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EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… 10 years. The two were convicted for events related to the 16 June 1976 uprising. On this day, more than 20 000 learners marched … 07 February 2013]|SAHO, …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… collude with security police who question many students 16 December, BPC holds its first annual congress in … and the book-length Black Review (published…
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… In the aftermath of the 16 June 1976 Uprising, in Soweto, Johannesburg, the apartheid …
Launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps, 12 June 2013
… their own destiny. Thirty Seven (37) Anniversary of June 16 The Month of June this year ushers in the 37 Anniversary of 16 June 1976 when the young people of…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… first went out to work in a factory at the age of 16 having only attained a rudimentary vocational education at … out young comrades in the black townships…
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
In democratic South Africa, the government allows citizens to express dissatisfaction through peaceful demonstrations. Workers are also allowed by legislation…
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
… In January 1976, a group of 100 mercenaries crossed over from the … in Luanda, Angola, sentencing commenced on the 28 June 1976. Three British mercenaries…
BiographyWendy Heather Woods
… with a first-class pass and left home when she was just 16 years old. After training as a librarian, she became a … at: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news…
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation is formed
… 19 October 1977 for their role in the resistance and the 16 June 1976 uprisings. The organisation sought to apply the …
EventSipho Malaza allegedly dies in detention
… His death was the twenty-first in detention since March 1976. An entry in Deaths in Detention gives his details as … suicide by hanging in the Krugersdorp…
EventDanie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m event in Munich
… There he set the world record time for the event, at 2.16.0. South Africa's isolation from international competition … internationally. However, Malan was…
EventPolice increase their presence in Soweto
… Following the 16 June 1976 Soweto protest and the killing and injuring of …
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… many people were killed. The first act by MK took place on 16 December 1961, and during the next 18 months the group … The government's strategy was quite…
BiographyFranco Frescura
… of southern Africa’s rural architecture between 1976 and 1989 remains the last concerted attempt to record an …
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… Pers Ltd. Botha was leader of the House of Assembly from 1976 until 1978. He was appointed Minister of Defence on 5 …
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
… when Joyce wrote Window on Soweto. She could predict June 1976, because people were very angry. The police were running … Mzamane from an interview…
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
… The Special Branch murdered Lawrence in detention in 1976. In 1960, the police shootings at Sharpeville and the …
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… After Kleinschmidt’s escape from South Africa in 1976 he was appointed Overseas Representative of the …
EventResolute Treurnicht rejects waiving language policy
… medium of instruction. The mass protest was scheduled for 16 June 1976. …
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…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… by H.D. Namuhuja is published by Finnish Mission Press. [16] This is likely the first non-religious book by a black … from the Rhenish missionary printing…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations 13 - 16 September Delivers a joint statement We Shall Win with … Tanzannia to the people of South Africa:…
EventCI and SACC offices are raided
… On 27 November 1976 the offices of the Christian Institute (CI) and the … a campaign following the outbreak of the Soweto Revolt on 16 June 1976. Dr. Beyers…
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… On 27 June 1976, almost two weeks after the Soweto Uprising on 16 June, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, the National President of the …
BiographyKing Dingane ka Senzangakhona
… conflict culminated in the battle at the Ngome River on 16 December 1838, in which the Zulus suffered a severe …
BiographyBartolomeu Dias
… their supplies of fresh food. They saw Cape Agulhas on 16 May, but were unaware that this unimpressive point was the …
BiographyRobert Sobukwe
… pass laws with the aim to free South Africa by 1963. On 16 March 1960, Sobukwe wrote to the Commissioner of Police, …
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
The African National Congress, South Africans and the world at large continues to mourn the passing the Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe Comrade Nelson Mandela. The…
PlaceFranschhoek, Western Cape
Originally known as the Valley of the Huguenots, a Community of French Huguenots were granted land in this Valley by the Dutch Government of the Cape, after…
Address of the President of the Republic Of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Youth Day celebrations: Absa Stadium, Buffalo City Municipality
… in our national calendar the National Youth Day. On June 16, 1976, multitudes of South African youth emerged from township … that era we can, with hindsight,…