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… their passes at home and offer themselves for arrest at police stations. The protest was of a non-violent nature, but turned violent in Sharpeville where police opened fire on a crowd of protestors, killing 69 and injuring 180. In Langa , near Cape Town, the police also opened fire and killed two people. PAC member …

… 1980, an MK cache and ANC leaflets were discovered by police in a township near Springs on the East Rand. Later in … launched a rocket and grenade attack on the Booysens Police Station , scattering pamphlets demanding the release … strike in Johannesburg. More than 1000 were dismissed and police supervised their removal, arresting the chairman and …

… Bank after realising they were being tailed by the police. They hold 25 civilians hostage and after a series of negotiations a police unit storms the back. All three cadres are killed … launch a rifle, rocket and grenade attack on Booysens Police Station, Johannesburg. Pamphlets are scattered …

… 1986 the youth of Apel/Nwana marched to Masha, where the police responded by firing on them. A disabled boy, Solomon … arrests and protests ensued. The UDF’s call to isolate the police was taken up by the youth, and certain areas became no-go zones for the security forces. When police shot and killed a boy in Schoonard, the youth resolved …

… Workers Union for operation free of charge. It experienced police raids and intimidation. On the 31 January 1974, its … and intimidation from officials. On 20 May 1974, the police force’s commercial branch, CID, visited both the …

… march for 3 September 1984, which led to clashes with both police and township councillors, and left thirty people dead. … of 1984, and only started to get involved as a result of police violence and state repression. The state however … rapidly, and was accompanied by looting and vandalism. Police presence in the areas caused further riots. On 30 …

… dropped tear-gas and smoke bombs on the crowd, and police vehicles approached from two directions. The Africans … flag to show that their meeting was a peaceful one, but police suddenly emerged from the bushes surrounding the … excessive, even reckless’. Several of the men shot by the police had been found with bullets through the backs of their …

… published new rules for the enforcing the passes and police were given instructions of how to enforce the … who were protesting “Women Terrorists”.  In May 1913, the police arrested large numbers of men and women for pass laws … government did not relax the existing laws and order the police to show maturity in treating women. From there a group …

… black-on-black violence, and many others were killed by police suppression. Consumer boycotts, which proved … he was visited by Kobie Coetsee, the Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons. Nothing of importance was discussed in … within government structures. During these conflicts the police often took the side of the IFP, and there are many …

… the government deployed a contingent of 1,600 white police to put down the strike. As a result of confrontations between workers and the police nine people were killed and more than 1,200 injured. … and the Council of Non European Trade Unions (CNETU). The police also raided CPSA offices in Johannesburg and Cape …

… “slums billowing woodsmoke, prison cell and secret police interrogation rooms” as well as “township landlords, … about social events and the academic routine of Oxford. [vii] While in school, many described Nortje as very reserved. … 37 ↵ [v] McLuckie and Tyner, 7. ↵ [vi] Klopper, 882. ↵ [vii] Ibid., 882. ↵ [viii] Brutus, 2. ↵ [ix] Craig McLuckie, …

… of ‘exceptionally good character’ were eligible to apply [vii] To this end a Cape Corps War Recruiting Committee was … Hall in Cape Town. Although the response was such that police assistance was enlisted to control the crowd, only 22 … history of the Cape Corps’, B.A. (Hons), 1993, p.13. ↵ [vii]Ibid. ↵ [viii]Ibid. ↵ [ix]Ibid. ↵ [x]Ibid. ↵ [xi]Albert …

… 1983 killed 19 and injured over 200 SADF and South African Police (SAP) personnel. This was the first time the ANC and … were executed for their part in an attack on Wonderboom police station. Secret government units killed activists and … by destroying the Black Local Authorities. Councillors and police were asked to resign their positions. Municipal …

… 1983 killed 19 and injured over 200 SADF and South African Police (SAP) personnel. This was the first time the ANC and … were executed for their part in an attack on Wonderboom police station. Secret government units killed activists and … by destroying the Black Local Authorities. Councillors and police were asked to resign their positions. Municipal …

… by late October 2012, where a number of clashes between police and farmworkers took place. De Doorns was the centre … living conditions, a moratorium on evictions,  an end to police brutality in the rural areas, access to clean and free …  that occurred on 16 August 2012, where the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on striking mineworkers, …

… a window on the tenth floor of the John Vorster Square Police Office. The government claimed that he “committed … to protest against compulsory use of Afrikaans at schools. Police opened fire on marching students, killing … leaving over 1,000 dead, most of who are killed by the police. The Soweto Uprising was a “dramatic climax of the …

… referred to as the "PAC-Poqo menace", they panicked. The police and army were mobilised from 17 March 1963 to 15 April … more clandestine political activities. The Bophuthatswana police eventually clamped down on the organisation, and many … to mineworkers. Their shacks were often dismantled in police raids, but the women rebuilt them. After 1994, police …

… the Black townships. In Durban  and  Port Elizabeth  riot police were called in. At Elsies River, near Cape Town , police fired on Coloured children, killing two and wounding … in political violence – more than half killed by the police. Under the provisions of the Emergency, organisations …

… women demonstrators fought pitched battles with the police, who were mounted on horses. Women, as well as … sure as to whether or not she would not be caught by the police. So we had to be on our guard all the time. I remember … a bus group who went to Pretoria. Our bus was stopped at a police roadblock, and two white policemen, both young men, …

… Bongani Khumalo Student activist (COSAS) Shot dead by police. 1985 - Vryburg Gasuebe Hubhuli Activist Shot dead. 14 … Found shot dead the day he was picked up by security police. 16 Nov. Gaborone, Botswana 4 South African exiles … in his car- the trial revealed that he was killed in police cells. 29 July Mbabane, Swaziland Cassius Make, Paul …

… the strike for a week in the face of the most savage police terror, in which officially 1,248 workers were wounded … large number - officially only 9 - were killed. Lawless police and army violence smashed the strike. The resources of … arrests, dismissals, and deportation of workers by the police and the mine management. Nevertheless, the Union grew …

… the person's 'homeland' and prosecution of the employer. Police vans patrolled White areas to round up 'illegal' … as many as 20 000 with the larger figures coming from the police, wishing to stress how much danger they had been in. The crowd converged at the local police station, chanting and challenging the officers to …

… to the march, because of the financial costs as well as police measures to stop this. Albertina was one of the … leaders who had to ensure that women bypassed the reported police stops that were barring groups of ten or more women … Walter Sisulu was released on R6 000.00 bail. 20 March, Police obtain information that Walter Sisulu is an office …

… are social leaders rather than government institutions. [vii] Section 212 of the Constitution of South Africa states … University of the Western Cape, M. Phil. pg 6. ↵ [vii] Ibid. ↵ [viii] Constitution of the Republic of South …

… them alone in Volksrust. But by Sunday 21 September the police had lost their patience and decided to deport them. The police took the group to a bridge on the border between Natal … magistrates take the trouble to arrest me instead of mere police officials.' In court, he found that five other …

… mass rally on this date turned violent, as the police responded with bullets to stones thrown by the angry … Many Black people felt in danger of being arrested by the police and further underground activities were launched as a … was the large quantity of arms and ammunition found by police in their attempts to uncover guerrillas in the urban …

… ECA Welsh, visited Ntabelanga accompanied by 100 police officers under the command of Major Hutchons from Grahamstown. The police force set up their tents 500 metres from the … were defiant and aggressive and confronted the group of police officers. They could not be forced to register and the …

… Joyce 16 26.12.76 Shotgun wounds to chest and head when police fired on students at Sekano-Ntoane High School … Khambule, Godfrey Soweto 12 24.8.76 Gun shot wounds when police fired at crowd Khoza, John Mamelodi 31.12.76 Khumalo, … Soweto 25.6.76 Koloane, David D. 16 24.8/76 Gunshot wound. Police alleged at inquest that he attacked a policeman with …

… after it had begun and scuffles break out between police and miners. The police are severely assaulted after strikers attack them with … immediately down tools. Strike-breakers move in under police protection. 7 March, General Strike is called by …

… mountain near Mbuzini , Nelspruit. The South African police arrived on the crash site four and a half hours after … At midnight he managed to contact the Komatiepoort police from the phone of a mission post. He requested the Komatiepoort police to contact Mozambique and inform them of the crash, …