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Lamar Crowson, later professor at the South African College of Music, is born in Florida, USA.

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The South African Indian Council (SAIC) decides to give the government’s constitutional proposals ‘a reasonable chance’, provid

Message to the Annual Conference of the African National Congress in Bloemfontein , 16-19 December 1955

Speech of Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African Nationa Congress Pretoria University, 29 April 1991

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Bishop Josiah Kirbira of Tanzania is the first African to preside over the Lutheran World Federation.

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The South African government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill, which proposes an advisory and consultati

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James Arthur Calata, Anglican clergyman and African National Congress (ANC) leader, dies in Cradock, Eastern Cape.

Speech by Oliver Tambo to the seventh Congress of the South African Communist Party, 1 April 1989

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A former member of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s entourage testifies before the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha held talks with Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir during a private visit.

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The Southern African Freedom Foundation (SAFF) is exposed as a government front financed out of public funds.

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Annual Conference of African National Congress (ANC) asks its National Executive Committee &quot;to consider the possibilities

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The US government orders its diplomats around the world to boycott South African Republic Day functions.

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Dr. Walter Rubusana (African) and Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman (Coloured) are elected to the Cape Provincial Council.

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African National Congress president Nelson Mandela addresses a freedom rally in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana, a week after the nomi

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Jan Stephanus de Villiers, organist and first South African composer of importance, is born in Paarl.

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Jacobus Pieter Verster, chief of the South African Air Force (1967-1975), is born in Boksburg.

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Ethiopian forces defeat Italians at Adwa, northern Ethiopia, ending Italy’s quest to create a substantial African colony.

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The South African Defence Force is accused of delaying the process of integrating former guerrilla forces.

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UN General Assembly adopts Asian-African resolution calling on Portugal to halt repressive measures against Angola.

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Dave Richardson (38), South African wicket-keeper, announces his retirement from cricket after 42 test matches.

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Sathyadranath Rugunanan Maharaj (Mac), National Executive Committee member of the African National Congress, 1985, returns to S

African National Congress (ANC): Attainment of Power, Post Liberation Phases and Current Crisis by Raymond Suttner

The (Re-)Constitution of the South African Communist Party as an Underground Organisation by Raymond Suttner

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The Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysersunie, counterpart of the South African Teachers’ Association, is founded in Cape Town.

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Representatives from twenty-six South African political parties and organisations resume multiparty negotiations marking the st

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Representatives from twenty-six South African political parties and organisations resume multiparty negotiations marking the st

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The Schlesinger Organisation, with government approval, forms the African Broadcasting Corporation in Johannesburg, in which th

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Beauclerk Upington, advocate, politician, yachtsman and president of the South African Football (Soccer) Association (1913-22),

… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 99 …

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The South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded in Windhoek with Sam Nujoma as leader.