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ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… country to provide basic health care to rural areas and townships. 1983 July, Asvat comes into conflict with the West …
ArticleContinued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s
… rise to prominence of the SACP, particularly in some Black townships as the ANC experienced a marked decline. However, …
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… aware of the extra police patrols that were set up in the townships following June 16. After the first shootings in … the third day the unrest had gained…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… Tokoza, Tembisa and Vosloorus are killed during attacks on townships. 4 September, 19 hostel dwellers are killed, …
Article1973 Durban Strikes
… issues as workers struggles in factories and townships were indivisible and majority of the unions in this …
ArticleA Culture of Survival
… a distinct working class culture developed in the townships, based on beer-brewing and shebeens. This culture … or drink beer. Police constantly raided the…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… people and spearhead the process of Black consciousness. Townships across the country were experiencing an increase in … and number of schools. This meant…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… by a limpet mine. 9 May, Two grenade attacks occur in townships in Pretoria. 1986 8 January, an explosion damages a …
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… to manipulate the white system. As conditions in the townships worsened, they turned to robbery, muggings and …
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… more prominent role in the organisation of protest in the townships, and to some extent in the rural areas. Many …
Zulu Community
… in 1929 in which a number of people were killed. Durban townships and the KwazuluKwaZulu Homeland The dawn of … African Durban residents were to be moved and…
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… settling in white areas, leading to the establishment of townships. Many men continued to come to the city without … own land in these areas. This meant that…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… SOYA spread rapidly in African colleges, schools and townships. Branches were set up in Fort Hare, Healdtown, … in the Western Cape. By 1960, SOYA had spread…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… appointed by the local government administered the townships in conjunction with a Native Advisory Board. In 1929 the government passed the Townships…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
… Orange Free State declared that women living in the urban townships would be required to buy new entry permits each …
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… 1930 The number of houses built at Western and Eastern Townships reaches a total of 2625. In terms of an amendment … 16 June, Police cordon off Soweto and…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… blacks. 11 September, Following unrest and rioting in the townships, the Minister of Law and Order prohibits all … stayaways, strikes and police brutality…
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… Township and the southern part of Claremont to ‘Coloured’ townships, and the removal of residents to Orlando, and the …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… one against a synagogue. 8 July, Thousands of Alexandra townships residents attended the funeral of activist Meshack … 15 August, Troops are deployed in…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… They forcibly removed the inhabitants of Sophiatown to townships such as Soweto, outside Johannesburg. Sophiatown … genre of music referred to as 'bubblegum'…
Liberation organisations
… fellow South Africans to quell civil war in the black townships To repress anti-apartheid activities Under the … and black police officers were forced to…
The Black Homeland Citizenship Act of 1970
… Bantustans achieve full independence. In addition, urban townships were established to provide a readily available …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… followed by continuous unrest: students and workers in the townships of every province boycotted schools, universities …
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
… The beginning of a sustained and violent uprising in the townships of the Vaal Triangle in September 1984 – at around …
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… Africans, led to a two-year uprising that spread to Black townships across the country. The protests encompassed all …
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… for African Women (CATAPAW), among other organisations and townships. The opening of the first office in cooperation … Sash in 1982 after being exposed to…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… goes on strike. PAC youth takes control of the Cape Town townships of Langa and Nyanga, setting up roadblocks and distributing food. 30 000 residents of…
ArticleZion Christian Church (ZCC)
… in more than 4,000 parishes, live primarily in urban townships and rural communities. The church is well known by …
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… Manguang township Mangaung is one of the largest black townships in the Free State and is subdivided into the …
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… they lived in extreme poverty. Urban blacks in the townships also lived under appalling conditions and Coloured …