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PlaceFraserburg
… as the Peperbus on certain piece of land situate in the Township of Fraserburg, Division of Fraserburg, being Lot 24, …
PlaceRoodepoort Town School, Rex Street
… of the School, situated on Erf 2100, in Rooderpoort Township. In 1996 the school became St. John the Baptist …
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… had a colour theme, set in a shack at a Port Elizabeth township. The play was about two brothers, one (Fugard) …
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… particularly from the late 1960s is known for recording township scenes and addressing political and social issues in …
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was born in 1964 in Langa , a township near Cape Town . She was named after the American …
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
… would encourage private sector funding for housing in the township. She was detained for five months under the …
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
… farmers, he himself was evicted from a farm near Ezakheni Township in KwaZulu Natal. He was the only male who lived on … (Ladysmith) is a Public Primary…
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… origin of Chatsworth Chatsworth is a historically Indian township located in Durban some 14km south-west of the City … between White residential areas and…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… rights for all is held. Police open fire in the Alexandra Township and other areas on the Reef, killing 18 and wounding … officiates at a meeting held in…
EventTwelve ANC supporters are killed in eSikhawini
… was done to disarm IFP supporters and stop attacks on the township's hostel, known to be an ANC stronghold. The SAP and …
Event11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on negotiators in Sebokeng
… often characterised by mass attacks by hostel dwellers on township communities, mostly in the Vaal/Reef area. One such …
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… At Seipei's funeral on 25 February 1989, at Tumahole Township in the Orange Free State, the Black community …
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto
… founded Artists under the Sun, which began as a group of township artists who showcased at Joubert Park in Central …
ArchiveANC 2019 Election Manifesto
… small businesses and cooperatives, as well as the grow the township and village economy. These interventions will be … small and medium enterprises, emerging…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… of South African fiction. Set in a village and a township near Pretoria, the text records the resilience of … Writers. He used a vibrant mix of rap-styled…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… MK cache and ANC leaflets were discovered by police in a township near Springs on the East Rand. Later in the same … province, clashes between axe-wielding…
The diary of Maria Tholo - October 18 - November 1 by Carol Hermer
… yet. They are searchÂing everyone who comes into the township. Isaac was telling me that last week they had raided … Angela says her husband and his friends…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… and guitarist in the jazz-influenced South African township style. He has composed music for documentary …
Zulu Community
… residents knew they would not qualify for residence in a township and would be repatriated to their ‘place of origin’ …
The diary of Maria Tholo - Augusts 25 - September 3 by Carol Hermer
… of these spiritual churches. 4 The minister is one of the township headmen. In fact, I hadn't known he was a minister … chased they didn't go back, just…
EventSmiso Zwane, South African hip hop artist is born
… Zwane, stage name Okmalumkoolkat was born in the Umlazi township of Durban on 27 July 1985. [i] Along ZamaniXolo …
ArchiveFirst Mafika Gwala Lecture: The Arts of Resistance - Mafika Gwala and South African Poetry by Ari Sitas
… the “academic crawl” and what the suburbs had done to the township and its poetry. Remembering Mafika Pascal Gwala …
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
… and the trade union movement. Born in Alexandra township, Johannesburg in 1950, he attended Orlando West High …
EventState of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre
… that inspired the State of Emergency took place in the township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging in the Transvaal. …
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… (PTC) was organised, including the ANC and other local township organisations. Activists began distributing protest … part of the Native Revenue Account…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… day in 1976 more than 20 000 pupils from the African township complex of Soweto began a protest march against a … were engaged in running street battles all…
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… 69 when the police opened fire on demonstrators in the township of Sharpeville protesting against the government’s …
BiographyTim Bruwer
… flyer which had been put in letterboxes in the Coloured township, accusing him of being a communist and of teaching … had been banned by the government to…
PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… In 1925 the Township owners of Houghton Estate, the Johannesburg …
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
South Africa battles water scarcity as it is one of the thirty driest regions in the world. On average the country receives 500 mm rainfall in a year. [1] As…