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PlaceLiberia
… that an agent of the Society administer the settlement under U.S. laws. They found shelter on Scherbo Island off the …
Statement by the National Executive Committee of the ANC - 20 September 2008
… deep admiration all the great strides our country has made under the stewardship of President Mbeki. He remains a loyal …
“No Room for Racialism at Natal University”: Statement, June 1956
… and used to an ideology of tyranny” and that his history under such kings as Shaka AND Dingaan showed this, was …
”Joint Declaration of Cooperation.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma of the ANC, Dr. G. M. Naicker of the Natal Indian Congress, and Dr. Y. M. Dadoo of the Transvaal Indian Congress, March 9, 1947
… opportunities and the recognition of African Trade Unions under the Industrial Conciliation Act. 3) The removal of all …
Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929
… at a mass meeting called to launch an organisation under the above title the object of which was stated to be: …
EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
… reaslied after World War 2, when Yugoslavia was united under communist rule. This lasted until the early 1990s when …
EventJoaquim Chissano succeeds Samora Machel as president of Mozambique
… He was re-elected in 1999, but stepped down in 2005. Under his leadership, the Mozambican economy was revived and …
EventProceedings against SA start in the International Court of Justice
… Nations over South West Africa (SWA) on 17 December 1920. Under the rules of the mandate the government of the Union of …
EventUN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
… Chief of Staff in the Congolese Army, placed Lumumba under house arrest and later ordered his assassination. The …
EventAll African People Conference is held in Accra, Ghana
… A year after Ghana gained Independence from Britain under the presidency of Kwame Nkrumah the All African People …
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
… (NIC), by Monty Naicker on 21 October 1945. Kajee had come under criticism for his moderate politics and close ties with …
EventSteve Biko, a pioneer of the Black Consciousness Movement, is born
… stood out as an enduring emblem of Black Consciousness under the apartheid system of racial segregation that ended …
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… Subsequently, a new party, the Purified National Party, under the leadership of Malan, emerged as the alternative for …
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… Cape Town singing in various university opera productions. Under the her teachers, Adelheid Armhold (voice) and …
EventBeyers Naudé is served with his second banning order
… further three years. This order was the first to be served under the comprehensive security law, the Internal Security …
EventANC celebrates its 79th anniversary in Durban
… organisation. At the time of the celebrations the ANC was under the leadership of Oliver Reginald Thambo . The …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… activities and as consequence was arrested in 1976 under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to 15 years in prison. …
EventPort Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837
… Natal. It was founded by merchants from the Cape Colony under the leadership of British Lieutenant F.G. Farewell. …
EventCourt approves same-sex couple's right to marry
… wills. The ruling African National Congress, which under Nelson Mandela led the country from apartheid to …
EventMzwakhe Mbuli is sentenced to 13 years in jail
… in 1994. It has been suggested that Mbuli's life came under threat several times as a result of his outspoken …
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church rejoins the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
… called by eight Afrikaans and English speaking churches under the World Council of Churches to discuss racial …
EventDemonstrators close down businesses and government offices in Lesotho
… in victory for the Lesotho Congress for Democrats (LCD). Under the leadership of Bethuel Phakalitha Mosisili the newly …
EventWorld War I begins
… reaslied after World War 2, when Yugoslavia was united under communist rule. This lasted until the early 1990s when …
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
… government dispatched a party of fourteen policemen under the leadership of Sub Inspector Hunt to arrest Bambatha …
EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… they totally undermine German control of Namibia. It was under these circumstances that Lieutenant-General Lothar von …
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… The Colonial Office sent massive troop reinforcements under the command of General Sir Redvers Henry Buller, a …
PlaceGoshen
… After the 1994 elections the two towns were merged under the name Mafikeng (the correct Setswana spelling) and …
PlaceCuylerville
… Chichester, Commissioner for Wood and Forests and a former Under-Secretary to the Colonial Department, and his …
EventChief Mhlonthlo revolts against the British
… its Magistrates are doing. We are harshly treated. We came under the Government in order to gain peace and quietude, …
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… needs of former MK soldiers. In 2012, the MKVA has come under fire after allegations of looting of funds worth up to …