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EventVaal Triangle erupts in violence
… Bophelong, Evaton, Sebokeng and Sharpeville, five Black townships in the area known as the Vaal Triangle exploded …
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… In 1977, a group of "cultural workers"from the townships fled into exile in Gaborone, Botswana; including … arms. Members argued that few people in South…
BiographyRichard Steele
Richard Steele was born to a Scottish father and a South African mother, in Pretoria, in 1956. His father emigrated to South Africa at the end of the Second…
BiographyAlexander Leor Fattal
Alex Fattal was born in Austin, Texas. He is the first of two children of Laura and Yacov Fattal. Alex moved to Boston Massachusetts where his younger brother…
BiographySolwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle
Looksmart Khulile Ngudle was born on 22 May 1922 in KwaZali village, near Alice in the Eastern Cape. His mother, Notyhume, named him Looksmart because when he…
BiographyAnton Ndoda Xaba
David Anton Ndoda ‘Mfenendala’ Xaba was born in Sobantu Village in Pietermaritzburg. He left school in the late 1940s and went to work in Durban. He joined…
BiographyNgoako Abel Ramatlhodi
Ngoako Abel Ramatlhodi was born on 21 August 1955 at Tauyatswala small village near Polokwane, in Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). Ramatlhodi's…
BiographyHarold Rubin
Harold Rubin was born in Johannesburg on 13 May 1932. He was educated at Jeppe High School in Johannesburg and studied drawing and painting privately with Roza…
Potlako Leballo
He was born in 1924 near Mafeteng, Basutoland (now Lesotho), the son of an Anglican minister. In 1940, while a student at Lovedale, he concealed his age and…
BiographyAaron Mosibudi Mangena
Aaron Mosibudi Mangena was born on 7th of August 1947 in Tzaneen, in the Northern Province (now Limpopo) to Tlodipyane Makwela and Tebele Rephard Mangena.The…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… that lasted several weeks. By the end of September black townships in Bloemfontein were in a state of unrest as scores … unrest in Soweto. In the period from…
Formation and launch of the UDF
… the apartheid government. In both coloured and African townships in Cape Town protests and against the government … more than 20people were killed by the…
EventThe Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports on rape in Khayelitsha
… violence against women and children in South African townships. Simelela provides medical care and psychosocial …
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… the 1950s laid the foundation for African communities in townships to mobilize more protests against the government. … Cape Town joined the stay away. The…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… included: The withdrawal of the SADF and police from the townships Cessation of rent and bus-fare increases … the collapse of the Black Local Authorities in…
ArchiveInterview with Amabutho members
… 1985 and 1987 they were responsible for rendering many townships temporarily off limits to state authorities - …
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… from acquiring property from non-Africans in cities and townships (Kirkwood, 2: 1951). The Native Laws Amendment Act … of Africans as skilled building…
Dance For All (DFA)
… City Ballet, David Poole. Poole taught ballet around the townships in Cape Town during the mid- 80’s. After Poole’s … All” in 1995. A year later, the…
PlaceKatlehong
… of Johannesburg and South of Germiston between two other townships — Thokoza and Vosloorus, and is next to the N3 … in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan…
PlaceGoodwood
… to the national road, and between 1944 and 1946 the Townships of Elsies River and Monte Vista were included, as … area of Elsies River township, and Langa…
EventForced removals at the Crossroads informal settlement
… period, carrying weapons and attacking neighbouring townships. Fearful of these unceasing attacks many escaped …
EventThe Natives Resettlement Act, Act No 19 of 1954 is passed
… their goods and forced to relocate to Soweto. One of the townships that managed to survive forced removals was the …
BiographyRebecca Malope
Rebecca Malope was born in 1968 in Lekazi near Nelspruit in Mpumalanga. Beyond the fact that she did not progress that far in her education, little is known…
BiographyAlcott Skei Gwentshe
Alcott Skei Gwentshe was born in 1920 in Tsomo in the Transkei. A shopkeeper in (Duncan Village township)East London, Alcott Skei Gwentshe played a key role in…
BiographySuliman Moosa Esakjee
Suliman Moosa Esakjee was born in 1928. He worked as a clerk, and was an active member of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) from its inception. He served as…
BiographyJustice Gizenga Mpanza
Justice "Gizenga" Mpanza was born on 5 September 1937 at Groutville Mission Reserve. His father was one of Chief Luthuli's indunas (advisors). Mpanza went to…
BiographyDurant Basi Sihlali
Durant Basi Sihlali was born on 5 March 1935 in an industrial area, Germiston, Transvaal, now known as Gauteng Province. Due to harsh living conditions, his…
BiographyAdelaide Frances Tambo
Adelaide Frances Tambo (nee Tshukudu) was born on 18 July 1929 in Top Location, Vereeniging, in the Vaal Triangle. Tambo attended the St Thomas Practising…
BiographyPeter McKenzie
Peter Michael McKenzie was born on 10 February 1955, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest child of Duggie and Hilda McKenzie. He attended…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… He called for a competition to give a collective name to townships dotted around the South-west of Johannesburg. … City Council settled for the acronym…