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Andrew Tshabangu
… Born: Soweto, 1966. Tshabangu has studied at a number of …
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… 1979 1970 The Anglo American Corporation offers money for Soweto classrooms but this is not accepted. August, In an … as the BPC's full-time youth…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… He begins working at a clinic in the Chicken Farm area of Soweto. At the clinic he installs public toilets, opens a … June, Asvat’s clinic catches on fire…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… was agreed upon at the Congress of the People in Kliptown, Soweto. The Congress of the People was a joint anti-apartheid … a large role in inspiring protests…
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… after midnight on 30 October 2002 eight bomb blasts rocked Soweto. Seven of the blasts occurred on main commuter railway … the armed forces and police could…
ArchiveStudent walkouts have changed history before. In South Africa, one helped end apartheid by DeNeen L. Brown (The Washington Post), 14 March 2018
… 16, 1976, more than 10,000 black high school students in Soweto marched out of school, protesting an apartheid … officials, none of them will be risking…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
… hand of the white government for more than a decade, until Soweto 1976.” Harris was sentenced to death and executed in …
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… Levy Fund for finances to build a direct access road to Soweto. The South African Railways which, at the time, held a … are resettled in an area which has…
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… further activity against apartheid. This culminated in the Soweto Uprising of 1976. In 1976, student protests against Bantu education in Soweto, the…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… in Cape Town reacted to the news they heard of events in Soweto. A teacher at one of the Coloured schools was later to … write: 'We haven't done much by way…
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… Music, Drama and Literature Institute (MDALI) in Soweto and Peoples Experimental Theatre (PET) in Lenasia, … was also formed, with the most prominent branch…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… meeting discusses plans to re-launch MK. 1976 24 May, Soweto pupils reject the Orland Diepkloof School Board’s … least three others. This begins what…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… and Germany. The aftermath of the June 16 unrest in Soweto witnessed thousands of students leaving South Africa … drive because the ANC was well established…
The adoption of the Freedom Charter
… of the 1940s. UDF meeting, mid 1980's, probably Soweto. Photograph by Paul Weinberg © South Photographs …
EventAfrikaans is used for the first time in an international document with the signing of the Convention of Mozambique in Pretoria
… as a medium of education in 1976, which led to the Soweto’s student uprising. …
ArticleBlack Women’s Federation
… with the Transvaal women and a delegation travelled to Soweto, where a resolution was taken to form a national …
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… to expel him from the PAC. Increased activity after Soweto Riots (1976-1994) With the increase of student … and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. In the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… as a medium of instruction exploded on 16 June 1976 in Soweto and spread to others parts of the country. The … of the Special Committee Against Apartheid. 24…
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… 1992. 2 June 1992: Mass action begins with a strike at Soweto’s Baragwanath Hospital. 15 June 1992: The Management …
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… Organisation (SASO) South African Students Movement (SASM) Soweto Students Representative Council (SSRC) Soweto Teachers Action Committee (STAC) Transvaal…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… Town. Source: The Drum Archive / african.pictures The 1976 Soweto riots ushered in an era of increased confrontation … The impact of 16 June 1976 The events…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… of white owned shops for one day on the anniversary of the Soweto uprising, June 16. The police dispersed the crowd with …
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… in urban areas rose dramatically. And “in a township like Soweto , the unavailability of schools became a serious … opposed this instruction. From the…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… in the middle of forced removals of the community to Soweto. At the time of the boycott the process of resettling … residents had been relocated to different…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… are killed by the South African police in White City, Soweto as a clash between police and residents on rent … with South African police. 5-23 August, About…
ArticlePoqo
… the African political organisations. In the aftermath of Soweto, a number of students went into exile. The PAC's … was the Ruvu camp. The exiled PAC…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… Assembly convened at Uncle Tom’s Hall in Orlando West, Soweto. Among those in attendance were 1,200 delegates from … at the party's launch at Uncle Tom’s…
Indian Community in Lenasia
… the famous matchbox houses provided for African people in Soweto, they consisted of a kitchen, bathroom/toilet and … by the Indian population only”, ruling…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.1 No.2 May-Jun 1978
… Joshua Motaung Kwa Thema ,Two Poems Sipho T Molale Iketlo, Soweto ,Portraits of the Gone, a poem Wessel Ebersohn Durban … Livingstone Durban , Two Poems…