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The Minister of Police, S.L. Muller, speaking at a National Party meeting, warns that several hundred South African born Black

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The South African Agricultural Union decides to allow membership of all races, despite strong resistance from the Transvaal Agr

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The South African Agricultural Union decides to allow membership of all races, despite strong resistance from the Transvaal Agr

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President Kaunda takes power in Zambia. Zambia is the ninth African state to gain independence from the British crown.

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President Kaunda takes power in Zambia. Zambia is the ninth African state to gain independence from the British crown.

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A combined force of South African Defence Force troops and police seal off the townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville and Boipatong

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Anti-apartheid leader Allan Boesak says that the United Democratic Front (UDF) will campaign against South African Army conscri

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The Mozambique Government, its right-wing guerrilla opponents and South African officials meet in Pretoria to thrash out detail

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The Southern African Black Alliance (SABA) and the PFP declare their total opposition to the pending constitutional changes inv

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The United Nations Secretary-General accepts the credentials of the South African delegation led by Foreign Minister Pik Botha

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Hermann B&ouml;hle, SA electro-technical engineer and first professor in electro-technics at the South African College in Cape

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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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Talks between Southern Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and Bishop Abel Muzorewa of the African National Council start in a r

… Liebenberg, B.J. & Spies, S.B. (eds)(1993). South Africa in the 20th Century, Pretoria: Van Schaik Academic, …

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The congress of the South African Party accepts the proposed agreement for unification between Gen. Hertzog and Gen. Smuts.

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Robert Matana Gumede, founder/chair/chief executive of Gijima Afrika Investment Group of Companies and former owner and managin

… Hayes, S. (ed)(2000).Â Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball. …

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South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha announces agreement has been reached for a cease-fire in the Angolan conflict between

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A delegation of the South African Council of Churches meets the Prime Minister and other government leaders, following calls by

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The South African Government, ANC and IFP agree on a draft National Peace Accord that they described as &quot;a firm foundation

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The office of a member of the Prime Ministers’ team, responsible for drawing up plans for a Southern African ‘constellation of

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The Central African Republic (former Oubangi-Shari) gains independence from France with David Dacko, the cousin of the former P

Report on the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the African National Congress, in Umteteli wa Bantu, May 3, 1930

Resolutions of the Convention of Bantu Chiefs, Held under the auspices of the African National Congress, April 15, 1927

Petition to the Prime Minister, from the Rev. John L. Dube, President, South African Native National Congress, February 14, 1914

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The Secretary-General announces, after consultation with the South African Government and others, that he will send a small gro

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Recruitment of Indians into the South African Defence Force (SADF) begins under Colonel Morris. Another source gives the date a

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The Young Commission, charged with investigating possible outlets or areas abroad to which South African Indians can be relocat

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Prime Minister Vorster completes a tour of African homelands in the Northern Transvaal during which he hold talks with leaders

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The annual conference of the South African Council of Churches decides that some restrictions on interracial contact in South A

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The African Republic of Upper Volta changes its named to Burkina Faso, which means ‘the land of upright men’.

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Representatives of the South African authorities, business and religious leaders, as well as ANC and IFP, meet in Johannesburg