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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…
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…
PlaceJubilee Art Centre
… but was forced to relocate to the Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto when the Group Areas Act made it illegal for Black …
EventPrime Minister Vorster holds talks with Dr. Kissinger
… West Germany to discuss the Rhodesian issue. Despite the Soweto Uprisings, which took the world by surprise, …
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… In her early twenties, as she witnessed events like the Soweto student uprising of June 1976 –during which students protested …
Afrikaner
… A significant example of anti-apartheid protest was the Soweto Uprising of 1976, when Afrikaans was declared the sole medium …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… such as the AAM. February/March, The Pondoland Revolt , an uprising against the imposition of Bantustans and the … Hani begins his journey into exile first…
EventSibongile Khumalo was born on this day
… On this day Sibongile Khumalo was born in Orlando, Soweto. She is one of the most recognized jazz musicians in …
PlaceKliptown Museum
… Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication next to the upmarket Soweto Hotel & Conference Centre, this innovative and compact …
EventSouth African Journalist, Zwelakhe Sisulu is abducted.
… of the New Nation, Sisulu was abducted at his home in Soweto, Johannesburg,by four armed White men who wore …
EventJimmy Kruger announces amendment to the Internal Security Act
… months. All public gatherings were banned and schools in Soweto and other areas of unrest were closed. The government …
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… - 14 per cent of 'eligible' Black voters participating. Soweto, Alexandra and Lenasia high schools staged an almost …
EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
… Apartheid regime especially after the June 16 Uprisings in Soweto . At the time of his death, Qoboza was editor of the …
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist is born
… jointly at the Apollo Gallery in Johannesburg.Mohl died in Soweto, Johannesburg in 1985. …
EventThe Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott
… on 2 August to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decided to embark on a boycott of classes. Two … a meeting to express solidarity with the…
PlaceOudekraal Beach, Bakoven
A Little Piece of Ocean Paradise. Oudekraal beach offers beautiful sea views and calm waters. Oudekraal Beach, part of the Table Mountain National Park area,…
EventB.J Vorster steps down as Prime Minster
… was officially opened. In the wake of the 1976 student uprising, Vorster deployed troops and police leading to the …
PlaceHotazel
Located around 60 kilometres north of Kathu and just as far from Kuruman, Hotazel is a tiny Northern Cape town, that plays a crucial role in the manufacturing…
PlaceWelkom
An Industrial and Commercial heartland, the City derived its name after the Farm; 'Welkom'. Welkom was founded in 1948 by Sir Earnest Oppenheimer, (who was the…
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… at the Charles Hurwitz Santa Tuberculosis Hospital in Soweto. He spent three months recovering there. Many scholars … from the hospital, Dumile stayed with…
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… are given eviction notices. The ‘Africans' were moved to Soweto, the ‘Coloureds' to the Western Areas and Indians to … in Fietas disappeared. On inquiries to…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… settlements, Afrikaner nationalist political rallies and Soweto soccer games. The 150 black-and-white photographs also … day, filling sidewalks as they head…
Hundred years of resistance, E.S. Reddy, 29 January 2012
… Natal on February 2, 1912. Indian Opinion reproduced an extract from his letter in its issue of February 10, 1912, …
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… in the Dube Young Women Christian Association (YWCA), in Soweto. Mourners had gathered at the YWCA to hold a night …
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… 1992. 2 June 1992: Mass action begins with a strike at Soweto’s Baragwanath Hospital. 15 June 1992: The Management …
List of deaths in detention
… 08/03 05/07 23 23 Nelspruit Prison Protea Police Sta., Soweto 14 <1 1984 57. Tshikudo, Samuel 58. Sipele, Mxolisi …
Introduction by Oliver Tambo to a message from Nelson Mandela, smuggled out of prison, 10 June 1980
… crisis gripping our enemy and in the aftermath of the Soweto uprisings. It was smuggled out of Robben Island under …
Introduction to a Message from Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Smuggled Out Of Prison, 10 June 1980
… crisis gripping our enemy and in the aftermath of the Soweto uprisings. It was smuggled out of Robben Island under …
EventLanga, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day
… apartheid atrocities, such as those at Sharpeville and Soweto, it produced a tangible shift in the political …
EventCall for a stay-away in Black townships
… of most of the leaders of the labour unions in and around Soweto. … p. 33258.| SAHO United Democratic Front (UDF) Township Uprising, 1984-1985 [online]…