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BiographyChris Hani
… student recruits who joined the ANC in exile after the 1976 Soweto uprising . When dissident ANC members, who were …
EventA resolution against the use of Afrikaans is taken during SASM conference in Roodepoort
… On 28 May 1976, the South African Student Movement (SASM) held a … the racially separated education system. After the May 1976 conference, SASM contacted…
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…
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
… UNITA, withdrew from the urban cities, in February 1976, to avoid a devastating defeat. It sought refuge in the …
EventViolence erupts on the eve of Soweto uprising anniversary
… On the Eve of the Soweto Uprising, Soweto, 15 June 1976 By this day in 1976, the plan was already set. Days earlier, students had formed an Action Committee…
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 …
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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? …
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:…
ArchiveSoweto Students Representative Council: We shall share sufference and joyous moments
… who died in the political unrest in Soweto on 16th June 1976 …
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
… while his wife travelled with him twice in 1972 and 1976. He was reportedly paid 800,000 Swiss Francs by the GRU …
ArchiveGrahamstown Advice Office Report for 1975
… Advice Office Annual Report to National Conference on 16 March 1976 discussing residence laws, migrant labour problem, …
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…