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EventNational Day of Prayer is observed peacefully
… youth and security forces in Soweto and other major townships. Called by the National Initiative for …
EventEducationist George Molefe is born
… he received the 'Freedom of Port Elizabeth's African Townships' in 1973 in recognition of his efforts to better …
PlaceSt. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown
… people were Forcibly Removed to KwaNdengezi and KwaDabeka Townships, in the former KwaZulu Homeland. Some of their …
EventA consumer boycott is called in Boksburg
… Whites-only toilets, parks and sports facilities. The two townships found enthusiastic corporate support. Several …
Freedom Part to Host Ken Oosterbroek Legacy Exhibition
… the bloody chaos that took place in South African townships in the early 1990s. In memory of Oosterbroek, who …
EventAfrican bus boycott lasting ten weeks is initiated in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
… areas like Sophiatown, Germiston and Edenvale and Pretoria townships such as Attridgeville and Lady Selbourne. After …
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… place. AZAPO also had a measure of support in the African townships of Durban and Pietermaritzburg. Skirmishes between …
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… with after seeking out young comrades in the black townships during the 1976 national youth uprisings that had …
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… from the Indian community to build schools in African townships of Umlazi, Port Shepstone and Inanda. Built the … to address the injustices suffered in the…
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… move people to the racially exclusive African and Indian townships of KwaMashu, Umlazi and Chatsworth miles away meet …
EventChumani Maxwele ignites the #RhodesMustFall Movement at UCT
… the lack of human dignity given to Black people living in townships. Dressed in running shoes and tights, a pink …
EventSoweto agrees to pay rent
… that the government would introduce electric cuts in other townships to force residents to end the boycott. …
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… On 7 January 1957, workers from Johannesburg and Pretoria townships refused to ride to work in buses owned by PUTCO … was the very existence of Apartheid -…
EventThe PAC is formed
… as the ANC within a year, especially in the southern Vaal townships (Soweto and Sharpeville, near Vereeniging) and in …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… the Worker 1980 Massive national school boycotts rocks the townships. 1980 Fietas, Johannesburg: The Pageview Residents … 1980 28 May, The schools boycott…
ArchiveUrban crisis and the apartheid state response: South African housing policy in the 1980s
… the upgrading of the so-called "oil-spots" in African townships as a way of promoting the top-down Black Local …
EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
… brewing by women, although the government often raided townships to prevent these activities. The only place where …
EventNelson Mandela is free
… clashed with youths looting shops in various cities and townships. In Mdantsane, Ciskei, 10 people were killed when …
EventSipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies
… he taught music and performed for young people from the townships. From his home recording studio, he produced a …
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… massacre, tensions began mounting in the Cape Town African townships of Nyanga and Langa. Philip Kgosana , a leader of … which you should refer to. Soweto…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… political awareness, study groups began to develop in townships across the country. Some of these were very …
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… states of emergency that brought white troops to the townships; a state of civil war existed in all but name. With … perspective of a white academic who is…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… support police efforts at containing ongoing unrest. Three townships south of Johannesburg –Sebokeng, Sharpeville and … broke out in Sebokeng and police were…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… arrested for offences related to the resistance in the townships. Within four months of the Soweto revolt 160 … protest is marked by uncontrollable fury…
Chapter II - Partners in protest
… venture to Pretoria. We worked not only in the adjacent townships but went into the Transvaal at weekends, wherever … with large packets of fish and chips,…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… from the jazz players in the black and coloured townships surrounding Port Elizabeth. He is also a music …
EventAn ANC car bomb directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command, Johannesburg, kills one person and injures 68
… to the apartheid government deploying troops in the townships to stifle resistance. On 30 July, a car with …
PlaceWindermere
… of whom were Black, were forcibly removed and relocated to townships such as Nyanga , Gugulethu and Langa . The area … existing prejudiced practices by…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Epilogue by Carol Hermer
… minister called on people who were respected in the townships, instead of the usual government appointees, to … much easier, but fares have risen and the…
EventMinister announces compulsory education for Black children
… About 45 000 children were affected at 201 schools in 38 townships throughout the country. They were to receive free …