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Gunmen attack a delegation including African National Congress chairman Cyril Ramaphosa in a township in South Africa, killing
… African National Congress chairman Cyril Ramaphosa in a township in South Africa, killing …
EventLocal elections in Townships
… Following government's introduction of Black Township Councils in the late 1980s, which attempted to …
BiographyPatrick Vuyo Matshikiza
… jazz. History will also remember him as the creator of a township jazz evergreen which he composed at a time when the … resilience of a creative spirit and…
Rioting breaks out across Soweto, South Africa’s largest Black township, following police blockade of youths protesting arrest
… breaks out across Soweto, South Africa’s largest Black township, following police blockade of youths protesting …
Rioting breaks out across Soweto, South Africa’s largest Black township, following police blockade of youths protesting arrest
… breaks out across Soweto, South Africa’s largest Black township, following police blockade of youths protesting …
Cradock becomes a municipality. The settlement started in 1813 as a frontier outpost and was proclaimed a township in 1814.
… started in 1813 as a frontier outpost and was proclaimed a township in 1814. …
BiographyPatrick Mosell Molaoa
… Born in Johannesburg in 1925, he grew up in Alexandra Township and attended schools in Basutoland, Johannesburg, … fighter. He ran a gymnasium in the Western…
BiographyTikkie Sibisi
… was born in Greater Nigel in 1975 and grew up in Duduza Township with a single parent, his father, and three sisters. … he joined his father as a freelance…
BiographyLefifi Tladi
… Lefifi Tladi, was born in 1949 in the culturally vibrant township of Lady Selborne in Pretoria, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng). The township fell victim to…
BiographyRoy Padayachie
… centre provided pre-school education for children in the township. Through the CELC Padayachie promoted parental and …
Fred Vusi Khumalo, journalist and assistant editor of the Sunday paper Rapport, is born in Chesterville Township, Durban.
… of the Sunday paper Rapport, is born in Chesterville Township, Durban. …
A bomb explosion in an administrative building in the Batho township of Bloemfontein injures seventy-six Blacks seeking registr
… A bomb explosion in an administrative building in the Batho township of Bloemfontein injures seventy-six Blacks seeking …
The performance of Black drama and music by mushrooming township cultural groups becomes a significant factor in the propagatin
… The performance of Black drama and music by mushrooming township cultural groups becomes a significant factor in the …
Winnie Mandela, restricted to a Black township at Brandfort (Orange Free State), is sentenced to six months’ imprisonment (susp
… Winnie Mandela, restricted to a Black township at Brandfort (Orange Free State), is sentenced to …
BiographyThabo Marcus Motaung
… Diepkloof in the 1960s and 1970s. His family moved to the Township around the early to mid-1960s. They were part of families forcibly removed from Alexandra…
BiographyVusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make
… Methodist Episcopal minister,Make grew up in Mohlakeng township of Randfontein.His family subsequently moved to … Service (Pty) Ltd., a passenger service…
EventKhayelitsha becomes the first township in the Western Cape to confirm a COVID-19 case
… On 29 March 2020, Khayelitsha township in Cape Town , Western Cape was the first township to confirm positive case of Covid- 19 virus. The … 2020]. Isaacs, L…
BiographyMartin Tose
… in the country. He died in 2004 in the Ekurhuleni township of Katlehong, southeast of Johannesburg. …
BiographyZacharia Solly Shoke
… Solomon Shoke was born on 15 August 1956 in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. Shoke received his education at Orlando High School, Soweto Township, south of…
BiographyChris van Wyk
… Transvaal (now Gauteng ), was designated as a Coloured township under the Group Areas Act. The eldest of six … a delightful account of his special…
Thousands of Alexandra township residents attend the funeral of activist Meshack Kunene. Security police killed him on 30 June
… Thousands of Alexandra township residents attend the funeral of activist Meshack …
At least seventeen people are killed in Langa, a Black township near Port Elizabeth, during a commemoration of the twenty-fifth
… At least seventeen people are killed in Langa, a Black township near Port Elizabeth, during a commemoration of the …
Police seal all entrances to Alexandra township near Johannesburg after an Inkatha supporter is necklaced, at least nine people
… Police seal all entrances to Alexandra township near Johannesburg after an Inkatha supporter is …
Electricity is cut off in Tumahole township because of a municipal and rent boycott. (Collinger, J. (1990). “Black out as provi
… Electricity is cut off in Tumahole township because of a municipal and rent boycott. (Collinger, …
Winnie Mandela, placed under restriction in Soweto on 28 December 1976 is now banished to a Black township outside Brandfort, O
… in Soweto on 28 December 1976 is now banished to a Black township outside Brandfort, O …
Police opens fire on anti-apartheid protesters in the township of Sebokeng, near Johannesburg, killing at least fourteen people
… Police opens fire on anti-apartheid protesters in the township of Sebokeng, near Johannesburg, killing at least …
John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist, dies in Katutura Township, Windhoek, Namibia. He moved to South West Africa in 1956.
… John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist, dies in Katutura Township, Windhoek, Namibia. He moved to South West Africa in …
EventState of emergency declared in 27 townships
… the unprecedented levels of violence in townships. The township residents were protesting over unfair police … deaths throughout the country, 126 were from…
BiographyJabulani Sam Nhlengethwa
… Nhlengethwa was born on 9 January 1955 in the Payneville township of Springs , Gauteng (formerly Transvaal). Forced …
Maduna Abednego
… 1973. His prison number was 1/5392. He was from Zwelithsa Township in King Williamstown. …