Prominent South African academic, Dr Olive Shisana was born in the town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree which she obtained from the University of the North, South Africa. She holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology which she obtained from the Loyola College, in the United States of America. She went on to study at Johns Hopkins University where she obtained a Doctor of Science degree.

The South African actor, playwright and singer was born on this day in Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. It was his character of Boet in a series of television advertisements for Castor motor oil which brought him national fame and local icon status. He has starred in several television series, mini-series and made-for-tv-movies for which he has won numerous award.[1] End Notes [1] Ian Roberts, http://whoswho.co.za/ian-roberts-5557 (7 March 2017). ↵

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was born in 1964 in Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The daughter of a pianist, Brenda began singing to her mother's accompaniment at a very young age. At the age of five, she already had tourists paying to hear her sing. Producer Koloi Lebona heard about Brenda and brought her to Soweto to live with his family. She soon joined the group Joy and later formed her own band Brenda and the Big Dudes. Fassie began a solo career in the 1980’s working with producer Sello Chicco Thwala.

The Prime Minister Balthazar Johannes Vorster indicated that the 'homelands' will be perfectly free to form a federation among themselves, once they have achieved full independence. However he was not prepared to share the sovereignty of the white people with any other national group. This came two years after the Prime Minister completed a tour of African homelands in the Northern Transvaal during which he held talks with leaders of the North Sotho, Tswana and Venda homelands. The importance of working together was emphasised and regular consultation was promised.  

The constitution of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president. Other leading party members include: Barney Pityana, Harry Nengwekhulu, Hendrick Musi, Petrus Machaka, Manana Kgware, Aubrey Mokoape, J Goolam and Strini Moodley. Though the new organisation is committed to a philosophy of Black Consciousness, it does not reject the liberalism of National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) right away.

On 2 July 2010, the Ghanaian soccer team’s dreams of becoming the first African team to reach the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup came to an end after they were defeated by Uruguay on penalties. The team, known as the Black Stars, took the lead shortly before half-time due to Sulley Muntari’s goal. Moments later, Diego Forlan scored an equaliser through a free-kick, taking the match into extra-time.

Delegates from twenty groups agreed, after preparatory talks in Johannesburg, on a date for the start of substantive negotiations on South Africa's future constitution through the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA). Its' opening session in Johannesburg was going to be on December 20 - 21.

Two members of the banned liberation movements, Harry Gwala, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and Zephania Mothopeng a member of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) were released from Robben Island by the government. Both Gwala and Mothopeng served two terms on Robben Island for their political activities. After the banning of the ANC in 1960 under the Unlawful Organisations Act, Gwala became active in underground structures of the ANC until his arrest in 1964. He was charged with sabotage and recruiting members for uMkhonto weSizwe (MK). Gwala was sent to Robben Island prison.

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) proposed a truce with the African National Congress (ANC) as an effort to distil violent clashes between members of the two parties. The Secretary General of the IFP, Oscar Dhlomo, communicated the peace offer to the ANC in exile. Despite this effort, the IFP still maintained prospects for peace were unlikely for as long as the Frontline States were not part of any negotiations. The IFP consistently maintained that it was not responsible for the violence between the ANC and itself. The IFP blamed the violence on the South African government.

On 27 November 1976 the offices of the Christian Institute (CI) and the South African Council of Churches (SACC), two religious formations considered to have links with the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) were raided by security police. This was part of a campaign following the outbreak of the Soweto Revolt on 16 June 1976. Dr. Beyers Naude, founder and Chief Director of CI, was arrested a month earlier on 28 October 1976. Dr.