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BiographyNelson Zulu
There was conflict in the Tokazi location in the Usutu Area, Nongoma District, Natal [now Kwazulu-Natal], around Bantu Affairs (BA), betterment and the role…
BiographyMankopodi Sekhukhune
Mankopodi Sekhukhune’s partner was Morwamotse Sekhukhune, a Paramount Chief (PC) of the Bapedi people. He was suspended for not supporting the Native Affairs…
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… in significance when the Black People's Convention (BPC) was established in 1972. A number of women, such as …
BiographyNokugcina Elsie Mhlophe
Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe known as Gcina Mhlophe was born on 24 October 1958 in KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa. She has been writing and performing on stage and…
BiographyGertrud Theiler
Gertrud Theiler was the youngest daughter of sir Arnold Theiler KCMG, founder and first director of the Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, and his wife, Emma…
BiographyThulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela
Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela was born in 1962 in Soweto. Her parents, Nomasonto and Bafana were both traders. She obtained a bachelor of Law from the…
BiographyMohammed Valli Moosa
It was, however, only at university that Moosa got involved in politics. He attended the University of Durban-Westville, where he obtained his BSc degree in…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South African liberation movement for over half a century - in persuading the Indian community to link…
ArticleTimeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… take part in the army 1972 The Black People’s convention (BPC), sharing ideals of Black Consciousness is form …
Mauritania’s ruling president Maaouiya Ould Taya wins the first round of the presidential elections. BBC gives date as 7 Nove
Anglo-Boer War 2: The cattle looting expedition commanded by Gen. Bruce Hamilton, King Dinizulu and Chief Sikhobobo arrives bac
The monetary policy committee (MPC) leaves interest rates unchanged, but altered its public stance towards the vagaries of the
Dr Verwoerd announces the introduction of legislation for a referendum of White voters to decide whether South Africa would bec
Andrew Mandla Lekoto Masondo
Andrew Mandla Lekoto Masondo was born in Soweto, Johannesburg. He attended school at Saint Angsgurs Primary School in 1946 and matriculated in 1954 from the…
BiographyRissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai
Rissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai was born into an Indian family on 10 April 1932 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. According to South Africa’s…
EventGovernment bans 20 Black leaders
… Organisation (SASO), the Black People's Convention (BPC), the Black Community Programme (BCP), the Black Allied …
BiographyThemba Godi
Themba Godi was born on 10August 1966 in the Village of Matsavana, Bushbuckridge in the Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga Province). Godi commenced his primary…
EventNic Cruse, who worked for PC Plus, which was started by people within the Mass Democratic Movement is assassinated.
On 2 October 1990 Nic Cruse, an employee at PC Plus, opened a parcel containing a bomb in a computer. The subsequent explosion killed Cruse, aged 23. Cruse had…
BiographyRashid Lombard
Rashid Lombard was born in Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha), Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) on 10 April 1951. In 1962, his family relocated to Cape Town,…
Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson
Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson was born of coloured and Swazi parents in 1924 in the Hectorspruit district of the Eastern Transvaal, he graduated from St. Peter's…
A police officer, WPC Yvonne Fletcher, is killed and ten people injured after shots were fired from the Libyan People’s Bureau
BBC reports that Mangosuthu Buthelezi has lost his job as home affairs minister after his Inkatha Freedom Party fought a bitter
The BBC reports an animal airlift is planned for the Congo. The airlift will take chimpanzees to Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
… University. In 1972, the Black People’s Convention (BPC) was also established as a politics-driven umbrella …
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… inspiration for the students to take action was the SASO/BPC trial late in 1975, in which nine BC leaders were accused … down on BC organisations, banning 17…
Cave paintings, dated 6 000 BC, are discovered in the Uweinat Mountains, Egypt.
EventThe Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… included among others, the Black People's Convention (BPC), the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) and the …
BiographyBarney Simon
Barney Simon, South African theatre director (born April 13, 1932, Johannesburg, South Africa—died June 30, 1995, Johannesburg), was a long-time force behind…
BiographyArthur Phetedi Thulare
At a meeting in February 1957, in Mohlaletsi, Sekhukhuneland, [Northern] Transvaal [now Limpopo Province], councillors accused of collaborating with the state…
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… included among others, the Black People's Convention (BPC), the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) and the …