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… activist and civil rights campaigner widely respected by Blacks, is killed in a car accident near Hu …

… Gideon Scheepers is found guilty on several charges by a British court martial and sentenced to death. He …

… commando leader during the 1914 Rebellion, is executed by a firing squad after being found …

… appeals for assistance to families of persons persecuted by the South African Government for their opposit …

… becomes SA’s first universal boxing champion by beating Manuel Ortez of the USA in Johannes …

… from Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, wracked by looting and violence after a military …

… To Create a Climate of Understanding’, Document forwarded by Nelson Mandela to F.W. De Klerk on 12 December 1989 …

… Trumpet Call to Youth, Flyer issued by the Provisional Executive Committee of the Congress Youth …

… A Woman’s Place Is In Her Organisation by members of the United Women’s Congress (SPEAK), 11 – 13 …

… Rebels led by ousted army chief General Francois Bozize capture the …

… Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, heralded by subsequent labour histories as one of SA’s greatest …

… African Indian Congress (SAIC) delegation is received by the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, in Delhi, submitting a petition …

… Conference on Sanctions against South Africa organised by the United Nations, in cooperation with the OAU, at UNE …

… A special meeting of the League of Nations is called for by Abyssinia, requesting aid in defence against Italian …

… of the Herstigte Nasionale Party is relinquished by its veteran founder, Dr. Albert Hertzog. The deputy leader, …

… The first Comrades marathon (87 km) is run by Vic Clapham and his friends who initiated it as a reunion. …

… Rampant Afrikaner Volksfront leaders sweep aside an attempt by former SADF chief Constand Viljoen and his moderate …

… SA troops led by Gen. Jan Smuts invade East Africa in their confrontation …

… At least fifty Congolese militiamen are killed by South African and Pakistani United Nations peacekeeping …

… of citizenship in the ‘homelands’ are to be issued by seven homeland authorities in their respective capitals in …

… A memorial service, attended by several dignitaries, is held for Archbishop Denis Hurley …

… church in Du Toit street, Pretoria, is inaugurated by Prof. P.J. Muller – the first clergyman in T …

… a statue of Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi Waciuri, hanged by the colonial government more …

… divisional magistrate, Mr T.R. Bennett, is threatened by twenty-seven armed B …

… refugee camp, are handed over to Ethiopian authorities by …

… the award of Honorary Life Fellowship of the Academy by t …

… Africans seconded to the Transkei Army will leave Transkei by 31 March 1978. …

… the passenger and goods air services hitherto operated by Union Airways. …

… Independent reports that the special mixture prescribed by Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the minister of health, for fig …

… Harms Commission, instituted to inquire into unlawful acts by the security forces, starts hearing evidence in the …