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EventNigerian Federal troops begin a major offensive in Biafra.
… was eight years into its independence which it gained from Britain in 1960. At the time of the civil war the official …
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death
… governments, including the United States of America and Britain, condemned the South African police service and …
EventLibya becomes independent
… and one each for Egypt, France, Italy, Pakistan, Britain, and the United States - were to guide the country …
EventSpringboks lose to the Lions
… rugby team became known as the Springboks on their tour to Britain in 1906. Since those early years, teams from abroad …
![Freddie Mercury [Bulsara], singer and songwriter, is born in Zanzibar, Africa.](/sites/default/files/styles/saho_medium/public/event_pics/Freddie%20Mercury.jpg?itok=Vuq6ADKe)
EventFreddie Mercury [Bulsara], singer and songwriter, is born in Zanzibar, Africa.
… seventeen he and his family left Zanzibar and settled in Britain. In 1970, he formed the band Queen with guitarist …
EventTwenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death for the Lari massacre in Kenya
… 10 years before the independence of the country from Britain in 1963 and aggravated an already bleak political …
Hastings Banda, the early years by Angela Thompsell updated 01 March 2016
… of work in the mining sector. Doctor : United States, Britain, and Ghana However, he came to be there, it is known … known), but after receiving his degree…
Message to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President, Anti-Apartheid Movement, on the 25th Anniversary of its Founding by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1984
… in your efforts to mobilise all anti-racist forces in Britain in a united front of action against the apartheid … Movement we must once again appeal to our…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
… . Gandhi has high hopes in the belief that India and Britain will act in order that an 'honourable settlement' in … to support Smuts Government’s proposal to…
PlaceTogo
… eastern Togoland to France and the western portion to Britain. In 1946 the British and French governments placed …
EventTanganyika becomes a member of the UN
… came five days after the country gained independence from Britain on 9 December 1961. At the time Nyerere was a Prime …
EventLaurie Bloomfield takes picture of rioting in Cato Manor, Durban
… Tribune. Bloomfield became the first person from outside Britain to be awarded the Encyclopaedia Britannica British …
EventThe Second General Election is held in the Union of SA
… issue was whether South Africa should continue to support Britain's war effort and the results was a clear indication …
EventEmily Hobhouse travels to South Africa
… in the camps caused her to be severely criticised in Britain. On her second arrival in Table Bay in October 1901, …
EventRhodes asks Charter for British South Africa Company
… to manage the mineralogical resources to the benefit of Britain. The company was vested with power to maintain law …
EventDennis Brutus is born
… the Olympic Games. He was arrested in 1964 and fled to Britain upon his release. He later returned to South Africa …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.2 Jan-Mar 1959
… on Dilemma: The Road to Union, Frank Boston. Keep Britain White, H.A. Naidoo. Brown Town Blues, W.H. van der …
EventNigeria becomes the first Anglophone independent state in Africa to become an associate member of EEC
… a decade after the country gained its independence from Britain in October 1960. The EEC came into being on 25 March, …
EventLondon hosts an international conference on the protection of the African elephant and rhinoceros
… of South Africa, Belgium, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Egypt, Spain, France, Italy, …
EventMilner proposes conditional voting rights for ‘non-Whites’ in SA
… to vote in the country's local elections. In the treaty, Britain promised to return the two former colonies to …
EventBuilding of Delagoa Bay railway line is completed
… restoration of the Transvaal Republic after annexation by Britain in 1877. This rail link between Transvaal en Delagoa …
EventBritish mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned
… country was included without any question under Britain's new possessions. Sekhukhune did not accept British …
EventRoger Joyce Bushell, Auxiliary Air Force pilot famous for his escape from the German prisoner of war camp, is born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng)
… in 1932, he joined the 601 Squadron Auxiliary Air Force in Britain. Bushell became squadron leader in 1940. He was shot …
EventThe Eureka Diamond is sold in London for 5 700 Pounds
… and sold it for £ 500. The diamond made its way to Britain where it was displayed until 1967. The discovery of …
EventKenya is granted independence
… Kenya gained its independence from Britain with Jomo Kenyatta as the country’s first Prime …
EventThomas William Bowler, prolific painter at the Cape, is born
… with famous watercolourist J.D Harding on a brief visit to Britain and brought back this knowledge to share with his …
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
… Vaal River. More Boers moved to the Transvaal when Great Britain annexed the nascent Boer Republic of Natal (1843) and … Shepstone annexed the financially…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… be found." [32] Courses at Sandhurst and Eaton Hall in Britain only admitted a handful of Sierra Leoneans. The … on 2 August 1960, and Sierra Leone became…
Document 25 - E. R. Roux, The New Slogan and the Revolutionary Movement among White Workers in South Africa, presented at the Sixth
… largest workers' demonstration that ever had been seen in Britain either before or since. In 1922 occurred the … British coalminers. When the General Strike…
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… causes of Biko's death. Even close allies of South Africa, Britain and the United States of America, expressed deep …