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A report by the US Department of Mines claims that a ban on imports of South African minerals will cost the US the equivalent o

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The Anti-Apartheid Movement in London ends its seventeen-year boycott of Barclays Bank for its South African ties.

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Former Transkeian President Kaiser Matanzima is served with a banning order by his brother George, the Prime Minister.

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South Africa’s longest serving White political prisoner, David Kitson, is released, seven months short of completing his twenty

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The leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP), Jaap Marais, is charged in the Pretoria Regional Court with disclosing secre

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The Prime Minister announces that eight very important Western intelligence agents, held by the Soviet Union, and one South Afr

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Eleven Soweto school pupil leaders are convicted of sedition

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The executive of the South African Confederation of Labour (SACL) approves the government’s White Paper accepting the Wiehahn R

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In a by-election in Westdene, Johannesburg, ‘Pik’ Botha as National Party candidate defeats the Herstigte Nasionale Party by 9,

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According to a report by the South African Institute of Race Relations, a total of 617 Black persons, of whom it names 558, are

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The theatre, movie and broadcasting arts committee of the FAK is established with Prof. G. Cronjé as chairman.

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The President of the National Union of South Africa (NUSAS), Ian Robertson, receives a banning order under the Suppression of C

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The National Professional Football League (N.F.L.) is founded by eleven clubs from Johannesburg and Pretoria, with Snoyman as c

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Plans for independence of the Gold Coast (becomes Ghana in March 1957) from Britain are approved by the Colonial Secretary.

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Britain threatens to use force against Egypt over the Suez Canal dispute.

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The first meeting of the Joint Passive Resistance Council of Natal and the Transvaal is held in Durban.

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Joseph L. Levy (57), editor of the Sunday Times, dies in Johannesburg.

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WWII: Final Allied Offensive, Tunisia. General Gustav von Vaerst’s 5th Panzer Army finally surrenders on the Cape Bon peninsula

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WWI: The force of the Union of South Africa enters Windhoek, capital of South West Africa. The dates 12 May and 13 May are give

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Taza, Morocco, is occupied by French troops.

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The Draft South Africa Act is signed in by a national convention in Bloemfontein, after fierce debate.

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Gen. Louis Botha lays the corner stone of the Dutch Reformed church in Bosman street, Pretoria.

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Prof. Izak Wilhelmus van der Merwe (Boerneef), well-known SA poet and author, is born on Boplaas, district Ceres.

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Sir John Frederick William Herschel, well-known British astronomer (in South Africa 1834-38), dies in Collingswood, Kent, Engla

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Sir Maximillian Michaelis, Kimberley diamond buyer and broker, is born in Germany.

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Metrorail says more than 400 commuters have been arrested in Pretoria as part of an operation to bring order back to the train

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The UN Security Council unanimously approves an arms embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea following the latest flare-up in thei

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Sierra Leone’s government and the country’s rebels agree to a cease-fire to end seven years of savage fighting.

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Rebels led by Laurent Kabila take control of Kinshasa, capital of Zaire now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after overrun

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Military observers returning to the Rwandan countryside report ethnic killings of at least 200 000.

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A report by the US Department of Mines claims that a ban on imports of South African minerals will cost the US the equivalent o

The Anti-Apartheid Movement in London ends its seventeen-year boycott of Barclays Bank for its South African ties.

Former Transkeian President Kaiser Matanzima is served with a banning order by his brother George, the Prime Minister.

South Africa’s longest serving White political prisoner, David Kitson, is released, seven months short of completing his twenty

The leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP), Jaap Marais, is charged in the Pretoria Regional Court with disclosing secre

The Prime Minister announces that eight very important Western intelligence agents, held by the Soviet Union, and one South Afr

Eleven Soweto school pupil leaders are convicted of sedition

The executive of the South African Confederation of Labour (SACL) approves the government’s White Paper accepting the Wiehahn R

In a by-election in Westdene, Johannesburg, ‘Pik’ Botha as National Party candidate defeats the Herstigte Nasionale Party by 9,

According to a report by the South African Institute of Race Relations, a total of 617 Black persons, of whom it names 558, are

The theatre, movie and broadcasting arts committee of the FAK is established with Prof. G. Cronjé as chairman.

The President of the National Union of South Africa (NUSAS), Ian Robertson, receives a banning order under the Suppression of C

The National Professional Football League (N.F.L.) is founded by eleven clubs from Johannesburg and Pretoria, with Snoyman as c

Plans for independence of the Gold Coast (becomes Ghana in March 1957) from Britain are approved by the Colonial Secretary.

Britain threatens to use force against Egypt over the Suez Canal dispute.

The first meeting of the Joint Passive Resistance Council of Natal and the Transvaal is held in Durban.

Joseph L. Levy (57), editor of the Sunday Times, dies in Johannesburg.

WWII: Final Allied Offensive, Tunisia. General Gustav von Vaerst’s 5th Panzer Army finally surrenders on the Cape Bon peninsula

WWI: The force of the Union of South Africa enters Windhoek, capital of South West Africa. The dates 12 May and 13 May are give

Taza, Morocco, is occupied by French troops.

The Draft South Africa Act is signed in by a national convention in Bloemfontein, after fierce debate.

Gen. Louis Botha lays the corner stone of the Dutch Reformed church in Bosman street, Pretoria.

Prof. Izak Wilhelmus van der Merwe (Boerneef), well-known SA poet and author, is born on Boplaas, district Ceres.

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, well-known British astronomer (in South Africa 1834-38), dies in Collingswood, Kent, Engla

Sir Maximillian Michaelis, Kimberley diamond buyer and broker, is born in Germany.

Metrorail says more than 400 commuters have been arrested in Pretoria as part of an operation to bring order back to the train

The UN Security Council unanimously approves an arms embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea following the latest flare-up in thei

Sierra Leone’s government and the country’s rebels agree to a cease-fire to end seven years of savage fighting.

Rebels led by Laurent Kabila take control of Kinshasa, capital of Zaire now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after overrun

Military observers returning to the Rwandan countryside report ethnic killings of at least 200 000.