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PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
The origin of Chatsworth Chatsworth is a historically Indian township located in Durban some 14km south-west of the City centre, in the Umhlatuzana River…
Address by Nelson Mandela on behalf of the ANC delegation to the Conference of the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa Addis Ababa, January 1962
… Saracen armoured cars and troop carriers patrolled townships. Police vans patrolled areas and broadcast … stories about his daring that circulated in the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
After coming to power in 1948, the National Party-led government began implementing apartheid by passing a series of racist laws, notably the Population…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… attempts to oust Indian merchants under Gold Law and Townships Act. August 21, Forwarded to Registrar of Asiatics … Indian merchants resolved to fight…
Event11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on negotiators in Sebokeng
The unbanning of the South African liberation movements on 2 February 1990 was an important milestone, which signalled a shift from being covert underground…
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
On this day in history, 4 of Winnie Mandela's (now Madikizela-Mandela) bodyguards, including Jerry Richardson and Jabu Sithole (coach of the Mandela United…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto
John Koenakeefe Mohl was born in Zeerust in the Noth West province. He began drawing at a very young age and would often get in trouble in school for not…
PlaceWindhoek, Capital City of Namibia
Windhoek is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. If Namibia is Africa for beginners, then Windhoek is very much its capital in more than…
ArchiveWhat lost photos of Blue Notes say about South Africa’s jazz history by Lindelwa Dalamba , 14 October 2019
In 1964 a young South African student and photography enthusiast, Norman Owen-Smith, took his Leica camera along to a jazz concert at the then University of…
ArchiveCHAPTER 6 - Towards a Broad Front and Other Desirable Accidents, January 1981 - January 1983 by Howard Barrell
… believed the formation of civic organisations in African townships might remedy this. But the process needed to be … control over residential resources in…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 106th Anniversary of the African National Congress presented by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, 13 January 2018
… township and rural economies. Our rural areas and townships were designed as labour dormitories. It is pleasing … the creation of a conducive regulatory…
ArchiveSoldiers without reward- Africans in South Africa's wars
Military History Journal Vol 10 No 1 - June 1995 (incorporating Museum Review) SOLDIERS WITHOUT REWARD Africans in South Africa's Wars by J S Mohlamme …
EventSmiso Zwane, South African hip hop artist is born
Smiso Zwane, stage name Okmalumkoolkat was born in the Umlazi township of Durban on 27 July 1985. [i] Along ZamaniXolo stage name DoktaSpiZee, two forms the…
ArchiveFirst Mafika Gwala Lecture: The Arts of Resistance - Mafika Gwala and South African Poetry by Ari Sitas
At first I thought that a reading and a republishing of my Traditions of Poetry in Natal2 which attempted to situate Mafika Pascal Gwala’s work in the late…
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
Interview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi who was an activist in the black consciousness movement and later in the Azanian People's Organization and the trade…
EventState of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre
This was the first such declaration of a State of Emergency by the Apartheid state. During these periods, the government had free reign to suspend civil…
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
The apartheid era was characterised by different resistances such as the Sharpeville massacre, Vaal and the East Rand in 1985 and Soweto uprising of 1976. The…
PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
In 1925 the Township owners of Houghton Estate, the Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd. Donated the original portion of The Wilds to the…
Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk, 26 June 1992
… persists in attributing the carnage in the black townships to black political rivalry. 6. In this regard the …
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… human life and communities discriminated against—from the townships in South Africa to the “farthest corners of the …
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… Security police began to eliminate ANC sympathisers inside townships rather than taking part in the lengthy process of …
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
… to try to obtain employment in urban areas. Urban black townships were becoming more seriously overcrowded as the … the new influx of work seekers as…
Political Overview By The ANC Gauteng Provincial Chairperson, Comrade Paul Mashatile On The Occasion Of The Special Provincial General Council, Turffontein Racecourse, Johannesburg, 24 February 2013
… provide much needed social and economic infrastructure in townships, including the tarring of roads, upgrading of … new schools and upgrade old schools,…
PlaceAlbertynhof, Kimberley
Suburb of Kimberley to the South of the Big Hole and North-West of New Park. It was established when the Newton Township, was cleared of slums, and named after…
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
The government announces that its aim, is to provide all Black children with free and compulsory education as soon as possible. Teachers and scholars rejected…
PlaceKwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban
KwaMuhle Museum depicts Durban as an African city searching for identity within a new political context. This museum shows a history experienced by the…
PlaceMaphikela House
In 1912, prominent black leaders gathered here and forged the foundations of what would eventually become the ruling party of the country. The house was…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 09 November 1982, New York
… intermittent paramilitary roadblocks outside black townships, brutal and oppressive raids on black people`s …
Opening Address to the ANC National Consultative Conference by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 14 December 1990
… with the same tenacity as before. The massacres in the townships and elsewhere are a painful reminder that apartheid …
Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
… only live there after receiving special permission. Urban townships were established to provide a readily available …