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Chapter 4: Public Response to Vigilantism and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… did view some scenes of intense and mass uprising in townships under the brutal control of the SADF and the SAP. … Africa , pp. 156-157; F. Meer (ed.),…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… Law is to be strictly enforced after 1 May 1930, even in townships like Springs which were held to be outside Gold …
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… The police violence, which was normally confined to black townships, was exported into the city. There was a particular …
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… took place in Sharpeville and in the Western Cape in townships such as Langa. The protest was of a non-violent …
PlaceAtlantis
Atlantis was created in the early 1970's as a “model industrial node”, within the framework of Apartheid spatial Development Policies. These policies were…
BiographyRick Turner
Rick Turner [Richard Albert David Turner] was a charismatic political philosopher and theorist who was also an activist and educationist. He was highly…
Zonal Centenary Memorial Lecture on the Life and Times of David Bopape, presented by David Makhura, ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary, 21 June 2012, Tsakane
… the brewing and sale of African beer in the townships. He also took up housing issues on behalf of the … the ANC grew in influence and size across all the…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggling People of South Africa (Soweto Day), 16 June 1989
… the Boers have deployed thousands of troops in our townships. These troops are detaining, torturing and maiming … removing the South African defence force…
Chapter VIII - Treason - South African style 1
… resistance to passes, and meetings of Africans outside the townships became illegal. This affected the Federation badly … non-African women could not attend…
ArticleSocio-economics in Sophiatown
The economic activity of children African children living in Sophiatown were particularly vulnerable to the harshness of urban life. Schooling was not…
Keeping a cool head amid flying bullets: A tribute to Juda Ngwenya by Joseph Oesi (City Press), 26 October 2016
… you worked under the most trying of circumstances in our townships when they were under fire or our coverage of …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Province Herald Port Elizabeth, 14 September 1995
… on the reasons why parts of Port Elizabeth and other townships across the country fit so perfectly John Paterson's …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Province Herald Port Elizabeth, 14 September 1995
… on the reasons why parts of Port Elizabeth and other townships across the country fit so perfectly John Paterson's …
Document 64 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 1 July 1936
… committees for redress of local grievances) in the native townships have so far met with little success. Similar …
EventHistory of December 16
… 1934 the CPSA organized nine separate meetings in the townships to challenge the restrictions implemented by the …
Document 4 - ‘Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering’: report in the ‘South African Worker’
… movement when we look at the overcrowded schools in townships, at the inadequate housing and inadequate system of …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… being killed off-duty and while at home. Police patrolling townships were frequently met by barricades, stopped and …
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… many other African women, she did bric-a-brac jobs in the townships to augment her wages in order to supÂport her …
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… the sleekness of the youths born and bred in Johannesburg townships – he lacked township street credibility. He was …
PlaceBrandfort, Free State
It was established on the Farm in the Free State Province, named "Keerom" (which means "Turn around"). Settlers occupied the Area in the 1830's and the Town…
PlaceColigny, North West Province
The town lies 193 km due west of Johannesburg on the road to Lichtenburg, which is 29 km away. Originally named 'Treurfontein' (well of sadness), the name was…
ArchiveThe South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid by Keenan Teddy Smith, 27 August 2019
… originally a group 15 artists fleeing to exile from the townships grew to boast 50 members from around the world. The … regime. Medu posters that hung around…
ArchiveCHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo
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ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
1905 9 August, Moses Kotane is born in Tamposstad, to Samuel Segogwane, a lay preacher and traditional healer, and Siporah Mmadira Kotane, a seasonal…
Lerato Maduna
Lerato Maduna was born in Soweto in 1985. Studied various courses in photography at The Market Photo Workshop including the yearlong Photojournalism and…
Ahmed Timol: Three Documents by Politicsweb, 27 June 2017
… Be careful but not so careful that you do nothing, IN THE TOWNSHIPS We all know the conditions we have to go back to … organisation. This is the task of…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… to raise money with the goal of building schools in black townships, and these efforts resulted in the founding of …
Gigs, hustles and hope: work for young South Africans beyond the wage by Adam Cooper and Bernard Dubbeld
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The twenty-first century has shattered the idea that countries across…
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… structure. 1984 Militant youths took over power in the townships. They set fire to schools, buses and businesses and … The conflict became a virtual civil…
Restrictions on the media
… of political resistance that turned South Africa's black townships into a bloody battleground in 1984, turned the … fresh from witnessing scenes of brutal…