography | Isaac Zakes Nkosi | 1919 | – |
| B-0008255 | biography | Jerry Dibanhlele Khumalo | 1922-1976 | ✓ |
| B-0064872 | biography | Joe “Sdumo” Mafela | 1942-2017 | ✓ |
| A-0065367 | article | Black Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape | 30 Jun 2011 | – |
| B-0008024 | biography | Thys Dullaart | – | – |
| B-0067993 | biography | Joseph Sallie Molefi | 1930 | – |
| A-0059294 | article | South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) | 30 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0095228 | biography | Hannah Margaret Stanton | 1913-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0009263 | biography | Ndabenhle William Zulu | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0008680 | biography | James “Sofasonke” Mpanza | 1889-1970 | – |
| B-0065346 | biography | Professor Fatima Meer | 1928-2010 | – |
| A-0099292 | article | Xenophobic violence in democratic South Africa | 17 Apr 2015 | ✓ |
| A-0013847 | article | Sophiatown timeline 1899-1955 | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0008804 | biography | Mandla Nkosi | 1962-1987 | – |
| B-0096409 | biography | Kaizer Motaung | 1944 | ✓ |
| B-0149453 | biography | Aubrey Mokoena | – | ✓ |
| B-0150697 | biography | Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu | 5 June1958-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0149301 | biography | Fanele Mbali | 1937 | ✓ |
| A-0017074 | article | The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid | 22 Mar 2011 | – |
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… Tsakane outside Brakpan. The Defiance Campaign in these townships coincided with numerous popular protests such as …
BiographyM. J. M. Williams Shope
M. J. M. Williams Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an early age and received…
BiographyNkosi Johnson
Nkosi Johnson was born Xolani Nkosi to an HIV positive mother in a township on the east rand. When his mother became too ill to take care of him, she gave him…
BiographyMark Shope
Mark Shope, SACTU General Secretary Mark Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the Northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an…
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… 14 August, There are reports of arson in the African townships. 16 August, Pupils at Alexander Sinton High and … street. 4-5 September, The youth come out in…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… Community Council. The ANC called on residents to ‘ make townships ungovernable’ by destroying the Black Local … communities, Troops and police who had…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… Community Council. The ANC called on residents to " make townships ungovernable" by destroying the Black Local … communities, Troops and police who had…
BiographyColine Williams
Coline Williams was born on 30 May 1967 and grew up in Bonteheuwel, a township in the Western Cape, South Africa. The eldest of three siblings, Coline, her…
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
… Soweto (Johannesburg, Transvaal – now Gauteng) and other townships around the country. This resulted in the university …
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… to maintain a support base for the ANC, Mbeki targeted the townships and rural poor. He was particularly considerate to … strategy, while plans for urban…
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
… shacks of all types Sophiatown, and the other freehold townships that developed in the Western areas - Martindale …
BiographyIsaac Zakes Nkosi
Isaac Zakes Nkosi, known to his fans as Bra Zakes, was born in Alexandra Township early in 1919. He started his schooling in Alexandra at a Catholic primary…
BiographyJerry Dibanhlele Khumalo
Born in 1922, Jerry Dibanhlele Khumalo was a clothing designer and cutter. He served prison sentences as a volunteer in the 1952 Defiance Campaign in Germiston…
BiographyJoe “Sdumo” Mafela
Joe Mafela, actor, songwriter and film producer was born on 25 June in 1942 in Sibasa, Limpopo Province. His father worked as a shop assistant in a Chinese…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… of protests. Student demonstrations took place in African townships such as Langa, Gugulethu and Nyanga. On 10 August … 12 August 1976 violence had spread to…
BiographyThys Dullaart
Dullaart completed his National Diploma in Journalism at Pretoria Technikon and did two years of a fine arts degree at UNISA and two years of his National…
BiographyJoseph Sallie Molefi
Joseph Sallie Poonyane Molefi ‘was born in 1930 at Winburg in the Orange Free State and attended St. Peter’s School in Johannesburg, matriculating in 1948.’ He…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… national youth organization. It was decide that individual townships and regions establish their own youth congresses … of the state of emergency The…
BiographyHannah Margaret Stanton
Hannah Margaret Stanton was born on 30 November 1913, Teddington, Middlesex, England. In 1956 she went out to visit her brother, Fr Tom Stanton CR, in South…
BiographyNdabenhle William Zulu
He was born at Nsengeni in the Vryheid district. He attended the Nsengeni Mission School. In 1968 he moved to Emondlo Township and attended the Ikhethelihle…
BiographyJames “Sofasonke” Mpanza
James "Sofasonke" Mpanza was born in 1889. Mpanza was founder and leader from the mid-1940s of the Sofasonke Party of Orlando township, Johannesburg, and a…
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
… her visits to the predominantly Indian working class townships of Chatsworth and Phoenix, she was appalled by the …
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… service delivery and the influence of micro politics in townships, involvement and complicity of local authority … Alexandra triggered more xenophobic…
ArticleSophiatown timeline 1899-1955
… as compared to growth in the other adjacent freehold townships of Newclare and Matindale. 1932-1937 Successful …
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 in…
BiographyKaizer Motaung
Kaizer Motaung was born on 16 October 1944 in Orlando East, Soweto, a township South West of Johannesburg. Motaung began playing soccer at a young age and…
BiographyAubrey Mokoena
Mokoena was born in Orlando West, Johannesburg during World War II. He grew up in the township, but due to his mother’s bad health was brought up by Anna Khomo…
BiographyJackson Mphikwa Mthembu
… move away from his home in Witbank to find refuge in the townships of Soweto and Alexandra in Transvaal (now Gauteng), …
BiographyFanele Mbali
Fanele Mbali was born on 1 December 1937 in a village called Eqolweni. Mbali’s father, Charlton Babana Mkhonto and his brother William Ntozakhe decided on the…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… 'terrorists' and 'communists'. The army was sent into the townships in 1984, but the apartheid regime never recovered. … with thousands in detention and an…