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BiographyPixley ka Isaka Seme
… Pixley Seme was born on 1 October 1881 in Natal, the son of Isaka Sarah (nee Mseleku) Seme. Little is … and teenager. He obtained his primary school…
BiographyOlive Peace Landman
… Olive Peace Rosenberg was born in Knysna on 5 August 1919, the eldest daughter of Hendrika Jacoba Pieterse and Ellis … having trained at Emgwali and Lovedale…
Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984
… Apartheid was brought to an end by the struggles of millions of ordinary people in townships, … hostels where it was easier to operate without detection…
BiographyPhumzile John Gomomo
… 25 October in 1945. He was one of seven children born to the late Ndabeni (Mnzotho) and Nonga Stofile (Mpondo). He … a number of factory jobs in Uitenhage,…
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
… Western Cape) on 14th July 1936. His childhood witnessed the final days of colonial rule and the transition to the apartheid regime in 1948, and in 1950, ……
Virgile Joseph Bonhomme
… College where he completed Standard Six (Grade Eight). At the age of 15 he became an apprentice upholsterer at a … business, where he remained for 14 years…
Liberation organisations
… UDF The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a non-racial alliance … point in trade union history came about with the Durban strikes in 1973. These strikes…
Emma Thandi Mashinini
… was born in Rosettenville, Johannesburg in 1929. In the early 1930s, she and her family were forcibly removed to … working hours from 45 to 40 hours, and…
BiographySedick Isaacs
… Sedick Isaacs was born in 1939 and grew up in the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town , Western Province (now Western Cape). He was the second eldest in a family of four…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… For this complex period to be studied, the Sharpeville massacre, Soweto uprising and the release of … English was made compulsory as a medium of instruction…
BiographyLouis Botha
… Louis Botha was born near Greytown in Natal in 1862. He was the son of Voortrekker parents and was brought up on a farm in the Free State, and was educated…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984 by Noor Nieftagodien
… From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned … hostels where it was easier to operate without detection. Strikes were ruthlessly dealt…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… Introduction The 16 June 1976 Uprising that began in Soweto and spread … English was made compulsory as a medium of instruction in schools in 1974, black…
BiographyCleopas Madoda Nsibande
… seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended school … After school he started working at…
Cleopas Madoda Nsibande
… seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended school … After school he started working at…
New tactics in the revolt
… Reaction Takes the Offensive After the first attempted march on Johannesburg … them, and they were more likely to find the closing of the schools…
BiographyBen Khoapa
… moved to Johannesburg where he began working for the YMCA. In 1968, the YMCA sent him on a trip to the United States where he … with the founding of BPC and…
BiographyManiben Sita
… Maniben Sita was born on 24 December 1926 in the Asiatic Bazaar, ( Marabastad , Pretoria ) in Transvaal … and been greatly influenced by Mahatma Gandhi ,…
BiographyElias Phakane Moretsele
… At an early age he moved to Johannesburg where he joined the South African Native National Congress (SANNC, since 1923 the ANC) in 1917. He was the owner of…
BiographyMichael Gagashe Zondi
… Natal and was later trained in woodwork by Mr Magni at the Swedish Lutheran mission trade school. At the age of twenty-five while an instructor at the…
EventA resolution against the use of Afrikaans is taken during SASM conference in Roodepoort
… On 28 May 1976, the South African Student Movement (SASM) held a conference … minutes of the General Students' Council read: The recent strikes by schools…
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… Filling the void left by SASO? The Azanian Students Organisation … was similar to the role played by students prior to the 73 Strikes who brought to the…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… The 1980s saw escalating state repression and mass … (SRCs), which could fight against sexual harassment at schools and to popularise the Freedom Charter…
BiographyJ B Marks
… mother, a midwife. His father was a staunch supporter of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1919, his parents succeeded in getting him enrolled at the…
BiographyClements Kadalie
… April 1896 in Nkhata Bay District at Chifira village near the Bandawe Mission Station in Nyasaland, presently Malawi . He was the second born son of Mr and…
BiographyMoses Jongizizwe Mayekiso
… October 1948 in Askeaton, Cala district, Transkei. He was the eldest of 12 children to Ellen and Betwell Mayekiso. He attended the Askeaton Primary School,…
Soweto forty years on: The Black student rebellion of 1976 by Professor Noor Nieftagodien
… reposted from Amandla! Magazine — A defining feature of the 1976 uprising was the decisive entry of black students … of history. Until the 1960s, the number…
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
… born in 1929. His father a cinematograph operator became the secretary of the Cinematograph Workers Union, a post he held for over 20 years. He was in one…
BiographyLionel Rusty Bernstein
… (now KwaZulu-Natal) of European Jewish immigrants. He was the youngest of four children. Orphaned at twelve years, he … office, while studying architecture…
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
… (nee Joseph) was born on 19 September 1925 in Paarl , in the Western Cape . She was born into a large family of 8 … became ill with tuberculosis. When a…