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ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… 1920 The decade sees residents of Bethlehem removed to the township of Tlhabane, some 5km from the centre of town. The …
PlaceMeadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
… and continued until the mid-1960's when most of the new Township had been completed. Early residents were segregated … and continued until the mid-1960's…
EventProtest against pass laws in Langa
… Hundreds of Blacks assembled in the Langa township outside Cape Town to protest against new pass laws. …
EventHezekiel Sepeng is born
… in one of J.P. van der Merwe’s coaching clinics in a township outside Potchefstroom. Having won numerous medals …
EventFormer anti-apartheid activist, Allan Boesak accuses ANC
… Rainbow Debate at a heritage festival held in Eersterust Township, east of Pretoria. Boesak maintained he had stopped …
EventCharges against 53 of the 76 Africans detained after the Sharpeville massacre are dropped
… who were protesting against the pass laws in the township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging in the Transvaal. …
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… in the area were burnt down, 38 people were killed and township councillors flee for their lives. 28 August, as …
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… before he died. In 1948, the family moved to Ginsberg Township, just outside of King William’s Town in today's … had to leave the venue after 72 hours,…
EventMbongeni Ngema was born on this day
… Some of his most successful plays include Woza Albert, Township Fever and Mama. He was inducted in the New York …
EventOrlando Pirates captain and goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa dies
… dead by two armed men who entered the house in Vosloorus township, near Johannesburg,where he was at the time of the …
EventRetired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto
… was born on 16 October 1944 in Orlando East, Soweto, a township South West of Johannesburg. Motaung began playing …
EventWinnie Mandela charged with kidnapping
… Mandela as a front for the political mobilisation of township youths to stand against apartheid. Jerry Richardson …
EventProtests against Afrikaans language in Black schools
… views on the matter. In addition many other schools in the township protested against Afrikaans, as a medium of …
PlaceSt. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown
… was proclaimed a Coloured group Area. This Land became the Township of Marianridge, in 1976. Land on the East of St. …
Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , “South Africa: Ten Years of the Stay-at-Home”, International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961
… on an anti-pass campaign and drew in the entire African township population, so that it would appear that this was a … composed of representatives of every…
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… between police, army, Azapo and the ANC in Bekkersdal township, 1994 African Media Online During 1981 tensions …
EventJacob Thabo Lengane is murdered in Soweto
… wound in his head, near to Community centre in Moletsane township, Soweto. Mr Lengane was murdered after being …
PlaceKwaDukuza
… on the 10 February 1873. Stanger Village was granted Township status in 1920 and Borough status in July 1949. …
EventBanned PAC leader Sobukwe is admitted as attorney
… left Robben Island, only to be banished to Galeshewe township near Kimberley where he was banned from writing, …
PlaceWinnie Mandela Drive, Johannesburg
… realised at an early date that the main access to the township, namely via Jan Smuts Avenue and Ferndale, using: ' … without cost. An associated company,…
EventTwo ANC members convicted of terrorism training
… of Russian origin on their return in 1985 to Mdantsane Township, Eastern Cape, South Africa in 1985. In the …
ArchiveKwaZakele - the politics of transition in South Africa: an Eastern Cape study
… an in-depth study of the African community of Kwazakele, a township in the Nelson Mandela metropolitan area in the …
PlaceCato Manor Heritage Centre, Durban
… that document the Areas turbulent History. Cato Manor, a Township boasting a unique multi-cultural Community, Informal …
EventThe Sebokeng Massacre of mourners leaves more than 30 dead and 40 more injured
… His body was later found at a rubbish dump in the nearby township of Boipatong. While attending the vigil, a gang of …
EventReconciliation talks between F.W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are rescheduled due to violence in Sebokeng
… killed several anti-apartheid demonstrators in Sebokeng, a township in the southern Gauteng (then Transvaal) area, on 26 …
EventJohnny Clegg, South African musician is born
… father’s job as a crime reporter, Clegg became exposed to township life when he would accompany him on assignments. It …
EventPolice increase their presence in Soweto
… rifles, stun guns and carbines, patrolled the vast township. The South African Defence Force army was also on …
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… university residence and must sleep in the neighbouring township. Black and white members of NUSAS are furious. The … townships throughout the country…
The ANC Gauteng condemns violent protests and ongoing disruption of schools in Gauteng Province!, 7 September 2011
… children, devastating impact of HIV/AIDS, the demise of township economy. We have directed all the local and regional … Committees; Economic transformation:…