This Day in History: June 4, 1966
Additional Date: June 4, 1966
In June 1966, during the darkest years of Apartheid, United States (US) Senator Robert Kennedy made a historic visit to South Africa. He was invited by the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS), an anti-Apartheid student movement, to deliver its Annual Day of Affirmation Speech, which was to be at the University of Cape Town. Kennedy was accompanied by his wife, Ethel, and a small number of close aides.