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Egyptian constitution is adopted. African History gives date as 19 April.
The OAU is dissolved to make way for the African Union.
South African General Law Amendment Bill imposes death penalty for sabotage.
Ugandan Prime Minister Milton Obote announces a boycott of South African goods.
North Rhodesia’s first African-dominated government is formed under Kenneth Kaunda.
W. S. ‘Buster’ Farrer, cricketer (South African Test batsman 1962-64), is born.
SA signs memorandum of understanding on South African – Swedish development cooperation.
German 5th Light Division, Rommel’s Afrika Corps, arrive at Tripoli.
Ina Rousseau, South African poet and short-story writer, is born.
Pieter Wenning (47), well-known South African painter, dies in Pretoria.
BiographyMary Fitzgerald
… Fitzgerald was born in Ireland in 1882, and came to South Africa as a typist for the British Army. She worked in the …
BiographyGarth Erasmus
… art at a high school. Also see Garth Erasmus at South Africa Art Initiative …
BiographyAndrew Clement Verster
… University. He taught at Fine Art institutions in South Africa for a number of years before becoming a full-time …
BiographyRosalie van der Gucht
… Van der Gucht moved to South Africa in 1939 and took up a position at the Grahamstown …
BiographyGaus Shikomba
… and subsequently Swapo in 1960. He joined the South West Africa Liberation Army (Swala) in 1966 and received military …
BiographyMary Susan Malahlela-Xakana
… first Black woman to register as a medical doctor in South Africa in 1947, after becoming the first recipient of the … first Black woman to register as a…
BiographyPieter Dirk-Uys
… whom he describes as ‘the most famous white woman in South Africa’, and about whom he has written a biography. Uys, …
BiographyDavid Rabkin
… David Rabkin was born in South Africa, but emigrated to Britain with his family. He holds a …
Nicholaas Frederic de Waal
… travelled to Europe and America before settling in South Africa in 1880. He met JH Hofmeyr and formed a friendship …
BiographySaul Msane
… League (a precursor of the Communist Party of South Africa), sometimes even acting as speaker, but in essence he …
Jafta Kgalabi Masemola
… for the ideals of a free, just and democratic South Africa. * Some sources give Masemola’s date of birth as …
EventGhana’s Black Stars, the only African team standing in the Quarter Finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in SA, are defeated by Uruguay
… to Uruguay 4 – 2 based on penalties. The Black Stars were Africa’s last team standing at the 2010 FIFA World Cup … Algeria, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and the host…
EventThe first part of the South African Press Commission’s report is tabled in parliament
On 19 February 1962, the first part of the South African Press Commission's first report was tabled in parliament by the Minister of the Interior, de Klerk…
BiographyAbraham H. de Vries
… De Vries would go on to lecture at some of South Africa’s most prestigious universities such as the …
ArchiveMeeting of the University of the Western Cape delegation and the African National Congress
Record of a meeting between the University of the Western Cape delegation and the African National Congress in Lusaka, Zambia, to discuss the South African…
BiographyWolfie Kodesh
… October 1918. His paternal grandparents arrived in South Africa after fleeing the pogroms in Eastern Europe. His … sister found work as typist for Communist…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… that nothing could stop our dream of a free South Africa coming true. The people had opened the prison doors … Four years later, on 27 April 1994, the people…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… that nothing could stop our dream of a free South Africa coming true. The people had opened the prison doors … Four years later, on 27 April 1994, the people…
Address At Meeting On The Occasion Of The 60th Anniversary Of The Formation Of The South African Communist Party, London, July 30, 1981
… of imperialist reaction - United States imperialism. In Africa it has been proclaimed as a fundamental guiding … for the construction of socialism right on…
BiographyThomas Mbeki
… About 1924 he enrolled in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) night school in Ferreirastown, Johannesburg … A documentary History of African…