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… Anwar Sadat is nominated to succeed Gamal Abdel Nasser as president of Egypt. Date is given as 16 October by two other sources. …

… The Ruth Prowse Art Centre is opened in The Retreat as an art and cultural centre with artist Erik Laubscher as first head.   …

… The first Union Parliament of SA opens, with James Molteno as speaker and F.W. Reitz as president of the Senate.  The first Un …

… Albert John Luthuli acts as elected Chief at Groutville after resigning his teaching post in 1935. In 1952 he was deposed as Ch …

… of the African National Congress (ANC – formerly known as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC)) in … of Edinburgh, qualifying in April 1886 aged twenty-one as a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons … in botany. Upon returning to South Africa, Dr Soga worked as a veterinarian in private practice in the Cape Colony from …

… Kamuzu Banda is sworn in as Life President of Malawi.  …

… Randjieslaagte on the Rand is proclaimed as public gold diggings. …

… Ruth First as educator: An untold story by Alan Wieder …

… President Pieter Willem Botha resigns as South Africa’s State President. …

… Dr Leander Starr Jameson assumes office as Administrator of Mashonaland. …

… The Second Basotho War, known as Siqiti war, breaks out …

… Egypt becomes a republic with Gen. M. Neguib (also Naguib) as president. …

… Egyptian Boutros Boutros Ghali is selected as UN Secretary General. …

… James Buchanan is appointed as attorney-general of the ZAR. …

… Grimmett takes 9-180 for South Africa as Queensland make 430. …

… Ryk Tulbach succeeds Hendrik Swellengrebel as governor of the Cape. …

… In a few moments I am going to be shot as a hostage ... …

… Giant step forward for CWIU as 4000 Sasol workers join …

… World watch as NP, ANC manoeuvre for moral high ground …

… Consumer ban lifted as leaders take note of community demands …

… As others see us: well-known writer looks at Sash …

… or separation: A discussion of separatism in America as compared …

… Some aspects of transport as it affects the daily worker …

… Flags fly over grave as tribute paid to ANC founder …

… Congress. Reverend John Langalibalele Dube was elected as its first president (in absentia), and Seme became the … Years later, in July 1927, Josiah Gumede was elected as president-general of the ANC during its annual congress, … public rhetoric at that stage. Gumede's three-year term as president-general of the ANC was characterised by dispute …

… Cde Mac Maharaj, a veteran and stalwart of our movement, as President Jacob Zuma’s spokesperson. As a seasoned leader, negotiator and former minister, Cde Mac … first democratic elections and government. He also served as a Minister of Transport under President Nelson Mandela …

… 2,500 men are arrested in Kenya as part of the continuing crackdown by British authorities … fighters attacked the area. The attack came to be known as Lari massacre. Among the casualties was chief Luka from Lari, who was known for ill-treating his own people as an indication of his loyalty to the British government. …

… were unhappy about being compelled to use Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in 50% of subjects in secondary … protest of learners in Soweto, in what became known as the June 16 uprising. This event is recognised annually in South Africa and commemorated as Youth Day. …

… P.W. Botha's cabinet, stepped down after fourteen years as leader of the Labour Party. He later joined the African National Congress (ANC) and was appointed as an ANC senator in the upper house of the new democratic … for Whites, though he later apologised for his actions as result of an attack on the national television by State …

… by Allison Drew Document 39 - “Walter Sisulu, "Boycott as a Political Weapon", Liberation, 23, February 1957 A … Congress, now on trial for treason. Boycott has been used as an effective political weapon in different countries ever since it came into use as a recognised method of struggle against the Irish Land Act …