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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…
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 …
BiographyRoy Padayachie
… centre provided pre-school education for children in the township. Through the CELC Padayachie promoted parental and …
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. …