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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 …
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,…
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…
Afrikaner
… A significant example of anti-apartheid protest was the Soweto Uprising of 1976, when Afrikaans was declared the sole medium …
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, …
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, …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki delivered on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the death of Stephen Bantu Biko, 12 September 2007, Cape Town
… decade of the 1970s in our country, which included the Soweto Uprising of 1976, took the lives of many fighters for our … is like a vehicle without an engine…
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 …
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 …
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]…
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… Koloi Lebona heard about Brenda and brought her to Soweto to live with his family. She soon joined the group Joy …