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A new Coloured political movement, the Congress of the People (COPE) is launched in Cape Town’s Bellville district.

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The parliament of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia meets for the last time to vote itself out of existence.

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The Minister of Community Development relaxes the Group Areas Act permit system and announces that Blacks will in future be adm

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An earthquake in Welkom, OFS, devastates the flat block Tempesthof.

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Justice H.F. de Wet sentences Maria Groesbeek to death on the charge of poisoning her husband, Chistiaan Buys (43).

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It is announced that the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council has accepted a five-year plan designed to give South Africa

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Zanzibar, a British protectorate since 1890 and now part of Tanzania, becomes an independent state within the Commonwealth.

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South Africa signs multilateral treaty on consent to marriage, minimum age for marriage and registration of marriages.

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Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, the first Black African to win the Nobel Peace Prize, collects his prize for 1960 in Oslo, Norway.

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More than twenty-five people die in action by the SAP and SADF when residents of the Old Location, Windhoek, resist forced remo

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The Nobel Peace Prize for 1952, having been withheld in that year, is given to Albert Schweitzer. With the $33,000 prize money,

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Thamsanqwa (Thami) ka Mnyele, SA artist who went into exile in Botswana in 1979 and became an active member of Umkhonto we Sizw

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Ntopile Kganyago, Deputy Minister of Public Works of the Republic of South Africa since 10 May 2004, is born.

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Allina Ndebele (born Khumalo), SA artist and master weaver who returned to her father’s village and established a small worksho

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Johannes Brill, rector of Grey College (later Grey University College and still later the University of the Free State) dies in

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Sytze Wopkes Wierda (72), architect of several bridges and designer of the Paardekraal monument at Krugersdorp, is born in Sea

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William Charles Franklyn Plomer, SA journalist and author, is born in Pietersburg, Tvl.

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Egypt’s first Aswan Dam is unveiled 950 kilometres (590 miles) south of Cairo. The 40 meter (130ft) high Aswan Dam, designed to

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The first Nobel prizes are awarded. Several South Africans, inter alia, Albert Luthuli, Nelson Mandela and W.A. de Klerk were

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Anglo-Boer War 2: British General Gatacre is defeated in the Battle at Stormberg Junction by the Republican forces under Chief

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Address by Mbhazima Shilowa, COSATU General Secretary at an ILO plenary session in Geneva

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Address to the Second NEDLAC Summit presented by John Gomomo, COSATU President, on behalf of COSATU, NACTU and FEDUSA

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Speech by Connie September to COSATU Inaugural Central Committee

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Opening address to COSATU Special Congress by Peter Malepe, Acting President

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Labour Input to the Presidential Job Summit presented on behalf of COSATU, FEDUSA and NACTU by John Gomomo, COSATU President

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Closing address to the COSATU Special Congress by Willie Madisha, incoming COSATU President

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Address to the COSATU Special Congress by Terror Lekota, ANC Chairperson

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A new Coloured political movement, the Congress of the People (COPE) is launched in Cape Town’s Bellville district.

The parliament of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia meets for the last time to vote itself out of existence.

The Minister of Community Development relaxes the Group Areas Act permit system and announces that Blacks will in future be adm

An earthquake in Welkom, OFS, devastates the flat block Tempesthof.

Justice H.F. de Wet sentences Maria Groesbeek to death on the charge of poisoning her husband, Chistiaan Buys (43).

It is announced that the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council has accepted a five-year plan designed to give South Africa

Zanzibar, a British protectorate since 1890 and now part of Tanzania, becomes an independent state within the Commonwealth.

South Africa signs multilateral treaty on consent to marriage, minimum age for marriage and registration of marriages.

Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, the first Black African to win the Nobel Peace Prize, collects his prize for 1960 in Oslo, Norway.

More than twenty-five people die in action by the SAP and SADF when residents of the Old Location, Windhoek, resist forced remo

The Nobel Peace Prize for 1952, having been withheld in that year, is given to Albert Schweitzer. With the $33,000 prize money,

Thamsanqwa (Thami) ka Mnyele, SA artist who went into exile in Botswana in 1979 and became an active member of Umkhonto we Sizw

Ntopile Kganyago, Deputy Minister of Public Works of the Republic of South Africa since 10 May 2004, is born.

Allina Ndebele (born Khumalo), SA artist and master weaver who returned to her father’s village and established a small worksho

Johannes Brill, rector of Grey College (later Grey University College and still later the University of the Free State) dies in

Sytze Wopkes Wierda (72), architect of several bridges and designer of the Paardekraal monument at Krugersdorp, is born in Sea

William Charles Franklyn Plomer, SA journalist and author, is born in Pietersburg, Tvl.

Egypt’s first Aswan Dam is unveiled 950 kilometres (590 miles) south of Cairo. The 40 meter (130ft) high Aswan Dam, designed to

The first Nobel prizes are awarded. Several South Africans, inter alia, Albert Luthuli, Nelson Mandela and W.A. de Klerk were

Anglo-Boer War 2: British General Gatacre is defeated in the Battle at Stormberg Junction by the Republican forces under Chief

James Buchanan (52), SA judge, cultural leader and journalist, dies in London.

John Burnet Biddulph, SA trader, explorer and adventurer, is born in London.

International Human Rights Day.

Address by Mbhazima Shilowa, COSATU General Secretary at an ILO plenary session in Geneva

Address to the Second NEDLAC Summit presented by John Gomomo, COSATU President, on behalf of COSATU, NACTU and FEDUSA

Speech by Connie September to COSATU Inaugural Central Committee

Opening address to COSATU Special Congress by Peter Malepe, Acting President

Labour Input to the Presidential Job Summit presented on behalf of COSATU, FEDUSA and NACTU by John Gomomo, COSATU President

Closing address to the COSATU Special Congress by Willie Madisha, incoming COSATU President

Address to the COSATU Special Congress by Terror Lekota, ANC Chairperson