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ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… Cases in point include the ruthless handling of the Sharpeville protests (1960 and 1984), the Soweto riots (1976) among other … period. The lack of racial…
BiographyProfessor Kader Abdul Asmal
… founder of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement in London (1960) and as founder, Vice-Chairperson (1963-1972) and …
BiographyCurtis Nkondo
… Rose Magors, a nurse, together they had four children. In 1960, responding to the anti-pass call , Curtis and a group …
BiographyBilly Nair
… Trial. The initial indictment was squashed. During the 1960 state of emergency, Nair went underground for two months …
BiographyEs’kia Mphahlele
Extract from media statement on the passing of Dr. Es’kia Mphahlele (1919 - 2008): By Minister of culture & society, Dr Z. Pallo JordanEs'kia [Ezekiel]…
BiographyVuyisile Mini
… labour. He became SACTU secretary for the Eastern Cape in 1960. Mini's militant political activities began in 1951 when …
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
Liz Adriana Abrahams (nee Joseph) was born on 19 September 1925 in Paarl, in the Western Cape. She was born into a large family of 8 children, and attended a…
BiographyJames Edward April
James Edward April was born on 20th of March in 1940, in Bokmakeri Athlone, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape).He is the youngest of seven children…
BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
… and charged in the Treason Trial of 1956 . In the 1960 State of Emergency, he avoided detention after being …
BiographyDawood Seedat
… charge against Seedat was dropped on 20 April 1959. In 1960 he was arrested again during the state of emergency . …
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… 1950-1985 The State of Soviet Knowledge of Africa before 1960 In the late 1950s the Soviets, under Nikita Khruschev, … to visit the USSR. Formal Ties Begin…
EventSA signs treaty with Great Britain on the supply of military equipment to South Africa
… pressure and condemnation. The events of Sharpville massacre of 1960, and the subsequent State of Emergency followed by the …
BiographyMoses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida
… of the Natal ANC. A week after the declaration of the 1960 state of emergency, Mabhida was sent abroad by SACTU to …
EventBeyers Naudé is served with his second banning order
… question the justifications of the apartheid system. The Sharpeville Massacre was a turning point in Naudé life, as it was this …
ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
… and demonstrations. However, after the events of the Sharpeville massacre , a horrendous tragedy resulting in the deaths of over fifty South African…
EventFifteen African states tabled a draft resolution at the UN denouncing racial discrimination
… is commemorated annually on 21 March. On that day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa…
ArchiveThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad by Max Rossiter
… that Joe Slovo received. Despite this, in the early 1960’s the SACP and the ANC were reduced by systematic … followed the banning of liberation movements…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… was published. It was written by John A. Chalmers on Rev Tiyo Soga. 1880 With the colonisation of South Africa … life, who defy poverty and urban squalor to…
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
… The decisive event that marked the turning point was the massacre, on Sharpeville Day, of 31 peaceful protestors on the dusty … Cape town of Uitenhage . This…
EventANC co-founder and journalist Pixley Seme dies
… service was conducted by the bishop of Johannesburg, Ambrose Reeves, on 17 June. Tributes were made by, among …
EventElizabeth Taylor remarries Richard Burton in Botswana
… were conducted by African district commissioner Ambrose Masalila, and witnessed by two employees of the Chobe …
Black Reaction to Apartheid, 1948-1973 - Address to the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association by O. R. Tambo, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, 1973
… Congress and the Pan Africanist Congress were banned in 1960. In some parts of the country, the ANC continued to … met with gunfire, and there were many…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… the preceding waves of unrest and violence. The Marikana Massacre was essentially a dispute about living conditions … were accused of having a hand in the…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… the preceding waves of unrest and violence. The Marikana Massacre was essentially a dispute about living conditions … were accused of having a hand in the…
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… of preceding waves of unrest and violence. The Marikana Massacre was essentially a dispute about living conditions … were accused of having a hand in the…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… In an article published in Umteteli, Xuma praises Rev. John Dube , DDT Jabavu and Charlotte Maxeke for … proposal and agrees to come to South Africa…
Conference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
… of signal events, particularly the 50th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre, have been marked by sharp debates both within and …
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… of Natal (1956 to 1988). 1960s In the wake of the Sharpeville Massacre and the declaration of the State of Emergency when …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Convenor: Tshepo Moloi.
… the subaltern groups and classes in South Africa. When the Sharpeville massacre took place and the move to armed struggle occurred, … women in the South…
ArticleTimeline Interim Constitution 1991 to 1993
… Committee on gender issues. CODESA II started. There was a massacre in Boipatong and the ANC withdrew from the … Defence Force. This incident was later…