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EventThe Soweto Uprising leaves 174 blacks and two whites dead following 10 days of rioting
… The student-led protests in Soweto in 1976 known as the Soweto Uprising claimed many lives and left many injured. The protests began in Soweto schools and…
BiographySydney Sipho Sepamla
… Sydney Sipho Sepamla spent most of his life in Soweto, the enormous township southwest of Johannesburg. … Cape Town and Durban, but rather the ‘Black’ cities…
The Cillie Commission of Inquiry into the Soweto uprisings, holds its first public hearing
… Cillié Commission of Inquiry into the uprisings in Soweto on 16 June, 1976, held its first public hearing in … The Cillie Commission of Inquiry into the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the tenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising, 16 June 1986
… On June 16, 1976, as we all know, the children of Soweto, Mamelodi, Gugulethu and other areas rose united in … bound together by the blood that covered the…
Mandla Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Soweto, Johannesburg. He studied at the Mofolo Arts Centre in Soweto and from 1984 to 1987
… Mandla Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Soweto, Johannesburg. He studied at the Mofolo Arts Centre in Soweto and from 1984 to 1987 …
A Soweto Action Committee is formed to back the plan for the future of Soweto proposed by the ‘Committee of 10’, most of whose
… A Soweto Action Committee is formed to back the plan for the future of Soweto proposed by the ‘Committee of 10’, most of whose …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner
… of the Afrikaans language as the medium of instruction in Soweto's schools. More were on their way. The local police … sparked off days of riots and hundreds…
Genocide Masquerading: The Politics of the Sharpeville Massacre and Soweto Uprising
… Masquerading: The Politics of the Sharpeville Massacre and Soweto Uprising … Masquerading: The Politics of the Sharpeville Massacre and Soweto Uprising" …
ArchiveQuote from Nelson Mandela: Soweto-South Africa: February 13-1990
… Quote from Nelson Mandela: Soweto-South Africa: February 13-1990 …
ArchiveDeclaration of the Working - Class, 21-22 July 2018, Soweto
… Declaration of the Working - Class, 21-22 July 2018, Soweto …
Nelson Mandela’s address to rally in Soweto 13 February 1990
… Nelson Mandela’s address to rally in Soweto 13 February 1990 …
EventThe first indications of protest over Afrikaans in Soweto schools
… [Accessed: 30 January 2014]|Ndlovu.S.M, Soweto as published in South African Democracy Education … The first indications of protest over Afrikaans in Soweto…
Children in revolt - Soweto strikers reject Afrikaans 13 June 1976
… Children in revolt - Soweto strikers reject Afrikaans 13 June 1976 …
ArchiveThis is our land: no rent increase for matchboxes: Soweto
… This is our land: no rent increase for matchboxes: Soweto …
ArchiveLetter from Terrence Tryon of SASO to Secretary of the Soweto Students Representative Council 1977
… A letter of invitation to the Soweto Student's Representative Council to attend the 9th … Letter from Terrence Tryon of SASO to Secretary of the Soweto…
BiographyMurphy Morobe
… Morobe was born on 2 October 1956 in Soweto. When he was young he spent a lot of time with his … school in Ermelo, but in 1996 returned to his parents in…
ArchiveTo all residents of Soweto, hostels, Reef and Pretoria, we say: remember you are all Blacks
… The circular issued by the Soweto Students' Representative Council, in English, Zulu and … into Afrikaans, is an appeal to all residents of Soweto and…
BiographyNgoako David Thebehali
… David Thebehali was born on 3 June 1938 in Orlando East, Soweto . His parents were among the earliest residents of Soweto. From 1945 to 1952 he was a pupil…
EventRetired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto
… Kaizer Motaung was born on 16 October 1944 in Orlando East, Soweto, a township South West of Johannesburg. Motaung began … founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC,…
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… Two former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo, 25, and Mary Loate, … SAHO, ‘Soweto students march against government's language policy’ , … 07 February…
BiographyVincent Baloyi
… in Newclare, Johannesburg. Baloyi first attended school in Soweto where his family moved in 1961. He studied art at the Fred Clarke Higher' Primary School in…
BiographyMandla Nkosi
… Mandla Nkosi was born on 13 June 1962 in Pimville, Soweto, the third child of Joyce Nkosi. In 1981 he completed Standard Nine at the Sekano Ntoane School…
Soweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged on two counts of reckless and/or negligent driving and one
… Soweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and …
BiographyCecil Sols
… a branch of Afrapix as well as a training workshop in Soweto . He collaborated with the Afrapix collective and … July of 1986, Cecil Sols together with Vuyi…
Vuyi Lesley Mbalo
… a Catholic family. He grew up in the suburb of Orlando, Soweto. He was one of 32 students who were forced to flee Soweto in 1978 just before the matric exams…
BiographyAndrew Tshabangu
… Andrew Tshabangu was born in Soweto, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africain … la photogrpahie Africaine, Mali, 1996 20th anniversary of Soweto…
Fenuel Mogatusi
… Mr Fenuel Mogatusi, aged 22, a Soweto school student,was detained in July 1976 and died in … he was reportedly arrested on charges of theft after the Soweto…
BiographyHector Pieterson
… was born in 1963. He became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a newspaper … a memorial to Hector Pieterson was…
BiographyLesley Hastings Ndlovu
… Hastings Ndlovu was a fifteen-year-old boy during the Soweto Uprising in 1976 . He is widely believed to be the … is undoubtedly Hector Pieterson , after…
BiographyFaith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko
… of Rhodes. In her youth, she was a member of the Soweto Students League (SSL), Soweto Youth Congress (SOYCO), Young Christian Students (YCS) and Soweto Civic…