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… Trumpet Call to Youth, Flyer issued by the Provisional Executive Committee of the Congress Youth League. 10 September 1944 …

… led by ousted army chief General Francois Bozize capture the Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, and the interna …

… The Star. 13th March 2003. Milestones … The Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire in its 27-year civil war against Unita, to begin the next day. …

… The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) delegation is received by the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, in Delhi, submitting a petition dr …

… The Star. 12th March 2003. Milestones … erects his first padrao (stone cross) at Kwaaihoek near the mouth of the Bushman’s River …

… of Cape Peninsula train commuters are left stranded when the deliberate destruction of a major cable throws the train …

… The 80,000 striking truck drivers and their employers reached an agreement "in principle" about the workers’ wages du …

… (2005). The financier, the plotter and the mercenary, The Star, 14 January, p. 13. … mercenaries are arrested in Equatorial Guinea, including the alleged leader of the advance party, Nick du Toi …

… ”The City of Pretoria no longer exists”, a spokesman for the African National Congress’s Tshwane region says in a …

… Conference on Sanctions against South Africa organised by the United Nations, in cooperation with the OAU, at UNE …

… The Foreign Minister, Dr. Muller, confirms that the government will continue to co-operate with Rhodesia, …

… The Rev. Erasmus Smit ordains himself as minister of the “reizende gemeente der Gereformeerde Kerk naar Port …

… Tony Leon, MP for Houghton, replaces Dr Zac de Beer of the Democratic Party as leader of the party. …

… The English Cricket Council bows to British government pressure and calls off the all-White South African cricket tour. …

… Egyptian premier Gamal Abdel Nasser threatens to close the Tiran Strait, on the Gulf of Aqaba, to Israeli shipping. …

… World Bank Vice President, Edward Jaycox, announces that the Bank has $1 billion worth of development projects in the pipeline …

… Lady Florence Caroline Dixie, war correspondent in the Anglo-Boer War 2 for the Morning Post, is born in London. …

… The African National Congress announces in Lusaka that it will not abandon the armed struggle against White domination until a …

… Pierre-Claver Rwangabo, the governor of Rwanda’s southern province Butare, is assassinated in an ambush. The prime minister bla …

… Enoch Mgijima, Fingo prophet of the Israelites sect in the Eastern Cape, dies in Ntabelanga. His followers, …

… The South African Journal, with Thomas Pringle as editor, and the Zuid-Afrikaansche Tijdschrift are established in Cape …

… strike shuts down most of Zimbabwe’s economy and the government threatens to punish those who encouraged the prote …

… A gangway collapses when passengers board a ferry on the Congo River, drowning at least 147 in the Republic of Congo. …

… The African National Congress (ANC) elects Nelson Mandela as Deputy President of the organisation. It also announces its decisi …

… of State Administration and of Statistics and announces the formation of the Conserv …

… A delegation of the Special Committee against Apartheid begins its ten-day visit to South Africa. The mission, who established …

… Archibald Jacob Gumede, Secretary of the Natal African Congress, 1951-60, and President of the United Democratic Front, 1983, i …

… of Cape Peninsula train commuters are left stranded when the deliberate destruction of a major cable throws the train …

… Prussian nobility found the Berlin Missionary Society (BMS) to spread Christianity. The Society was active in most African coun …

… of Coloured Voters Act is passed after enlarging the Senate and the Appellate Court. It removes Coloure …