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ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the Sharpeville Massacre and its aftermath. The heavy-handed response of the … soon after the…
EventInternational Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
… shot and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa. The Sharpeville Massacre is also observed as Human Rights’ Day locally…
BiographyMohamed Ismail Dinat
Early Years and Politicisation Mohamed Ismail (‘Issy’) Dinat was born on 14 October 1937 in Krugersdorp. As a child, Dinat would often attend meetings with…
BiographyMoses Josiah Madiba
… Advisory Board for Native Education in the Transvaal. In 1960 he was appointed first chairperson of the advisory …
BiographyPrince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu
… his schooling at Mapoch Primary School, Weltevrede, in 1960, proceeding to Ndebele Primary School at Waterval where …
BiographyAlfred Temba Qabula
… (ANC) became a regular talking point in his village. In 1960, a meeting was held on Ngquza Hill where the problems …
BiographyIsmail Chota Meer
… charged during the 1956 Treason Trial . He was detained in 1960 together with Inkosi Albert Luthuli during the State of …
BiographyMadimetja Lawrence Phokanoka
… the South African Communist Party (SACP) and then in 1960 he joined the ANC. Alongside Harry Khanyi, Stephen Gawe …
BiographyElizabeth Mafekeng
… [in The Mafekeng Affair. Africa South 4(3) April – June 1960, p 40]: Two policemen and Mr Johannes Le Roux, the Paarl …
BiographyNatvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia
… a journalist for the Gujarati section of Indian Opinion in 1960, but when that newspaper was shut down in 1961, he … Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… of cancer at his brother’s house in Bloemfontein. 19 July, Ambrose Makiwane attacks the SACP in a critical speech … of the Special Committee against…
EventUN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims.
… Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) led a peaceful protest to Sharpeville police station, where they demanded to be … scores injured and others arrested in what…
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
… of its apartheid policies. The announcement came after the Sharpeville massacre, when 69 people were killed by security police after … whole world was…
EventO. R. Tambo leaves South Africa for exile
… Oliver Reginald Tambo left South Africa shortly after the Sharpeville massacre , on the instruction of the African National … sympathised with South Africa…
ArchiveMayibuye, mayibuye, mayibuye
… Pamphlet commemorating Sharpeville massacre …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… to the Native Affairs Bill. 15 June, J.T Jabavu and Rev Z.R Mahabane testify before the Select Committee on … a trade unionist and ANC member is born in…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… defended the accused. A short while later, on 21 March 1960, the Sharpeville Massacre took place when the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) …
BiographyPeter Moonsammy
Peter Moonsammy was born on 25 March 1928 in Market St, Johannesburg. Moonsamy was the elder brother of Paul and Dasu Joseph who were Transvaal Indian…
BiographyBoy Mvemve
… He was there during the 1959 Potato Boycott and the 1960 anti-pass campaign. Boy Adolphus Mvemve, courageous and …
BiographyMary Thipe
… Buildings in Pretoria in opposition to the pass laws . In 1960, she was among those who took part in the Cato Manor … MK, involved in 1956 Women’s March,…
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
… group show featuring significant works from the period 1960 to 1990. A time of zealous nationalism and pained … drawings by Harold Rubin. According to…
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… death, the Director-General in the presidency office Rev Frank Chikane visited Botha's family to present an offer …
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
… Human Rights Day. This day is a commemoration of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and how far the nation has come in the protection of …
ArticleKey People in the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising
… - NUSAS Maeder Osler - NUSAS Ian Robertson - NUSAS Ambrose Makiwane Dumisani Mbatha Deliza Mji - SASO President …
BiographyDali Tambo
… parents were exiled. He arrived in England on 15 September 1960 with his mother. Tambo attended Lancing College in West …
BiographyChristiaan Neethling Barnard
… of patients following major surgical procedures. In 1960, with the support of a bursary from the Oppenheimer …
Reverend Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile
Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile, the son of Simon Stofile and Miriam Ngcongcobela, was born on 27 December 1944, in the Winterberg District of Adelaide, Eastern Cape…
BiographyNokuthula Orela Simelane
… Nokuthula Orela Simelane was born in 1960 in Mzinoni Township near Bethal in Mpumalanga . She was …
BiographyFrantz Fanon
… and Algeria and was severely wounded. Last years By 1960, after completing a massive intelligence operation from …
BiographyWinston Monwabisi Ngozi
… Town. He was the first-born in a musical family. In the 1960’s the Apartheid government continued its project of …