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ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… as a labour reserve, it becomes the largest Black township in the region. 1986 Pilgrims Rest is declared a …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… Three people were killed and 26 others were injured. Langa Township was gripped by tension and in the turmoil that …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… Kunene was shot to death on June 30 in the Alexandra Township. 25 July, Senior ANC member, Sathyandranath ‘Mac’ …
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… hundreds of African men and women assembled in the Langa township outside Cape Town to protest against the new laws. …
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… Nations. Background Miriam Zenzile Makeba was born in the township of Prospect, near Johannesburg, on 4 March 1932. Her …
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
The year of 1985 signaled the beginning of the end of apartheid society and governance in South Africa. Following an upsurge of violent and non-violent…
PlaceBalfour, near Johannesburg
… of service delivery protests from locals in the Siyathemba township, and his subsequent return in May 2010, Johannesburg …
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
… to be much more convenient and cost-effective to enter a township and execute people who were known to be state …
Article1970’s: Poetry Timeline
1971 Closure of The Classic, by Nat Nakasa, editor. Publication of ‘Sounds of a Cowhide Drum’, Oswald Mtshali’s first book of poetry, by Renoster Books,…
ArticleNational Youth Uprising
Strikes in the Schools Presumably, not all students of the earlier generation 'worshipped the school authorities'! The first, recorded stoppages of lessons,…
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… which made a national impact, was carried out in Alexandra township itself, but taken as a whole the urban scene was not …
Chapter VIII - Treason - South African style 1
… them. Soon women were coming from Soweto and Alexandra Township, gathering outside the pass office. I was not tied … to African women by demanding reference…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… of 69 people, with 186 wounded. Also in the Western Cape Township, Langa, 3 people were killed and 27 injured in …
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
● Federation of South African Women The Defiance Campaign of 1952 would catapult the ANC Women’s League into a new era of action and multi-party interaction…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… Commission, which wanted to remove squatters in Alexandra Township. Following the Second World War rapid urbanisation … In 1943 the residents (including many…
Chapter VII - Democracy?
… Just as our trial began in January, the great Alexandra Township bus boycott also began. Alexandra Township (popularly known as "Alex") was then a crowded…
ArticleCulture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982
Several hundred artists and activists from South Africa living in exile and within the country, as well as foreign nationals, were hosted by the Botswana…
Chaskalson was a pillar of strength in my battle against HIV/Aids by Justice Edwin Cameron - Constitutional Court, 9 December 2012
… HIV, died at the hands of her fellow residents in a Durban township. I could no longer remain silent. It was more and …
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
Robert Gabriel Mugabe was born on 21 February 1924, in Katama, a Jesuit mission station in the Zimbambe district, about 60km from Harare. He was the son of…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Conclusion by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
Colonial History of Domestic Work Since slaves were used as domestic servants in the settler colony from the middle to late 18th century, domestic…
ArticleContinued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s
In the following years, the African National Congress (ANC) leadership evolved to be more inclined to action than passive deputation, but very little was…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… was born into a depressed area of South Africa””usually a township or reserve””because Black, Coloured, and Indian …
Article1973 Durban Strikes
Introduction On 9 January 1973, workers at the Coronation Brick and Tile factory, outside Durban, came out on strike. Immediately thereafter, workers from…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, son of Princess Magogo Constance Zulu kaDinuzulu, King Solomon’s sister, and Inkosi Mathole Buthelezi, the King’s Prime…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… Officer of Health for Alexandra, a poverty-stricken township north of Johannesburg. Xuma agreed and would remain …
PlaceSt Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Odendal Street, Germiston
… in Church Street, a prime Business Area in the new Township of Germiston North. Mr Jack gave £500 towards the …
Document 42 - “Boycott the Dummy Elections: 2 000 Demonstrate AT Mass Rally”, The Torch , National Edition, 1 April 1958
… him most of all, he said, one held in the relatively small township of Heatherdale, Bloemfontein, O.F.S., where a …
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
… branches have been established at Nigel, Eastern Native Township and other places. The Congress is just now engaged …
PlacePaarl
… the home to Bhabhathane Weavers and artists from Mbekweni Township. The Ikhwezi Centre is located on the 'Vlakkeland …