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The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… histories of the ANC and the National Party; 2) The post-Soweto period in South Africa (1976-88). Let’s start with the … not dwell on the ANC between its…
ArchiveBiography of Ellen Kuzwayo by Laura Wilson, 3 May 2018
… of Ten from 1976 - 1982. In 1978 she joined the Zamani Soweto Sisters Council as a Consultant, in 1979 she became … 1976, the Committee of Ten was formed in…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… Assembly convened at Uncle Tom’s Hall in Orlando West, Soweto. Among those in attendance were 1,200 delegates from … at the party's launch at Uncle Tom’s…
4. The ANC underground between Rivonia and 1976
… it was that the ANC became the primary beneficiary of the Soweto uprising of 1976–7. Before marshalling the evidence to … Sisulu was probably involved in…
Indian Community in Lenasia
… the famous matchbox houses provided for African people in Soweto, they consisted of a kitchen, bathroom/toilet and … by the Indian population only”, ruling…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.1 No.2 May-Jun 1978
… Joshua Motaung Kwa Thema ,Two Poems Sipho T Molale Iketlo, Soweto ,Portraits of the Gone, a poem Wessel Ebersohn Durban … Livingstone Durban , Two Poems…
Chapter 6 - Reform, Repression and Mass Resistance
… The uprising of 1976-77 marked a watershed in political relations … educational conditions of, first, the period post the Soweto uprising until the…
ArchivePik Botha: sympathetic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid by Alet Pretorius, 23 October 2018
… that system began to open in the period following the 1976 Soweto Uprising, he embraced “reform”. This was an ultimately …
EventPoqo members kill a White family
… In an attempt to destabilise the country and cause an uprising against the Apartheid government, members of Poqo, …
EventMagnus Malan's trial ends
The seven-month trial of former Minister of Defence Magnus Malan ended on 11 October when he and other officials were cleared of all charges relating to the…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around birthdays and anniversaries
… recalls his and Winnie's wedding day in the following extract: Nelson and Winnie Mandela at their wedding in 1957. …
ArticleThe caring nature of Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu
… not just put to use at the hospital. Her house in Orlando, Soweto with her husband, Walter , was always filled with … work as a nurse saw Nontsikelelo…
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… they used dynamite and it was carried out at night. In Soweto alone there were a couple of acts of sabotage that … December 16 Comrade Masondo and myself…
ArticleAfrapix
… organisations, trade unions and the country-wide popular uprising against white minority rule in the 1980s. …
ArchiveLessons from Black Wednesday by Jerome Klaaste, 18 October 2019
… Ten. This was a legitimate body that ran civic affairs in Soweto, Johannesburg, after the floundering of the discredited, state-supported Soweto Community…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… "The Pan Africanist Congress: Positive action and the Poqo uprising", in Christopher R. Hill and Peter Warwick, eds .. … London: Peter Halban. Potekhin, I. I…
Thupelo (1985)
… Union of Black Arts (FUBA) and FUNDA community college in Soweto. The workshops provided an opportunity for artists to …
Independent Electoral Commission
… INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION IEC) Residents of Soweto queue up to cast their votes in South Africa's third …
Lerato Maduna
… Lerato Maduna was born in Soweto in 1985. Studied various courses in photography at The …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… poems portray Shaka as a “military genius.” Here is an extract from a praise poem titled Shaka: [8] Source A: … Nongila, the son of Shaka’s spy. [14] The…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… 5 - "Trade Union Notes", The Bolshevik, March 1920 (Extract) Document 6 - M. Lopes, "Socialism and the Labour … Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23…
BiographyDr. Neville Edward Alexander
… Movement was confronting the ravages of apartheid and the Soweto student revolts while trying to co-ordinate …
EventResolute Treurnicht rejects waiving language policy
… Despite the indications of African unrest at Soweto schools being noticed by government authorities on 4 … Andries Treurnicht, rejected the applications by…
EventTranskei’s first President, Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, dies
… as supporting the apartheid government. This led to the uprising in Pondoland between 1960 and 1963. …
Document 20 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the Secretary, Communist Party of South Africa, 22 September 1930
… to in the Minutes (unconfirmed) of which I enclose an extract, not of course for publication. On the request for …
EventBenjamin Magson Kies, political activist & lawyer, is born
… Extract: 'Benjamin Magson Kies Introduction Benjamin Magson …
Address by President Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Celebration of Workers Day, Swellendam, Western Cape, 1 May 2006
… of them is the centenary - the 100 years of the Bhambatha uprising in KwaZulu-Natal. And the second one is the … on the Union Buildings and the 30th…
EventSouth African Political activist, James Sofasonke Mpanza dies
… and founder of the Sofasonke Party in Orlando Township, Soweto , passed away at his Orlando East home in Soweto. He was given a rousing civic funeral service…
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… a meeting, which was attended by representatives of all Soweto high schools, at which it was decided that protests … in Black schools. The students decided…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 25th Anniversary of the formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe, 16 December 1986
… early actions of Umkhonto we Sizwe. Not since the Bambata Uprising in 1906 had patriots taken to arms in an organised … waged by our workers in 1973 became…