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Full list- A history of Apartheid in South Africa
- Stephen Bantu Biko
- Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
- Hector Pieterson
- Navanethem (Navi) Pillay
- Pass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
- Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota
- The turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
- The Black Sash: A History of Transformation
- Khotso Seatlholo
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EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
Event’Viva Frelimo’ rallies, organised by the BPC and SASO, take place even though they were banned by Government
EventBotswana gains independence from Britain
EventEarthquake shakes up Tulbagh
EventBritain proclaims Natal a British colonial territory
EventFirst celebration of National Heritage Day
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
EventCOSATU conference prohibited and organisers restricted
EventGerman South West Africa is put under South African administration
EventThe UN Special Committee on Apartheid reports on SA
EventSpanish Flu strikes South Africa
EventThe World Health Organisation (WHO) declares Aids a worldwide epidemic
EventSASO founder and Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko dies in detention
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
EventGandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign
EventIndian Rights Campaigner Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal is born
EventThe Bisho Massacre occurs
EventFormer premier of Mpumalanga, Afrikaans poet and lawyer, Mathews Phosa is born
EventFirst Fietas Festival to celebrate the legacy of the community
EventEli Weinberg, trade unionist and photographer, is born
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
EventGeraldine Fraser is born
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