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The Rev. David Petrus Matthys Beukes, moderator of the Dutch Reformed church, is elected as 4th chairman of the FAK.
Federal troops are sent into Biafra, the oil rich eastern region of Nigeria, which declared an intention to secede on 30 May.
SA signs a treaty with Great Britain on the temporary waiver of the margin of preference on flat white maize.
Belgium sends troops to the newly independent Congo.
The politically oriented Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) party is founded in Tanzania.
Frederick Johannes (Frikkie) Potgieter, S.A sculptor, is born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.
Joseph Maqhekeni, leading trade unionist is born in Umtata, Transkei.
Group Areas Act, No. 41 of 1950 is promulgated.
The Population Registration Act, No. 30 of 1950 is promulgated.
Pieter Willem Adriaan Mulder (65), champion of Afrikaans, dies in Pretoria.
Henning J. Klopper is elected as member of parliament for Vredefort (OFS) and leaves the railway service. He became speaker o
Federale Volksbeleggings Beperk (FVB) is founded.
Jaco van der Merwe, SA baritone, is born.
Albertus Johannes Roux van Rhijn, first chief editor of Die Volksblad as daily newspaper, member of parliament and administrato
Constance Annie Nothard, nursing sister and recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, highest award of the International Red
The Commissary-General of the Cape, Jacob Abraham de Mist, in his capacity as Deputy Grand Master National, dedicates the templ
Napoleon Bonaparte’s army begins its march towards Cairo from Alexandria, Napoleon’s desert nemesis.
João da Nova, Portuguese navigator on his way to India, finds letters and a document in a shoe hanging from a milk wood tree a
The class consequences of colonialism in Africa by Richard D. Wolff
“Lions and Jackals“ by Robert Konrad, October 2008
Appendix II: About Dr. Dadoo, delivered by Oliver Tambo
We are gathered here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted most of his life in the…
Appendix I: Correspondence Between Mahatma Gandhi And Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
[Note: Most of this correspondence is from the Pyarelal papers at the National Archives of India, New Delhi - a large part of which are also in the ANC…
Farewell To His Comrades: Message, September 19, 1983
[Message to a meeting of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, written and signed hours before his death, September 19, 1983] Dearest…
”Twenty-Sixth Congress Of The Cpsu; The Voice Of Reason, Peace, Freedom And Socialism”: Report, 1981
Address At Meeting On The Occasion Of The 60th Anniversary Of The Formation Of The South African Communist Party, London, July 30, 1981
It is with a deep sense of pride and honour that I speak today on behalf of the South African Communist Party, which celebrates the 60th year of its birth, on…
South African Communists Speak: Introduction To Book, 1981
Interview To The United Nations Radio, 1979
Statement submitted to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners, 11 October 1979
Statement submitted to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with the South African Political…