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… confirm newspaper reports that five former security police officers have confessed to the 1977 murder of Black … African National Congress. 1998 January, six white police officers makes a video tape showing a "training … and their victims. 1999 16 February, the four police officers charged with the fatal beating of Steve Biko …

… 1929 March 4, Gandhi: Arrested in Calcutta for defying Police Commissioner's order and lighting bonfire of foreign …

… murder. On 6 June, 1960, at Nguza Kop in Pondo-land, the police fired on a number of insurgents and eleven were …

… Bank after realising they were being tailed by the police. They hold 25 civilians hostage and after a series of negotiations a police unit storms the back. All three cadres are killed … launch a rifle, rocket and grenade attack on Booysens Police Station, Johannesburg. Pamphlets are scattered …

… where workers were demanding a wage increase of R3 a week. Police were called by the Management and 100 workers were … 1973,  Mine workers at Western Deep levels, were short by police while protesting, these mine workers were on strike … some men worked for the company for 10 to 20 years. Armed police, some with dogs were present to control the crowd. 3 …

… confrontation between civic protesters and state police forces. February, the UDF holds its biggest ever … voiced the widespread belief that the government and the police were involved in the assassinations and abductions of … Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge , is murdered allegedly by the police. 11 August, activists all across the border region, …

… After several violent incidents between mineworkers and police in which 9 mineworkers and 2 police officers were killed, police officers open fire on a large assembly of striking …

… & Co, went on strike, demanding an increase of R3 a week. Police were called in and the workers were told to return or … companies that fired workers for going on strike. Even the police weighed in, stating that the strikes seemed to have … on strike. Management took a hard line and called in the police, and when workers refused the first wage offer 250 …

… Cape Province, protested over the closure of the campus. Police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesting students. … damaged campus property and set waste bins on fire. The police arrested 121 students. …

… anti-apartheid struggle days. Since the beginning of 2014 police revealed that Gauteng alone had experienced more than … protester Andries Tatane allegedly at the hands of eight police officers, during a service delivery protest in …

… company, strike, demanding an increase of R3 a week. Police are called in and workers are told to return to work … levels on strike against poverty wages are shot by the police while protesting -  12 miners are killed and 38 are …

… of 69 peaceful African protesters in Sharpeville by the police on 21 March. The Council called upon the government to …

… the principle claimed that her foster mother was insane. [vii] Daymond cited Emery when he described how the principle … Matters, page 83 ↵ [vi] SAHO: Bessie Head is Born ↵ [vii] Everyday Matters, page 83 ↵ [viii] Everyday Matters, …

… 1911. But they were brutally forced back to work by police and white miners. Many were jailed under the Masters … Strikers urged the scab workers to join the strike, but police forced the Black miners to work or remain in … With no army in existence, Smuts called in the police, mounted riflemen and the remaining troops of the …

… of differing racial backgrounds to be tracked down by the police who were suspected of being in a relationship. Homes … called Soweto. In 1955, army trucks and armed police removed 60,000 people from Sophiatown to areas that … hours of the morning of February 14, 1984, heavily armed police arrived in Mogopa and declared it an “operational …

… factories running. It helps people in trouble to contact police, fire departments, ambulances and doctors. Our …

… Radebe Labour Membathisi Mdladlana Mining Susan Shabangu Police Nathi Mthethwa Public Enterprises Barbara Hogan Public …

… Maphatsoe State security David Mahlobo Ellen Molekane Police Nkosinathi Nhleko Maggie Sotyu Water & Sanitation …

… be disbanded. In 2008, Parliament passed the South African Police Service Amendment Bill that replaced the Scorpions … Investigation (Hawks), located within the South African Police Services (SAPS). In 2010 this was challenged in Hugh … not reach many of the rural areas. 31 March South African Police Services (SAPS) Crime Intelligence Head Richard Mdluli …

… Monty Berman were banned by the government and in 1961 the police searched Lang’s residence where letters requesting … ultimately led to its demise – came in July 1964 when the police raided the flat of Adrian Leftwich. They subsequently … Johannesburg train station on 24 July 1964.  He called the police, warning them to clear people from the station to …

… (1976) among other resistance activities. Because the police sometimes resorted to the use of live ammunition, a … able to forgive." Take the Cradock Four, for example. "The police ambushed their car, killed them in the most gruesome … being charged. Ordinary citizens, just like members of the police could also be arraigned and, most notably, members of …

… for defying the unjust laws of the land. 8 November, Police fire on demonstrators in Kimberley. Fourteen are killed and 39 wounded. A flyer entitled ‘ Police Shootings Must Stop! ’ is issued by the National … general strike is held in Port Elizabeth to protest police attacks in Kimberley and East London, which results in …

… power station, but they met with stout resistance from the police, and the day ended in fights between white strikers … pitched battles were raging between the strikers and the police for control of Benoni and Springs. Aeroplanes strafed … Hall at Benoni. Rebels besieged the Brakpan and Benoni police garrisons. At Brixton 1,500 rebels surrounded 183 …

… Trial' from 1975.  This drew attention from the security police, and Phyllis Naidoo was forced into exile.  With the … a month after his banning order had been lifted, but the police reported to the Secretary of Justice on 19 June 1973 … with his political activities. More troublesome for the police was that he gave the armed fist salute of the African …

… led by Friedrich Ebert who controlled the Government and police. The SDP formed an alliance with rightwing elements in the military and police, to crush crushed the uprising. In the course of this …

… children against the South African Defence Force or police brutality. In 1986, the United Women's Congress joined …

… - guards - who stood outside to look out for the police while their mothers brewed beer. Township children …

… of the Black Consciousness Movement , at the hands of the police on 18 August 1977 increased tension in the political … in custody in Pretoria as a result of his assault by the police. A new generation of young Blacks were committed to … Hector Peterson (a victim of June 16 at the hands of the police) and the other victims of State violence took place. …

… of the Black Consciousness Movement , at the hands of the police on 18 August 1977 increased tension in the political … in custody in Pretoria as a result of his assault by the police. A new generation of young Blacks were committed to … Hector Peterson (a victim of June 16 at the hands of the police) and the other victims of State violence took place. …

… cheap labour system and if all else failed, to order its police force physically to beat the strikers back to work. … from the Chamber, on whose behalf Smuts instructed the police to beat the workers back to the rock-face. Although … was probably correct, given the serial brutality of the police on all the affected mines. At the Robinson Deep, …