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South African politician and author of “Jock of the Bushveld,” Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, is born in King William’s Town.
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Central African Republic’s former emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes committed during his thirteen-yea
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Following a meeting (4-13 June 1980), held at the request of the African group, the United Nations Security Council unanimously
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South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Executive meets in Cape Town and pledged full support to the Passive Resistance launched b
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The United States expresses deep concern to the South African Ambassador, Donald Sole, over government and police response to s
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”Police Shootings Must Stop!”flyer issued by the National Action Committee, ANC, and South African Indian Congress, November 1952
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”Mass Meeting, Africans Shot in Cold Blood.”flyer issued by Transvaal African Congress, for meeting on June 26, 1941
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Progressive Federal Party (PFP)-African National Congress (ANC) Meeting (Summary) by Peter Gastrow , 12 and 13 October 1985, Lusaka.
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Progressive Federal Party (PFP)-African National Congress (ANC) Meeting (Narrative) by Peter Gastrow , 12 and 13 October 1985, Lusaka.
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Mpumalanga game ranger, Sibusiso Vilane, becomes the first Black South African to conquer Mount Everest, the world’s highest pe
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Hermanus Stephanus Bosman (84), co-founder of the South African Council of Churches and champion of Christian National Educatio
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Prussian nobility found the Berlin Missionary Society (BMS) to spread Christianity. The Society was active in most African coun
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The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Bill is passed, whereby every African is issued with a certificate of citizenship of his respec
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Elisabeth Eybers, South African poet who lives since 1966 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is born in Klerksdorp, western Transva
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The National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industries (Nafcoc) commits itself to the promotion of a free-market sys
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Alexander Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (now the University of
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Unrest among Black workers over wage improvement continues. Police arrest 244 African workers, of whom 169 are subsequently cha
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South African Indian Council Act No 31 commences. It establishes a Council consisting of 25 members appointed by the Minister o
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All-in African Conference (25-26 March) with 1,400 delegates from 145 religious, cultural, peasant, intellectual and political
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South African mercenaries, hired by the Papua New Guinea government to help crush a separatist rebellion, arrive back in South
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Prime Minister Vorster says that his government is prepared to engage in dialogue, without preconditions, with other African co
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Rebels led by ousted army chief General Francois Bozize capture the Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, and the interna
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The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) delegation is received by the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, in Delhi, submitting a petition dr
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South African arms manufacturer Denel announces that it will unveil six new products at a United Arab Emirates weapons exhibiti
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”The City of Pretoria no longer exists”, a spokesman for the African National Congress’s Tshwane region says in a statement iss
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The South African Journal, with Thomas Pringle as editor, and the Zuid-Afrikaansche Tijdschrift are established in Cape Town.
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At least fifty Congolese militiamen are killed by South African and Pakistani United Nations peacekeeping troops in a bloody gu
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The African National Congress (ANC) elects Nelson Mandela as Deputy President of the organisation. It also announces its decisi
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Archibald Jacob Gumede, Secretary of the Natal African Congress, 1951-60, and President of the United Democratic Front, 1983, i
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