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Unita rebels capture Angola’s second largest city, Huambo, after a two-month battle with government troops.

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According to a report on violence published by the Black Sash Repression Monitoring Group, an estimated 11,000 persons have bee

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The Sowetan announces that a new union for health workers, the African Health Workers’ Congress was launched in Johannesburg.

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F.W. de Klerk, Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs, is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal National Party.

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The United Nations General Assembly resolution calls on the Security Council to impose comprehensive sanctions against South Af

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General Hendrik van den Bergh has a lengthy meeting (6-7 March) with Dr. E. Rhoodie in Paris and indicates afterwards that it h

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The trial of eighteen suspected PAC members which began in December 1977 and has already taken over 100 court sessions, resumes

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What is officially described as the first meeting of its kind, the Prime Minister holds a one-day conference with the Black ‘ho

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The British Parliamentary Report on Black Labour Conditions indicates that sixty-three of 141 British companies investigated ha

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The National Party manifesto reaffirms its belief in separate development programmes for the White, Black, Coloured and Indian

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Justice D.H. Botha, the Commissioner appointed to inquire into the activities of secret societies the Broederbond, the Freemaso

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Ruth Golembo, former financial journalist and managing director of Lange Public Relations since 1995, is born in Bulawayo, Rhod

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Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, is the first sub-Saharan African country to acquire independence. Dr Kwame Nkrumah is the first

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The multilateral Convention on the International Maritime Organisation, to which SA is a party, is signed in Geneva.

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The multilateral Convention of the World Meteorological Organisation with Related Protocols, to which SA is a party, is signed

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Prof. Hermanus Marthinus van der Westhuysen, historian and supporter of the Ossewabrandwag, is born in the district of Pretoria

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Prof. Casper H. Rautenbach, former Rector of the University of Pretoria, is born.

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Isaac Williams Wauchope, author and activist, is ordained as pastor of the Congregational Native Church of Fort Beaufort and Bl

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Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence): A provisional armistice between the Generals Wood and Joubert is agreed on an

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Com. Richard C. Dyer, staff-commander in command of H M S Industry, anchors in Walvis Bay. He annexes the territory for Britain

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Unita rebels capture Angola’s second largest city, Huambo, after a two-month battle with government troops.

According to a report on violence published by the Black Sash Repression Monitoring Group, an estimated 11,000 persons have bee

The Sowetan announces that a new union for health workers, the African Health Workers’ Congress was launched in Johannesburg.

F.W. de Klerk, Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs, is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal National Party.

The United Nations General Assembly resolution calls on the Security Council to impose comprehensive sanctions against South Af

General Hendrik van den Bergh has a lengthy meeting (6-7 March) with Dr. E. Rhoodie in Paris and indicates afterwards that it h

The trial of eighteen suspected PAC members which began in December 1977 and has already taken over 100 court sessions, resumes

What is officially described as the first meeting of its kind, the Prime Minister holds a one-day conference with the Black ‘ho

The British Parliamentary Report on Black Labour Conditions indicates that sixty-three of 141 British companies investigated ha

The National Party manifesto reaffirms its belief in separate development programmes for the White, Black, Coloured and Indian

Justice D.H. Botha, the Commissioner appointed to inquire into the activities of secret societies the Broederbond, the Freemaso

Ruth Golembo, former financial journalist and managing director of Lange Public Relations since 1995, is born in Bulawayo, Rhod

Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, is the first sub-Saharan African country to acquire independence. Dr Kwame Nkrumah is the first

The multilateral Convention on the International Maritime Organisation, to which SA is a party, is signed in Geneva.

The multilateral Convention of the World Meteorological Organisation with Related Protocols, to which SA is a party, is signed

Prof. Hermanus Marthinus van der Westhuysen, historian and supporter of the Ossewabrandwag, is born in the district of Pretoria

Prof. Casper H. Rautenbach, former Rector of the University of Pretoria, is born.

Isaac Williams Wauchope, author and activist, is ordained as pastor of the Congregational Native Church of Fort Beaufort and Bl

Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence): A provisional armistice between the Generals Wood and Joubert is agreed on an

Com. Richard C. Dyer, staff-commander in command of H M S Industry, anchors in Walvis Bay. He annexes the territory for Britain

Sir Francis Cradock (75), Governor of the Cape, dies in England.

Archive of documents pertaining to Pixley ka Isaka Seme

Zulu wins Columbia prize

Zulu of King’s race a prize orator

Royal Zulu willing to become a vallet - Pixley Seme - Newpaper Cutting 1903

Presidential address by Dr. Pixley ka Seme, 1933

Pixley Seme’s letter to Professor H Cutler at Mount Hermon, 30 January 1911

Pixley Seme letter, 5 September 1908

Pixley ka Seme public lecture, reported on 16 April 1906

How Congress Began - R.V. Selope Thema, Drum July 1953