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EventProposal made to stop sending Black troops to assist in WW1
… This motion was against the backdrop of the South African government recruiting Black people for the South African Native Labour Contingent to assist Britain…
EventInternational Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting
… because of its apartheid policies. At one stage South African goods were boycotted by some western countries and in 1960 African countries called for…
EventEdward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West
… Edward Roworth was a British born South African artist. Roworth came to South Africa in 1902 with the … In 1908, Roworth was elected president of the South…
EventControversial ‘Black Jesus’ painter, Ronald Harrison, dies
… Ronald Harrison caused controversy in 1962 when he painted African National Congress (ANC) leader, Albert Luthuli as … most famous work. The painting is now…
EventNUSAS disbands
… The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) elected to disband on this day. … and developed a relationship with the Congress of South African…
EventAlbert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
… Peace Prize the previous day. Luthuli was the first South African to receive the Nobel Prize for Peace. At the time, he … in order to accept the award in…
EventThe official launch of the SABC
… investigation ultimately led to the formation of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), under Act 22 of 1936. The broadcasts of the African…
EventJournalist and political activist Selby Msimang dies
… Msimang was a founding member of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), renamed the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923. He was a staunch ……
EventHezekiel Sepeng is born
… Having won numerous medals and setting the South African record for the 800 metres, his greatest achievement … Games in Atlanta, USA. There he set the new…
EventThe Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative
… The South African government introduced this the Bantu Labour Relations … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a…
EventBafana Bafana wins over Ghana
… The solitary goal of the game was scored by the South African striker Siyabonga Nomvete during the forty-second … onto this lead until the final whistle blew…
EventAbortion legislation is passed
… The South African National Assembly passes the Choice on Termination of … critical milestone for gender equality, secured all South African women (including…
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
… The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning … and democrats who had fought for the principle that South African…
EventThe first issue of the weekly periodical ‘TIME’ appeared on news stands
… readership topping 4 million, which includes many South African readers. TIME magazine has covered many South African stories, see below for a few TIME…
EventLesotho’s deputy Prime Minister shot
… Lesotho's President Mokhehle appeals for South African intervention, but his request is turned down. Despite … South Africa's refusal of military assistance,…
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… of the nationalist struggle. Nkomo, who supported the African National Congress (ANC) when he was in South Africa … authorities as one of the rising stars of…
EventFlorence Josephine Zerffi, SA still life and landscape painter, dies
… and at the Arts and Crafts Academy in Berlin. In South African, Zerfifi joined the South African Society of Artists (SASA). Not only did Zerfifi … South…
EventAfrica Malaria Day
… Assembly in May 2007. Malaria Day was first observed by African governments in 2001 and was known as Africa Malaria … to control and ultimately eradicate…
Inqaba ya basebenzi
… in London by the Marxist Workers' Tendency of the African National Congress documents the workers' struggle for … are issues debated at length, placed in the…
EventSouth Africa begins occupation of South-West Africa
… Africa. With these international developments the South African government, under the leadership of General Louis … the South West Africa. After the British…
EventMK soldiers threaten armed struggle
… Having been dismissed from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for their illegal … unless their demands, which were being investigated. The…
Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps and Visit of the President, 19 June 2013
… The President of the African National Congress Comrade President Zuma will be … Issued by: Comrade Zamani Saul Provincial Secretary African National Congress…
PlaceThaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte
… The oldest building in the complex is the South African Garrison Institute, what is now known as the: 'Army … and was erected by the British shortly after…
PlaceMuseum Africa
… the first civilisations thrived. It is not a revisionist African history written by biased Afrocentric scholars. The … of black children can identify and…
EventJoaquim Chissano succeeds Samora Machel as president of Mozambique
… States and apartheid South Africa. At this time, the African National Congress(ANC) was granted access to military … following a number of successive…
EventSteve Biko, a pioneer of the Black Consciousness Movement, is born
… RepresentativeCouncil (SRC) members who formed the South African Student Organisation(SASO) in 1968. SASO was formed … break-away student movement of the…
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… in the merger of the National Party (NP) and the South African Party (SAP), to form the United Party (UP) in 1934. … suffering parliamentary defeat on the…
EventANC celebrates its 79th anniversary in Durban
… The African National Congress (ANC) celebrated its 79th … such as the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1960. Some…
EventCourt approves same-sex couple's right to marry
… in Africa to do so, at the time. In contrast to many African countries where gay and lesbian people are … and inherit from their partners' wills. The ruling…
EventDemonstrators close down businesses and government offices in Lesotho
… city. After appeals for assistance by Lesotho to Southern African Development Community (SADC) and South Africa, Judge Pius Langa the Deputy President of the…