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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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EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
EventAbyssinian fortress of Dessie is captured by South African troops during World War II
EventO. R. Tambo leaves South Africa for exile
EventSA musician Todd Matshikiza dies
EventThe University of South Africa is officially opened, replacing the University of the Cape of Good Hope.
EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
EventTogo and South Africa establish diplomatic relations following a visit by Nelson Mandela
EventThe Sebokeng Massacre of mourners leaves more than 30 dead and 40 more injured
EventANC celebrates its 79th anniversary in Durban
EventA wave of strikes hits Durban and spread countrywide
EventAnti apartheid activist Dr. Richard Turner is assassinated
EventKing Mwanga of Uganda signs a contract with the British East Africa Company
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
EventLibya becomes independent
EventFour black newspapers are banned by the SA government
EventSA signs diplomatic relations with Vietnam
EventMadagascar adopts its second constitution
EventEgyptian and US Archaeologists discover a 5000 years old fleet of ships near the Nile
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot
EventUnited Nations appoints Kofi Annan as secretary
EventHistory of December 16
EventDonald James Wood journalist and Anti apartheid activists is born
EventThe Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) begins
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