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The Life and Politics of Steve Biko by Yunus Momoniat, November 2014
… student. But in April, Steve was taken into custody by the police, who came to the school to arrest Khaya. The police took both brothers to King William’s…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… in Moscow. Moscow August 18 2013 Johan Cronje 24 Egyptian police killed in Sinai ambush. Egypt August 19 2013 Egptian police ANC Headquarters, Luthuli House…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… dead after being shot, mainly from the back, by security police. Scores were left injured and others arrested. In Cape Town’s Langa township, police baton…
ArticleThe Padavatan Six and the 1917 Natal Floods
… arrived on a speeding fire-truck stating that the Borough Police Chief, one Inspector Alexander, needed boats, ropes … up jewellery as rewards, pleading to…
Behind the Narrative of the Abuse of State Power was a Larger Goal by Thabo Mbeki, 8 February 2016
… prosecution of the late former National Commissioner of Police, Jackie Selebi, and in another to frustrate the … to carry out some investigations into the…
Message to the People of South Africa by O.R. Tambo, 26 June 1968
… from the day 18 years ago when the Nationalist Government police shot down and killed in cold blood 18 unarmed and … Transkei and other places. It is…
ANC ‘Military High Command’ Leader Interviewed
… program BBC World Service 4th July 1986 South African police today launched a campaign to fight a spate of urban … of civilians, particularly when a bus was…
EventThe Immigration Regulation Act is passed in South Africa
… (November 1913), Mahatma Gandhi was confronted by Security police as he led striking Indian mineworkers, protesting the …
EventBilateral talks to continue
… to threaten the dialogue. The concerns of the ANC included police brutality in dealing with unrest. The government …
EventAlbertina Sisulu’s banning order is renewed
… order were based on a mixture of fact and lies by the police. For instance, she was accused of continuing to be a …
EventDavid Malebane, a student at the Tompi Seleka Agricultural College in the Limpopo, shoots three lecturers before shooting himself
… that after the rampage, he got into his car and fled. Police later caught up with him near Masheshane where he …
EventBoers and the British clash in the battle of Dalmanutha
… Rijdende Politie (ZARP), a special mounted police corps of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) or the …
EventCharges against 53 of the 76 Africans detained after the Sharpeville massacre are dropped
… 21 March 1960, 69 Africans were killed when South African police opened fire on demonstrators, who were protesting …
Chapter 1 - The Victory of the Nationalist Party in 1948
… implementation of these policies by the methods of a police state. This was not simply because Malan, Strijdom, … of the Chamber of Mines - pivot of the…
Chapter IX - Treason - South African style 2
… books I possessed, and I did not have them long. The police in a raid removed them all the morning after I had … when sixty-seven unarmed Africans were shot…
Brief Detention Diary by Michael Hathorn (an excerpt)
… massacre at Sharpeville in the Transvaal when the police opened fire on a peaceful demonstration outside the police station, protesting about the Pass Laws …
ArchivePress cuttings-repression of youth
… in Atteridgeville who lost her life she was ran over by a police vehicle, artilce regarding the ghost of school a girl …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.1 Oct-Dec 1957
… Gerard Sekota. Sex and Sedition. The South African Police, Harry Bloom. Cartoon, David Marais. The Press: …
PlaceElsie’s River
… and violence, when a school boycott became violent and police shot dead two 15-year-olds! This suburb was restricted …
EventLucas Mangope leaves Mmabatho due to uprising
… in which 40 people were shot and wounded by local police. A public servants' strike was also called. Mangope …
EventThe government launches ‘Operation Iron Fist’ in townships
… of "special investigative units" to examine allegations of police misconduct in the township violence. …
EventGeneral Motors fails to leave RSA quietly
… GM premises by the South African Defence Force and riot police. Reference: Niekerk, P. (1986). "GM's neat exit gets …
EventSoweto High School under siege
… boycotts. The arrested students were taken to Moroka police station where their names were recorded before their …
EventA strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion
… on strike since 28 December 1921, stormed and occupied police stations, railway installations and mines on the …
EventJames Kantor, a lawyer, is arrested for his involvement in Liliesleaf farm activities
… funds. The farm served as the headquarters of MK. When the police raided the farm in 1963 several leading members of MK …
EventThe Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports on rape in Khayelitsha
… other service providers to offer forensic examination and police assistance to rape survivors in a single location. …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… laws and for full franchise rights for all is held. Police opens fire in the Alexandra Township and other areas … in Johannesburg. August, The South African…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… in Eastern and Western Transvaal, often combining with police to oppose consumer boycotts, etc. or with mine … the following casualties incurred by the South…
ArticleAfrica’s Millennium Development Goals
… and key aim is to improve human development in 2015. [vii] Initially the MDGs were met with scepticism, especially … Pretoria: Africa Institute of South…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… workers at Heinemann Electric Factory in Germiston, where police attacked workers; he was subsequently prosecuted for … exceeded his powers of jurisdiction,…