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BiographyNeville Wilson Curtis
… Neville Wilson Curtis was born on 16 October 1947, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng). his … HNLC Website, (2007), Neville Wilson Curtis (16 October 1947…
BiographyGordon Sprigg
… which was hugely expensive, was the cause of his fall on 16 July 1890. Sprigg then served as treasurer in the …
BiographyMolly Fischer
… first daughter, Ruth, was born and a few years later, on 16 June 1943, another daughter, Ilse was born and in August …
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… , Vaal and the East Rand in 1985 and Soweto uprising of 1976 . The apartheid era ended in 1994, and people hoped that … well as to promote and protect human…
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… at MK and Poqo, which had gone underground by now. On June 16, 1976 , Soweto students’ revolted against the use of Afrikaans … conduct safe military…
BiographyAli Bacher
… Cricket Union was established with great fanfare in 1976, but the Soweto riots the same year gave birth to Hassan …
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
… uprising of the South African school students in Soweto, 1976 and by the rapid growth of the independent trade unions. …
BiographyOmar Badsha
… injuries in chemical plants. He left the trade unions in 1976 and started working as a freelance photographer. Early …
Biographyde Villiers Graaff
… PP's rise. It was the writing on the wall for the UP. In 1976, the youth of Soweto rose up against the imposition of …
BiographyIrene Menell (nee Manderstam)
… Alive, which was presented to Suzman in 1990. When the 1976 Soweto Uprisings took place, Menell helped set up the …
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
… (now the University of KwaZulu-Natal — UKZN) in 1976, the year of the Soweto uprising and participated in the …
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… and sometimes even discouraged UDF involvement. June 1976, Soweto Youth Riots. Picture: Bailey's African History … of the UDF, not the revolts. The UDF felt…
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
… Arthur Nuthall Fula was born on 16 May 1908 in East London, Transkei (now Eastern Cape … . (Accessed on 16 June 2020) The Presidency. (2017). President Jacob…
The Cillie Commission of Inquiry into the Soweto uprisings, holds its first public hearing
… Commission of Inquiry into the uprisings in Soweto on 16 June, 1976, held its first public hearing in Johannesburg. Evidence … people were injured during the…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… after PAC was formed. The PAC moves underground (1960s - 1976) The PAC faced a leadership crisis. When Sobukwe was … him from the PAC. Increased activity…
EventNatal is formally separated from the Cape Colony
… Africa [online] Available at www.justice.gov.za[Accessed: 06 July 2011] Anon, (n.d.), ‘What happened on July 15’from … [online] Available at www…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
Originally no provision was made for the education of Indians. The Reverend Stott of the Wesleyan Mission established a school for Indian labourers in 1868 and…
BiographyWilliam Cock
… proposed. It prospered greatly and the original shares of £16 13s. 4d. were selling at £42 before he left. In 1838, Mr. … able to carry 30 tons of cargo and…
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… 1892 16 March, James Sebe Moroka is born in Thaba Nchu. , … by Albert Luthuli as president general of the ANC. 1976 Moroka retires as a medical practitioner…
BiographyAubrey Mokoena
… began to clamp down on all ‘Black Programmes’. In 1976 the Soweto school uprising began, and the government …
BiographyJackson Mphikwa Mthembu
… grandmother to go work in the mealie fields. During the 1976 Soweto Uprising, Mthembu was a learner at Elukhanyisweni …
BiographyRonnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)
… (more popularly known as Ronnie Govender) was born on 16 May 1934 in Cato Manor, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). …
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… to return, which he did. The trial commenced on 16 November 1964. On 23 January 1965, however, Bram went …
BiographyJeanette Eleanor Kasrils
… of children under apartheid. The booklet was published on 16 June, in commemoration of Soweto Day . By the end of 1989, … E (1992). Press Release by Mrs…
BiographyNorman Levy
… ‘The State vs. Bram Fischer and Thirteen Others’ began on 16 November 1964 at the Regional Court in Johannesburg. Along …
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… seen as representatives of the apartheid government. The 1976 All Blacks (New Zealand's national rugby team) tour of … condemnation that resulted in 28…
ArticlePoqo
… needed, and the organisation fell apart. The PAC in exile (1976-1983) In the 1960s there were conflicts in South Africa … and the groups representing black…
Working principles
… Front's National General Council. Session 1 held on 06 April 1985. …
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… In aftermath of the June 16 Uprising, the government cracked down on student activists … the National Association of Youth Organisations (NAYO). In 1976…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… in inspiring protests, which led to the Soweto Uprising on 16 June 1976 . What is Black Consciousness? In 1959, when Robert … state suppression of the BCM…