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… insurance agent, community leader and politician, dies in Pretoria. He was w …

… Ebrahim Rasool, leader of the ANC in the Western Cape and premier of that province, is born. …

… Plessis, Afrikaans dramatist and TV personality, is born in the district of Boshof, OFS. …

… The ANC holds its first National Conference in Durban (2-6 July) after a break of more than thirty years. …

… Joseph Mathe’s body is found by the Bophuthatswana police in the boot of a burnt car at Mmakaunyane. …

… California, a day after receiving a star-studded welcome in Los …

… The Battle of Viervoet, in the British-Basotho War, takes place. The British under …

… Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC in an Emergency Meeting on May 21, 1950 …

… Editorial on the events of May 1, by Jordan K.. Ngubane, in May 20, 1950 …

… Cape Civic Association and a taxi driver taxi are killed in the taxi. …

… Statement From The Dock Before Being Sentenced In Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court For Defying Banning …

… To Fascism: Pamphlet Published Jointly With Cassim Jadwat In London, November 1948 …

… To The People While Awaiting Sentence To Imprisonment In The Passive Resistance Campaign, June 27, 1946 …

… During a four-day consultative visit in South Africa, Commonwealth Secretary-General Chief Emeka …

… Nelson Mandela, meets President P.W. Botha at his office in Tuynhuis. …

… Gustav Nachtigal, sent by Bismarck, hoists the German flag in Togoland (now Republic of …

… linguist and editor of the Bilingual Dictionary, is born in Lydenburg, Transvaal. …

… President Nelson Mandela acknowledges that prisoners in congress military camps had been tortured dur …

… The Progressive Party decides to fight the election in opposition to the government’s policy of separate …

… Economics and Marketing is damaged by an explosion in Pretoria. …

… Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Handbook, London: Cassell. … Burundi prime minister, Léopold Biha, is wounded in an attack on the King’s palace by army mutineers. …

… The first church building in Stellenbosch, erected at request of Governor Simon van der …

… Elections end in Gazankulu. Professor Hudson Ntsanwisi is unanimously …

… crack down on Algerians demonstrating for independence in Paris. Historians estimate at least 200 were killed. …

… commandant, wagon-builder, farmer and politician, is born in Graaf …

… die when gunmen open fire on the house of an IFP member in Umbumbulu, Natal. …

… wins the rugby Currie Cup by beating Free State 14-12 in Newlands, Cape Town. …

… Police raid more than 100 homes throughout the country in a search for illegal political literature. …

… of Kenya wins the Olympic gold medal for 1,500 metres in 3 minutes 34.9 seconds. …

… time. She re-marries Richard Burton at a remote location in Botswana. …