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BiographyMadi Gray
… her mother knew that this call was from the security police. From time to time, they would follow her. In London, …
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
… the allocation of greater powers to the South African Police in combating crime; stricter measures against and …
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… of Basutoland by the Boers, Wodehouse sent in mounted police to check the Boers, cutting off their supplies of …
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
… the Natal leaders arrested and held at the Durban Central Police Station. She organised weekly vigils outside the …
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… Chief of Eastern Pondoland. The meeting ended in chaos and police officials were requested by the colonial government to … As a result, the angry Mpondo…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… 30.000-50.000 protestors from Langa and Nyanga to the police headquarters in Caledon Square. The protesters offered … themselves up for arrest for not…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… were shot and killed by the officers of the South African Police Services (SAPS) at the hills of Rookopies also known … at the time was a non-executive…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… were shot and killed by the officers of the South African Police Services (SAPS) at the hills of Rookopies also known … at the time was a non-executive…
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… were shot and killed by the officers of the South African Police Services (SAPS) at the hills of Rooikopies also known … at the time was a non-executive…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… thought, but it is known that they were aware of the extra police patrols that were set up in the townships following … schools had electricity. During the…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… and a further 78 miners were injured, when South African Police Service (SAPS) opened live ammunition gun fire on … (green blanket) and Xolani Ndzuzu (centre…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… teachers stayed at schools. Students were placed under police surveillance. In Langa students marched to the police station where they handed their…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… Security Council and governments worldwide condemned the police action and the apartheid policies that prompted this … plummeted. Local responses Dr…
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… for 48 hours in his cell. A scuffle with security police caused brain damage. He was then driven, naked and manacled in the back of a police van, to Pretoria…
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… are not convinced that the Israelites are peaceful. The police and Native Affairs officials, dealing with policies … ECA Welsh, visits Ntabelanga. He is…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… “slums billowing woodsmoke, prison cell and secret police interrogation rooms” as well as “township landlords, … about social events and the academic routine…
The Battle of Square Hill
… of ‘exceptionally good character’ were eligible to apply [vii] To this end a Cape Corps War Recruiting Committee was … Hall in Cape Town. Although the…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… linked to the state. For instance, known or suspected police informers, policemen and chiefs in the rural areas of … searching for Poqo activists with the…
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
… self-help. HA and Ponnen then completed Std VI and Std VII public examination. The Natal Technical College (White) …
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… were harried and harassed by the private mining company police, who ran the mining properties with an ubiquitous … or burning of kitchens and other mine…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… to the killing of 34 mineworkers by the South African Police was marked by incidents of intimidation and assault. … wounded. Three protesters are fatally…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… visited Boipatong. Ramaphosa accused De Klerk and the police of complicity in the massacre. Then on the 19 June, … state President F.W De Klerk visited…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa timeline
… migrants and marched the individuals down to the local police station where they demanded that the foreigners be … same area. 2013 On 27 February 2013, eight…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… Stadium. On their pathway they were met by heavily armed police who fired teargas and later live ammunition on … consequences for the Apartheid government…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… their passes at home on the appointed date and gather at police stations around the country, making themselves … Pan Africanist Congress surrendered…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… and in Sharpeville near Johannesburg. In Sharpeville the police got nervous, and opened fire on the crowd without … ANC and PAC. Various measures were…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… Cillie Commission of Enquiry 575 people died. Police action resulted in 451 deaths. 3 907 people were injured. The police were responsible for 2 389 injuries…
ArticleUnited Women’s Organisation (UWO)
… Women (FEDTRAW) sprang up. * Full image caption: "Police arrest UWO members, Cape Town, 1985. Leaders of the … during a march to protest against the massacre…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… are social leaders rather than government institutions. [vii] Section 212 of the Constitution of South Africa states … University of the Western Cape, M…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… to facilitate the government’s fight against ‘terrorists,’ police used the law to pursue and prosecute various … those detained under the Terrorism Act…