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Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… inexperienced. Many made the decision to join MK after the Soweto Uprising . As much as Gilder hated war, he believed it was a …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Essay Questions
Explain to what extent Stalin succeeded in transforming Russia into a superpower by 1939. Stalin came to power on the back of Lenin’s death in 1925, after…
History lesson: When Vorster stuck the knife in Ian Smith's back by Jamie Miller (Rand Daily Mail), 17 September 2016
… earn his regime the goodwill needed to survive the recent Soweto upheaval, as well as the breathing space needed to … At the same time, the parties realized…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 8 - The Impracticality of Realism
… up so more old resources have to be used to discover and extract new resources in more and more inaccessible places. …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… his report on the violent racial disturbances beginning in Soweto in June 1976, and covering the period to February … Mandela. Organizations supporting the…
EventWiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament
… by the government after the Durban strikes of 1973 and the Soweto uprisings of 1976 to look at industrial relations …
EventSACP is legally re-launched
… re-launched as a legal organisation at a mass rally in Soweto which was attended by approximately 45 000 people. At …
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
… - to investigate slavery at the Cape. A second slave uprising at the farm, Hou-den-Bek, led by Galant van die …
David Goldblatt: “Particulars” (1975) by The ASX Team, 16 May 2013
… of portraits of my compatriots in the streets and homes of Soweto and the suburbs of Johannesburg, it seemed natural, …
PlaceThe Bag Factory
… is extremely accessible to the surrounding areas including Soweto. The Bag Factory consists of 16 studios, workshop …
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… , who reads his statement to this effect at a rally in Soweto on 10 February 1985. He states that the ANC's only …
A growing urban African population
… the resettlement patterns of Sophiatown's communities in Soweto. Anecdotal evidence gathered from former Sophiatown …
Statement by Oliver Tambo on 16 June 1984
… Mosololi and Motaung - the Rivonia life imprisonments, the Soweto Uprising, June 26 and the SASOL attack, when Umkhonto we …
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Labour Conference,19 June 1986
… strike called to observe the tenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising of June l6, 1976, was held despite the proclamation …
Statement on June 16 by O. R. Tambo, 1984
… Mosololi and Motaung - the Rivonia life imprisonments, the Soweto Uprising, June 26 and the SASOL attack, when Umkhonto we …
PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
… to imprison those who resisted their rule. After a failed uprising in Grahamstown , they sent the instigator, Makanda …
EventSouth Africa abandons the Gold Standard, sparking a period of economic expansion
… major township part of the group of areas now known as Soweto. …
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… Upon his return to South Africa shortly after the 1976 Soweto uprisings, he increased his anti-Apartheid political …
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… to receive the Freedom of the City for their efforts in Soweto (Hornsby). However, FEDSAW was horrified and strongly … of apartheid,’ who had done nothing…
EventAnti-Apartheid demonstration is held outside SA embassy in Washington
… The Soweto riots of 1976, in which school children protested …
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years' imprisonment
… led a peaceful Black march to Orlando police station in Soweto on 21 March 1960, the same day a similar protest took …
Executive summary of the statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC delivered by President Jacob Zuma at the 100th anniversary of the ANC, Mangaung 8 January 2012
… Campaign. We recognise the militant youth of the June 1976 Soweto uprising, led by Tsietsi Mashinini and others, who challenged … others, who continued the…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2012
… Campaign. We recognise the militant youth of the June 1976 Soweto uprising, led by Tsietsi Mashinini and others, who challenged … others, who continued the…
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… a branch of Afrapix as well as a training workshop in Soweto. They both had received scholarships to study in … AGM meeting, an issue was raised with the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
… answer 2.2 Refer to source 2B The source below is an extract from an interview with Maya Angelou, conducted by …
ArchiveAnton Fransch and the Battle of Athlone
… an eventual martyr. Anton grew up during a time when the uprising against apartheid had begun to intensify and the … If he was arrested and interrogated,…
EventBeverly Palesa Ditsie is the first out lesbian woman to address the United Nations about LGBT rights
… orientation is a violation of basic human rights”. Born in Soweto at the height of Apartheid in 1971, Ditsie was an …
EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
… four youths and dismissed the claim that she was not in Soweto at the time of the said incident, whereas Katiza …
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 …
The Life and Politics of Steve Biko by Yunus Momoniat, November 2014
… leadership of Drake Koka , which met in Lenasia, south of Soweto, on 13 January 1972. Throughout these deliberations, … Aelred Stubbs: ‘Overnight, Steve…