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ArchiveMinutes of a Meeting between the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, Mr. M. C. Botha, officials of the Department of Bantu Administration and Development .... held in the Bantu Administration Building, Pretoria on 19 June 1976
… of the Urban Council, School Board and Teachers of Soweto in which issues such as the actions of pupils during the Soweto riots and the problem of using…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… do something” about South Africa was intensified after the Soweto riots in 1976, particularly following the death of … SASO, the South African Students’…
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…
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…
ArticleZulu
… Natal and on the mines in the Witwatersrand. The last Zulu uprising, led by Chief Bambatha in 1906, was a response to … and to force more Zulus to start…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… April 1959 the PAC was formed at Orlando Community Hall in Soweto. Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe , an ardent Africanist, who …
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
… were given eviction notices. The 'Africans' were moved to Soweto, the 'Coloureds' to the Western Areas and Indians to …
ArticleEconomic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… Fighters (EFF) announced its formation on 27 July, 2013 in Soweto. The party was formed by former ANC Youth League …
EventArtist and boxer Ephraim Ngatane dies
… boxer, died of tuberculosis at the Barangwanath Hospital, Soweto. Ngatane used water colours and oil for his paintings … singer. Ngatane was buried at…
EventOne-fifth of SA's military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
… accepting HIV positive people into their ranks'. Below, an extract from article 'HIV/AIDS: Policies and programmes for …
EventMandela and De Klerk hold emergency talks
… emergency talks in Pretoria about increasing violence in Soweto. Fighting in Soweto started when Zulu migrant workers armed with axes and …
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… his political awakening came with the 1976 Soweto uprising – this developing into activism during his student …
PlaceCathcart District, Eastern Cape
… amaGcaleka and the amaThembu neighbours. By May 1878 the uprising had been crushed by British forces, and those Ngqika groups who had taken part in the…
EventCommittee of Ten wants election of a new community board
… The 'Committee of 10' formed by prominent Soweto residents, issued a programme for the election of a new community board to have total autonomy in Soweto,…
EventThe Natives Resettlement Act, Act No 19 of 1954 is passed
… residents were forcefully removed to Meadowlands in Soweto . In January 1955 the government deployed security … on to trucks with their goods and forced to…
Africa South
… as the bus boycotts, political trials and the Sharpeville uprising were featured. …
PlaceMandela House
… The Mandela House Museum in Soweto is housed in what was once the home of Nelson Mandela … political prisoner and South Africa's former president . Soweto…
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… 9 Black Consciousness leaders under the Terrorism Act 1976 Soweto riots 1978 8 January, his wife Foszia visits Botswana, …
PlaceNgqushwa Local Municipality
… and characterized by good quality of service for all. " An Extract from: "The Eastern Cape, Then and Now" ( link in …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… than 20 000 pupils from the African township complex of Soweto began a protest march against a Bantu Education … medium controversy black schools,' it said. …
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…
EventRand Afrikaans University is established
… the Witwatersrand Technikon and the two Vista campuses of Soweto and the East Rand, to form the University of … Park Kingsway, Auckland Park Bunting,…
David Goldblatt: Intersections; Asbestos; Particulars by Sue Williamson, 1 - 25 October 2003
… which for decades exploited the land and the workers to extract blue asbestos from the land. A single strand of blue …
EventRebels overrun the Somalian capital of Mogadishu
… Siyad Barre's government through full-scale popular uprising. Barre fled and sought refuge in Gedo, his native …
PlaceOld Court House, Victoria Embankment, Durban
… witness to both the South African Wars and the Bhambatha Uprising. More recently, it also served as a canteen and …
EventRichard Maponya, one of South Africa’s richest businessmen, is born
… into business, first by opening small grocery shops in Soweto with his wife. He then went on to bigger ventures such … group Zenprop in the construction of a…
EventNational Day of Prayer is observed peacefully
… fears of violence between youth and security forces in Soweto and other major townships. Called by the National … peacefulness, there are some reports to the…
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… and Black Local Authorities, the 1984 Vaal Triangle uprising and the 1985 school boycotts. This was interspersed …
Political report by Oliver Tambo on the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the African National Congress, 17 June 1985, Kabwe, Zambia
… Biko was of course subsequently murdered. The Historic Soweto Uprising These events might be of historic interest now, … so-called Third Force, especially in…
Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Kabwe, Zambia, June 1985
… Biko was of course subsequently murdered. The Historic Soweto Uprising These events might be of historic interest now, … so-called Third Force, especially in…