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EventCommunity leader James Sofasonke Mpanza is born
… released. In his heydays he was regarded as the father of Soweto. …
PlaceGallery 101
… Pretoria . Haenggi would in 1987 open the Pelmama Academy Soweto, a tertiary college for visual and performing arts in Mofolo, Soweto, with an Eastside…
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… Mokhehle, then leader of the BCP, was based in Diepkloof, Soweto and was believed to have been directing LLA operatives … Leabua fell from power in 1985. At…
EventThe Association of Chambers of Commerce issued a “no work, no pay, no penalty” statement
… one day work stay-away on June 16, in commemoration of the Soweto riots. Assocom and the Federated Chamber of Industries …
EventBoxing legend, Dingaan Thobela thwarts a hijacking at his home in Johannesburg
… September 2006, Boxing legend Dingaan Thobela 'The Rose of Soweto' arrived home only to be greeted by hijackers as he …
EventLanguage crisis in schools resolved
… The announcement followed about three weeks after the Soweto riots. Sources: Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five …
EventHumphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies
… Chairperson from 1991 to 2000. Ndlovu was very active in Soweto during the 1990s. He was a strong proponent of …
EventSlave rebellion at the Cape led by Louis of Mauritius. Over 300 slaves and Khoi Khoi servants from outlying farms marched on Cape Town demanding their freedom
… throughout the Cape Colony. The timing of the Cape uprising was surely influenced by stories arriving in the …
EventNyanga school Principal’s office burnt
… context of this is that on 16 June 1976 school children in Soweto, near Johannesburg, rose in protest against the … Image Source: © Photograph by Alf Kumalo…
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… Located in the heart of Soweto , the Credo Mutwa Cultural Village is a … the AIDs epidemic. The village is located in the heart of Soweto and underwent a…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… Lavis when a two-day stay away was held to commemorate the uprising of 1976. During the protests a Committee of 81 was …
Arise! Vukani!
… by working, unemployed and student youth residing in Soweto, Lenasia, Eldorado Park, Riverlea, Bosmount and …
EventThe South African government finally approves the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu
… The 99-year leasehold rights were first extended to Soweto's townships in 1979, an experiment that the government …
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… Sisulu and Duma Nokwe went from house to house in Orlando, Soweto near Johannesburg rallying support amongst community …
PlacePietermaritzburg Botanical Gardens
On 3 March 1874, the Pietermaritzburg Botanical Garden was founded. It was run by the newly formed Pietermaritzburg Botanical Society until 1969, when it was…
PlaceThulamela, an Archaeological Site
At sites such as Thulamela, in the North of the Kruger National Park. Here traces of ancient traders are still being found which proves Man to have been here…
EventSA artist Tshela Matsoso is born
… Leonard Tshela Mohapi Matsoso was born in Pimville, Soweto. Between 1962 and 1970, while still at school, Matsoso …
EventFietas, site of forced removal in Johannesburg, is renamed Pageview
… Act. The majority of the inhabitants moved to Lenasia and Soweto between 1956 and 1977, and the area was declared …
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… attempting to escape 1987 16 February Unknown youth (17) Soweto Allegedly jumped from Casspir in an attempt to …
PlaceSophiatown
… were moved to Meadowlands, which formed a part of Soweto, where the NP established a housing area based on the … thousands of people from Sophiatown to…
ArchivePress cuttings-repression of youth
… fun run to launch the International year of the youth in Soweto that has been organised by a community organisation in …
ArchiveMandla Mandela wants inquest into deaths of Stompie Seipie, Dr Asvat, 19 January 2018, South Africa
… 14 when he was killed. Doctor Asvat was shot dead in his Soweto clinic. The SCA earlier dismissed Winnie …
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women’s League, is born
… was trained as a teacher and went on to teach in Natal and Soweto. When she was 29 years old she decided to join the …
EventSA artist Anthony Nkotsi is born
… spent his Saturdays at informal art classes in Orlando, Soweto. Here he was exposed to contemporary South African art …
EventWinnie Mandela charged with kidnapping
… Seipei and three other boys from the Methodist manse in Soweto, and took him to Winnie Mandela's home. Richardson …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985 by Sean Field
… organisations in Cape Town from 1980 to 1984? The 1976 Soweto student uprising was a significant act of political defiance against the apartheid state. In…
Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985
… organisations in Cape Town from 1980 to 1984? The 1976 Soweto student uprising was a significant act of political defiance against the apartheid state. In…
EventClarence Mlokoti is shot dead by hijackers
… by hijackers while trying to take his car in Pimville, Soweto. The highjacking took place on Tuesday night while …
II - The Life of Steve Biko
… During the disturbances following the police massacre of Soweto students in June 1976 , Soweto leaders demanded that the government negotiate the … against…
EventSouth African Soccer legend Lucas Radebe was born
… Lucas Radebe was born in Diepkloof in Soweto . He comes from a big family of six boys and four …