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ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… 1911. But they were brutally forced back to work by police and white miners. Many were jailed under the Masters … Strikers urged the scab workers to join the…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… of differing racial backgrounds to be tracked down by the police who were suspected of being in a relationship. Homes … called Soweto. In 1955, army trucks…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… of 69 peaceful African protesters in Sharpeville by the police on 21 March. The Council called upon the government to …
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… Monty Berman were banned by the government and in 1961 the police searched Lang’s residence where letters requesting … ultimately led to its demise – came in…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… (1976) among other resistance activities. Because the police sometimes resorted to the use of live ammunition, a … able to forgive." Take the Cradock Four,…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… for defying the unjust laws of the land. 8 November, Police fire on demonstrators in Kimberley. Fourteen are killed and 39 wounded. A flyer entitled ‘ Police…
ArticleSouth Africa Cabinet Members 2009 to 2010
… Radebe Labour Membathisi Mdladlana Mining Susan Shabangu Police Nathi Mthethwa Public Enterprises Barbara Hogan Public …
ArticleSouth Africa Cabinet Members 2014
… Maphatsoe State security David Mahlobo Ellen Molekane Police Nkosinathi Nhleko Maggie Sotyu Water & Sanitation …
ArticleGrade 4 - Term 4: Communication through time
… factories running. It helps people in trouble to contact police, fire departments, ambulances and doctors. Our …
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… power station, but they met with stout resistance from the police, and the day ended in fights between white strikers … pitched battles were raging between…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… Trial' from 1975. This drew attention from the security police, and Phyllis Naidoo was forced into exile. With the … a month after his banning order had…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Glossary
… the Dumas Provisional Government One-party totalitarian police state : Secret police meant to protect the political power of a dictator. …
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… led by Friedrich Ebert who controlled the Government and police. The SDP formed an alliance with rightwing elements in the military and police, to crush…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… of the Black Consciousness Movement , at the hands of the police on 18 August 1977 increased tension in the political … in custody in Pretoria as a result of…
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… cheap labour system and if all else failed, to order its police force physically to beat the strikers back to work. … from the Chamber, on whose behalf Smuts…
ArticleSocio-economics in Sophiatown
… - guards - who stood outside to look out for the police while their mothers brewed beer. Township children …
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
… children against the South African Defence Force or police brutality. In 1986, the United Women's Congress joined …
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… elsewhere. It began more than two hours late because the police had arrested Z.K. (still the acting ANC president) on … from custody.59 He was seemingly…
PlaceCameroon
… with the election of current president Paul Biya in 1982 [vii] there has been a decline in the economic prosperity that … 20 000 participants [lxxxii] . Six…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… between the offence and the objective pursued). (vii) The question whether the act was committed in the …
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces withdrawal of Internal Stability Units (ISU)
… unpopular and controversial "specialised" unit within the police force and this had resulted in a constant outcry from … This also contributed to a further…
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
… to death for separate attacks at the Moroka and Orlando Police stations in Soweto and the Wonderboom Police station in Pretoria in which four policemen were …
EventTrojan Horse Massacre Memorial unveiled
… of the three victims who were killed by the security police on 15 October 1985. The massacre reflected the … by students. On the day of the incident,…
ArticleSophiatown timeline 1899-1955
… that would scupper the NRB’s plans. 1955 end of January, Police are deployed in Sophiatown in anticipation of a major …
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… of tension saw workers engage in running battles with police, who largely refrained from using live ammunition at … participating. Armed encounters began to…
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… about two to three hundred, owned more guns e local police station, and they used them effectively...They … trailers. They often exchanged gunfire with the…
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
… do karate training together at a local gym opposite the police station. Their trainer is a Black man named Enoch … aged 13, is arrested while challenging the…
EventState of emergency declared in 27 townships
… by Minister of Law and Order, Adriaan Vlok, gave the police and security forces wide powers of arrest and … The township residents were protesting over…
EventSASO founder and Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko dies in detention
… pioneer of the Black Consciousness philosophy, died in police custody at the age of thirty. Biko was arrested in the … 18 August 1977. During his detention…