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ArchiveI Write What I Like: Selected Writings
… The collection brings together Biko's writings from 1969, the year he assumed the presidency of the South African …
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… structure of South Africa made that impossible (Marquard, 1969: 256). During the Second World War, there was rapid … for housing created mixed neighbourhoods…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… the DA increased its national share of the vote to 16.3 %, and became the largest party in Cape Town. Helen … 51.5 percent of the provincial vote. The party…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… 16 December 1959 - At the annual African National Congress … 31 March - the anniversary of the 1919 Anti-Pass Campaign 16 March 1960 – At a press…
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
… the North and the historic student uprising in Soweto on 16 June 1976 were inspired by BPC and its BC philosophy. It … that conceived and organised the…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… not purchasing luxuries and not holding parties from 16-26 December. In early 1985 the UDF was still very aware of … of a 'black weekend' of consumer boycott…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… The second round of negotiations with Smuts broke off. 16 August: Another mass meeting was held and registration … Public meeting in Newcastle held by Thambi…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… Voortrekker Pers The first edition of Die Transvaaler, 16 pages long with a 24-page supplement, appeared on 1 … financial affairs and called for Jews to be…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Statistical analysis of Resisters
… 87 resisters 54 resisters 37 resisters 25 resisters 16 resisters 7 resisters 3 resisters 5 resisters Imprisonment … Men Women Indian Coloured African…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… was unanimously adopted by the ANC's annual conference on 16 December 1943. This statement of the aspirations of the …
June 17
The second day... was marked by uncontrollable fury and burning hostility...Police also assumed another attitude. They shot at random, and at anyone who would…
EventNaledi High School is founded
… of instruction in 50% of subjects in secondary schools. On 16 June 1976 unrest broke out at Naledi High School, Tsietsi … of learners in Soweto, in what…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… regions, while the MPLA occupied 12 of the country’s 16 provinces by September, but had a precarious hold over … southern front was secured by the Angolan…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… Ibid, p5 [13] Ibid, p5-6 [14] Ibid, p6 [15] Ibid, p6-7 [16] Ibid, p8 [17] Ibid, p8 [18] Ibid, p8 [19] Ibid, p8 [20] …
PlaceMandela Capture Site, Howick in Kwa Zulu Natal
… entrance and fees are as follow- Monday - Sunday 08:30 - 16:45 (Last ticket into the Museum at 16:15) (Last ticket to the Sculpture at 16:45). Please allow…
EventFirst aeroplane flight in Kimberley breaks the non-stop flight record
… (50hp) and flew it successfully (in France) in 1910. On 16 June 1911 John Weston made the first flight in Kimberley … flights to the public. The dates of 6…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Bibliography by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… of Bo-Kaap, pp 17, 64; The History of Tana Baru, p 6. 16. The Mosques of Bo-Kaap, pp 44-46; The History of Tana … Witwatersrand [UWITS], African Studies…
PlaceCeres, Western Cape Winelands
… to tell its story, however after an earthquake struck in 1969 many of the original Buildings, were damaged. Famous for …
SASO Newsletter, 1970 - 1976
… as national president on its formal inauguration in July 1969. In analysing South African society, SASO viewed race as …
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…
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… at which it was decided that protests would be held on 16 June against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of education … coordinate the protest march. During…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 16) On Trial State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others … other communists before him. The hearing…
ArticleList of SADF raids into Neigbouring Countries
… 1 July Lusaka, Zambia; ANC headquarters bombed 16 November Gaborone, Botswana; car bomb kills 4 exiles …
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
… a total of 384 trips. The first ship the Truro arrived on 16 November 1860 and the last ship, the Umlazi arrived on 11 …
EventDay of the African Child
… of the African Child. This commemoration was adopted on 16 June 1991 to honour those who had laid down their lives … 'Soweto Remembers June 16 Uprising ', …
EventCar bomb explodes outside Air Force headquarters
On the afternoon of 20 May 1983, two African National Congress (ANC) cadres, Freddie Shangwe and Ezekial Maseko, drove to Church Street in Pretoria and parked…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… in African languages in the South African Worker. 16 December At the ICU National Council meeting in Port … at a meeting. [1] [1] NASA, JUS, 920, 1/18/26,…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… . What did Soweto's streets look like by the end of 16 June 1976? A Soweto Street, Late Afternoon, 16 June 1976 On the morning of 16 June 1976, thousands of…
Debating Lineages of Socialism in Africa Webinars
South African History Online, the Wits History Workshop, the Department of History at the University of the Free State, the Department of Development Studies…
PlaceInkamana High School, Vryheid
… a hundred percent pass rate in matric examinations from 1969 until now. Presently the student enrolment is 200 with …