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EventState of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre
… regime. During the State of Emergency that followed, key African leaders were imprisoned in a series of mass arrests, … and Chief Albert Luthuli . The…
EventPolice open fire, killing 34 striking mine-workers at Marikana
… under Apartheid. Addressing a press conference, the South African Police Service (SAPS) authorities claimed its … Jacob Zuma cut short his attendance of the…
EventSA is banned from the Olympic Games
… Olympic Games in Tokyo. This was a heavy blow for South African sporting circles and it's supporters. Following Prime … in Mexico, but this elicited such…
PlaceSeal Point Lighthouse, Cape St. Francis
… above the sea, regarded as the highest light on the South African coast, Commissioned on 11 May 1950 The Cape Seal … meters above sea level is the highest…
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, January 1946
… 17'/2 per cent for 8,000,000 Africans. Only 40 per cent African Children accommodated in mission schools. 95 per cent … at home. (Sgd) - A.B. Xuma President …
EventSS Mendi sinks in the English Channel on the way to France
… Africans, including 607 black troops serving in the South African Native Labour Contingent, died when the steamship … Havre in France, carrying the Fifth…
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
… resulted in cooperation between the Rhodesian and South African security forces in arresting cadres retuning from … bestow on its citizens of foreign…
EventThe Rivonia Trialists are charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the state
… sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the South African government. This after a raid by security police at … 1963, the police arrested many…
EventGeraldine Fraser is born
… the Western Cape (UWC), she left South Africa to join the African National Congress (ANC) in exile, where she worked … USSR and Cuba. She also became a…
EventANC receives letter of gratitude from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan
… 0n 10 February 1960, the African National Congress (ANC) received a letter from the … from Groote Schuur, official residence of the South African Prime…
EventThe Korean War ends
… in Korea. Sources differ slightly on the number of South African casualties, but it can be assumed that thirty-four … pilots were taken POW. Click here to…
EventANC adopts the Programme of Action
… The adoption of a Programme of Action by the African National Congress (ANC) at the December conference … the 1946 Passive resistance campaign mounted by the…
EventSA Corps of Military Police is reorganised
… published. This proclamation changed the name of the South African Corps of Military Police (established on 1 November … to that of its original formation,…
EventHerman Charles Bosman guilty of murder
… When South African author Herman Charles Bosman visited his parents in … the short story. He was the first serio-humorist in South African English literature…
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
… refuge in the British consulate in Durban after the South African Government was hot on their heels for organising a … very well that in terms of…
EventLeaders of six homelands reject new constitution
… support from different groups, including the South African Catholic Bishop Conference, the South African Council of Churches and Black business leaders, of ……
EventCar bomb explodes outside Air Force headquarters
… On the afternoon of 20 May 1983, two African National Congress (ANC) cadres, Freddie Shangwe and … in close vicinity of the building which housed the South…
EventPresident F. W. de Klerk rings in cabinet changes
… De Klerk indicated that he considered appointing an African Minister, but had decided that such an appointment … in the light of the forthcoming elections…
EventMembers of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula
… forces detained approximately forty members of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party (SACP). Among those arrested were …
EventNelson Mandela is free
… of Paarl and was driven the 60 kms to Cape Town by African National Congress'(ANC) Rose Sonto along a route … organisations (e.g. ANC, SACP, PAC) by then…
EventMazizi Maqekeza, ANC member, is shot dead whilst in hospital in Maseru, Lesotho
… many South Africans who fled across the border to join the African National Congress (ANC) in their armed struggle against the South African state. On 25…
EventSevered human leg drops off SAA plane
… A human leg was dropped from a South African Airways (SAA) aircraft as it was preparing to land at … had flown from Johannesburg, via Dakar, Senegal. South…
EventApartheid policemen apply for amnesty at TRC
… against liberation organisations, in particular the African National Congress (ANC). During their application … United Kingdom government for allowing the…
EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… stemming from the ruthless methods employed by the South African government in the face of peaceful Indian protesters finally forced South African government…
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) transformed South African from an agrarian society at the edge of world trade … and gold that black miners extracted from…
EventHaile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is born
… However, he was also looked up to as a symbol of African dignity, both within and outside the continent. … Rastafarians revere Selassi as a god that will…
EventF.W. de Klerk clamps down on KwaZulu
… in KwaZulu-Natal, coinciding with a report by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) that it had recorded … weapons, and set strict conditions for…
EventPrime Minister B.J. Vorster predicts South Africa will become leading state in the Southern Africa
… The South African Prime Minister B.J. Vorster declared that if the … Africa signed mutual articles of agreement on the Southern African Regional Tourism…
FOREWORD: THEORETICAL DEBATES AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES
… pledge ourselves to Peace and Reconciliation in South African and agree to commit ourselves to the following: 1. … as soon as possible after the said…
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
… Anton Lembede and A. P. Mda, late 1930's ( Catholic African Teachers' Federation Magazine ) A. P. Mda, 1986 … mid-I94os ( llanga Use Natal ) A. M. Lembede,…