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Jacob Molekele, 16 years old, is shot in head by policeman during altercation between police and other arrested youths in polic
… is shot in head by policeman during altercation between police and other arrested youths in polic …
Jacob Molekele, 16 years old, is shot in head by policeman during altercation between police and other arrested youths in polic
… is shot in head by policeman during altercation between police and other arrested youths in polic …
Police seize documents and videos from the home of the general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… Police seize documents and videos from the home of the …
Rioting (28-31 August) start after a Mandela march in Cape Town, in which thirty-one residents are killed in police action.
… in Cape Town, in which thirty-one residents are killed in police action. …
Former law and order minister Adriaan Vlok and former police chief Johan van der Merwe, together with former Major-General Chri
… Former law and order minister Adriaan Vlok and former police chief Johan van der Merwe, together with former …
An inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale, who had died in custody in Johannesburg Security Police headquarters in August 1982
… Dipale, who had died in custody in Johannesburg Security Police headquarters in August 1982 …
Eighty thousand Blacks attend a mass funeral in KwaNobuhle township for the twenty-eight people killed by police in Langa on 21
… KwaNobuhle township for the twenty-eight people killed by police in Langa on 21 …
Judge Pieter Combrinck finds the former commanding officer of the Vlakplaas unit of the police, Dirk Coetzee, as well as Almond
… the former commanding officer of the Vlakplaas unit of the police, Dirk Coetzee, as well as Almond …
Eighteen Blacks are killed (sixteen shot by police and two suffocated in a burning cinema) and more than thirty injured in a da
… Eighteen Blacks are killed (sixteen shot by police and two suffocated in a burning cinema) and more than …
Following the and the protest at Langa, roughly 1,500 Blacks are detained by the South African police in Cape Town.
… roughly 1,500 Blacks are detained by the South African police in Cape Town. …
Lucky Kutumela (25), journalist and member of AZAPO/MWASA, is found dead in a police cell in Mahwelereng, Lebowa, with more tha
… journalist and member of AZAPO/MWASA, is found dead in a police cell in Mahwelereng, Lebowa, with more tha …
Nigerian police fire tear gas to quell a riot, which erupts after officers shot dead a bus driver who refused to pay a bribe. F
… Nigerian police fire tear gas to quell a riot, which erupts after …
Meshack Mogale (16), dies in police custody after being arrested at a night vigil for an unrest victim. He was allegedly kicked
… Meshack Mogale (16), dies in police custody after being arrested at a night vigil for an …
A Black high school student, Sipho Malaza, dies while in Security Police custody. His death is the twenty-first in detention si
… high school student, Sipho Malaza, dies while in Security Police custody. His death is the twenty-first in detention si …
Amos Khoza (18) falls to his death seven stories from a flat in Johannesburg where he is allegedly escorting police to identify
… a flat in Johannesburg where he is allegedly escorting police to identify …
Johannes Nkosi is seriously injured by police during a campaign to burn passbooks. He dies on the 19th. Three other activists a
… Johannes Nkosi is seriously injured by police during a campaign to burn passbooks. He dies on the …
Soweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged on two counts of reckless and/or negligent driving and one
… Soweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged on two …
The Government sets up a quick reaction network of ninety-six police officers and twenty-nine ANC contact personnel to deal wit
… Government sets up a quick reaction network of ninety-six police officers and twenty-nine ANC contact personnel to deal …
Police announce the arrest of a number of Whites in connection with sabotage acts for which the Wit Kommando has claimed respon
… Police announce the arrest of a number of Whites in …
According to figures from the South African Police, the number of unrest-related deaths in Natal since 1 September 1987 up to t
… According to figures from the South African Police, the number of unrest-related deaths in Natal since 1 …
The ANC announces that it has given President de Klerk a list of police officers believed to have participated in township viol
… announces that it has given President de Klerk a list of police officers believed to have participated in township viol …
Foreign Minister Dr Hilgard Muller apologises to Zambia for the actions of five members of the South African police detained on
… for the actions of five members of the South African police detained on …
Police announce the release of the last of the 113 detainees held under Section 10 (preventive detention) of the Internal Secur
… Police announce the release of the last of the 113 detainees …
BiographyFeziwe Bookholane
… young political activists who were being sought by the police to secretly leave the country. Her work at the … people exposed her to the risk of arrest by…
BiographyArthur Goldreich
… of a gardener named "David Motsamayi" to hide from the police.During his speech from the dock on 20 April 1964 in … the now infamous Rivonia Raid. On that…
BiographyLawrence Schlemmer
… 1979-80, Schlemmer arrived at CSDS to find the Security Police waiting for him: they wanted access to the office of … they searched it. Schlemmer opened the…
BiographyJacqueline Daane-van Rensburg
… 1937. A White South African, her first encounter with police came in 1956 when she adopted a mute Black boy (6). … send the boy to the school for the deaf in…
BiographyElizabeth Komikie Gumede
… PAC and APLA was the driving force behind the apartheid police’s determination to wear her down in any way possible, … reveal crucial information that would…
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
… Communist propaganda. PIDE, the Portuguese security police, opened a file on him in 1938 and kept him in their … had relocated, and harassed constantly by…
Mzukisi Nobhadula
… which resulted from the frequent violent clashes between police and students in PE during 1977. Subsequently a number … that his death was 'presumably owing…