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EventLanguage crisis in schools resolved
… Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 534. Kalley, J.A.; …
Brief Detention Diary by Michael Hathorn (an excerpt)
… Michael Hathorn was detained in Durban Central Prison in 1960, for his role in the struggle. Recorded below is an … 21 March 1960 We heard on the radio today…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… but neither is elected to the NRC. The ANC’s candidates of Rev. John Dube , A.W.G. Champion and Professor Z.K. Matthews … Declaration to the Nations of the…
EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… The Most Rev. Desmond Mpilo Tutu was elected Bishop of Cape Town, …
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… year, except thatit expressed "deep regret and concern". 1960 21 March, Police shooting at peaceful demonstrators in Sharpeville against pass laws for…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… to attend CPSU meetings, but she never joined. [7] The Sharpeville-Langa massacres Following the March 1960 Sharpeville and Langa massacres , the Unlawful…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… Church, a thatched wattle-and-daub structure erected by Rev J Archbell, was opened for worship. In 1850 this was … by a more substantial building, designed…
EventThe Stellenbosch Gymnasium is founded
… initiative of Proff. John Murray and N.J. Hofmeyr, and the Rev. J.H. Neethling. The institution aimed to give …
EventScores of people are killed in Boipatong, Vaal
… of Johannesburg. In what has become known as the Boipatong massacre, township residents were butchered and assaulted in … and children lost their lives and…
PlaceSt Thomas’ Church, Ridge Road, Berea, Durban
… It was inaugurated by the Archbishop of Cape Town, the Rev Robert Gray on 28 June 1864. This Structure was in use … St. Thomas Church, on Musgrave Rd. They…
EventSir Benjamin D'Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… Wars for more information). In reply to a letter by the Rev. John Ayliff, on behalf of the Mfengu, Sir Benjamin …
BiographyGovin Reddy
Govindasamy Reddy (Govin Reddy) was born on 16 June 1943 in Kranskloof, a farming area next to Claremont on the outskirts of Durban, Natal (now known as…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner
… uprising? Policy shift to grand apartheid Between 1954 and 1960 over 50 000 houses were built for Africans in Soweto. … policy on housing changed for…
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
… uprising? Policy shift to grand apartheid Between 1954 and 1960 over 50 000 houses were built for Africans in Soweto. … policy on housing changed for…
Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture by President Jacob Zuma at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 24 November 2010, Durban
… and the destruction of dipping tanks by women. The Sharpeville Massacre of 21 March 1960, in which 69 people were killed and scores were injured. …
PlaceLeliefontein
… ), it was the site of the devastating 1902: ' Leliefontein Massacre '. From the 1960s until 2016, Leliefontein was a …
EventSA joins World War II
… Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 442. …
EventAdriaan Vlok applies for amnesty
… the director general in the office of the presidency, the Rev Frank Chikane, knelt down and washed his feet to show his …
EventUDF is launched
… the apartheid government and attended the national launch. Rev Frank Chikane, who was the first major speaker was shot …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter IV - Divide and Rule
… missionaries in succession to reside near him. Then the Rev. Williams brought the chief another massage of … the missionaries, for he had refused to allow…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… with the aims of the BCM, and using funds raised by Rev. Beyers Naude from European churches, BCP was launched …
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… pleading for the establishment of a non-racial convention. 1960 16 December, The Consultative Conference of African … Act' as the transitional constitution…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is formed
… Other prominent founding members of Inkatha were the late Rev. Bishop Dr. A.H. Zulu and Dr. Frank .T. Mdlalose. On 14 …
Indian Community in Lenasia
… had rejected the Group Areas Act. Mahommed Jajbhay, Rev Sigamoney, Mahommed Abed, Ebrahim Dadabhai and Advocate … The first church, The Church of the…
PlaceKeetmanshoop
… hope”) after him. This was the first Church was built by Rev. Tobias Fenchel . It was situated near the original … materials were transported from Lüderitz,…
ArchiveThe Little Acknowledged Legacy of Steve Biko by Prithiraj Dullay, (Daily News), 08 Sept 2008
… message to Black South Africa! We were on our own. Sharpeville in 1960 and Soweto in 1976 demonstrated the extent to which … could be applied. The ANC and…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) raid Maseru in an effort to kill suspected members of the African National Congress
… charges and denounced the invasion as a "cold-blooded massacre." Charging that the ANC members killed were … was not yet ready for such an approach, and the …
EventVaal Triangle erupts in violence
… Boipatong, Bophelong, Evaton, Sebokeng and Sharpeville, five Black townships in the area known as the … men and one woman who become internationally known as…
Speech at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa by O . R. Tambo, London, 24 May 1991
… leaders who were associated with the Fund from those days. Ambrose Reeves who chaired the Treason Trial Defence Fund set …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.2 Jan-Mar 1959
… Dr. A.C. Jordan. Anglican Bishops and Racial Conflicts, Rev. Richard Roseveare with illustrations by Mickey Munro. …