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Birthday message by Albert Luthuli to Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 2 September 1955
… of our struggle for freedom, I wish to say that we are under no illusions as to what the attainment of freedom would …
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
… 1966. On this day the district was declared a ‘White area’ under the 1950 Group Areas Act of the Apartheid government. …
PlaceAngra das Voltas, Luderitz Bay- Namibia
… who ceded large tracts of country to the newcomers. Under the belief that Britain was about to claim the area as …
PlacePump House, corner Prince and Sir George Grey Streets, Oranjezicht.
… example of this system, was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 7 May 1937. …
PlaceLand Adjoining Earle’s Dyke, Camps Bay.
… in the Cape peninsula. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 7 December 1962. It has …
PlaceGreenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… craft market. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 February 1961. …
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… Subsequently in 1959 the area was declared a white zone under the Group Areas Act, which provided separation of …
EventLabour Party Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war wins majority
… faction formed the International Socialist League (ISL) under the leadership of William H. Andrews. Some of ISL’s …
PlaceNational Botanic Gardens, Pretoria
… belts of South Africa. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 3 August 1979. The Pretoria …
PlaceGrey Institute/School, Port Elizabeth
… preparatory school. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 December 1976. …
PlaceGreenhill Road 14, Emmarentia, Johannesburg
… in Johannesburg. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 9 May 1986. Geldenhys, began the …
EventPatrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shot
… the attempted secession of the mineral-rich Katanga region under Moise Tshombe and United Nations (UN) intervention. In …
EventSouth Africa and Mozambique sign a non-aggression pact
… Mozambican territory. Machel went into these negotiations under tremendous pressure, as South African incursions, …
Event’Viva Frelimo’ rallies, organised by the BPC and SASO, take place even though they were banned by Government
… Moodley. Most of these leaders were subsequently charged under the Terrorism Act. Definition: FRELIMO - Acronym for …
EventSWAPO attacks SAP
… Namibia eventually attained independence in March 1990 under a SWAPO government with Sam Nujoma as president. …
EventPolicewomen are enlisted as full members of South African Police Force for the first time.
… of the 1980s were women allowed to work on patrol, under-cover and do investigative work. …
EventThe African National Congress is found guilty
… appointed Skweyiya Commission. The Skweyiya Commission under Advocate Louis Skweyiya, appointed in March 1992, found …
EventMourners are shot at Ntuli’s funeral in Thokoza
… the National Peace Accord, signed in September 1991, came under serious threat. The continuing violence raised fears …
EventAngola, Cuba and South Africa allegedly signed a cease fire treaty
… Cuba and South Africa agreed to a formal ceasefire. Under the terms of the ceasefire and later treaty, Cuba was …
EventThe first edition of the Graham’s Town Journal, mouthpiece of the Eastern Frontier settlers, is published
… of Grahmstown's Grocott's Mail, but continued to publish under it's own masthead until 1920. The Grocott family began …
EventEllis Park soccer stampede kills 43
… Rosswinn Nation and thirteen year old Sphiwe Mpungose were under the fatalities. Nine of the injured remained on the …
EventFormer NP leader Sam de Beer joins UDM
… as expressed in its election manifesto, have faded away. Under these circumstances it was only fair to make room for …
EventLaw and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok implicates De Klerk at TRC
… 1998 former Law and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok testifies under oath that while in office, the former president of …
EventWits attains full university status
… College in Johannesburg attained full University status under the name the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), …
EventQueen Victoria of Britain approves Charter for Rhodes
… Charter granted almost sovereign-like powers to the BSAC, under Cecil John Rhodes. On 30 October 1888 King Lobengula of …
EventQueen Victoria issues charter for the formation of the British South Africa Company
… the mining industry was well established, particularly under the leadership of Cecil John Rhodes, a politician and …
PlaceEnon
… of South Africa. The governance of Enon currently falls under the Sundays River Valley Local Municipality. The 1875 …
EventStart of the Muslim community’s Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… - for burial purposes. In 1886, the cemetery was closed under the Public Health Act of 1883. This left the Muslim …
EventSouth African Communist Party leader, Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo dies
… five years, and in 1959 he was arrested at Howick, Natal, under outdated immigration laws which banned the movement of …
EventDemonstrating Clergymen are arrested in central Johannesburg
… released on bail the following day, after being charged under the Riotous Assemblies Act and warned to appear in …