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Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… Baleka Mbete decided to leave South Africa in April 1976 and go to Swaziland. During her time in exile, Mbete … of the African National Congress in 2007 and…
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
… The Soweto Uprising of June 16, 1976 did not just drop from the sky. The Black students … that the apartheid colonialist police shot dead on 16 June 1976 was…
The National Women’s Memorial in Bloemfontein is celebrating its 100-year existence this year
… of ATKV writing competition Sunday, 20 October, 2013 06:30 – 07:30 - Sunrise reflection at monument 17:30 – 20:00 …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… were hostile to the anti apartheid struggle. After the 1976 Uprising hundreds of young people who fled to exile … the South African National Defence Force …
EventNyanga school Principal’s office burnt
… On 24 June 1976 the Principal's office in Hlengisi Primary, Nyanga, … Town is burnt down. The broader context of this is that on 16 June 1976 school children…
EventMaxwell Mlilo, South African actor, dies of diabetes
… on 28 May 2012] Africa News Search - Articles for 06/24/2006 South Africa: SA actor, author succumbs to …
EventEpainette Mbeki receives the Order of the Baobab
A 90 year old Epainette Mbeki, businesswomen and community worker in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, received the Order of the Baobab in Gold for her "exceptional…
EventTrevor Manuel predicts SA economic growth
… in the coming year. "Our outlook for fiscal year 2005/06, which begins on April 1, would see growth in excess of 4 …
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… at Quifangodo, Cabinda, Ebo and other sites) during 1976, they continued a campaign of destabilisation after … Portuguese troops would take place by the end…
BiographyStella Nyanzi
… was born in Masaka District, Buganda Kingdom in Uganda on 16 June 1974. Also known as Nnalongo (which means mother of … [online], Available at: https://eagle…
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
… not material things. The birth of a political activist In 1976, Elvis enrolled at the University of Durban- Westville … apathy to political awareness and…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… nationwide student unrest that broke out in Soweto in June 1976. Recognising that secondary schools and universities … political mobilisation. Soweto, the…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… of solitary confinement they were formally charged on 16 June 1971 with conspiracy to overthrow the state, … to accept a lecturing fellowship in London in…
Event2000 Students march through Cape Town
… the march. The students at the Cape were influenced by the 16 June 1976 uprising of Soweto school children to take action … better education. Click here for…
EventThe S. A government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu
… Between 1976 and 1978 Desmond Tutu served as Bishop of the Anglican … of the South African Council of Churches. On 16 April 1981, Tutu was arrested by the…
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
… UNITA, withdrew from the urban cities, in February 1976, to avoid a devastating defeat. It sought refuge in the …
ArchiveA statement of the National Executive Committee to all units of the African National Congress
… the ANC regarding the changed situation after June 16th, 1976. …
ArchivePolice bill: Who foots the bill?
… bill: Hector Petersen was the first to die in Soweto on 16 June 1976: Who foots the bill? …
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… Mar-97 14,298 81 19 1 1 43 n/a 14,254 Mar-98 24,516 84 16 6 7 57 n/a 24,452 Mar-99 63,455 ≥80 ≤20 32 41 42 n/a … Mar-05 79,696 n/a n/a 10,634 59,345 n/a…
ArchiveSoweto Students Representative Council: We shall share sufference and joyous moments
… who died in the political unrest in Soweto on 16th June 1976 …
BiographyKobera Manual
… of the Fish Hoek Welfare Association dated 6 December 1976, thanking her for all her good work over the years. A …
BiographyZanemvula Kizito Mda
… 1972 to 1979 to various other high schools. From 1973 to 1976 he followed a course with the International Academy of … at www.literaturfestival.com …
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… the hotbeds of the violently suppressed Soweto uprising in 1976. While still a teenager, he began his career as a street …
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
… South Africa lay in shreds after the uprisings of 1976 and then 1986. Today, H.F. Verwoerd’s name is …
ArchiveGrahamstown Advice Office Report for 1975
… Advice Office Annual Report to National Conference on 16 March 1976 discussing residence laws, migrant labour problem, …
References and links: Local History
Books Cameron T. (ed) 1986. An Illustrated History of South Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. Carruthers V. 2000. The Magaliesberg. 2nd ed. Pretoria:…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… 1970 16 February, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and 21 others, who … she is arrested and charged on a number of occasions. 16 October, Alfred Nzo submits a…
ANC`s urgent court application in view of DA march, 12 February 2014
… against a threat posed by the DA march, in the morning at 06:00 at the South Gauteng High Court. This is necessary in …
PlaceHector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto
… that marched through Soweto and shot at by police on the 16 June, 1976! Which has now become Youth Day, a public holiday in … and historical documents…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… created the African Writers Series portfolio portraits for 16 outstanding writers as a piece of publicity for Heinemann … from perpetrators [25] . Resistance…