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In return for the release of Jomo Kenyatta, the Kenyan African National Union (ZANU) agrees to take part in negotiations for go
General Jan Christiaan Smuts, in charge of British, South African and Indian troops in Kenya, finally has the Germans on the ru
The Star reports that the two biggest unions in the financial sector, the 34 000-strong South African Society of Bank Officials
In response to a car bomb attack in Pretoria which killed nineteen people, the South African air force bombs ANC bases in a Map
Two South Africans, Ian Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd, reach the summit of Mount Everest and become the first official South African
A report by the US Department of Mines claims that a ban on imports of South African minerals will cost the US the equivalent o
According to a report by the South African Institute of Race Relations, a total of 617 Black persons, of whom it names 558, are
The ANC decides not to hold talks with the South African government scheduled for 11 April, due to the killing of defenceless d
News 24 reports that South African actor Antony Coleman has won the award for best actor in a feature film for his performance
At its first legal congress in four decades, the South African Communist Party (SACP) decide to appoint Mr. Chris Hani as its n
The SA Communist Party, in alliance with the African National Congress and the Congress of Trade Unions will use mass action in
Thomas Mokopu Mofolo, Basuto author who tried to capture the customs and spirit of the African people, is born in Khojane, Basu
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 485 …
Kenyan Wangari Maathai receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. She is the first African woman to receive the prize. Prof. Maath
African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela says he and President FW de Klerk are bound by the Nobel Peace Prize they accep
Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, the first Black African to win the Nobel Peace Prize, collects his prize for 1960 in Oslo, Norway.
According to reports from Angola, the strategic town of Cuito Cuanavale is about to fall to an onslaught by South African and U
A large section of the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg caves in and traps 435 miners, the worst mine disaster in South African hi
The South African government informs the United Nations Secretary-General that it is unable to agree to a visit by the group of
A White family is killed in their caravan whilst camping on the Bashee River in the Engcobo area of the Transkei. Forty African
Two South African aviators, Pierre van Ryneveld and Quintin Brand, hoping to become the first airmen to fly from England to Cap
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 1, p. 259. | …
Pretoria News reports the South African Air Force celebrated its 84th anniversary at Bay’s Hill the previous day with the launc
US President Bush announces an initiative to spend $15bn over five years for Aids treatment and prevention in twelve African co
The minutes of for the meeting where the South African team to participate in the Olympic Games in 1908 was decided on
De Villiers Bester Lamprecht, the first South African to complete the mile in less than four minutes, is born in Prince Albert.
The Proteas became the first South African team in history to win a Test cricket series in Australia when they took an unassail
Stella Sigcau, South African minister of Public Works since 1999 and third prime minister of the former Transkei, is born at Lu
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… left Latvia in 1929 and arrived in Cape Town, South Africa on 9 December 1929. Until his exile to Dar es Salaam, … in 1976, where he died in 1981, Weinberg…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… Mandela is considered by many to be the father of South Africa. Mandela was an anti-Apartheid activist, which means … and equality of all South Africans. …
BiographyKing Dinuzulu
… have a fair trial. When he became Prime Minister of South Africa in 1910, one of the first things he did was to order …
BiographyEnoch Mgijima
… to join the Church of God and Saints of Christ in South Africa, a small church based in the United States of … A Documentary History of African Politicas in…