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65th Anniversary of the South Africa Communist Party - Joe Slovo
… of the political struggle. The 10th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising in 1976 reminds us of the emergence of organised … the mounting repression reached its…
ArchiveThe Importance and Power of Gender Safe Spaces by Shanél Johannes
As gendered individuals, our lived experiences are not static, for our positionalities and realities differ. The creation of a safe space is important to…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… Congress, Black Consciousness Movement, Sophiatown, Soweto, 1967 Terrorism Act, exile, Nat Nakasa, Black Theatre, … school in Alexandra and would later…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… Of the 20 local exhibitions merely two were located in Soweto , at the Mofolo Arts Centre and Funda Arts Centre, and …
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… protests outside the voting stations in Protea Glen, Soweto, Johannesburg resulting in the arrest of over 60 …
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… actions during events like the Sharpeville Massacre and Soweto Uprisings are testament to their campaign of fear and …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… police violence that led to the death of 18 people across Soweto. It was during this period that TIYC members quickly …
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
… March Robert Sobukwe left his house in Mofolo, a suburb of Soweto , and began walking to the Orlando police station. … R. Academia: Pretoria. p. 499, 500…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… thousands of detainees during the suppression Mau Mau uprising and apologises to the survivors.£20million in … abuse suffered during the suppression of the…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
… four times in the 19th century and suppressed a final uprising in 1900 before claiming the region as a colony. The … territories of the Ashanti and the Fanti…
ArchiveA story of a memorable photograph, and why it matters by J Brooks Spector, (Daily Maverick), 18 May 2018
… victim of lethal police action during student protests in Soweto. To look carefully, yet again, at this photograph is … to get away from the cauldron of…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, 20 June 1989, Stockholm
… (Extract) The special conference on southern Africa, convened …
Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989
… (Extract) The special conference on southern Africa, convened …
Edendale and the birth of the ANC, 06 January 2012
… Party magazine Contact on how it all started. Below is an extract from that interview. CONTACT INTERVIEWER : You very …
'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016
… Present (Wits University Press), from which this edited extract of the editors’ introduction is taken Sol Plaatje’s …
The ANC Gauteng condemns violent protests and ongoing disruption of schools in Gauteng Province!, 7 September 2011
… of schools in the province. The areas affected are Soweto (especially Meadowlands), Cosmo City and Thembelihle … children to quality education in the spirit…
ArchiveThe Little Acknowledged Legacy of Steve Biko by Prithiraj Dullay, (Daily News), 08 Sept 2008
… South Africa! We were on our own. Sharpeville in 1960 and Soweto in 1976 demonstrated the extent to which terror could … adults. It was this fearlessness…
ArchiveChapter 8 The Rivonia Trial by Denis Goldberg
… had not been at Liliesleaf farm and were arrested in Soweto before being held in Pretoria Local. There, they told … though we were considering taking up arms…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt photographie les zones grises sud-africaines by Le Monde, 15 June 2017
… blanche de Johannesburg et les habitants du ghetto de Soweto. Mais sans parler le zulu, sans avoir leur couleur de …
PlaceKatlehong
… Katlehong forms the second biggest black township after Soweto. Katlehong is home and birthplace to some of South …
Nelson Mandela Mandela and Winnie’s studies
… you take such risk? Have you forgotten that you live in Soweto, not in the centre of town where you'd be safe at …
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… Mozambique became independent states. June 16 1976 Student uprising in Soweto. The immediate cause was the introduction of Afrikaans …
ArchiveAn Analysis of the Imprisonment and Detainment Treatment of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela by Monica McCausland
… 1976, Winnie was arrested for her involvement in the Soweto Uprising , where she established with Dr. Nathatho Motlana the Soweto Parents’ Association months…
PlaceElandsfontein Farm, Pretoria
… (Apartheid Museum, Constitution Hill, Maboneng Precinct, Soweto, Gold Reef City, and world-class shopping) from here. …
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
… in Yemen’s dictatorial regime could precipitate a similar uprising in Saudi Arabia. International response was largely …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… at the 6th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Kliptown, Soweto. 18 July, Mandela and the world celebrate his 90th … birthday. Restoration work begins on…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… its largest rally ever, which was held in the township of Soweto. It introduced its 22-person "interim leadership" to a … held emergency talks in Pretoria as…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… 1976 after a protest march by UCT students in support of Soweto students during the uprisings which began in June 1976 … Jairus Act No. 44 of 1950Sec. 9 (1…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… politics. A decade of Turbulence, 1976-86 The unrest in Soweto in June 1976 also had its effects in Pietersburg. Many … Minister of Bantu Education at the…
PlaceNiger
… the severe drought and famine of 1913–15 and the Tuareg uprising of 1916–17 , that the French felt safe enough to …