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EventMembers of the AAM hand over a memorandum to Verwoerd's private secretary about Apartheid policies
… Steward, Dr. Yusuf Dadoo, former president of the South African Indian Congress and J. Kozonguisi of the South African United Front. The AAM was one of…
EventThe SABS is established
… The South African Bureau of Standard (SABS) was established in terms of … and Industry and is known as the Council of the South African Bureau of Standards…
EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
… Martin Luther King, Junior, an African-American clergyman who orchestrated social change … police and Parks was arrested and fined. As the South African…
EventPW Botha states that the Soviets will not prevent South Africa from attacking ANC bases in Mozambique
… The regular cross border raids by South African troops, that violated the sovereignty of its … to prop up the Apartheid system. In January 1981, South…
EventChief Albert Luthuli, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of the ANC, is killed in Groutville
… KwaZulu-Natal. Chief Luthuli was President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1952 until his death in … Peace Prize and he was the most…
EventButhelezi says Zulus would continue carrying cultural weapons
… Buthelezi warns that the deals struck between the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Government were " illegitimate " and " …
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… that pro-government forces as well as members of the South African security establishment wished to destabilise and totally disrupt the negotiations between…
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… condemning South Africa's relations with its Southern African neighbours. The UN General Assembly re-affirmed the … of Nelson Mandela, the imprisoned leader…
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents’ meeting
… the incorporation as they were going to loose their South African citizenship and did not wish to fall under the … However, resistance by the residents…
EventThe Citizen reveals housing irregularities in Transkei
… by barring all competitive business. References: South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South…
EventSamora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash
… 11 years. On the day of the crash he was returning from an African leaders’ summit in Zambia. His death sent shockwaves … it on bad weather and others…
EventBritish create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves
… by British philanthropists and abolitionists as a home for African slaves freed in England. A Temne king sold a strip of … years later the settlers were also…
EventUN spokesman comments on Mugabe’s eviction campaign
… ruling party reacted angrily to a resolution passed by African lawmakers to send a delegation to probe human rights … Mbeki of South Africa, who was mandated…
EventHealth Minister Tshabalala-Msimang announces that SA pledges R20 million to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
… On 20 May 2002, South African Health Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, announced … South Africa was still, at the time, lagging behind other African…
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
… late on Tuesday evening. Chauke, a former member of the African National Congress ' armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe , … holding a prison warder hostage with a…
EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… country's first democratic president in 1994. The South African constitution has a stipulation that states that the … endorsement by Nelson Mandela and some…
EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… dispute. On 16 May 1876, the Volksraad of the South African Republic declared war on Sekhukhune and his … References: Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of…
EventFormer MK members are dismissed from SANDF
… without leave in October from the newly instituted South African National Defence Force (SANDF). After they were … members of the armed wing Umkhonto we…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… atmosphere, contrary to fears of political violence. The African National Congress (ANC) won the election with 62.65 % … (DP) 1.7 %, Pan Africanist Congress …
EventOlaudah Equiano, enslaved person and writer dies
… of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. The book surprised and impressed many with its … in the movement for the abolition of slavery…
EventThe longest cricket test match in history is played between South Africa and England in Durban
… the only one of its kind in history. Since then, the South African Cricket team, the Proteas, continue to break world … to captain his side in 100 Test…
EventShaun Pollock makes history in a test match
… The South African all-rounder, Shaun Pollock, became the only player in … made him a bowling all-rounder. He captained the South African team from the year…
EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
… Sando Perry, was unanimously elected at a meeting of West African heads of state to become the third chair of Liberia's … a sub-regional plan of the Economic…
Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations, 22 January 1946
… than 17 percent for 8,000,000 Africans. Only 40 per cent African Children accommodated in Mission Schools. 95 per cent … at home. (Signed) A.B. Xuma…
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… On 04 March 1963, the African National Congress (ANC) leader, Walter Sisulu was … banned ANC, Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), South African Communist Party …
The Polly Street Era
… portrayals of black society in fl uenced by traditional African sculpture, he received some financial assistance to … into two distinct streams: a 'township…
2. Potchefstroom: A Fighting Location
… In the mid-1920s African protest escalated throughout the Transvaal countryside. African labour tenants and farm workers, chafing under poor … Communist…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving and Honorary Doctorate from Harvard University Boston, 18 September 1998
… tribute to the struggles and achievements of the South African people as a whole. I humbly accept the award in that … memory of this great American…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinning, St. Georges Hotel, City of Tshwane, 27 September 2005
… will always be available as part of the historic African literary, scientific and scholarly heritage. Your … States, said: "All those of you who care and…
Address on the Occasion of the State Banquet, Tripoli, Libya, 12 June 2002
… kind and warm welcome to me, my wife and the entire South African delegation. It is indeed a special pleasure for us to … to accelerate the pace of…