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BiographyLivingstone Mqotsi
… His wife and children went to her parents in the Transkei and Mqotsi went to East London where he tried to … was especially critical of the Matanzima regime…
BiographyMadi Gray
… cultural group, called Amandla to Stockholm in March 1976. Amongst the group were Pallo Jordan and Ronnie Kasrils … ANC, were on public platforms in Sweden…
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
… opposition to apartheid. A year later on 19 August 1976, her son Rashid was detained in the wake of the 1976 student revolt. Nine days later, Meer was also…
BiographyDawood Seedat
… Dawood Seedat (1916-1976) was the grandson of a Ladysmith, Natal (now … a host of organisations. Dawood Seedat passed away in 1976. …
BiographyLucas Manyane Mangope
… Mangope and his Bophuthatswana Democratic Party. After the 1976 Soweto uprising when arsonist set fire to the homeland's …
BiographyBuchi Emecheta
… A Kind of Marriage , was first screened by the BBC in 1976. In the late 1970s she was a visiting professor at …
BiographyAntjie Krog
… Prinsen-Geerligs prize for most promising young writer in 1976. Again in 1990 she won the Hertzog prize for the best …
BiographyThandi Klaasen
… the Count Pushkin Award for Best Female Vocalist (1976), the Woman of Distinction Award in Canada (1999), the …
BiographyPeter Jones
… in Western Cape . Jones after completing High School in 1976, he became politically active at the University of the …
BiographyMpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom
… was a year old when the student riots broke out on 16 June 1976. Grootboom was a pupil at MorutaThutho Primary School, …
Nikiwe Deborah Matshoba
… and an eighteen month spell in solitary confinement. In 1976 she was arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act …
BiographyJames Matthews
… of Matthews’s later publications were banned as well. In 1976, Matthews was himself detained at Victor Verster prison …
BiographySipo Elijah Mzimela
… Seminary. After being ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1976, he obtained a PhD in Ethics at New York University. He …
BiographySheena Duncan
… president, membership was just over a thousand, but the 1976 Soweto uprising brought many young women into the …
BiographyJonty Driver
… Humberstone Comprehensive School in South Humberside. In 1976 he became a Research Fellow at the University of York. …
BiographySaleem Badat
… Dr. Saleem Badat’s political awakening came with the 1976 Soweto uprising , developing into activism during his …
BiographyEric Mtshali
… Representative in Tanzania, a position he retained until 1976. During this time he also spent two terms at the Party …
BiographyCecyl Esau
… in 1986. During the national student uprising in 1976, Esau became aware that the students from the oppressed … exploitation. It was also during the…
BiographyAlan Keith Brooks
… After the outbreak of the Student Uprising on 16 June 1976, students left the country in numbers for exile. During … a book about the history of the young…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… of détente. The Soweto Uprising that began on June 16 1976 shocked the country. Vorster responded two days later, … were not allowed. He made further changes…
BiographyStanislaus Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni
… 1970s and 1980s. They sheltered many of the children of 1976 who passed through Lusaka and Nairobi. From 1974 to …
BiographyMark Shinners
… they revived the PAC. After the national uprising in 1976, Shinners and 17 other PAC members were accused of … Pan Africanist Congress ‘Underground’ in the…
BiographyTiego Moseneke
… joined the anti-apartheid movement and was detained in 1976 for taking part in a student demonstration. The …
ArchiveMinutes of the 98th Ordinary Meeting of the Urban Bantu Council of Johannesburg held in the Urban Bantu Council Chamber, Jabulani, on Thursday 29 July 1976 at 2.30pm
… Urban Bantu Council Chamber, Jabulani, on Thursday 29 July 1976 at 2.30pm …
ArchiveMinutes of the 97th Ordinary Meeting of the Urban Bantu Council of Johannesburg heldÂ… in the Urban Bantu Council Chamber, Jabulani, on Wednesday 26 May 1976 at 2.30pm
… Urban Bantu Council Chamber, Jabulani, on Wednesday 26 May 1976 at 2.30pm …
ArchiveMinutes of the 96th Ordinary Meeting of the Urban Bantu Council of Johannesburg heldÂ… in the Urban Bantu Council Chamber, Jabulani, on Thursday 29 April 1976 at 2.30pm
… Bantu Council Chamber, Jabulani, on Thursday 29 April 1976 at 2.30pm …
ArchiveMinutes of the 93rd Ordinary Meeting of the Urban Bantu Council of Johannesburg heldÂ… in the Urban Bantu Council Chamber, Jabulani, on Thursday 29 January 1976 at 2.30pm
… Bantu Council Chamber, Jabulani, on Thursday 29 January 1976 at 2.30pm …
BiographyGordon Sprigg
… qualified Blacks to vote. With the annexation of the Transkei, the Xhosas threatened to become the dominant …
BiographyRexon ‘Scotch’ Mathebula
… in SA. Exhibitions: 1973: KwaDlangenza, Zululand. 1976: Newark, Zululand. 1984: UZ (African Art Festival ”” …
BiographyNgugi wa Thiong’o
… name, James, in favour of Ngugi during this time. In 1976 wa Thiong’o co-authored the play, The Trial of Dedan …