📅 3 September 1984
Residents in Sharpeville and neighbouring townships rejected a rent increase imposed by the Lekoa Town Council and challenged local authorities created under apartheid. The mobilisation drew on...
📅 12 June 1986
The government extended emergency powers across the country as the township uprising and mass resistance continued. The rules enabled detention without trial, curfews, limits on political funerals and...
📅 14 December 1990
The National Consultative Conference began in Johannesburg after the ANC’s unbanning and drew representatives from branches, MK, the Women’s League, the Youth League, COSATU, the SACP and the UDF....
