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Abyssinian fortress of Dessie is captured by South African troops during World War II

The second Ashanti War breaks out in Africa

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The second Ashanti War breaks out in Africa

Over a thousand people are detained

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Over a thousand people are detained under state of emergency following the Sharpeville massacre

Benjamin Mzimkulu Macala, SA artist, is born

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Benjamin Mzimkulu Macala, SA artist, is born

Time for Azania by Robert Sobukwe, 1976

Time for Azania by Robert Sobukwe, 1976

Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949

Robert Sobukwe Inaugural Speech, April 1959

Flag of Nigeria

Nigeria

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South Africa’s High Commissioner to Uganda, Bavumile Vilakazi, dies of a heart attack in Kampala. He was involved in the United

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Rebels in a military complex in Monrovia, Liberia, release more foreigners while African peacekeeping troops fan out in the cap

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Iran lines up with Egypt and Syria to try to link the future of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty to a dismantling of Israel

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First reports of Rwandan genocide are starting to appear.

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Five white Democratic Party MP’s defect to the ANC.

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A taxi war breaks out in Katlehong, East Rand.

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Dinana Mbetheni (21) is found hanging from an electric wire tied to a bar in his cell in Alice.

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Riaan Eksteen, head of SABC is relieved from his post following a political row with Pres. Botha.

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Ten railway coaches are set on fire in Soweto and another twenty-six are damaged. (2004). Today in History, Pretoria News, 21 A

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A Group Areas Amendment Bill introduced on 7 March 1982 and enacted on 21 April, maintains the existing commitment to the princ

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The Coloured schools’ boycott is joined by pupils at a number of Indian schools in Pretoria and Natal. Black Consciousness grou

Manne Dipico, former Premier of the Northern Cape, is born in Kimberley

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Manne Dipico, former Premier of the Northern Cape, is born in Kimberley

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A military pact between Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen is finalised.

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At a mass meeting in Johannesburg, the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) decide to set up the Transvaal Passive Resistance Counci

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Benjamin Mzimkulu (Ben) Macala, SA artist, is born in Bloemfontein. As a young boy he tended cattle on a farm in the Orange

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Sir Alfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Colony.

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Mahomed Dawood Barmania, businessman, politician and community worker, is born in Pietermaritzburg.

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Nicolaas Jacobus van Warmelo, pioneer minister of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk and staunch Afrikaner patriot, dies.

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Prof. Adriaan Francken, professor in Dutch and French and later librarian at Grey College, arrives in Bloemfontein.

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Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (73), 2nd president of the Orange Free State, is born in the district of Pietermaritzburg.

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Dr Bernabé Jan Gerard de la Bat, first head of the deaf-and-dumb institute in Worcester, is born.

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David Livingstone arrives at the Cape to start his expedition to the interior.