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EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces withdrawal of Internal Stability Units (ISU)
… of the Internal Stability Units (ISU) from the East Rand townships of Kathlehong and Thokoza. They were replaced by …
ArchiveUnited Democratic Front/African National Congress/COSATU press statement
Press statement issued by the United Democratic Front, African National Congress and Congress of South African Trade Unions regarding the township's violence…
To All Fathers and Mothers, Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Workers, in All Cities, Towns and Villages in the Republic of South Africa. Flyer in English and Sesotho by the Soweto Students’ Representative Council, 15 October 1976
… week-end. Death has become a common thing to us all in the townships. There is no peace, there shall be none until we are all free. 1. Soweto and all Black…
ArchiveWinnie Madikizela-Mandela: Revolutionary who kept the Spirit of Resistance alive by Shireen Hassim (The Conversation), 3 April 2018
… in the ANC, especially in the everyday politics of the townships, when the leadership of the party was crafting new … with people in the harsh conditions of…
PlaceHammarsdale, KZN
Despite their defeats in battles with the Boers and the British during the nineteenth Century, the Zulus have remained an active force in South African…
EventVaal Uprising Begins as Sharpeville Residents Resist Rent Increases
… residents of Sharpeville and surrounding Vaal Triangle townships rose up against a R5.90 rent increase imposed by … established by the Apartheid government…
EventTrojan Horse Massacre Memorial unveiled
… desperation to quell social unrest and protests in the townships of the Western Cape. In Athlone, the area bordered …
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
… retail and business development was permitted within the townships (as they began to be called), forcing residents to …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 1 - Rural Change and the Future of South Africa by Rachidi R. Molapo
… living in the municipal locations and the African freehold townships on a more settled basis. Source: Philip Bonner. …
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
… organization; which aimed at reducing tensions in townships in PE [56] ● Head of the Eastern Grand Temple …
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
The Black Consciousness philosophy gained most of its support in the secondary schools and universities. The role played by the Black Consciousness Movement …
PlaceMeadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
… removed from Areas like: Sophiatown and the Western Native Townships. The forced removals began on February 10, 1955, … a Diepmeadows Town Council was formed…
Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 3 April 1936 at 8.20 p.m.
… during last week had interfered with activities in the townships. Com Phashe reported a similar postponement of …
ArchiveCHAPTER FOUR: The Revival Of Alliance Politics, 1982-1984 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… a formula for poison to put into water reservoirs in black townships had been discussed at a Boeremag meeting, a police …
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… because it was hard for students to see beyond their townships for inspiration [ix] . On that topic, he says …
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… among black people in Mbekweni township of Paarl and other townships around Cape Town. Towards the end of 1962 Poqo …
PlaceEmpangeni
… hot, sticky, languid days. It is only 15 km away are the townships of: Esikhawini, Vulindlela, Felixton, Nseleni and … hot, sticky, languid days. It is only…
PlaceAlberton, Germiston
… Era inhabitants were removed to surrounding black townships, and a white suburb was established around the dam …
Stay-away!
… around this issue too. We had big meetings in the townships, some of them outside, and we went from house to …
PlaceDelmas
… 16.2% and English 7.2%. Bothibelong is one of the oldest townships in Delmas and it is located 3 km north of Delmas. …
PlaceWinnie Mandela Drive, Johannesburg
… the new signage was installed early in that year. 'S.A. Townships' (the company that developed Bryanston), realised … the Bryanston highway or 'William Nicol…
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
… termed "black art". He clearly had an impact on art in the townships and encouraged artists to produce work that wasn't …
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… following the Youth uprising in 1976 in Soweto and other townships. In doing so it also wants to investigate possible … of the liberation movement. In Soweto…
SAHO Milestones
… Cape Flats Details - Life and Popular Art in Cape Town’s Townships by Chris Ledochowski First published by SAHO & … documenting life in the Cape Flat’s…
ArticleStaffrider magazine (1978-1993)
… as writers across the country, particularly in the townships, formed writing groups. These groups were …
The diary of Maria Tholo - Augusts 25 - September 3 by Carol Hermer
… Cape Town is in chaos. On Wednesday the students from the townships went to the centre of town to hold a protest march. … One is quite scared to open one's…
Remembering Nadine Gordimer (The Conversation), 15 July 2014
… to; the energies, passions and frustrations of the black townships; the personal experience of the political world; … crimes against the state, and attending…
EventJoe Slovo dies
… solution was instead to provide utilities to the townships and until more and better government housing could …