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BiographyEla Gandhi
Ela Gandhi was born in 1940 in Phoenix Settlement in the Inanda district, KwaZulu Natal. Indians, Coloured, Whites and Africans lived here in harmony although…
David Pratt
David Beresford Pratt was born on 1 October 1909 to Arthur and Georgina Pratt. The family immigrated from London in the United Kingdom to Johannesburg, South…
BiographyAbdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood
Abdul Rahman Dawood or 'Apmai' as he was affectionately known was born in India to a family of progressive community activists in October 1935. He was brought…
Yunus Ismail Mahomed
Yunus Ismail Mahomed was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 30 December in 1950 to Amina and Ismail Mahomed.Mahomed grew up in Jeppe, attending…
The Polly Street Era
… this reason that he can be considered to be the father of township art. He was certainly the first black artist to work … and the first artist who offered…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… with the formation of Kwela (Zulu for 'get-up' or in township slang it also referred to the police vans, the … the most controversial and the best-known…
Liberation organisations
… Civics sought to improve the quality of life of township residents, and played a major role in the resistance … served by black councillors who were…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… the government, Kotane addresses a gathering in Alexandra Township Number 2 Square and subsequently arrested by the … police for not having a permit to live…
Lerato Maduna
… Volkshochschule in Munich, Germany. (Diski 9/9 series on township soccer) The exhibition was curated by Christine …
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… In 1943 the residents (including many women) of Alexandra Township challenged an increase in the bus fare into … branches of the ANCWL were established,…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… The first campaign in the 1940s took place in Alexandra Township. There were two bus boycotts in Alexandra, in 1940 … threats were made by the bus company…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… as they marched six-abreast along the dusty streets of the township.68 Sometimes regular police personnel followed them … if need be) was arrested on a…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… mainly as a labour reservoir. Kanyamazane Kanyamazane is a township situated about 30km from Nelspruit. It was …
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 11 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… to know whether they had been able to get her out of the township. In Soweto the mob had attacked any whites they saw. … and ran out again. Cars were just…
BiographyMaggie Resha
Magdaline Resha was born on the 5th of May 1923 in Matatiele, Eastern Cape. She was the second daughter of Mr. Oziel Tsekiso and Lidia Mamodise Tsiu, who had…
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
Father Trevor Huddleston was born on 15 June 1913 in Chaucer Road, Bedford, England to Ernest Huddleston and his wife. Soon after, the family moved to Golders…
BiographyMagdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha
Magdaline Resha was born on the 5th of May 1923 in Matatiele, Eastern Cape. She was the second daughter of Mr. Oziel Tsekiso and Lidia Mamodise Tsiu, who had…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… of underground cells particularly in the Western Cape. The township of Mbekweni in Paarl and Langa in Cape Town became … Poqo ingratiate itself among black…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)
… and being denied, workers at Sarmcol from Mpophomeni Township went on strike on 30 April 1985*. As a consequence …
EventMass funeral for those killed at Sharpeville commemoration
… thousand Blacks attended a mass funeral in KwaNobuhle township for the twenty-eight people killed by police during … The incident happened when marchers…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… Silinga , Siwqana also set up the first crèche in Langa township. The mid 1940s were also a period of food shortages … the anti apartheid protest in Cape…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
… seems to us a reasonable starting point for some sort of township détente ...the SSRC may not speak for all the township's youth, but it is the only visible…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… A hospital is opened in Rodney Street. The residential township of Walmer is laid out as a separate municipal … in Harrower Road and in 1948 its operations…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… the 1920s, the residents of Bethlehem were removed to the township of Tlhabane, some 5km from the centre of town. … and given Bophuthatswana documents…
PlaceMofolo Arts Centre
… The centre is one of the few institutions that gave township artists a chance to showcase their works during the …
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Gastrow, S. (1992) Who`s Who in South African politics Number 4.p.67. If you would…
ArticleSharpeville
… residents gathered at the police station in Sharpeville, a township just outside Johannesburg. Approximately 300 …
ArchiveRemovals west of the Ciskei
… areas of Port Elizabeth. Areas affected include: Walmer township, Zwide, New Brighton, Addo, KwaMagxaki, KwaDwesi, Motherwell and other township. …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… bomb explosion in an administrative building in the Batho township of Bloemfontein injures 79 Black people who were … councillors attacked. 26 October,…
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
… a Councillor in Apex. He was instrumental in founding the township of Daveyton in 1955 where he ran a funeral parlour …