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Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… after PAC was formed. The PAC moves underground (1960s - 1976) The PAC faced a leadership crisis. When Sobukwe was … him from the PAC. Increased activity…
Black South African Poets of the 1970’s and their Publications
… up to it, AD Donker 1975 The Bues is You in Me, Donker 1976 The Soweto I Love. Collins 1977 Children of the …
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… and sometimes even discouraged UDF involvement. June 1976, Soweto Youth Riots. Picture: Bailey's African History … of the UDF, not the revolts. The UDF felt…
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… , the Venda government, the Bophuthatswana government, the Transkei government, United People’s Front, Solidarity Party, … Rapinga (Inyandza), Roelf Meyer …
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents. 1976 Cuba assists in driving back … capturing Huambo and driving the FNLA…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
… As a result of parent's reactions to the 1976 uprisings and their aftermath, ex-Federation of South …
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… poetry as a tool for Black Consciousness. He leaves in 1976, but SAHO says, “After 1976, the youth and student movements began to systematically … led him to…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… within months of its founding. The organisation banned in 1976. 1976 In the wake of the nationwide protests after the Soweto … Uprising. Detained without…
ArticleWorkshop ‘71
… it started becoming popular in the townships. Survival (1976) was their last show, and many of the cast remained in … Revolution and Concience: South African…
Article1970’s: Poetry Timeline
… the government gazette in Pretoria (Pretoria Bureau 1975). 1976 June 16 Soweto Uprising . 100 students shot dead by …
Nelson Mandela Family Tree
… Tukwini Mandela (1974””Makaziwe) Dumani Mandela(1976””Makaziwe) Kweku Mandela (1985””Makaziwe) Zaziwe Manaway …
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
… fiction, and publishes two novellas titled Dusklands. 1976 Publishes In The Heart of The Country, which wins the …
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… Explanations of events as shattering as those of 1976, however, require more than a set of objective … a march of 500 students through the streets of Lady…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… Black rural South Africa in the hinterland of the former Transkei, Natal and Limpopo where there is still attachment … in 20th Century South Africa ,…
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… foothills and Nguni mixed-farmers lived throughout the Transkei. The names of some present-day groups, such as …
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… executive members were either banned or had been arrested. 1976 The SASO and BPC leaders are convicted and jailed on Robben Island (see above 1975 entry)…
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… executive members were either banned or had been arrested. 1976 The SASO and BPC leaders are convicted and jailed on Robben Island (see above 1975 entry)…
ArticleYouth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s
… initiated into the Congress tradition by Joe Gqabi. The 1976 uprising raised the political awareness of students and … body. The state’s response to the…
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… , Vaal and the East Rand in 1985 and Soweto uprising of 1976 . The apartheid era ended in 1994, and people hoped that … protesting against the government’s…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… Black South Africans from playing the game together until 1976, when the apartheid regime took its reluctant first … steps toward sporting reform. Even after…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… City, 1910-1948 The Apartheid City A decade of Turbulence, 1976-86 Ructions within Afrikaner Politics Forced removals in … 1910 - 1948, The Apartheid City, A…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… the National Association of Youth Organisations (NAYO). In 1976 through to 1978 large numbers of young people left the … responsible for the Soweto uprising…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… 18 July, the day Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo, Transkei, the Allies, strengthened by American …
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… By the late 1970s, and especially as a result of the June 1976 uprising , the Apartheid government was forced to …
ArticleKey People in the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising
… were involved in the historic turning point that 16 June 1976 became. These South African students, parents, …
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
… Task Group which examined the future of the TBVC States—Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda, and Ciskei. Paul’s …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… in exile. 16 October, Gwebindlala Gqoboza a headman in the Transkei is killed by Poqo operatives. The war against … in Monrovia, Liberia which would be held…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… explosion of student unrest inside South Africa in June 1976 and the heavy-handed response by the government, … leader from the Soweto uprising, who fled to…
Durban Mayors and other city officials
… Williams (1972 - 74) AD Adams (1974 - 76) Dr G J Hollis (1976 - 78) Haydn Bradfield (1978 - 80) Mrs S C Hotz (1980 - …
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… by Albert Luthuli as president general of the ANC. 1976 Moroka retires as a medical practitioner. 1985 10 …