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EventWalter Sisulu's appeal is dismissed
… at Liliesleaf farm, Rivonia, under Section 17 Act 37/1963 and charged with sabotage and attempt to overthrow the …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… of Justice Vorster issued an order banning until 30 April 1963 all meetings to protest against arrest, trial or … to cease membership of such organizations…
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment
… had expired, the new General Law Amendment Act (no. 37 of 1963) was passed to allow his imprisonment to be renewed …
EventConnie Mulder announces banning off WCC officials from SA
… Southern Africa out of its normal financial income. After 1963, exiled African National Congress (ANC) and Pan …
EventWits attains full university status
… growth. Student numbers increased rapidly to 6 275 in 1963, 10 600 in 1975 and by 1985 there were 16 400 students. …
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
… leader, Jomo Kenyatta. When Kenya gained independence in 1963, Kenyatta became president and Odinga vice-president. …
EventMau Mau political prisoners escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria
… political prisoners who agitated for freedom. In December 1963 (seven years later), the country gained independence …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… with us, 'he said in his message. 22 June 1962 - 21 June 1963, There were 28 MK attacks in Durban in the 12-month period from 22 June 1962 - 21 June 1963,…
PlaceRwanda
… 2.000 people died in 1962 and as many as 10,000 people in 1963 [cxxix] . Between 40 – 70 percent of the Tutsi … 2014. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-. …
PlaceSt-Albans College, Pretoria
… schools in South Africa. The school was first opened in 1963 on the Struben Farm . It started with 37 boys from Form … the post of headmaster at St Albans…
Chapter 6 - No more suppers for my comrades
… betrayed hundreds. Court records will show this from 1963/4 to 1982. By the time he gave evidence in the Harry … Unions - SACTU He emerged from countrywide…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940 - 1949 1940 Within a year of his joining the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), Dr Yusuf Dadoo's role as an activist in…
PlaceVlakfontein Monument, Roodepoort
… Monument was due to to follow in due course. During 1963 the West Rand Historical Society, relocated the …
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
… in Bechuanaland by South African forces on 11 August 1963*. This was one of the first instances of across border …
EventThe United Arab Republic is proclaimed by Egypt, Iraq, and Syria
… (UAR) and the flag until 1 January 1972. On 17 April 1963, ambitions to constitute a new Union were revived by …
EventThe first Non-White South African Table Tennis team participates at the World Championship
… World Champions, Japan. Six years down the line (1963), the Federation of International Football Association …
EventScores of people, including a Chief, are killed in Lari, Kenya, following an attack by Mau Mau freedom fighters
… led to Kenya gaining its full sovereignty from Britain in 1963. According to Phelomena Nduka Chief Luka’s first wife, …
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, to the OAU Ad Hoc Committee for Southern Africa Arusha, 28 April 1992
Mr. President, The Honourable Heads of State Your Excellencies Honourable Ministers Allow me to express my great appreciation to you for affording me the …
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… is banned and restricted to Johannesburg for five years. 1963 First’s South West Africa , a book on Namibian history, …
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… 1962 Kotane is placed under a 24 hour house arrest. 1963 January, Kotane leaves South Africa amid persecution due …
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, Pretoria
… P.S. Dreyer (assistant) 1949-1952: Prof. E.S. Muller 1950-1963: Prof. S.P.J.J. van Rensburg 1952-1967: Ds. P.M. Smith 1963-1965: Prof. J.P. Oberholzer 1965…
14. Suicide among indentured labourers
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai By far the largest number of Indians (152 184 in…
14. Suicide among indentured
By far the largest number of Indians (152 184 in all by 1911) who came to South Africa were indentured. Among the many problems that faced them, and apparently…
A tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others who fought apartheid sport by E.S. Reddy
… South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SAN-ROC) in 1963 - to fight against racism in sport and press for … action against apartheid sport began in…
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
… the central government Tshombéwent to exile in Europe in 1963. Following his return in 1964, he became the Prime …
PlaceDiamond Hill Battle, Garden of Remembrance
… soldiers and three Boers lost their lives. During 1961 and 1963, many troops laid to rest in remote cemeteries were …
EventNuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
… the United States to the brink of a nuclear war. In June 1963, the test ban negotiations resumed. On 5 August, …
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… Johannesburg. Apparently it was decided that the 11th July 1963 would be the last time they would meet at the …
Bibliographical note and further reading
… Ander Gebiede in Afrika' (D.Comm., Univ. of Stellenbosch, 1963); Bridglal Pachai, The International Aspects of the … , in Archives Year Book for South…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… arrest until he went into exile in 1962. (Merrett p50) 1963 Feb- Key members of staff of Spark (which replaced New … out of a publication. Spark…