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… Egypt Air makes its first scheduled direct flight from Cairo to Johannesburg. …

… Government releases its White Paper on the Reconstruction and Development …

… Racially mixed marriages are banned by Italy in its North African colonies.  …

… SA’s Bafana Bafana loses its first World Cup Soccer match against France 0-3. …

… agrees to a UN supervised referendum in Sudan to determine its future. …

… The opposition Progressive Federal Party (PFP) opens its membership to all races. …

… The Malagasy Republic changes its name to the Democratic Republic of Madagascar. …

… At the apocalypse: the South African Church claims its hope - an interview …

… Giuseppe Verdi’s magnificent opera, Aida, has its world premiere in Cairo, Egypt …

… year somewhere in South Africa the government delivers its message …

… Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel). Although he showed an early interest in sculpting, there was no relevant training … existing members by means of secret-ballot. The group held its final exhibition in 1953, after which it was decided to …

… 1969 Mafuna was hired by the Rand Daily Mail  to write for its township edition.As journalist he met students from the … settled in Paris,returning to South Africa in the early 1990s. …

… of the African National Congress (ANC), Walter Sisulu . Early Life In September 1918 the Spanish Flu , a strain of … cryptically wrote the following: “Our gardens are not too good at all this year. The drought has been too much. The … was under “communistic domination and control” because its leaders; Albertina, Eufemia Hlapane and Gertrude Shope , …

… the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU)  as its Transvaal secretary. He was posted to Durban later that … influence, vehemently opposing the Youth League and its radical activism, which he regarded as a product of … eventually goaded his critics in the Natal Youth League too far. In 1951 they engineered his defeat by Albert Luthuli …

… Sarah (nee Mseleku) Seme. Little is documented of his early life as a primary school pupil and teenager. He … in 1906. The SANNC needed funding if it was to fulfill its function. In the context of the time, chiefs were the … and misfortunes of the SANNC in the first decade of its existence. Existing accounts of what is widely considered …

… Mosaka was born in Johannesburg and received his early primary education there. His secondary education was at … African nationalist view, the ADP was forced to be on its own. He continued with his political activism by taking … township of Soweto. By October 1946, the ADP was facing its demise. In the meantime, his businesses were flourishing …

… Early Years and Politicisation Mohamed Ismail (‘Issy’) Dinat … in the struggle against the Apartheid government. In the early 1960s Dinat studied at Damelin College while working at … active in the ANC Kagiso branch and helped to revive its Azaadville branch.  Elected as a councillor after the …

… Commission reported that the ANC was guilty of torture in its camps and that specific individuals were responsible for … no such policy in place with regard to abuses committed by its members.In 1995, the Truth and Reconciliation … the African National Congress (ANC) guilty of abuse in its camps …

… reporter at Golden City Post and then appointed to its permanent staff. Experiences during these early reporting days are related in her posthumously … teenagers. The latter received many response letters from its readers who were evidently taken by Head’s informal and …

… of the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) altered its constitution in such a way that effectively debarred … of Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) alters its constitution …

… used as a case study to show how the state was justifying its own actions to discriminate against non-Batswana from … Church and State relations: the story of Bophuthatswana and its independence from 1977 to 1994 …

… magistrate's clerk at Winburg, having been adjudged too young for acceptance as a university student. In 1910 he … several universities. Swart's interest in politics started early. He was a member of the National Party (NP) since its founding in 1914. In 1919 he became chief secretary of …

… convicted in an ANC-related trial. The state had planned its case on alleged accomplices, but ended up having to rely … was vice-captain of his rugby team.  In the late 1960s and early 1970s he was the captain of his university team, … he was elected as a member of the NEC of the ANC, becoming its Treasurer General in 1994. In 1994 he became a Member of …

… a modern school of sculpture to South Africa during her early career, she was often criticized for her use of … was ‘rediscovered’ by the sculptor, Andries Botha, in the early 1980s.  Botha organized a national touring exhibition … she enrolled at the Royal College of Art, London, under its principal, William Rothenstein (1872-1945) and obtained …

… (NIC). In the 1980s, he established the Chatsworth Early Learning Centre in Chatsworth (CELC), Durban, where he … Padayachie promoted parental and community involvement in Early Childhood Development. The CELC pioneered the playbus … be consoled by the work he has done for the country and its people,". Roy Padayachie is survived by his wife Sally …

… Sisulu ,  Govan Mbeki ,  Ahmed Kathrada  and others. In early 1963 he was arrested in Northern Rhodesia in the … "Green Book". After a bomb was discovered under his car in early 1981, Gqabi took added security precautions, but these … a member of the ANC's National Executive Committee and of its Revolutionary Council, and some within the ANChad …

… anniversary celebration of the Free Church, which severed its ties with the Scottish Government. While in Scotland, he … of South Africa. His name is counted among those of the early pioneers of the African independent churches who played …

… environment, which at the time was strongly Eurocentric in its influences and aspirations, Mikula was one of the first … that make up South Africa as we know it today. Mikula’s early work drew largely from natural organic forms. Crafted …

… `a form of self-preservation', made quite an impact in its time. Sipho Sepamla has also written novels, … in Soweto, was banned at first but released later. The early 1980s were a challenging period for Sepamla, as it was …

… Landau Community Centre, in Asherville, Durban ( in the early sixties) and found himself being elected to an … forcing SAASwiF to embark on a separate strategy for its own recognition. Under Naidoo’s leadership, it … meeting of the insurance sector. The state reacted in its usual vicious manner, and Naidoo was banned from November …