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ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… gained from the association. At this time, Zuma was facing 16 counts of fraud, money laundering and racketeering. He … Africa can trace their roots back to…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… was unanimously adopted by the ANC's annual conference on 16 December 1943. This statement of the aspirations of the …
EventSA artist Anthony Nkotsi is born
… Dumile Feni. His involvement in the student uprisings of 1976 saw him being detained. On his release he attended art …
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed TRC chairperson
Anti-apartheid activist and Nobel laureate Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, the first Black archbishop of Cape Town rose to fame in the 1980’s. After the1976…
EventJean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.
… Central African Republic from 1 January 1966 to 4 December 1976. After eleven years as president he dissolved the …
EventGeneral Idi Amin overthrows Ugandan President Milton Obote
… to become the army's chief of staff. Amin became famous in 1976 when he provided a safe refuge for hostage-holding … Available at www.africanhistory.about…
EventANC member and UDF-leader Christmas Tinto, is born in Mqanduli in the Transkei
… the poor food conditions at the college. During the 1976 students uprising, Tinto was detained in Pollsmoor …
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… Ibid, p5 [13] Ibid, p5-6 [14] Ibid, p6 [15] Ibid, p6-7 [16] Ibid, p8 [17] Ibid, p8 [18] Ibid, p8 [19] Ibid, p8 [20] …
II - The Life of Steve Biko
… He became Secretary-General of the Zimele Trust Fund in 1976, and in that year, at the congress of the Black People's … following the police massacre of…
ArchiveThoughts on Winnie Mandela by Enuga Reddy
… our friendship was at a great cost to her. During the 1976 uprising by schoolchildren in Soweto, the government … them almost daily. I was eventually…
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 … Boddy-Evans A. 16 June 1976 Student Uprising in Soweto…
Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town. He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c
… under a banning order and kept under house arrest until 1976. In 1978 and 1979 he worked at the Community Arts …
PlaceMandela Capture Site, Howick in Kwa Zulu Natal
… entrance and fees are as follow- Monday - Sunday 08:30 - 16:45 (Last ticket into the Museum at 16:15) (Last ticket to the Sculpture at 16:45). Please allow…
ArchivePostscript Ante by Howard Barrell
… closer colleagues in Robben Island prison between 1964 and 1976, between 1978 and 1983 the head in exile of the ANC's … their age: African National Congress…
EventFirst aeroplane flight in Kimberley breaks the non-stop flight record
… (50hp) and flew it successfully (in France) in 1910. On 16 June 1911 John Weston made the first flight in Kimberley … flights to the public. The dates of 6…
ArchiveA critical look at the role of the Muslim Judicial Council in the struggle for liberation in South Africa from 1960 to 1994
… Africa emphasising highly politicised events such as the 1976 Uprising, 1985-1986 Mass Mobilisation, 1989-1990 …
EventArchbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
… Catholic Church began campaigning against Apartheid. In 1976, in an open letter to the Government, he made a …
EventMac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
… from Robben Island. Maharaj and Masondo were released in 1976. Chiba was released in December 1982. …
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 16) On Trial State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others … other communists before him. The hearing…
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
… the cause of the long-term political prisoners, by early 1976 we found the focus of AAM and SATIS work being shifted … had no way of predicting the Soweto…
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… Plaza is established, but stands virtually empty until 1976 when unwilling traders are forcibly removed from their shops in Pageview. 1976 Major removals in…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Military Veterans Medals Parade Waterkloof Airforce Base, 27 October 2012
… such as the 1973/74 workers strikes in Durban; the June 16 student uprisings in Soweto and throughout the length and breadth of the country from 1976; as…
BiographyLouis Botha
… and the virtual extermination of its people. On May 16, in a carefully reasoned speech, he persuaded the Free …
ArticleList of SADF raids into Neigbouring Countries
… 1 July Lusaka, Zambia; ANC headquarters bombed 16 November Gaborone, Botswana; car bomb kills 4 exiles …
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
… a total of 384 trips. The first ship the Truro arrived on 16 November 1860 and the last ship, the Umlazi arrived on 11 …
EventNqwiliso cedes land to Cape Government
… not as part of the Transkeian territories. However, in 1976 the SA government handed Port St Johns to Paramount …
ArticleAfrikaner Jewry in South Africa
… ↵ [xiii] Mendelsohn & Shain, (2008:215) ↵ [xiv] Berger, (1976: 115) ↵ [xv] ibid. p.117 ↵ [xvi] ibid. ↵ [xvii] ibid. …
EventDay of the African Child
… of the African Child. This commemoration was adopted on 16 June 1991 to honour those who had laid down their lives … 'Soweto Remembers June 16 Uprising ', …
EventCar bomb explodes outside Air Force headquarters
On the afternoon of 20 May 1983, two African National Congress (ANC) cadres, Freddie Shangwe and Ezekial Maseko, drove to Church Street in Pretoria and parked…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… had been punished and any further torture had been banned. 16 April, Mandela made an appearance at the International … Heads of State and Government in Addis…