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ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… to establish committees in every workplace, village and township. The final stage would involve the election of …
ArticlePartial State of Emergency, July 1985
… collection By the end of 1985, the UDF still found the township revolts problematic and found itself in a difficult …
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
… in Sharpeville ), and during the Soweto Uprising and the township revolts of the 1980s. The SADF Reserve Contact …
ArchiveBriefing document on KTC situation
… national organisations, the involvement of UDF's affected township organisations and also the issue of direct peace …
ArchiveThirty years later: we say no to high prices, forced removals, passes
… and white poster with artwork of a woman from Khayelitsha township, with her her hand in chains. Notice of an …
EventWinnie Mandela receives a 6 months’ sentence
… (now Winnie Madikizela-Mandela), restricted to a Black township at Brandfort, Orange Free State, was sentenced to …
ArchiveHuhudi Youth Organisation
… Red and white, with artwork of a house with the name of the township Pudumong on; and a person standin in front, with his …
ArchiveWhile the rich get richer
… large car, the other with a man setting up a tent in a township. Small cross with barbed wire around top in bottom …
PlaceAgincourt, Mpumalanga
… Township some 6 km North of Cunning Moor. Presumably named …
EventThe State of Emergency is declared in thirty six magisterial districts.
… The increasing popular resistance and violent township protests amid the 1980s forced the South African …
EventGana Makabeni dies
… Congress (ANC) in the 1940s, died in the Western Native Township, Johannesburg. He died a batchelor after a short …
PlaceAkasia- a Complex of Suburbs, of Pretoria
… Orchards. The Orchards was established as a Residential Township in 1904 and an old Dutch-Reformed Church, was in the … Akasia and dates back to 1904…
PlaceImizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… The Township of Imizamo Yethu is situated in the picturesque … in Imizamo Yethu and another Coloured Community in the Township of Hangklip , near the Harbour…
PlacePreller-Rondawels, Pelindaba
… in 1920 for the building of the Hartbeespoort Dam and a Township development. The Township remained in the planning stage for a long time and …
EventAfrican National Congress guerilla is shot and killed in Orange Free State.
… Congress guerilla was shot and killed by police in a township called Ficksburg in Orange Free State on 2nd June …
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
… than six hundred South Africans were killed in the Soweto Township Uprising, the ANC was able to broadcast the …
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… In 1976 the boycott received overwhelming support as township residents refrained from the usual frenetic …
ArchiveThe Alexandra bus boycott
… discusses the bus boycott by the people of Alexandra Township against a penny increase in fares. But, the …
PlaceAmajuba, a Mountain in Natal
… Amajuba, the Railway Station Majuba, and Amajuba Park, a Township in Newcastle. …
BiographyJanet Mary Cherry
Janet Mary Cherry was born in 1961 in Cape Town, where she was raised. Janet comes from a family committed to social justice. Her father, Robin, the Dean of…
BUT NOT FOR BREAD ALONE
… The inferior quality of these tiny, rapidly -constructed township houses added to the difficulties of African workers. … for the City Council during the…
ArticleA Culture of Survival
… and arrests for illegal beer-brewing were common among township women. In addition to a very high fine or jail if …
EventSouth African pop queen, Brenda Fassie, is born
… South African Pop Queen, was born in 1964 in Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American …
EventSouth African Political activist, James Sofasonke Mpanza dies
… activist and founder of the Sofasonke Party in Orlando Township, Soweto , passed away at his Orlando East home in …
EventTwelve people are killed in Daveyton
… officer and two children, were killed in the eastern Rand township of Daveyton, near Benoni. The incident, which was …
EventTsotsi wins Academy Award
… awards in Hollywood. Set amidst the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto - where survival is the primary objective …
EventGen. Magnus Malan appears in court
… related to a massacre of thirteen people in KwaMakhuta township south of Durban in 1987. All the accused were …
EventAlexandra Action Committee member is shot dead in Johannesburg
… instructed the youth not to bring stolen cars to Alexandra Township. Both organizations, AYCO and ASCO, blamed the rival …
PlaceCato Manor, Durban
… and is situated 5km west of the Durban city centre. The Township was known for its rich cultural and political … clan who were replaced by the Ntuli clan…
ArticlePublic Protest in Democratic South Africa
… in government services in Gugulethu, an impoverished township near Cape Town, in August 2012. Source: AFP/Rodger …