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BiographyKobera Manual
… gets into your blood. Though it is very quiet with its one main street and has little in the way of entertainment, with …
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
… (UDF), an umbrella organisation that swiftly became the main anti-apartheid group in South Africa. Following Boesak's …
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… of Humanities, Michigan 2010: Let's Talk, Arts on Main, Johannesburg 2010: Remaining Past, Minshar Art …
BiographyRobert Sobukwe
… confinement – his living quarters were separate from the main prison and he had no contact with any other prisoners. …
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
… rural reservations, and strikes and riots occurred in the main industrial areas. Verwoerd's answers to these were bans, …
BiographySunny Girja Singh
… (now known as Bertha Mkhize Street) Bridge – this was the main Durban – Johannesburg railway line. His cell was …
BiographyDr Abdullah Abdurahman
… racial divisions of South African society, Abdurahman's main efforts were of necessity directed at the advancement of …
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… an exodus of political activists into exile. In the 1960s, the Government introduced a number of security laws, … MK bases in independent African countries…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… spelling book, some hymns, and a small catechism. Their main literary task was the translation of the Bible into … full-length published work of this kind…
EventA car bomb explodes in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people
… L.E. (eds) (1999) Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… steamer remains unsolved. Related: Liu, P.C. (2007) "A chronology of freaque [sic] wave encounters". Published in …
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
… situation had been developing in Soweto since the mid-1960s as a result of an accumulation of various grievances. … It partly helps to explain the next…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner
… situation had been developing in Soweto since the mid-1960s as a result of an accumulation of various grievances. … It partly helps to explain the next…
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… The landscape of Black political activity in the 1960s was a very different one from that of the previous … the forced-absence of other liberation…
ArchiveAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
… was born in 1936 in the town of Cherchell, Algeria (Chronology Assia Djebar 1996). She grew up learning both … and prestigious French École Normale…
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… as July 1913, which is in conflict with the date in SAHO's chronology, but seems to fit in if we assume that the protest …
BiographyShaleen Surtie-Richards
… where she played Ma. Surtie-Richards performed on the main stages across the country, as well as in London, United …
BiographyMalcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti
… count two – five years; count three- five years; on the main count for sabotage I give you eighteen years. A total of …
BiographyFanele Mbali
… was more appealing and adopted it instead. Mbali was the main stem of the Mkhonto family tree line. He spent the first …
BiographySimon Gqubule
Reverend Dr Simon Gqubule was born on 18 February 1928 at a place near Cookhouse, Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His family did not have a lot of money; his…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… a union and fighting for their worker’s rights. One of the main combatants of the domestic workers efforts were the laws … the domestic workers unionisation…
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
… had been popularized throughout the 1950s and earlier 1960s. The end of the fifties brought about the emergence of … Writing and cultural expression that…
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… J. A. et al (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… References: Cloete, P.G. (2000) The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology. Pretoria: Lapa. Copley, I.B. "The Battle of …
History of Muslims in South Africa: Introduction by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Mahida This book, History of Muslims in South Africa: A Chronology, probably the first of its kind to be published, …
List of ANC and MK members killed in combat
… armed struggle: UMkhonto we Sizwe, MK Feature. Unknown | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s MK Real Name MK Name Date Cause …
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… Named Fort Frederick, after Frederick, Duke of York, its main function was to guard the landing place and water … many workers to the town to the point that,…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… The bill was introduced for many reasons but one of the main reasons was the Governments growing concern at the … The relationship between the ANC and the…
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
… was the nature of the civil society resistance after the 1960s? During the 1960s and the 1980s South Africa was ruled by the National …
BiographyPixley ka Isaka Seme
… its function. In the context of the time, chiefs were the main source of potential funding. This critical factor is …