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BiographyBen Turok
… with his family to South Africa in 1934. After graduating from the University of Cape Town in 1950, he worked as a … From Protest To Challenge , Political…
PlaceFunda Community College
… education in the aftermath of the student uprisings of 1976. The majority of young people in Soweto were not … also receives a small amount of funding for…
PlaceSt Margaret’s House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 5 November 1976. St Margaret's was built in 1905 and is not visible from the road, but what a pleasure it is…
EventThe Erasmus Commission’s report implicates Rhoodie, Mulder and van den Bergh in SA’s infamous ‘Information Scandal’
… of South Africa. In an attempt to deflect attention from his role in the scandal, Voster had vowed that those … of South Africa escalated following the…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… familiar 'fall of rock' and who, at deep levels, ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 feet in the bowels of the earth, … movement; almost immediately it shifted…
EventNotorious ‘SOWETO’ policeman dies
… police to shoot at protesting school children in 16 June 1976. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in 1998 … (1998), South Africa's torturer dies…
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
… FOUR Please note: Information in this list was drawn from press reports and the Annual Surveys of the SAIRR. These … 1961 and July 1963. There were no deaths…
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… January 8th, 1977 - No statement issued January 8th, 1976 - No statement issued January 8th, 1975 - No statement …
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… Luke Mazwambe - 3 September 1970 Mapetla Mohapi - 5 August 1976 Mthuli kaShezi Muntu Myeza - 4 July 1991 Onkgopotse …
EventJazz musician Victor Ntoni dies at the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg
… to study at the Berkley School of Music in Boston in 1976. Ntoni was a composer and arranger for the likes of Hugh … SABC, Jazz legend Victor Ntoni dies ,…
The Military Defeat of the South Africans in Angola by Horace Campbell (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… independent Namibia, the South Africans agreed to withdraw from the territory they still occupied in defiance of … the South Africans. The First Defeat of…
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Two of our most … of the Soweto schoolchildren against Bantu education, in 1976. It was three years since they…
EventProtests against Afrikaans language in Black schools
… oppressor. It was against this background that on 30 April 1976, students at Orlando West Junior School in Soweto went …
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… The two were convicted for events related to the 16 June 1976 uprising. On this day, more than 20 000 learners marched … students march against government's…
EventGeneral Idi Amin overthrows Ugandan President Milton Obote
… to become the army's chief of staff. Amin became famous in 1976 when he provided a safe refuge for hostage-holding … Boddy-Evans A. “This day in African…
EventANC member and UDF-leader Christmas Tinto, is born in Mqanduli in the Transkei
… the poor food conditions at the college. During the 1976 students uprising, Tinto was detained in Pollsmoor …
BiographyRaymond (Ray) Chikapa Enock Phiri
… at Thembeka High School in Ka Nyamazane, a few kilometres from Mbombela. On 27 April 2011, the State President, Jacob G … Presentation Of National Orders ,…
BiographyLeo Marquard
… worked as editorial manager of the Oxford University Press from 1946, a position he held until 1960. He was a member of …
BiographyDr. Zacharias “Zac” Johannes De Beer
… He attended the Bishops Diocesan College in Rondebosch from 1963 to 45. He completed an MB ChB degree at the …
BiographyConstance Greaves
… in their quality and her technique. After 1945 she painted from memory rather than the model, emphasised the more …
BiographyKevin Dowling
… and harassment, and was under threat of being removed from her house in Phokeng and deported, Bishop Dowling made …
BiographyAndries Raditsela
… consistent with trauma. The police claimed that he fell from a Casspir (a police vehicle) and that his fall could not … THE WORLD; South African Unions Call…
BiographyWalter Gilbert Wiles
… in ndustry in 1914 forced him to consider earning a living from his art. In 1915 he married Pauline Harper and they had …
BiographyZimasile Ngqawana
… His first musical instrument was a flute that he made from a reed. At the age of 21 he began playing the flute and … obituary Free-spirited South African…
BiographyPortia Modise
… in Namibia in 2014. On 19 May 2015, Portia Modise retired from international football at the age of 31 years. The …
BiographyHelen Zille
… in Johannesburg . She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the Witwatersrand. A prominent … IOL, (2011), “ Zille appears in court ” from…
BiographyAnna Zieminski
… Gardens in Claremont , Cape Town; and 'Illegal Migrants' from neighbouring countries. In 1996, she took on the …
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
… the advent of Bantustans and forced removal of non-Whites from neighborhoods such as Sophiatown the resistance against … In December of 1964, Caiphus and…
The diary of Maria Tholo - November 2 - December 1 by Carol Hermer
… From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer … there was a new law in the Transkei that sounded just like Vorster's 90-day detention called the…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… in South Africa In 1910 Britain decided to withdraw from the government of South Africa and handed the country … to pursue. The politics of reform and…