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On Saturday, 13 April 1985, a mass burial was held to mourn the deaths of 29 people who had died after being shot by police in Langa township, Uitenhage on 21 March was held at KwaNobuhle Stadium. The 29 deceased people were buried in a mass grave in KwaNobuhle Cemetery. The families of the other six people who died from the massacre opted for ...
The meeting was short-lived as members of the Queenstown branch of the South African Police stormed into the meeting and opened fire on the residents. In the ensuing conflict between police and residents, 14 people were shot dead and 22 were injured. This incident is known as the 1985 Queenstown Massacre. [1][2]
In 1985, funerals were the site of massacres by police in Uitenhage and in Queenstown. [28] Thula Simpson writes: As the journalist Allister Sparks observed, during the uprising there was a funeral almost every weekend for people who had been killed in clashes with the authorities. At those funerals, police would open fire on demonstrators ...
Uitenhage. Clockwise from Top: Vier of the town, Cuyler Manor, Victoria Tower. Uitenhage (/ ˈjuːtənheɪɡ / YOO-tən-hayg; [3] Afrikaans: [œitənˈɦɑːχə]), officially renamed Kariega, [4] is a South African town in the Eastern Cape Province. It is well known for the Volkswagen factory located there, which is the biggest car factory on ...
City in Eastern Cape, South Africa Gqeberha iBhayi Port Elizabeth City City Hall, Market Square Gqeberha Show map of Eastern Cape Gqeberha Show map of South Africa Gqeberha Show map of Africa Coordinates: Country South Africa Province Eastern Cape Municipality Nelson Mandela Bay Established 1820 ; 204 years ago (1820) Government • Mayor Gary van Niekerk (National Alliance) Area • City 251. ...
1754 - Dutch settlements at the Cape extended eastwards to adjacent Algoa Bay. [1] 1799 - Fort Frederick built by British during the Napoleonic wars. [1] 1820 - Port Elizabeth settlement founded by British. [2][1] 1823 - Population: 319. [3] 1836 - Made a free warehousing port. 1841 - Jetty constructed in Algoa Bay.
In the onshore part of the southern Cape, deposits of the Uitenhage Group occur predominantly in the Algoa and Gamtoos Basins, which are situated north/north-west of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
The Sundays River Formation is a geological formation found in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces in South Africa. It is the second youngest of the four formations found within the Uitenhage Group of the Algoa Basin, its type locality, and the only location where outcrops have been located. The Sundays River has been measured at a maximum ...