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Foreign Minister Roelof Botha announces that South Africa has agreed that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner fo

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Namibia gains independence with Sam Nujoma as first president.

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The political power struggle continues between President P.W. Botha and F.W. de Klerk and a compromise is reached between the t

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A large-scale work and school stay-away takes place to commemorate the Sharpeville shootings in 1960.

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Langa, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day

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At least seventeen people are killed in Langa, a Black township near Port Elizabeth, during a commemoration of the twenty-fifth

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Publication of declaration for the release of Nelson Mandela and all other South African Political Prisoners signed by over 4,0

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Declaration by about 1,500 Mayors calling for the release of Nelson Mandela and all other South African political prisoners pub

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Gideon Fagan, SA composer and conductor, dies.

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Start of a weekend of events commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Sharpeville shootings on 21 March 1960. Speakers at

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The Prime Minister dismisses allegations that the Cabinet is divided, and denies that there are differences in principle betwee

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The first three Black ministers are inaugurated in the cabinet of Premier Ian Smith, Rhodesia.

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International Anti-Apartheid Year (21 March 1978 – 20 March 1979), proclaimed by the General Assembly in resolution 32/105B o

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It is reported that about 15,000 students have returned to secondary schools in Soweto and that thirty-two of the forty state-r

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South Africa is informed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that it may not re-apply to join the world sporting body.

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Steven Biko, former SASO leader, released on 30 November 1976 after temporary detention under security laws, is re-arrested.

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The Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement is founded at KwaNzimela, in northern KwaZulu. Inkatha emerged, along with th

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Black Laws Amendment Act No 7, designed to speed up the planning for partial consolidation of homelands, commences.

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The banning orders on NUSAS leaders are discussed by the Principals of four English language universities with the Prime Minist

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SA signs a treaty with Malawi on air transport.

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Sam Nujoma, Swapo leader, is deported from South West Africa to Zambia.

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An anti-apartheid demonstration is held on Trafalgar Square, London, to commemorate the Sharpeville massacre.

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The 1964-65 Budget provides for R210m on defence, an increase of R52m over the previous year. The Minister of Defence, Dr. Dong

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A special interim report by Mr Justice J.H. Snyman, commissioner at the Paarl riot inquiry, urges swift government action to br

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In Sharpeville sixty-nine Blacks are shot and 152 wounded by police during a demonstration. (The official report of the Commi

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African Explosives and Chemical Industries (AECI) is founded.

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John Beaver Marks, teacher, trade unionist and political activist, who identified himself as an African though he was of Colour

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A British missionary, Canon Farmer, accuses Gen. Smuts of having committed an atrocity against members of his flock at Modderfo

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Anglo-Boer War 2 Poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling, summoned from Cape Town by Lord Roberts, arrives in Bloemfontein to join th

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The Vrouesendingbond (Women Mission Society) of the Dutch Reformed Church is founded in Wellington.

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Foreign Minister Roelof Botha announces that South Africa has agreed that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner fo

Namibia gains independence with Sam Nujoma as first president.

The political power struggle continues between President P.W. Botha and F.W. de Klerk and a compromise is reached between the t

A large-scale work and school stay-away takes place to commemorate the Sharpeville shootings in 1960.

Langa, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day

At least seventeen people are killed in Langa, a Black township near Port Elizabeth, during a commemoration of the twenty-fifth

Publication of declaration for the release of Nelson Mandela and all other South African Political Prisoners signed by over 4,0

Declaration by about 1,500 Mayors calling for the release of Nelson Mandela and all other South African political prisoners pub

Gideon Fagan, SA composer and conductor, dies.

Start of a weekend of events commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Sharpeville shootings on 21 March 1960. Speakers at

The Prime Minister dismisses allegations that the Cabinet is divided, and denies that there are differences in principle betwee

The first three Black ministers are inaugurated in the cabinet of Premier Ian Smith, Rhodesia.

International Anti-Apartheid Year (21 March 1978 – 20 March 1979), proclaimed by the General Assembly in resolution 32/105B o

It is reported that about 15,000 students have returned to secondary schools in Soweto and that thirty-two of the forty state-r

South Africa is informed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that it may not re-apply to join the world sporting body.

Steven Biko, former SASO leader, released on 30 November 1976 after temporary detention under security laws, is re-arrested.

The Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement is founded at KwaNzimela, in northern KwaZulu. Inkatha emerged, along with th

Black Laws Amendment Act No 7, designed to speed up the planning for partial consolidation of homelands, commences.

The banning orders on NUSAS leaders are discussed by the Principals of four English language universities with the Prime Minist

SA signs a treaty with Malawi on air transport.

Sam Nujoma, Swapo leader, is deported from South West Africa to Zambia.

An anti-apartheid demonstration is held on Trafalgar Square, London, to commemorate the Sharpeville massacre.

The 1964-65 Budget provides for R210m on defence, an increase of R52m over the previous year. The Minister of Defence, Dr. Dong

A special interim report by Mr Justice J.H. Snyman, commissioner at the Paarl riot inquiry, urges swift government action to br

In Sharpeville sixty-nine Blacks are shot and 152 wounded by police during a demonstration. (The official report of the Commi

African Explosives and Chemical Industries (AECI) is founded.

John Beaver Marks, teacher, trade unionist and political activist, who identified himself as an African though he was of Colour

A British missionary, Canon Farmer, accuses Gen. Smuts of having committed an atrocity against members of his flock at Modderfo

Anglo-Boer War 2 Poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling, summoned from Cape Town by Lord Roberts, arrives in Bloemfontein to join th

The Vrouesendingbond (Women Mission Society) of the Dutch Reformed Church is founded in Wellington.