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BiographyBasil Coetzee
… to play, and he began using it for performances around the township in 1958. He then turned his attention to drums, and …
BiographyVictor Shange
… landscapes of KwaZulu Natal and the rural environment, the township environment and changes in the environment made by …
BiographyMangisi Pheneas Nene
… African National Congress branch chairman in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg in the 1950s and one of the accused … African National Congress branch…
BiographyPhilemon Mathole
… strike. He later opened a grocery store in Moroka Township, Johannesburg, and in 1949 became a member of the …
BiographyMandla Michael Yende
… into the PAC and APLA by Themba Phikwane in Alexandra Township , north of Johannesburg, in 1976. Phikwane, who had … and to distribute APLA and PAC…
Ida Fiyo Mntwana
… of many mass women’s demonstrations from Western Native Township. She was elected into the African National Executive …
Violence erupts in the Black South African township of Sebokeng, 48 hours after police and troops swamped the area and made hun
… Violence erupts in the Black South African township of Sebokeng, 48 hours after police and troops …
Twenty-four people die in Sebokeng after attacks by armed impis leaving an Inkatha rally in the township. Coleman gives the num
… attacks by armed impis leaving an Inkatha rally in the township. Coleman gives the num …
More than 10 000 mourners gather in strife-torn Katlehong township near Alberton to bury fourteen victims of the taxi war. The
… More than 10 000 mourners gather in strife-torn Katlehong township near Alberton to bury fourteen victims of the taxi …
BiographyBenni Gwigwi Mrwebi
… genre of music was often referred to as African jazz and township jive and he was a very important part of these South … and theater scene that was popular…
BiographyLeleti Khumalo
… Leleti Khumalo was born on 30 March 1970 in Kwa Mashu Township , the North of Durban . Growing up a poverty-ridden township, she became a member a youth…
BiographyBerney Perez
… poor living conditions of people living in the “Coloured” township of Rustdene, Beaufort West in the early 1980s. …
Khela Ngobese
… born in 1960 in KwaMashu but he later moved to Cator Manor Township outside Durban in KwaZulu Natal. He attended the …
The Star reports that a police sergeant was shot dead in Osizweni township at Newcastle, Natal, by a man armed with an AK-47 ri
… reports that a police sergeant was shot dead in Osizweni township at Newcastle, Natal, by a man armed with an AK-47 ri …
Police arrest 2,300 people in the Black township of Sebokeng in what is believed to be the biggest raid against Blacks living i
… Police arrest 2,300 people in the Black township of Sebokeng in what is believed to be the biggest …
BiographyJohn Koenakeefe Mohl
… His desire was to paint what was known to him, therefore township scenes were often the theme of his works. His … an impressionistic style, capturing the…
BiographyBuyisile Patient (Billy) Mandindi
… was still to come. Other early works such as The death of township art (1989) address the loss of innocence that came … images of Africa are no longer valid…
BiographyRita Alice Ndzanga
… to attend high school, Madibane High in Western Native Township. Due to a lack of finance, Ndzanga only went up to … married to Lawrence Ndzanga . They lived…
BiographyThomas Titus Nkobi
… 1958 and a leader of the 1957 bus boycott in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. He attended Adams College, Bantu High … of the ANC, leader of the 1957 bus…
BiographyBenjamin S. Rajuili
… minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dube township, Johannesburg . From 1959 to 1962 he was general … Minister of the African Methodist…
BiographySelby Themba Ngendane
… law in 1953, he joined the Africanist movement in Orlando township and became its secretary about 1955. At the Pan …
BiographyRichard Granville Baloyi
… by the Alexandra inhabitants and at a mass meeting in the township the following resolution was accepted: "Mr R.G. Baloyi of this Township shall be no more a…
BiographyPansy Tlakula
… Faith Dikeledi Pansy Tlakula grew up in the township of Everton in the Vaal area. She obtained her …
BiographyKgalabi Jafta Masemola
… a primary school teacher in pretoria's Atteridgevill township.He joined the African National Congress Youth League …
EventSADF seals off Vaal townships
A combined force of seven thousand South African Defence Force (SADF) troops and the South African Police (SAP) sealed off the Vaal Triangle townships of…
BiographySaul Simon Nhlapo
… Saul Simon Nhlapo, from Evaton Township, Vereeniging District, Transvaal [now Gauteng], was … reportedly: The man most feared by the inhabitants of the…
ArchiveTownships under siege
BiographyM. J. M. Williams Shope
… Campaign , he served as a branch chairman in Jabavu Township in Johannesburg . He was among the accused in the …
BiographyNkosi Johnson
… was born Xolani Nkosi to an HIV positive mother in a township on the east rand. When his mother became too ill to …
BiographyMark Shope
… Campaign, he served as a branch chairman in Jabavu township in Johannesburg. He was among the accused in …