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ArchivePress cuttings-repression of youth
… fun run to launch the International year of the youth in Soweto that has been organised by a community organisation in …
ArchiveMandla Mandela wants inquest into deaths of Stompie Seipie, Dr Asvat, 19 January 2018, South Africa
… 14 when he was killed. Doctor Asvat was shot dead in his Soweto clinic. The SCA earlier dismissed Winnie …
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women’s League, is born
… was trained as a teacher and went on to teach in Natal and Soweto. When she was 29 years old she decided to join the …
EventSA artist Anthony Nkotsi is born
… spent his Saturdays at informal art classes in Orlando, Soweto. Here he was exposed to contemporary South African art …
EventWinnie Mandela charged with kidnapping
… Seipei and three other boys from the Methodist manse in Soweto, and took him to Winnie Mandela's home. Richardson …
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed TRC chairperson
… of Cape Town rose to fame in the 1980’s. After the1976 Soweto Uprising, Tutu supported an economic boycott of South …
EventClarence Mlokoti is shot dead by hijackers
… by hijackers while trying to take his car in Pimville, Soweto. The highjacking took place on Tuesday night while …
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… In the aftermath of the 16 June 1976 Uprising, in Soweto, Johannesburg, the apartheid government banned all the …
II - The Life of Steve Biko
… During the disturbances following the police massacre of Soweto students in June 1976 , Soweto leaders demanded that the government negotiate the … against…
EventSouth African Soccer legend Lucas Radebe was born
… Lucas Radebe was born in Diepkloof in Soweto . He comes from a big family of six boys and four …
PlaceJubilee Art Centre
… but was forced to relocate to the Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto when the Group Areas Act made it illegal for Black …
EventPrime Minister Vorster holds talks with Dr. Kissinger
… West Germany to discuss the Rhodesian issue. Despite the Soweto Uprisings, which took the world by surprise, …
EventSibongile Khumalo was born on this day
… On this day Sibongile Khumalo was born in Orlando, Soweto. She is one of the most recognized jazz musicians in …
PlaceKliptown Museum
… Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication next to the upmarket Soweto Hotel & Conference Centre, this innovative and compact …
EventSouth African Journalist, Zwelakhe Sisulu is abducted.
… of the New Nation, Sisulu was abducted at his home in Soweto, Johannesburg,by four armed White men who wore …
EventJimmy Kruger announces amendment to the Internal Security Act
… months. All public gatherings were banned and schools in Soweto and other areas of unrest were closed. The government …
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… - 14 per cent of 'eligible' Black voters participating. Soweto, Alexandra and Lenasia high schools staged an almost …
EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
… Apartheid regime especially after the June 16 Uprisings in Soweto . At the time of his death, Qoboza was editor of the …
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist is born
… jointly at the Apollo Gallery in Johannesburg.Mohl died in Soweto, Johannesburg in 1985. …
EventThe Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott
… on 2 August to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decided to embark on a boycott of classes. Two … a meeting to express solidarity with the…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… Ebrahim and Andrew Masondo . 1976 16 June, Following the Soweto uprisings, thousands of young people leave South … ANC. 25-27 May, There are several sabotage…
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… at the Charles Hurwitz Santa Tuberculosis Hospital in Soweto. He spent three months recovering there. Many scholars … from the hospital, Dumile stayed with…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… 1976 In the wake of the nationwide protests after the Soweto student protests and the death of hundreds Fatima Meer … to gauge the response of Durban's…
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… are given eviction notices. The ‘Africans' were moved to Soweto, the ‘Coloureds' to the Western Areas and Indians to … in Fietas disappeared. On inquiries to…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… settlements, Afrikaner nationalist political rallies and Soweto soccer games. The 150 black-and-white photographs also … day, filling sidewalks as they head…
List of deaths in detention
… 08/03 05/07 23 23 Nelspruit Prison Protea Police Sta., Soweto 14 <1 1984 57. Tshikudo, Samuel 58. Sipele, Mxolisi …
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 …
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… in the Dube Young Women Christian Association (YWCA), in Soweto. Mourners had gathered at the YWCA to hold a night …
Introduction by Oliver Tambo to a message from Nelson Mandela, smuggled out of prison, 10 June 1980
… crisis gripping our enemy and in the aftermath of the Soweto uprisings. It was smuggled out of Robben Island under …
Introduction to a Message from Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Smuggled Out Of Prison, 10 June 1980
… crisis gripping our enemy and in the aftermath of the Soweto uprisings. It was smuggled out of Robben Island under …