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EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… 1 March 1914 in Pietermaritzburg. He studied at the South African Native College (now University of Fort Hare), but … out after two years. He returned to…
EventVuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist is hanged
… MK and anti-apartheid resistance. As a member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), he was responsible … measures against Black trade unions…
EventThe soccer match between Lourenco Marques club Desportive and Durban City Football Club is called off because a rule against Coloured players
… Team including Coloured players was raised by the South African government. This has always been a condition set by the South African government for any…
EventMembers of the AAM hand over a memorandum to Verwoerd's private secretary about Apartheid policies
… Steward, Dr. Yusuf Dadoo, former president of the South African Indian Congress and J. Kozonguisi of the South African United Front. The AAM was one of…
EventThe SABS is established
… The South African Bureau of Standard (SABS) was established in terms of … and Industry and is known as the Council of the South African Bureau of Standards…
EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
… Martin Luther King, Junior, an African-American clergyman who orchestrated social change … police and Parks was arrested and fined. As the South African…
EventPW Botha states that the Soviets will not prevent South Africa from attacking ANC bases in Mozambique
… The regular cross border raids by South African troops, that violated the sovereignty of its … to prop up the Apartheid system. In January 1981, South…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… that pro-government forces as well as members of the South African security establishment wished to destabilise and totally disrupt the negotiations between…
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… condemning South Africa's relations with its Southern African neighbours. The UN General Assembly re-affirmed the … of Nelson Mandela, the imprisoned leader…
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents’ meeting
… the incorporation as they were going to loose their South African citizenship and did not wish to fall under the … However, resistance by the residents…
EventSamora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash
… 11 years. On the day of the crash he was returning from an African leaders’ summit in Zambia. His death sent shockwaves … it on bad weather and others…
EventBritish create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves
… by British philanthropists and abolitionists as a home for African slaves freed in England. A Temne king sold a strip of … years later the settlers were also…
EventHealth Minister Tshabalala-Msimang announces that SA pledges R20 million to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
… On 20 May 2002, South African Health Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, announced … South Africa was still, at the time, lagging behind other African…
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
… late on Tuesday evening. Chauke, a former member of the African National Congress ' armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe , … holding a prison warder hostage with a…
EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… country's first democratic president in 1994. The South African constitution has a stipulation that states that the … endorsement by Nelson Mandela and some…
EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… dispute. On 16 May 1876, the Volksraad of the South African Republic declared war on Sekhukhune and his … References: Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of…
EventFormer MK members are dismissed from SANDF
… without leave in October from the newly instituted South African National Defence Force (SANDF). After they were … members of the armed wing Umkhonto we…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… atmosphere, contrary to fears of political violence. The African National Congress (ANC) won the election with 62.65 % … (DP) 1.7 %, Pan Africanist Congress …
EventOlaudah Equiano, enslaved person and writer dies
… of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. The book surprised and impressed many with its … in the movement for the abolition of slavery…
EventThe longest cricket test match in history is played between South Africa and England in Durban
… the only one of its kind in history. Since then, the South African Cricket team, the Proteas, continue to break world … to captain his side in 100 Test…
EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
… Sando Perry, was unanimously elected at a meeting of West African heads of state to become the third chair of Liberia's … a sub-regional plan of the Economic…
Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations, 22 January 1946
… than 17 percent for 8,000,000 Africans. Only 40 per cent African Children accommodated in Mission Schools. 95 per cent … at home. (Signed) A.B. Xuma…
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… On 04 March 1963, the African National Congress (ANC) leader, Walter Sisulu was … banned ANC, Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), South African Communist Party …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving and Honorary Doctorate from Harvard University Boston, 18 September 1998
… tribute to the struggles and achievements of the South African people as a whole. I humbly accept the award in that … memory of this great American…
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… of Defiance against Unjust Laws" - launched jointly by the African National Congress of South Africa and the South African Indian Congress - was one of the…
The Atlantic slave trade
… Atlantic Ocean, was in the early 1500s. European, Arab and African merchants were now selling humans as well as gold, … hand, Africans bear some…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root of anti-Asiaticism
… by a small group of men who style themselves the South African Indian Congress, which held their meeting on the 12th … public feeling for reasons stated…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root cause of anti-Asiaticism
… by a small group of men who style themselves the South African Indian Congress, which held their meeting on the 12th … feeling for reasons stated below: 1…
PlaceBaxter Theatre, Rondebosch- Cape Town
… of the Baxter to house and represent the best of South African performing arts and has played a significant role in South African arts and entertainment. It…
PlacePaardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
… of April 1877, Sir Shepstone annexed the ZAR (The South African Republic or the Dutch : Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek), … Africa, it occupied the area later…