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EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
In 1958, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) officially recognised the White body of the Football Association of South Africa (FASA) as…
EventCheryl Carolus is born
Former South African High Commissioner in London, political activist and Chief Executive Officer of Tourism South Africa, Cheryl Carolus, was born in…
EventThe PAC is formed
An Africanist group led by Robert Sobukwe and Potlako Leballo were frustrated by the multi-racial character of the African National Congress (ANC). They echoed…
EventConservationist and entrepreneur Rufus Maruma is born
Makgabo Rufus Maruma, world respected Tourism, Environmental and Waste Management expert and founder of Bohlweki Environmental (Pty) Ltd as well as member…
EventFidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
Before Fidel Castro took over the island state's government; Cuba was under the military rule of President Fulgeneio Batista. Castro was the leader of the 26…
EventPeter Mokaba is born
Peter Mokaba, a notable freedom fighter and patriot, was born on 7 January 1959. Mokoba played a significant role in the struggle for freedom especially…
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 Conference was held in the capital city Accra…
EventThe apartheid government establishes a Department for Coloured Affairs’ (CAD)
Long before the inception of apartheid "Coloured" people in South Africa occupied this precarious position between White and Black South Africans. This…
EventThe Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor
The University of Pretoria (UP), previously known as the Transvaal University College (TUKS) was founded in 1908, and recently celebrated its centenary year in…
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd assumed office as the Prime Minister of South Africa after the death of J.G. Strijdom. An ardent advocate of Apartheid, Verwoerd…
EventPolitical activist Mohammed Shaik is born
Mohammed Iqbal Shaik, political activist and member of the Dolphin Unit of the Special Operations Unit, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was born in Vrededorp,…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
Former National Party leader and Prime Minister of South Africa, Advocate J. G. Strijdom dies. It was during his tenure in 1955 in Kliptown near Johannesburg,…
EventMargaret Rheeder is hung in Pretoria
Margaret Rheeder, found guilty of poisoning her husband, Benjamin Fredenman, was hung in Pretoria. On the morning of 27 April 1957 Rheeder went to a pharmacy…
EventMovie director Henry Cornelius dies
The South African born British film director and scriptwriter, Henry Cornelius, died unexpectedly during the production of the crime comedy "Law and Disorder"…
EventThe last general election of the Union of South Africa takes place
The last general election of the Union of South Africa before it became a Republic on 31 May 1961, was held with the National Party (NP) under Adv J.G…
EventEdgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia.
Reginald Stephen Garfield Todd was premier of South Rhodesia from 1953 till 1958. As a leader of a White minority regime during the period, he was considered a…
EventGamal Abdel Nasser is formally nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic
On 5 February 1958, Gamal Abdel Nasser was formally nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic. In February 1958, Egypt joined…
EventMining Magnate Oppenheimer dies
Financier, and mining and industrial magnate, Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, who founded the Anglo American Corporation, died in Johannesburg at the age of 77…
EventMoroccan Army of Liberation attacks Spanish enclave of Ifni
Morocco had been ruled by the Alaouite Dynasty since 1631. In 1859, a war was waged against Spain in an attempt to remain independent. Following this war, the…
EventThe first Non-White South African Table Tennis team participates at the World Championship
On 6 March 1957, the first South African Non-White sporting team participated at the World Table Tennis Board Championship in Stockholm, Sweden. They were…
EventGold Coast (Ghana) gains independence
On 6 March 1957, the Gold Coast (now known as Ghana) gained independence from Britain. Ghana became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and was led to…
EventMohammed Valli Moosa is born in Johannesburg
Mohammed Valli Moosa, born in Johannesburg on 9 February 1957, was a political activist and served as Minister of Environmental and Tourism Affairs in South…
EventThe Durban College of Education is founded
The Durban College of Education was started in the backyard of the Durban Girls' High School.
EventTony Leon is born
The national leader of the Democratic Alliance - Tony Leon was born in Durban. In 1994 he was elected Member of Parliament and leader of Democratic Party. He…
EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
Following the highly successful multi-racial Congress of the People Conference in June 1955, the South African Police raided the homes and offices of those who…
EventLucas Seage is born
Lucas Seage, South African artist, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg. Seage attended Barolong High School in Gaborone, Botswana and then Damelin College in…
Event20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws
In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to…
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
In 1821, the British Government took control of the British trading forts. In 1844, Fanti chiefs on the Gold Coast (as Ghana was then known) signed an…
EventSolomon Kalushi Mahlangu is born
Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu, a soldier of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), who was executed by hanging in Pretoria…
EventSA artist, Bongiwe Dhlomo, is born
Bongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa, South African artist, was born in Vryheid, Natal. She grew up in Bergville, matriculated in Ladysmith and obtained a National…