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EventSADF's 31 Battallion is disbanded
… (Bushmen) battalion who had been deployed in South African townships and who fought in the war in Namibia. President F. …
PlaceMatatiele Local Municipality
Matatiele Municipality is a Local Municipality, category B. It is within the within the Alfred Nzo District Municipality, nestled in between Kwa-Zulu Natal,…
PlaceBotshabelo, Motheo Region near Bloemfontein
Botshabelo, which means 'place of refuge', is the largest Township in the Free State, after Soweto which is the largest in the South Africa. Botshabelo and…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 4 - 19 by Carol Hermer
… and unreliable, there was no question of my going to the townships, and the demonstrations all over the city reached a … broke out in Manenberg, one of the…
PlaceMatroosfontein
This Area was established in the Years of Apartheid! It is perfectly positioned; as it is extremely close to the Cape Town International Airport (less than…
Postscript
… six hundred and fifty black people have been killed in the townships, two thousand five hundred wounded, more than two … Africa to kill their brothers. It…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… Licensing Ordinance - limited the right of appeal. The Townships Franchise Ordinance - Indians lose municipal … the growing numbers, the government set up…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992
… policy on the part of de Klerk to have or allow attacks on townships or members of the ANC so as to undermine the ANC in the townships and weaken the…
Press Statement concerning the Five-Year Plan presented by F.W. De Klerk to the National Party Conference by O. R. Tambo, 30 June 1989
… End the State of Emergency and remove all troops from the townships. Lift the bans on all political organisations and …
Press Statement by Oliver Tambo concerning the five-year plan presented by FW De Klerk to the National Party Conference, 30 June 1989
… End the State of Emergency and remove all troops from the townships. Lift the bans on all political organisations and …
District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list by Diana Mellow (GroundUp), 23 September 2016
… District Six were ordered to live in racially segregated townships. Most ex-residents moved to the Cape Flats, adding …
PlaceBonteheuwel
Bonteheuwel is a coloured Township situated North of Cape Town. It was created in the 1960's as a "Dumping Site" for coloured people, who had been forced to…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… Act No 45: Provided for black self-government in townships. Repealed by 69 of the Black Communities … arrested for offences related to the resistance in the…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… of stories about Shebeens (informal bars located in the townships), Shebeens Take A Bow! The portrayal of the new … the pre-colonial Africa) became a common…
ArchiveCHAPTER SIX: The Politics Of Non-Collaboration: The Campaign To Boycott The Tricameral Elections by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
The Politics of non-Collaboration: The Campaign to Boycott the Tricameral Elections
… “reform strategy”. But the activities in the Indian townships and suburbs of Durban in the run-up to the … one member came from one of the two major working…
EventThe father of South African Jazz Hugh Masekela dies
On 23 January 2018, Hugh Masekela passed away peacefully at his home in Johannesburg, South Africa surrounded by his family. He died after a battle with…
PlaceBloemhof, North West
Bloemhof is an agricultural Town of about 28,000 inhabitants situated; on the banks of the Vaal River in North West Province of South Africa. It was founded in…
ArticleUnited Women’s Organisation (UWO)
The United Women’s Organisation (UWO) was launched in April 1981 with 400 delegates from the Western Cape attending. Some of the women who pioneered the…
ArchiveApartheid's Sporting Afterlife by Clark Easley
Apartheid’s Sporting Afterlifeby Clark Easley · Eleven Named PeopleThe challenge facing South African sport is no longer formal segregation but inherited…
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… located areas and being moved to distantly located townships like Manenberg , Hanover Park and the like. [vi] …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… forcibly removed blacks to African, Coloured, or Indian "townships" (also known as "locations") on the outskirts of … all non- whites from Sophiatown to…
PlacePrimville, Soweto- Johannesburg
In 1904, after the outbreak of Bubonic Plague, near present day Newtown, the African population in the Area was moved to the Farm; 'Klipspruit', twelve Miles…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… from families, usually sub-tenants in the official townships, who moved out onto vacant land and used scraps of … not afford, or were not able to find,…
EventWinnie Madikizela Mandela, a stalwart in the fight against apartheid, passes away
On 2nd April 2018, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, also known as the mother of the nation, passed away at the age of 81, at Milpark hospital in Johannesburg. She…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… protest is marked by uncontrollable fury. Fires rage in townships throughout the country. Residents of Alexandra … There are more reports of arson by youth…
Chapter 5: The Socio-Economic impact of Vigilantes and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… in turn stated: " Considering that the violence in our townships has gone on for so long, I don't believe that the … Africa , pp. 155-156. F. Meer (ed.),…
ArchiveDavid Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019
… white practitioners. The art market sought a depiction of townships that was a “sentimental form of expression rather …
Iliso Labantu Photo Group
Iliso Labantu is a cooperative of township-based photographers, living in the Cape Town area, who have been working together since 2005. The group has recently…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… which stated that black people must live in segregated townships. [3] The town “Ottosdal” was established in 1913 … of the government’s thinking was for new …