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EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
In terms of the notorious Group Areas Act (1950), the following proclamation was made in June 1958: 'In Cato Manor, Natal; 25,798 Indians, 2,107 Coloureds and…
The major political parties begin their submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
Thousands of Rwandan refugees fleeing violence in Burundi begin a two-day trek toward Tanzania.
Thousands of Rwandan refugees fleeing violence in Burundi begin a two-day trek toward Tanzania.
Ugandan MPs from north and east begin a parliamentary boycott until the security situation improves.
Nelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to begin his life sentence, imposed the previous day.
Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrives in Cairo for funeral of Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat.
Egyptian aircraft begin an UN-approved shuttle of Muslim pilgrims from Libya to Saudi Arabia.
The KwaNdebele Legislative Assembly passes a unanimous motion instructing the homeland’s Cabinet to begin independence negotiat
EventVaal Uprising Begins as Sharpeville Residents Resist Rent Increases
On this day, residents of Sharpeville and surrounding Vaal Triangle townships rose up against a R5.90 rent increase imposed by the Lekoa Town Council. The…
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… Black living has digged the past out of the mounds of Benin has reaped hardiness on the Ethiopian Heights has …
EventSouth Africa and Mozambique begin discussions which lead to the creation of a cross-border conservation park
Two Southern African countries, South Africa and Mozambique began discussions which led to the creation of a cross-border conservation park which will include…
Hundreds of thousands of Blacks begin two-day strike in SA on eve of segregated elections.
Hundreds of thousands of Blacks begin two-day strike in SA on eve of segregated elections.
Zairian soldiers begin to police Rwandan refugee camps in Zaire as part of a UN peacekeeping operation.
Allied forces under Lieutenant-General Dwight D. Eisenhower begin landings in North Africa, starting the Algeria-Morocco Campai
The first 1 700 Rwandan refugees begin returning home, despite fear of reprisals from the new Tutsi government.
The first 1 700 Rwandan refugees begin returning home, despite fear of reprisals from the new Tutsi government.
British forces capture Cairo and the French begin withdrawing from Egypt in one of the Napoleonic Wars.
Villages across Rwanda begin convening traditional gacaca, or "grass" courts, to try suspects in the country’s 1994 g
Sir William Cornwallis Harris, traveller, hunter and renowned artist, arrives in Algoa Bay to begin a hunting expedition
Rebels begin an offensive in Eritrea, Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s military government orders bombers, armoured units and troops into o
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… in West Africa. Kingdoms that survived were Guinea, Benin in Nigeria, Ashanti in present day Ghana and Dahomey, north of Benin. These kingdoms continued the…
Over fifty squatters begin a hunger strike in St. George’s Cathedral, Cape Town, protesting against evictions from Nyanga squat
Several hundred political prisoners begin a hunger strike at Robben Island, the country’s highest-security prison, to demand th
Over fifty squatters begin a hunger strike in St. George’s Cathedral, Cape Town, protesting against evictions from Nyanga squat
Four historically divided and entirely separate bodies unite and form the South African Football Association, marking the begin
Michael Mike Matsobane
The Matsobane brothers, Mike and Dan, aided the revival of the PAC in Krugersdorp. Their efforts fell under the non-political YACM (Young African Christian…