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The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… movements during the 1950s and 1960s. During the 1970s the Soweto Uprising took place, and changed the direction of protest …
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
… would not enter mines hundreds of feet deep in order to extract gold or diamonds, and if their labour were not …
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… United Nations. Key Words Miriam Makeba, music, Pata Pata, Soweto Blues, Graceland tour, United Nations Assembly … Masekela, one of her five husbands,…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… a job as a history teacher at Morris Isaacson School in Soweto, but is fired after six months as authorities put … later, Reverend Mxwandile Maqina’s Give Us…
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…
Grade 11 - Topic 4 Timeline
… the Israelis military happened. 1987 First Anti-fada (Arab-uprising) happens in Palestine. This started when the … when Jews began settling in Israel. They…
EventThe Bethal Treason Trial resumes
… role in fermenting revolution and for being behind the Soweto uprising. Other notable members of the defence were Masina, …
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… Island.On his release, he was given a hero’s welcome in Soweto where he addressed a crowd of 5 000 people. Kathrada …
Re-membering Krotoa and Autshumato by Deela Khan (poem)
… her people, her head, heart & carved-up soul― Deela Khan Extract from: Engaging the Shades of Robben Island, …
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… education for implementing colonial policies. An Uprising in Nyasaland (Malawi) Not all uprisings in this … an important role organizing and carrying out an…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… June 16, 1976 saw students marching through the streets of Soweto in protest against the directive from the education … June 1986 – four days before the 10th…
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
… had attempted to “recruit people to take part in an uprising in South Africa.” After a three-day summary hearing, …
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… Reagans smiles and Thatcher grins [2] The Aftermath of Soweto, the Rise of Documentary Photography, and the International Audience Following the Soweto…
EventPercy Qoboza, editor of the Post, states that it is difficult to see how a credible newspaper for Blacks can be created in South Africa
… as editor of the World, he showed open support for the Soweto Uprising in 1976. As a result of this, the newspaper was …
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
… to knowledge of both the 1955 Freedom Charter and the 1976 Soweto Uprising. The Freedom Charter is the statement of core … of the People” in Kliptown,…
BiographySimon Nkoli
… the rights of LGBTQI+ people. Early Life Nkoli was born in Soweto, Gauteng on 26 November 1957 as one of four children. …
SASO Newsletter, 1970 - 1976
… As a catalyst of the conflagration that was the Soweto uprising and in also creating the conditions for the … of political resistance and organisation post…
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
… of ‘Bantu’ education, which in turn sparked off the Soweto student uprising of 1976, but it also created residential conditions …
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… wing, the Seoposengwe Youth Association (Soya). When the Soweto Uprising took place in 1976, a wave of student protests swept … School in Rustenburg, reports…
ArticleThe Jameson Raid
… discussion and negotiations, Rhodes began planning an uprising of Uitlanders in Johannesburg, and the Reform … decided to overthrow the government by taking…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… Mbeki live with his family. In 1961, Mbeki travelled to Soweto to start an exciting new life. He was amazed at the … who by then had been charged with…
A Matter of ‘Principle’: Corporate America and the South African Worker in the Early 1970s by Mattie C. Webb
… Years Conference While much scholarship considers the 1976 Soweto uprising as the pivotal moment that bolstered the …
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… Town. Source: The Drum Archive / african.pictures The 1976 Soweto riots ushered in an era of increased confrontation … The impact of 16 June 1976 The events…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… in the middle of forced removals of the community to Soweto. At the time of the boycott the process of resettling … residents had been relocated to different…
South African Labour history
… every part of their lives, from the cradle to the grave. Extract taken from the introduction to Luli Callinicos' book …
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… revolt and aimed to raise support in Britain. Below is an extract of a graphic account of events in Jones? article, …
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
… newly established townships of south-western Johannesburg (Soweto). Verwoerd was also in charge of African education, …
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… she had? [4] Eventually, Mabuza moved from her hometown to Soweto, pursuing her education in Johannesburg, Transvaal … Mabuza soon wrote a poem in 1976 in…
EventEditors oppose legislation on media control
… its authority. By the mid-1970s, in the aftermath of the Soweto Uprising of June 1976, press restrictions had intensified …