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ArchivePlan for township scrapped
Press article about the scrapping of plans to develop a consolidated African township at Klipfontein, a farm near Bushman's River Mouth for Africans from…
PlaceAddington, Township of Durban
Township in Durban, North of the Point and West of the Beachfront. It was laid out by the Natal Government and gives its name to the renowned, Addington…
Mama Beshenga
… area into tribal groups so that they lived in separate townships. Mama Beshenga threw her weight behind opposing …
UDF Poster ‘NO apartheid war: GUGULETHU LANGA TROOPS OUT OF THE TOWNSHIPS’ by End Conscription Campaign (ECC), 20/08/1983 - 20/08/1991, South Africa
… g.za/udf/no_apartheid_war_gugulethu_langa_troops_out_of_the_townships.htm … ‘NO apartheid war: GUGULETHU LANGA TROOPS OUT OF THE TOWNSHIPS’ by End…
BiographyAli Bacher
… make a contribution to a greater society by going into the townships. It was the birth of the development programme. By … among black politicians. The…
BiographyLefifi Tladi
… behind. Dashiki’s live performances across South African townships merged music with poetry that was heavily …
BiographyMandla Michael Yende
Yende was recruited into the PAC and APLA by Themba Phikwane in Alexandra Township, north of Johannesburg, in 1976. Phikwane, who had just returned from exile…
BiographySuzanne ‘Zan’ Louw
… took her into Langa, one of Cape Town’s oldest townships. There she witnessed the heavy-handedness of the …
BiographyMoses Jongizizwe Mayekiso
… which aimed to unify the various bodies in different townships. In the same year, he organised a sit-in at the …
Izwi lase Township, 1982 - 1984
Izwi lase Township was published by Ditshwantsho tsa Rona. It offered notes and views about current and past events. Though mainly concerned with Alexandra,…
ArchiveTownship boy : The Mamu Players
Silkscreened; black; Township boy : The Mamu Players
UDF Poster ‘WE DEMAND: SADF & POLICE OUT OF THE TOWNSHIPS! : UDF : SUPPORT THE CONSUMER BOYCOTT!’ by United Democratic Front (UDF), 20/08/1983 - 20/08-1991
… ttps://www.saha.org.za/udf/we_demand_sadf_police_out_of_the_townships_udf_support_the_consumer_boycott_2.htm … UDF Poster ‘WE DEMAND: SADF & POLICE OUT OF…
BiographyCanodoise (Can) Themba
… depressing conditions of African life in the Johannesburg townships.” Themba’s Sophiatown dwelling, known as “The House …
EventMore than 2,250 people are arrested in the township of Sebokeng
… to be the biggest raid against black people living in the townships and hostels. The arrest came at the height of …
BiographyGille De Vlieg
… The next several years she spent documenting various townships and rural areas mostly in the former Transvaal . … it was then illegal for a white woman to…
BiographyLuli Callinicos
… namely Gold and Workers (1981), Working Life: Factories, Townships and Popular Culture (1987), which won the Noma …
BiographyHeidi Saayman
… " Autumn Years" and the other on life in the colored townships of Missionvale and Helenvale. In 1990 she won the …
EventElectricity cut off in Tumahole township
Electricity in Tumahole Township, Free State was cut off after the Transvaal provincial authority decided that it would no longer provide municipalities facing…
BiographyKgalabi Jafta Masemola
Kgalabi Jafta Masemola, “The Tiger of Azania”, also popularly known as “Bra Jeff” by many others, was born at Bon Accord near Pretoria on 12 December 1931. He…
BiographyWinston Monwabisi Ngozi
… They were forced to move from Retreat to one of the local townships Gugulethu. Ngozi was a naturally talented musician, … Ngozi's popularity in the…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… not exist in a vacuum — it is being struggled over in the townships, the schools, the mines and factories, on the … nature of work. Today, millions South…
ArchiveThe Dark Alexandra Township
ArchiveAlexandra township: a brief history
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984 by Noor Nieftagodien
… an end by the struggles of millions of ordinary people in townships, factories and rural areas. The insurrection of the … from September to November 1984. At…
BiographyChristopher Ndodebandla Dlamini
… November demanding the removal of the army and police from townships the establishment of elected students' …
BiographyZanele Muholi
… photography workshops for young women in various townships. Muholi studied Advanced Photography at the Market …
BiographySaul Simon Nhlapo
Saul Simon Nhlapo, from Evaton Township, Vereeniging District, Transvaal [now Gauteng], was considered a “ringleader”and was reportedly: The man most feared…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - ‘Locations’ For Labour
… This meant blacks who had their own homes in the freehold townships would no longer be allowed licences to keep … the mortgages on their properties. The…
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
… notable as the TCB was still banned from playing in many townships, including Lenasia. After his resignation, Asvat … accompanied their father during his…
BiographyMduduzi Richard Shabalala
… the township. In 1982 Lamontville was one of first Black townships in Natal to protest against high rent and bus fare …