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EventANC celebrates its 79th anniversary in Durban
… the South African government to dismantle apartheid, and township protests erupted in the 1980s, the Nationalist Party …
EventBoeremag bomb blasts rock Soweto and Bronkhorstspruit
… on main commuter railway lines running through the township. The damage to the railway lines was estimated at …
EventAmy Biehl’s murderers receive amnesty from TRC
… three black colleagues back to Cape Town's Guguletu Township, a group of youths pelted her car with stones and …
PlaceRobert Sobukwe Town, was called Graaf-Reinet
… in Graaff-Reinet for game viewing, rock art, fossil study, township walkabouts and Boer War monuments. A visit to the …
PlaceDiepsloot, Johannesburg
… Diepsloot is a densely populated township in the North of Johannesburg, South Africa. … Diepsloot is a densely populated township in the North of…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… Kunene was shot to death on June 30 in the Alexandra Township. 25 July , Senior ANC member, Sathyandranath ‘Mac’ … a list of police officers believed to have…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… and found accommodation in 46 Seventh Avenue in Alexandra Township. Mandela convinced the regent that he was going to … stayed in "Dark City", the poorest…
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… of South Africa in 1910, Nelspruit passed from colonial township into the segregated order of the new state. The …
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… A number of people are killed in the nearby African township thereafter 1953 The National Party consolidates …
PlaceOlievenhoutbosch, Centurion-Pretoria
… This Township was established when Centurion was incorporated into … This Township was established when Centurion was incorporated into …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… had occupied a Group Area designated for another race. Township residents tried to rebuild their lives despite … to move along with many others to a vast…
PlaceNdabeni
… able to live in town, but with the establishment of the township came labour supply regulations and pass laws. These …
EventRioting and destruction in Cato Manor and Durban continues
… Durban city center to Kwa Mashu, a newly established black township on the outskirts, was met with violent resistance. …
PlaceFrankfort
… is a list of tour guides that can take you through the township. This town has produced soccer stars like Paul …
PlaceRegina Mundi, Catholic Church, Soweto
… Regina Mundi Catholic Church is located in the Township of Soweto, in the Suburb of Moroka. The Church forms …
EventWinnie Mandela receives a 6 months' sentence
… (now Winnie Madikizela-Mandela), restricted to a Black township at Brandfort, Orange Free State, was sentenced to …
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
… Act legislation. Before 1994, Black people stayed in the Township known as Vukuzakhe (meaning: built yourself). …
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
Fatima Meer was born in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel Farrel and the second born of their nine children. Her…
PlacePaarden Eiland
… business owner in the area. In 1972 the Metro Industrial Township- (Metro Industrial Township is a suburb in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Metro…
A new total strategy emerges July 1990 -June 1991
… attacks by hostel dwellers from their hostel fortresses on township communities, particularly those in the Vaal/Reef … the actions of 4 groups involved in…
The melody of freedom
… of South African radio. It deals with the pioneers of township jazz, brass bands, marabi, kwela, mbaqanga, the … Between 1957 and 1966, the Union organized…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
… Africa in 1991. Caiphus Semenya was born in the Alexandra township of South Africa, on August 19, 1939. By the age of …
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… to have been born on 30 November 1945 in Duncan Village, a township in the city of East London in South Africa. This … him for the first part of his life in…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thembinkosi Khumalo
… from the province of KwaZulu-Natal, from a large informal township called Madadeni in Newcastle. The struggles I have …
PlaceThe Randjeslaagte Beacon, Parktown Johannesburg
… Johann Rissik drew up a General Plan of the new Township and the tender of Jos. E. de Villiers to Survey the …
PlaceOlivedale , Randburg
… under old NMC legislation on 10 February 1989. The Township of Olivedale - part of 'Olievenshoutpoort; - was …
EventTricameral Parliament inaugurated
… African community acted as one of the catalysts for the township unrests in the 1980s and protests by the United …
PlaceAmanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
… 29 km from Durban . It was founded in 1928, proclaimed a Township in 1939 and became a Borough in 1952. In 1961 … 29 km from Durban. It was founded in 1928,…
PlaceAddington Hospital, Durban
… a friend of Mr. Adison was instructed in 1860 to build a Township in Durban to be called Addington Township . Additions to the Hospital complex were ongoing,…
ArchiveStudent walkouts have changed history before. In South Africa, one helped end apartheid by DeNeen L. Brown (The Washington Post), 14 March 2018
… of them will be risking their lives. In Soweto, a black township just outside Johannesburg, defiance came at a …