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EventJournalist and anti-apartheid activist M.P. Naicker dies
Journalist, anti-apartheid activist, and Director of Publicity of the African National Congress (ANC) External Mission, Marimuthu Pragalathan Naicker (M.P.)…
EventJournalists’ first visit to Robben Island
The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers…
EventMugabe announces the merging of ZANU and ZAPU
Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) leader, Robert Mugabe announced that Rhodesia's political organisations, ZANU and ZAPU (the Zimbabwe African People's…
EventPik Botha is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs
Pik Botha, South African ambassador in the United States of America (USA), returns to South Africa and is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Botha…
EventMarien Ngouabi, President of Congo dies
On 18 March 1977, Marien Ngouabi, the military President of the Republic of the Congo was assassinated. Ngouabi, who started his career as the Commander of…
EventThe Anglican Church joins the growing confrontation between church and state
The Anglican Church joins the growing confrontation between Church and state in South Africa, when the Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Rev. William Barnett,…
EventProminent leaders are arrested in Uganda
The Most Reverend Janani Luwum, Anglican archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-ZaÁƒÂƒÂ¯re, together with two government ministers, were arrested on…
EventList of detainees is released
The government, for the first time, released the official list of all detained under the Preventive Detention clause of the Internal Security Act (ISA) since…
EventMinister introduces free and compulsory education
The Minister of Bantu Education M.C. Botha announced that the government moved towards the introduction of free and compulsory education for Black pupils. This…
EventTrial of nine BPC and SASO leaders ends
The lengthy trial of nine student leaders from the Black People's Convention (BPC) and the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) ended on this date. They…
EventThe Christian Institute and South African Council of Churches headquarters are raided by police
EventTranskei gains complete independence
The oldest of the independent homelands, Transkei, gained complete independence as an autonomous republic under the policy of separate development. At its…
EventJustice Minister, Jimmy Kruger, announces mass arrest
The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger, made an announcement to the effect that 697 were being held for various security reasons. The breakdown of the total…
EventIan Smith of Rhodesia and Henry Kissinger meet in Pretoria
Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met in Pretoria to discuss majority rule for Rhodesia. South African…
The Cillie Commission of Inquiry into the Soweto uprisings, holds its first public hearing
The government appointed Cillié Commission of Inquiry into the uprisings in Soweto on 16 June, 1976, held its first public hearing in Johannesburg. Evidence…
EventThe Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organisation, plus Operating Agreement, is adopted in London.
Since the launch of the world's first telecommunications satellite, Telstar, in 1962, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) recognised the potential…
Event2000 Students march through Cape Town
A day after the peaceful 1 September march 2000 students from Langa, Nyanga and Gugulethu once again marched through the heart of Cape Town's CBD to protest…
Prime Minister Vorster in June 16 admission
EventSA pledges support for a negotiated settlement in Rhodesia
The South African government under leadership of Prime Minister John Vorster pledged support for the United States of America's (USA) efforts to bring about a…
EventRioting erupts in Soweto
Riots erupt again in Soweto and spread to other townships in South Africa. The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger, again banned public meetings under the…
EventUWC students convene a meeting to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decide to embark on a boycott of classes
EventEmil Solomon “Solly” Sachs, South African socialist, dies in London
EventBritain breaks off diplomatic relations with Uganda
EventJimmy Kruger announces amendment to the Internal Security Act
The Minister of Justice, James Thomas (JT, Jimmy) Kruger, announced that the provisions of the Internal Security Act, allowing for the unlimited detention…
EventCruel murder of Dora Bloch
Dora Bloch, one of the elderly British hostages of hijacked Flight 139 (an Air France A-300B Airbus, hijacked from Athens on 26 June) was reported as still…
EventLanguage crisis in schools resolved
The minister of Bantu Education, M.C. Botha, announced that the South African Government had annulled the regulation that Black secondary school pupils be…
EventFormer Springbok captain Bobby Skinstad is born
Robert Brian (Bobby) Skinstad, the youngest ever Springbok rugby captain, was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Skinstad captained the Springboks in…
EventAir France A-300B Airbus hijacked from Athens arrives at Entebbe, Uganda
On 27June 1976, Air France Flight 139, en route from Tel Aviv to Paris was hijacked after a stopover in Athens. The four hijackers were members of the Popular…
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
In January 1976, a group of 100 mercenaries crossed over from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire) to Angola in order to support The National…
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
On 27 June 1976, almost two weeks after the Soweto Uprising on 16 June, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, the National President of the Black People's Convention (BPC),…