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An interview with Dorothy Molefi: Hector was ‘always smiling’
… was Hector Pieterson. As a 12-year-old victim of the 1976 Soweto Uprising, Hector Pieterson was immortalised by …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… at the 6th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Kliptown, Soweto. 18 July, Mandela and the world celebrate his 90th … birthday. Restoration work begins on…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… its largest rally ever, which was held in the township of Soweto. It introduced its 22-person "interim leadership" to a … held emergency talks in Pretoria as…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… 1976 after a protest march by UCT students in support of Soweto students during the uprisings which began in June 1976 … Jairus Act No. 44 of 1950Sec. 9 (1…
ArticleRemembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women
… the Roman Catholic Church in 1976. In the same year, the Soweto Riots took place. In response, Gross wrote a draft …
The melody of freedom
… little politically relevant 'white' music that is before ‘Soweto’. At the beginning of the 1960s white youths, … of the 1976 uprisings by black pupils and…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… and the entire organisation was banned in October 1977. Soweto uprisings The Black Consciousness Movement served to … the hated "Bantu laws." During the June…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… he became the Chairman of the ANC Youth League of Orlando Soweto. [iii] During this early time with the ANC Ngakane … Blacks in South Africa. There were only…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… police violence that led to the death of 18 people across Soweto. Nelson Mandela , later South Africa’s first …
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… building strong internal structures, was the generation of Soweto youth. NEUM and APDUSA were revitalised by the …
The diary of Maria Tholo - Epilogue by Carol Hermer
… passed, so few lost a year of their educational lives. In Soweto the rebellion continued sporadically through much of … Prime Minister, P.W. Botha, made an…
Chapter 6 - Reform, Repression and Mass Resistance
… educational conditions of, first, the period post the Soweto uprising until the declaration of a country-wide State … Crisis’ and the Demise of Apartheid,…
PlaceJunction Avenue Theatre
… Fantastical History of a Useless Man. Inspired by the 1976 Soweto uprising , the play was created as a response to the …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… his report on the violent racial disturbances beginning in Soweto in June 1976, and covering the period to February … Mandela. Organizations supporting the…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… politician, for example through annual mass meetings in Soweto , the massive black urban settlement outside …
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
… Askaris, who would then be sent back to locations like Soweto to commit murder and other crimes against their own …
PlaceGauteng Province
… the South-Western townships, leading to the emergence of Soweto . Today 'Jozi', is free of discriminatory laws . The … It is here that: the Sharpeville…
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
… waged by our workers in 1973 became the precursor to the Soweto explosion of 1976 that shook our country. From then on … we Sizwe in 1961, was burned into…
"Umkhonto we Sizwe - Born of the People": Statement of the National Executive Comittee of the ANC on the 25th Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1986
… waged by our workers in 1973 became the precursor to the Soweto explosion of 1976 that shook our country. From then on … we Sizwe in 1961, was burned into…
Crucial Stage in the Struggle for Liberation of Southern Africa - Statement at the World Conference for Action against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, Nigeria, 23 August 1977
… men, women and children would flow in the streets of Soweto, Langa, Mameledi, Alexandra and other black ghettos at … in Southern Africa Mr. President, the…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… and 9 th June, 1985, a final summit was held at Ipeleng in Soweto, where a wide range of unions brought their national … (CEC) met for the first time at the…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… Hector Peterson who was slain in the student uprising in Soweto in 1976. [50] The image was widely published despite … Hector Peterson who was slain in the…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… where homes were being raided to persecute non-payers in Soweto, Albertina formed part of a delegation that met the mayor of Soweto to put an end to the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, 20 August 1981
… Its sordid record features such ghastly crimes as the Soweto massacre, the assassination of detainees such as Steve …
PlaceMotswedi Alexandra Art Centre, Wynberg Sandton
… In September, Art with the Art Africa was launched at the Soweto Festival, showcasing various crafts from locals. “As …
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… a branch of Afrapix as well as a training workshop in Soweto. They both had received scholarships to study in … AGM meeting, an issue was raised with the…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… Area south of Johannesburg, in what is today Diepkloof in Soweto. Another such instance saw the SAIC objecting to the …
Article by Oliver Tambo in World Marxist Review, 06 March 1980
… have kept alive the spirit of the 1976 uprising in Soweto. Lately the black working class has demonstrated its … lifetime, including the experience of June…
Racism in Isolation by O. R. Tambo, World Marxist Review, March 1980
… have kept alive the spirit of the 1976 uprising in Soweto. Lately the black working class has demonstrated its … lifetime, including the experience of June…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
… domestic workers and African employers in the townships of Soweto. [xv] Cock, J. 1980. Maids & madams: A study in the … domestic workers and African…