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EventMarien Ngouabi, President of Congo dies
… President Massamba-DÁƒÂƒ©bat during a military coup in 1968. Initially Ngouabi appointed Alfred Raoul as Prime …
EventLuthuli Combat Detachment crosses the Zambezi
… the Wankie and Sipolilo battles which continued until late 1968. Fearing possible leakage of information to the …
EventJ.M. Coetzee wins the Booker Prize
… a PhD in English, Linguistics and German languages. In 1968, he became an assistant professor of English at New York …
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
… located in what is now northern Angola, (location: 6°16′04″S 14°14′53″E), which was later renamed to São Salvador. In … Transport Routes, Communication, and…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… could not classify or define them (Feldstein 27-32). In 1968 Makeba married Stokley Carmichael. He was Trinidadian … as well, she became too big of a…
Launch of The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner
… Sorbonne in Paris, where he was inspired by the events of 1968, and returned to South Africa increasingly influenced by …
EventSA is banned from the Olympic Games
… Games. On strength of this report, SA was invited to the 1968 games in Mexico, but this elicited such sharp protests … ', [online], Available at news.bbc.co…
EventBiafra, a Nigerian Province is recognised by Tanzania
… Nigeria, would mean certain death. On 13 of April 1968, Tanzania became the first country to recognise the …
EventThe first episode of Star Trek is aired on NBC
… "Plato's Stepchildren," which aired on 22 November 1968. Star Trek became a worldwide cultural phenomenon, its …
EventSusanna Kok, SA medical missionary whose work led to the effective diagnosis and treatment of leprosy, dies
… disease similar to leprosy known as the Mkar disease. From 1968 onwards, Kok published a number of works in which many …
EventGoldstone report on police shootings in Sebokeng is released
… anti-Apartheid protesters in the township of Sebokeng on 26 March, 1990, was made public. On 26 March police had opened fire on anti-apartheid protesters …
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… negotiations, and they signed a Record of Understanding on 26 September 1992 which paved the way for the resumption of …
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… conference in Moshi and later moves to Dar es Salaam. 1968 December, Kotane suffers a stroke and is moved to a …
EventTeboho Mokgalagadi wins gold in the Paralympic Games
… his performance at the games by also winning the 200m in 26,80sec on 26 September, another Paralympic record. At the closing of …
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
… On 26 August 1966, the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia … passed by the United Nations General Assembly declared 26 August, ‘Namibia Day’ to commemorate…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… Executive Committee that this practice should stop. 26 April, ANC NEC member and Minister of Safety and Security … January, Mandela condemns the US threats…
EventFidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
… President Fulgeneio Batista. Castro was the leader of the 26 July Army, a rebel movement, which launched a resistance … to register some victories. On New…
ArchiveFrom conscience politics to the battlefield
… party was rendered impossible by government legislation in 1968. The Party disbanded, rather than compromise its …
EventHeadman Tshabalala, founding member of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed
… Zulu and went on to win several choir competitions. In 1968, their first album was released, reaching gold status. …
EventThe Blue Bulls rugby team wins the South African Currie Cup at Loftus
… However, the competition has taken place every year from 1968 to the present day. …
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
… ↵ [4] https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/aug/04/guardianobituaries ↵ [5] …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… Consciousness among South African Black activists. 1955 26 June, The Congress of the People is formed. A Congress … full-time secretary, buy a car and cover…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… economic exploitation and social degradation" . June 26 1952: Defiance Campaign launched After the successes of 6 … date for the start of the Defiance…
PlaceJohn Vorster Square Police Station or Johannesburg Central Police Station
… Police Station, was officially opened on the 23 August 1968 by John Vorster, the then prime minister of the Republic …
EventGovernment declares that five 'non-White' South African University Colleges will be entities separate from the University of South Africa
… On 3 April 1968, South Africa Prime Minister B.J. Vorster announced that …
PlaceHarbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth
… in South Africa. It was proclaimed a National Monument in 1968, and was restored in 1998; by Portnet and the Architect, …
EventEllen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg
… awarded an honorary doctorate in law by Wits University in 1968. She died in Johannesburg in November 1982. …
EventOver 400 Kikuyu suspected to be part of the Mau Mau movement are arrested in Kenya
… re-joined the French community in 1967. On 19 November 1968, Keita was overthrown in a bloodless military coup and …
EventUSA drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
… poisoning, acute radiation syndrome (ARS) and cancer. In 1968, The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NNPT) was opened …
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… the United States and he died there in Washington in May 1968. …