SAHO global search
2,104 records
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… Sisulu, Marks, Cachalia and Dadoo travelled to the Transkei to meet the Bhunga (Parliament) in order to present … and Cachalia to present the required…
Beerhalls in Soweto from Soweto Heritage Survey Final Report compiled by Steven Lebelo and Elsabe Brink for the National Monuments Council, Northern Region
… of the sale of liquor had increased between 1973 and 1976. Judging from the ferocity with which location … these parts of Soweto. When the Soweto riots broke…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… roles of the traditional leaders. Bantustans such as Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei provided a good …
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… from the arrival of autocratic leaders in the newly formed Transkei and Ciskei . Kaizer Matanzima banned the paper for …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… After formal application by representatives from the Transkei, the ANC’s annual convention formally recognises the Transkei as a province under the ANC’s…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… would govern itself independent of White intervention. Transkei was the first territory to benefit from the provision of this Act when the Transkei Self…
The diary of Maria Tholo - November 2 - December 1 by Carol Hermer
… was telling me how much Jeff had enjoyed his trip to the Transkei while she was panicking about him back here in Cape … in the last 20 years (860 000 in 1954…
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… the second Bantustan to gain ‘independence’ following the Transkei, a year earlier. The region’s President, Lucas …
ArchiveIntroduction by Howard Barrell
… 11-year period of ANC history chosen for this study, from 1976 to 1986, provides material for a curious and paradoxical … to itself, its members and others…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… and homelands security legislation (especially in the Transkei). Denationalisation or the withdrawal of citizenship … in this document. Formal repression of…
EventNelson Mandela is born
… village of Mvezo , in the district of Qunu near Umtata , Transkei (now known as Eastern Cape ). Mandela became …
EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
… the option of either leaving South Africa for Swaziland or Transkei , which was regarded as independent by the South …
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
… around the restoration of citizenship to the residents of Transkei, Bophutatswana, Venda and Ciskei. A Transitional …
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… however, did not last long. Soon after he began, the 1976 Soweto Uprising occurred and the ANC in exile saw its …
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
… in tissue samples from a Norwegian sailor who died around 1976. The first two official AIDS deaths in South Africa were …
June 17
… Kissinger's visit... Kiss- inja (a dog) Soweto, September, 1976 To add to this, 300 predominantly white Wits students …
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
The origin of South Africa’s judicial capital goes back to the mid 19th century when Major H.D. Warden established a British outpost in the then Transorangia…
EventESCOM announces its decision to order two nuclear power reactors from France
… On 29 May 1976, the South African Electricity Supply Commission (ESKOM) … nuclear weapons. The two reactors, ordered from France in 1976 were installed at…
EventNaledi High School is founded
… commemorated 50th anniversary on 8 June 2013. On 8 June 1976, security police arrived at Naledi High School and … in 50% of subjects in secondary schools. On…
Chapter 2 - SADF Speaks...
… and control headquarters for ANC action against SA, Transkei and Ciskei and were used as a springboard for … the ANC was planning to carry out deeds of…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… ANC branches could be revived. Govan Mbeki publishes Transkei in the Making a work of political analysis which is … deeply critical of the system of local…
PlaceHector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto
… through Soweto and shot at by police on the 16 June, 1976! Which has now become Youth Day, a public holiday in … and historical documents relating to the…
The strangulation of activity
… The Methodist Church of South Africa was banned in the Transkei. This ban was lifted in June 1988 under the military … The Suppression of Communism Act of…
EventP.W. Botha launches CONSAS at the Carlton Conference to eliminate “Marxist threat”
… Africa (Namibia by 1990), Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Transkei, Bophuthatswana and other homelands which became …
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… release where the condition was that he be confined to the Transkei . The offer was also extended to prisoners serving …
Albertina Sisulu, Freedom Fighter
… African Women. Born 70 years ago, in Cofimvaba in the Transkei,on October 21, 1918, eldest of an orphaned family of … was detained for 11 months during the…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… grew into a nationwide uprising surpassing that of 1976. Students boycotted schools. Communities organised … the country and facing the tenth anniversary of…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… period leading up to his death, beginning with the June 1976 unrest, had seen some of the most turbulent events in …
ArticleSilverton Siege
… of MK recruits thrown up by the Soweto Revolt of 1976. …
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… and Poqo, which had gone underground by now. On June 16, 1976 , Soweto students’ revolted against the use of Afrikaans …