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EventFormer Vaal policeman Gerhardus Peens admits his role in the Boipatong Massacre
… by the Third Force, a conservative part of the then police force and government colluding with members of the … The African National Congress (ANC) claimed…
EventNeil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg
… Uitenhage branch of Volkswagen responded. The presence of police did not stop mourners from reaffirming the struggle … his community work. He became the 51st…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
… of thousands of innocent people are hounded by the police and gaoled every year, the Natives Administration Act … against racially discriminatory, unjust…
EventThirteen residents of Mofolo die in IFP attack
… Commission (TRC), the commission found that the police were informed of the IFP's decision to hold a rally in … as fears of residents in Soweto relating to…
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… government speaks rubber bullets, live bullets, tear gas, police dogs, detention, and death" Sunday Times Magazine UK … those few months. It was called the…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… actions regarding the pass laws. They decided to go to police stations around the country without carrying their … 5,000 women and men sang and protested at…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950. July 30 , The police raid the homes and offices of the African National … are registered prior to the elections of…
John Vorster Square revisited as Timol inquest reopened by Ernest Mabuza (Timeslive.co.za), 27 June 2017
… scene of his death in October 1971 - John Vorster Square police station. The police station‚ now known as Johannesburg Central‚ was the … in 1977. Essop on…
EventTwelve people are killed in Daveyton
… Twelve people, including a police officer and two children, were killed in the eastern … prompted the government to institute a judicial inquiry. Police…
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 11 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… I looked out of the window and NY 43 was full of riot police holding guns. The children were jumping over the wall … from Fezeka school and fleeing into any…
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
… The Supreme Court convicted former Police Colonel Eugene de Kock (dubbed 'Prime Evil') of six … activists during his service as commander of a police unit,…
ArticleKora
… border unit was stationed at Kenhardt, but the handful of police and burghers were too few to protect a 330 km stretch … of 1869 and 1878. In 1869, the…
South African and World leaders
… activities and she was constantly harassed by the Security Police. In the 1960s the ANC moved toward the armed struggle. … to forfeit bail, and to go…
EventWaddington report on Boipatong is released
… in which he stated that while there was no evidence of police collusion in the killings, the South African Police suffered from "serious organisational…
ArchiveOpen letter from the National Executive Committee of the ANC to State President De Klerk and his Cabinet
… dismantling of counter-insurgency units, suspension of police officers involved in the Sebokeng massacres, phasing … Commission of Inquiry to investigate…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… the part of the Security Branch supported by the ordinary police when between 50 and 60 police officers raided non-white homes. No arrests however … by…
EventStampede kills twelve people in Harare
… Police fired tear gas at unruly fans during a World Cup … after the South Africans had scored their second goal. The police responded by firing into the…
EventIFP commemorates Shell House shootings.
… ban on the carrying of traditional weapons, while police had stated their intention to enforce the ban, raised fears of clashes between police and…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… results in the death of nine policemen. Commissioner of Police subsequently testifies that South African police are meeting increasing hostility from…
XIII - The Courts
… are few countries, in the West even, where the security police would have been subjected to such an interrogation in … Laws Amendment Act, No. 62 of 1966,…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)
… by Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members. The security police also began harassing workers meeting at the church …
EventGeneral Law Amendment Act No 37 is approved
… ninety-day detention law. This meant that any commissioned police officer was empowered to detain, without warrant and … reporting (possibly weekly, daily,…
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… adopted by Vorster included; development of the security police, strengthening control of South African borders, the … to assist the established units and…
IV - The Death of Steve Biko
… two small children, is the 20th person to die in Security Police custody in 18 months. The Mail report went on to quote … could find nothing wrong with Mr…
ArchiveStudent walkouts have changed history before. In South Africa, one helped end apartheid by DeNeen L. Brown (The Washington Post), 14 March 2018
… have changed America before, braving fire hoses and police dogs for civil rights ] While some students who … defiance came at a terrible cost. South African…
EventMK operatives, Jerry Mosolodi, Terry Mogoerane and Thabo Motaung are executed
… were executed for their part in a hit on Wonderboom police station. The ANC declared the execution a crime against humanity and defended the attack on the…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 3 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… passes, because the people still didn't want passes. The police shot many people in those protests. I don't know why they did this, but at Sharpeville and at…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… getting wind that he was sought after by the security police. While in Botswana, Tiro is known to have continued to … could pose a threat in future, the…
EventMagoo’s Bar is bombed
… believe that the place was frequented by security branch police. There was a campaign at that time by MK members to attack police stations and places…
EventUp to 100 ANC members are reported to have been detained in Swaziland
… in Swaziland. The arrests were confirmed by the Swaziland Police Commissioner and a large cache of arms in the north of … A number of events, including a…