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EventPupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools
Pupils at Phefeni Secondary School started boycotting classes in protest against the use of Afrikaans as medium of instruction in certain subjects in schools…
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe receives an honorary degree
Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa composer and musician, received an honorary M.A. Degree from the University of Fort Hare in recognition of the major…
EventThe first indications of protest over Afrikaans in Soweto schools
The roots of the student uprising of 1976 can be traced in part to the cutbacks by the Apartheid government on education for Black students. The result was…
EventThe Angolan MPLA government is recognised
The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) government in Angola was recognised by most countries of the world. Foreign intervention was…
EventSamora Machel decrees an end to private ownership
President Samora Machel of Mozambique issued a decree ending private property ownership, in accordance with the Marxist ideals of his government. He also…
EventStart of daily television transmissions
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) started regular daily television transmissions on a single channel after seven months of trial transmissions…
EventMadagascar adopts its second constitution
Madagascar came under the colonial French Protectorate in 1890. By the late 1940's, the Malagasy had started to demand independence. A national uprising took…
EventThe Christian Institute protests against travel restrictions
The Christian Institute appealed to Prime Minister John Vorster, asking him to reconsider the withdrawal or confiscation of the passports of six of its leaders…
EventAfrikaans Writer Breytenbach is sentenced
On an illegal trip to South Africa with a false passport, a well-known Afrikaans writer Breyten Breytenbach was betrayed, arrested and sentenced to nine years…
EventAngola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule
Angola becomes independent after 14 years of armed resistance to Portuguese colonial rule. The three major movements fighting the war, the Movimiento Popular…
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
The president of Cuba Fidel Castro decides to send Cuban troops to Angola in response to South Africa's invasion of the country. After attaining its…
EventElizabeth Taylor remarries Richard Burton in Botswana
Actress Elizabeth Taylor secretly remarried her ex-husband Richard Burton, also an actor, while on holiday in Chobe Game Park, Botswana. Taylor and Burton were…
EventWinnie Mandela speaks out against Terrorism Act
Winnie Mandela, wife of the then imprisoned African National Congress leader, Nelson Mandela ends her thirteen years of enforced silence with a strong attack…
EventWinnie Mandela released from banning order and house arrest
Winnie Mandela was released from banning order and house arrest on this date. Surprisingly, for a brief period Winnie's banning order was not reimposed,…
EventA.W.G. Champion, outspoken opponent of apartheid dies
Trade unionist, politician and businessman Allison Wessels George (A.W.G.) Champion died at his home in Chesterville, Durban. He was known as a campaigner for…
EventMoses Kotane receives Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe
Three years before his death Moses Kotane, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress (ANC), was awarded the ANC's…
EventProgressive Reform Party is formed
The Progressive Reform Party (PRP) was formed in the wake of the merger between the Progressive Party and the Reform Party. The decision to merge was made at…
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
After a brief period of transitional government Dr Manuel Pinto da Costa, the leader of the Committee for the Liberation of São Tomé and PrÁncipe(CLSTP)…
EventMozambique gains independence
After a prolonged liberation struggle against Portuguese colonial rulers, Mozambique became independent as People's Republic of Mozambique. Mozambique was…
EventSA signs multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil pollution damage
On 19 June 1975, South Africa signed a multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil pollution damage. This treaty was drawn up in Brussels, to ensure…
EventBanned PAC leader Sobukwe is admitted as attorney
Robert Sobukwe, former leader of the banned Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC), although still under a banning order, was admitted to practice as an attorney in…
EventFinal Commission report on University Christian Movement
The final report of the Le Grange Commission, dealing with the University Christian Movement (UCM), defunct since 1972, was submitted to Parliament. The…
EventCape Supreme Court sets aside 1973 Ciskei election of Lennox Sebe on the grounds of irregularities
The Cape Supreme Court, sitting in Port Elizabeth, sets aside the 1973 election of Lennox Sebe and three other members of the Ciskei Legislative Assembly on…
EventChristian Institute declared an affected organisation
The Minister of Justice, James Thomas (Jimmy) Kruger, declared the Christian Institute to be an affected organisation under the Affected Organisation's Act of…
EventBram Fischer dies
Former leader of South African Communist Party (SACP) Bram Fischer died of cancer at his brother Dr Paul Fischer's house in Bloemfontein. After news of his…
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
The government announces that its aim, is to provide all Black children with free and compulsory education as soon as possible. Teachers and scholars rejected…
EventSA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which was created to facilitate international cooperation in the establishment of meteorological and related…
Dr. Nic Diederichs is inaugurated as South Africa’s third State President
EventGovernment’s final consolidation of ‘homelands’
The Nationalist party government announced its intention to consolidate the total number of separate 'homeland' areas from 113 to 36. The homelands were…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is formed
The Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement was founded on 21 March 1975 at KwaNzimela, in Northern KwaZulu. Inkatha emerged, along with the Black…