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BiographyStanley Huette Uys
… way through the George Bernard Shaw canon by the age of 16. Shaw was an influence in his becoming a vegetarian and …
BiographyRay Alexander Simons
… joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) , aged 16. In the same year, she lost her first job when she took …
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… after midnight on 30 October 2002 eight bomb blasts rocked Soweto. Seven of the blasts occurred on main commuter railway … from the accused. The trial was…
PlaceOrlando Stadium
… This was the site of the first stadium in Soweto , officially opened in 1959. For almost 50 years this … sports. As well as entertainment and political…
BiographyJan van Riebeeck
… 1619 in Culemborg, Netherlands to a surgeon. He spent his youth in Schiedam, Netherlands where, on 28 March 1649, he … [Accessed 25 June 2022]. The Editors…
BiographyRobert John McBride
… he was arrested for challenging the police beating of a youth. When older, while walking an employee home at night, …
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… and Ma Mofokeng have their first-born child Linda. 1942 June 18, Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is born in Idutywa district in … 1956 Thabo Mbeki Joins the African…
We Shall Win. Joint Statement by Leaders of Liberation Movements at the fifth Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Algiers, 13 – 16 September 1968
… of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Algiers, 13 – 16 September 1968 …
Statement of the Chairperson of SADC and the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the 28th Ordinary SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government, Sandton Convention Centre, South Africa, 16th August 2008.
BiographyBoy Mvemve
… ANC in the early 1950s. He also became a member of the ANC Youth League, of which he was the Alexandra township branch …
BiographyRonald Vernie Dellums
… Life from the Streets of Oakland to the Halls Power. In June 2006, he was nominated as the mayor of Oakland. After …
BiographyRonald Vernie Dellums
… Life from the Streets of Oakland to the Halls Power. In June 2006, he was nominated as the mayor of Oakland. After …
BiographyColin Gardner
… Professor Colin Gardner was born on 26 June 1933, in London, Britain. He came to South Africa with …
BiographyNellie Jibiliza
… the armed struggle. Jibiliza passed away in Gugulethu in June 1993. …
Hettie McCleod
… Hettie McCleod was born on 27 June 1922 in Goodwood , Cape Town , Cape Province (now …
BiographyLeo Marquard
… Leopold ‘Leo’ Marquard was born on 15 June 1897 in Winburg in the Orange Free State. His father was …
BiographyAndries Raditsela
… fall could not be prevented. At the end of the inquest in June 1986, the magistrate found no one criminally responsible …
BiographyBen Baartman
… in Worcester recommended that he should be banished. On 4 June 1959*, while he was at work, the District Commandant of …
BiographyBarney Simon
… (born April 13, 1932, Johannesburg , South Africa—died June 30, 1995, Johannesburg), was a long-time force behind …
BiographyElias Mathope Motsoaledi
Elias Motsoaledi was born on the 26 July 1924 in Phokoane in the Nebo District in Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), South Africa. He was the…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… 1991: 162) BCP was also heavily involved in training and youth development projects, a side of the organisation that … at high schools, the most famous of…
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… members. From its inception in 1981 to its closure in June 1991, close to 40 photographers were at one time or … a branch of Afrapix as well as a training…
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… was the match that would light the explosion of a general uprising. This was a very different opinion from the one he … a corridor to the labour in Tongaland…
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… was the match that would light the explosion of a general uprising. This was a very different opinion from the one he … a corridor to the labour in Tongaland…
BiographySally Gross
… a Catholic preaching order. In the same year, the Soweto Riots took place. In response, Gross wrote a draft …
BiographyBonisile John Kani
… Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (1993) (Non-fiction) Soweto Green (1995) The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) Kap der …
BiographyLot Kgagudi Maredi
Following widespread resistance, the Native Affairs Department (NAD) was forced to abolish the Bapedi tribal authority because of a lack of support. This led…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
… degree at the Inner Temple and was called to the Bar on 10 June 1891. He enrolled in the High Court of London, but later … to serve as legal counsel to a…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… chronicles the events that unfolded prior and post the 16 August Marikana shooting and the subsequent aftermath. The … to visit the site of the massacre. 18…
Liberation organisations
… black workers began to form trade unions. After the 1976 Soweto Uprising, trade unions and their workers began to play a … learning and culture shall be…