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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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EventArmistice negotiations are concluded during the First Anglo-Boer War
EventSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo win a Grammy
EventRobert Sobukwe, first PAC president, dies
EventThe Birkenhead runs aground with 638 passengers
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
EventThe Women’s National Coalition Conference starts
EventHelen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament
EventEdenburg is founded
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
EventNelson Mandela was issued with his first passport after being released from prison
EventPresident Jacob Zuma steps down as President of South Africa
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
EventSouth African cricketer, AB de Villiers is born
EventSamora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa
EventNeil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
EventNeil Aggett dies in detention
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk promises repeal of apartheid laws
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela and unbans political parties
EventThe Harms Commission officially restricts investigations into South African security force
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