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BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… laws and courted arrest. By the mid-1960s, following the Sharpeville Massacre of 21 March 1960 - where 69 unarmed … South Africans resist pass laws and mount…
BiographyReverend Walker Stanley Gawe
Walker Stanley Gawe was born in 1899 on 30 November in the Herschel district of the Cape, where both his parents were teachers. He attended St. Matthew's…
BiographyViolet Weinberg
… of Emergency in South African in 1960 due to the unrest in Sharpeville , both Eli and Violet was detained for three …
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
… to teach at any educational institution. After the Sharpeville Massacre in March 1960, the South African …
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
… to the ANC and supportive of the Freedom Charter . The Sharpeville massacre of 1960 saw both he and his mother …
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… confronting the Congress Alliance. Following the Sharpeville massacre on the 21 March 1960, a state of …
Malcolm Phafane
… I was born and bred in Sharpeville. As if that is not enough I am enrolled at VUT a tertiary institution which is only 30 minutes away from Sharpeville. As a…
BiographyAnderson Khumani Ganyile
Anderson Khumani “Dan” Ganyile’s was born in 1935 in Bizana District, Transkei (now Eastern Cape). He attended St John’s School in Umtata and then Lovedale…
BiographyMarcus Solomon
… of Young Africa (SOYA), another NEUM affiliate. The Sharpeville / Langa massacres of March 1960 signalled the …
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… at the University of Wales in Cardiff. Following the 1960 Sharpeville massacre they decided to return to South Africa …
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… 1959-1960: Formation, Sharpeville and Banning For many years there was tension … protest was of a non-violent nature, but turned violent in Sharpeville where…
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
… in detention in 1976. In 1960, the police shootings at Sharpeville and the general strike that followed led to a …
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
… Fox-Pit. He was in West Germany at the time of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre and it was then that he decided one day …
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… of the PAC, growing frustration among black people, the Sharpeville incident and the banning of the ANC and the PAC. … had little support other than in Langa…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… Life of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile Magubane, Peter. 1960. "Sharpeville Massacre." BAHA. Baileys African History Archive. Sharpeville, Johannesburg, South Africa…
BiographyJoe Nzingo Gqabi
Joe Nzingo Gqabi was born in 1929 in Aliwal North, Cape Province. He completed the tenth grade and found work as a construction labourer after coming to…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… Department that SOYA had been holding secret meetings in Sharpeville since 1952. At one such meeting, SOYA was … The government was so concerned about SOYA’s…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… arrest. People responded in large numbers particularly in Sharpeville, Langa and other places. In Sharpeville, the police opened fire killing 69 people and …
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… Introduction Sharpeville shortly after the shootings © Museum Africa. The … Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre ,…
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… other events that inspired the formation of ASA was the Sharpeville massacre which happened on 21 March, 1960. On … this day the PAC staged an anti-pass…
ArticlePAC’s African Women’s Organisation
… call for the release of Theresa Ramashamola, one of the Sharpeville Six. The organisation sees national oppression …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… Cape Town and Sharpevill near Vereeniging. Marches in Sharpeville and Langa appear to have been better organised and supported. The march in Sharpeville…
ArticleConstitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
… law by President Nelson Mandela on 10 December 1996 at Sharpeville , Vereeniging.This came two years after the first … opened fire on a crowd demonstrating…
ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
… Art in the state of siege The Sharpeville Massacre was one of the most important turning … Art? Peter Magubane / The Drum Archive / african.pictures…
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… era was characterised by different resistances such as the Sharpeville massacre , Vaal and the East Rand in 1985 and … the local and international community…
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… in the context of the events from 1960 onwards. After the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, the National Party (NP) … (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… 1960, about 5,000 women and men sang and protested at the Sharpeville police station. The march was going smoothly and … to the official inquest, 180 people…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre , in 1960, signalled the beginning of a … and other liberation organisations…
ArticleConclusion: Black Consciousness Movement
… one created by the banning of the ANC and the PAC after Sharpeville. On the positive side, many youths had reached a …
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… to South Africa after this year. On 21 March 1960, the Sharpeville Massacre took place at Sharpeville, Transvaal. The bloodiest massacre in the history … for…