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EventMandela and De Klerk hold emergency talks
… emergency talks in Pretoria about increasing violence in Soweto. Fighting in Soweto started when Zulu migrant workers armed with axes and …
EventCommittee of Ten wants election of a new community board
… The 'Committee of 10' formed by prominent Soweto residents, issued a programme for the election of a new community board to have total autonomy in Soweto,…
ArchiveInterview with Lybon Tiyani Mabasa
… in 1952 and graduated from Sekano-Ntoane High School in Soweto in 1971. He studied at the University of the North, … In 1976 he began teaching at Meadowlands…
EventThe Natives Resettlement Act, Act No 19 of 1954 is passed
… residents were forcefully removed to Meadowlands in Soweto . In January 1955 the government deployed security … on to trucks with their goods and forced to…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… people of South Africa set off by the heroic revolt in Soweto , may be regarded as one of the greatest acts of … the SACP adopts a document, "The Way…
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… 9 Black Consciousness leaders under the Terrorism Act 1976 Soweto riots 1978 8 January, his wife Foszia visits Botswana, …
PlaceMandela House
… The Mandela House Museum in Soweto is housed in what was once the home of Nelson Mandela … political prisoner and South Africa's former president . Soweto…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… want to live there' 1972 Spent six months photographing in Soweto 'In 1970, I said to Charles Eglington, the editor of … to me, "I think you must photograph…
EventRand Afrikaans University is established
… the Witwatersrand Technikon and the two Vista campuses of Soweto and the East Rand, to form the University of … Park Kingsway, Auckland Park Bunting,…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Bibliography
… Miller Longman, 2001. Bonner, Philip and Lauren Segal. Soweto, A History . Johannesburg, Maskew Miller Longman, … Rocky Rioter Teargas Show: The Inside Story…
EventUnrest breaks out at Naledi High School as Security police confront learners
… and burned their car. The first sign of Black unrest in Soweto schools was noticed by government authorities on 4 … Tsietsi Mashinini led the peaceful…
EventRichard Maponya, one of South Africa’s richest businessmen, is born
… into business, first by opening small grocery shops in Soweto with his wife. He then went on to bigger ventures such … group Zenprop in the construction of a…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… were partially funded by government. In a township like Soweto , the unavailability of schools became a serious … opposed this instruction. From the…
EventNational Day of Prayer is observed peacefully
… fears of violence between youth and security forces in Soweto and other major townships. Called by the National … peacefulness, there are some reports to the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… 21 May. 25-27 May, There are several sabotage attacks - in Soweto, on the Natal coast, East London and in Durban - for … claims responsibility. 16 June, On…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… and sometimes even discouraged UDF involvement. June 1976, Soweto Youth Riots. Picture: Bailey's African History … Parents become concerned with the…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… however, did not last long. Soon after he began, the 1976 Soweto Uprising occurred and the ANC in exile saw its numbers …
EventAthlete Mathews Motshwareteu enters the annals of the country’s athletics history after only five weeks of track athletics
… Mathews Motshwareteu was born on 2 November 1958 in Soweto, Johannesburg. His talent for athletics became … primary school years, which he spent at Isaacson…
EventNaledi High School is founded
… and burned their car. The first sign of Black unrest in Soweto schools was noticed by government authorities on 4 … Tsietsi Mashinini led the peaceful…
EventArtist, Thomas Trevor Motswai , award-winning South African artist is born
… international acclaim. Motswai was born on 27 May 1963, in Soweto, South of Johannesburg. Although he was born deaf, he … on buses, talking and singing in…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… 21 May. 25-27 May, There are several sabotage attacks - in Soweto, on the Natal coast, East London and in Durban - for … to P W Botha's offer of freedom at…
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… magazine in the early 80s. 1976 Bongani Mnugni covers the Soweto Uprising on the 16th of June. Sam Nzima photographs … alongside her brother's body. Peter…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.2 Apr-May 1979
… on the banning of Staffrider Vol 2 No. 1 March 1979, Soweto Speaking to Miriam Tlali,Khauleza Creative Society … (Dobsonville) Poems by: Maswabi a'Legwale…
EventThirteen residents of Mofolo die in IFP attack
… people were killed and eighteen injured in an attack on Soweto residents after an Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) rally … rally in Jabulani Stadium as well as…
ArchiveThe Moral Problem of Winnie Mandela by Paul Trewhela (Dailymaverick.com), 6 April 2018, South Africa
… after their children on her own, working with activists in Soweto ahead of the June 16 1976 school students uprising, in … Life took a heavy toll on her…
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
… attacks at the Moroka and Orlando Police stations in Soweto and the Wonderboom Police station in Pretoria in which … uprising as cause for their actions…
New tactics in the revolt
… say, "We shall overcome", but I say we shall overcome. In Soweto the Urban Bantu Council was busy organising vigilante … largely isolated from the more…
ArticleSilverton Siege
… detachment, a generation of MK recruits thrown up by the Soweto Revolt of 1976. …
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… which had gone underground by now. On June 16, 1976 , Soweto students’ revolted against the use of Afrikaans as the …
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… On 27 June 1976, almost two weeks after the Soweto Uprising on 16 June, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, the … had ushered in a new era of political consciousness. The…