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EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
In 1949 Kwame Nkrumah formed the Convention People's party (CPP). After his 'positive action' campaign created disturbances in 1950, Nkrumah was jailed, but…
EventSA Sculptor Thomas Lehupela is born in Thaba ‘Nchu
Molatodi Thomas Lehupela, South African sculptor, was born in Paradys Location, Thaba 'Nchu in the Orange Free State (now Free State Province). In 1984…
EventAfrican delegates urge U Thant to enter Nelson Mandela fray
African delegations at the United Nations headquarters in New York requested Secretary-General U Thant to help obtain the release of Nelson Mandela, leader and…
EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
Location: back to this day in history search archive The Liquor Act, which was passed on 23 June 1927, prohibited Africans and Indians from serving liquor,…
EventNelson Mandela is arrested
Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was captured in Cedara, a small town near Howick…
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah
An attempt on the life of President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana fails. Nkrumah escaped an assassination attempt when a hand grenade was thrown into a crowd greeting…
General Law Amendment Act (Sabotage Act) No 76 commences
South African artist, Mandla Nkosi, is born
South Africa is exonerated by the UN delegation
EventSteytler launches a nationwide protest campaign against the General Laws Amendment Bill
Dr. Jan Steytler, leader of the Progressive Party, which was later renamed Progressive Federal Party (PFP) launched a nationwide protest campaign against the…
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
A 17 year-old Indian flower seller was fined R24 or 60 days in prison for breaking the municipal by-laws. The young man was charged on 29 counts for resisting…
EventJoseph Louw is sentenced to six months imprisonment for contravening the Immorality Act
On 24 February 1962, a Coloured journalist Joseph Louw, 23, was sentenced to six months in the Johannesburg Regional Court for conspiring with Pamela Beira, a…
EventHelen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament
On 23 February 1962, a member of Progressive Party Helen Suzman condemned the Immorality Act, saying that the law was bringing misery and deprivation in its…
EventThe SACBC urges that lawful means be used to resist Apartheid
On 22 February 1962 the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) issued an anti-Apartheid letter, stating that lawful means must be used to fight…
EventThe soccer match between Lourenco Marques club Desportive and Durban City Football Club is called off because a rule against Coloured players
On 17 February 1962, the soccer match between Lourenco Marques (Mozambique) club Desportive and Durban City Football Club (South Africa) was called off. A…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
On 11 February 1962, two actors, Athol Fugard, 29, from Port Elizabeth, author of the two - man play "The Blood knot" and his co-actor Zakes Mokae, 27, from…
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
On 23 January 1962, Dr Hendrik Verwoerd announced his plan to grant independence to the Transkei, a homeland proposed for Xhosa people under the apartheid…
EventMandela smuggled out the country and appears in Addis Ababa
Early in 1962, Nelson Mandela was smuggled across the borders of South Africa. He was granted an Ethiopian passport by Haile Selassie, and classified as a…
EventTanganyika becomes a member of the UN
On 14 December 1961, Tanganyika became a member of the United Nations(UN) and two years later, in 1963 it merged with the island of Zanzibar. Following the…
EventAlbert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
Albert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Lecture after receiving the Peace Prize the previous day. Luthuli was the first South African to receive the Nobel Prize for…
EventAlbert Luthuli accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, president of the then banned African National Congress (ANC), was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960 for advocating non-violent…
EventTanzania gains independence
During the fourteenth century, Tanzania's location on the East African coast made it easily accessible to Arab traders and slave traders, who operated in the…
EventBritain refuses Uganda’s request for independence
Uganda is an east African country that had a number of kingdoms as well as political institutions by the 1800's. The interior was penetrated by Arab slave…
EventUN report accuses Katangan President and Congo President of conspiracy to murder Patrice Lumumba
On 14 November 1961 Katangan President, Moise Tshombe, and Congo President, Joseph Kasavubu, were accused of conspiracy to murder ex-premier Patrice Lumumba in…
EventGeneral Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister
The United Nations General Assembly decided by 67 votes to 1 (South Africa) with 20 abstentions, to censure the Foreign Minister of South Africa Eric Louw for…
EventUN Secretary General is killed in a plane crash
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold was killed with twelve other people when their plane crashed at Ndola airport, Northern Rhodesia (now…
Anderson Khumani Ganyile’s kidnapping
EventKenyan political activist Jomo Kenyatta released from jail
Kenyan political activist and President of Kenya Afican National Union, Jomo Kenyatta was released from jail after serving 9 years. During the 1952 Mau Mau…
EventJames La Guma dies
James Arnold (Jimmy) La Guma, trade unionist and political activist, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African…
EventUN committee is barred to enter SA
A United Nations (UN) committee consisting of eight, with instructions to investigate conditions in the Mandated Territory of South Africa, was refused…