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"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
… 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…
EventSA artist, Dumisani Mabaso is born
… Dumisani Abraham Mabaso, South African artist, was born in Soweto. From childhood until 1974 he received art education … also for 2 years studied art at the…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Joe Gqabi, Harare, 9 August 1981
… 1960 the resistance to the bantustan system resulted in an uprising, a revolt among peasants in the Transkei. It is … him up to 1975 when he completed his…
EventEmperor Haile Selassie reclaims his Ethiopian throne
… Tigrayans formed a resistance group “Weyane” or popular uprising, to rebel against Selassie. Tigrayans believed that …
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… © Local History Museum Collection, Durban The Bambatha uprising The situation was further exacerbated by the … Anger around this ‘poll-tax’ culminated in the…
PlaceHangberg, Hout Bay
… came into prominence in National news because of a large uprising on 21 September 2010 against the removal of about 30 … of the Reconstruction and…
EventDemonstrators strip to deter bulldozers
… by authorities to demolish their homes at Dobsonville in Soweto. The women's protests were ignored and the demolitions went ahead. This was not the first…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… up in common resistance against settler expansion. This uprising differed from previous resistance in that it …
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… elements in the military and police, to crush crushed the uprising. In the course of this revolution, the Communist …
The people armed, 1984-1990
… the unrest in the Black townships grew into a nationwide uprising surpassing that of 1976. Students boycotted schools. … her banning order and in August 1985…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… the unrest in the Black townships grew into a nationwide uprising surpassing that of 1976. Students boycotted schools. … her banning order and in August 1985…
ArchiveCHAPTER 3 - Unprepared by Howard Barrell
… - Soweto and All That, June 1976 - October 1978 Fifteen years … techniques. - Joe Slovo 1 Introduction The uprisings in Soweto and elsewhere in June 1976…
EventA strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion
… of the state forces, had been killed and 534 injured. This uprising is popularly known as the Rand Revolt or Rebellion. …
EventIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union is founded under Clements Kadalie
… White government and politicians, who feared a national uprising and caused them to proceed carefully in their …
EventANC member and UDF-leader Christmas Tinto, is born in Mqanduli in the Transkei
… food conditions at the college. During the 1976 students uprising, Tinto was detained in Pollsmoor Prison and on …
EventThe Erasmus Commission’s report implicates Rhoodie, Mulder and van den Bergh in SA’s infamous ‘Information Scandal’
… . Condemnation of South Africa escalated following the Soweto Revolt in 1976. The Department of Information was also … by students who had fled the country…
ArticleWhen, why and where the first African farmers settled in Southern Africa
… from iron and copper Metal working The farmers knew how to extract iron and copper from rock and they built furnaces for …
EventTwenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death for the Lari massacre in Kenya
… making it the largest single massacre of the Mau Mau uprising. It became known as the "Lari Massacre" and it is …
PlaceKlein Roosboom Winery, Durbanville
At Klein Roosboom the elements combine in perfect harmony to create the enviable conditions that make their wines so special. The uniqueness allows each grape…
EventAnti apartheid activist Dr. Richard Turner is assassinated
… of cooperation with black students following the Soweto Revolt two years earlier. This, evidently, is what Turner had advocated for. In April 1977 NUSAS and…
Appeal to the British public by Dube
… President, South African Native National Congress [This extract from the appeal was published by Gandhi in Indian …
ArchiveA critical look at the role of the Muslim Judicial Council in the struggle for liberation in South Africa from 1960 to 1994
… emphasising highly politicised events such as the 1976 Uprising, 1985-1986 Mass Mobilisation, 1989-1990 Defiance …
ArchiveSAAWU Annual National Conference
… Notice of SAAWU Annual National Conference at Soweto in 1984. SAAWU in white letters on black background. … background. White poster with image of black…
ArchiveSpeech made by Mrs Winnie Mandela to mark the
… Immediately following the "childrens revolt" in Soweto in June 1976 and the massacre and repression with … Winnie Mandela made an impassioned plea at a…
ArchiveThe Black Consciousness Movement and Steve Biko By Jonathan Ansumana
… Consciousness movement as a threat. In the year 1976, the Soweto Uprising was a major demonstration of Black Consciousness. … unfair educational system. …
EventMinister of Defence, P.W. Botha, reports to the Senate on the Arms Industry and defines the main aims of South Africa’s defence policy.
… that afflicted the Apartheid State regarding a potential uprising by Black South Africans, supported by the Soviet …
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… ballooning debt (the largest proportion of which was in Soweto), she suggests that the company failed to deal with …
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… farming areas across the Western Cape. The farm workers uprising occurred on 27 August 2012 in Keurboschkloof Farm … striking mineworkers, killing 34 workers…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… women, the local UDF and defence committees. The Soweto Youth Congress (SOYCO) was the third youth congress to … It transformed the nature of Black…