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EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith, declares a state of emergency
… a graduated extension of the franchise leading to eventual African rule. On 11 November, the Smith government issued a … Boddy-Evans A. ‘This day in African…
EventANC leader, Walter Sisulu is arrested for not being in possession of a reference book.
… African National Congress (ANC) leader, Walter Sisulu was … www.nelsonmandela.org [Accessed: 16 October 2013]| South African History Online, ‘Walter…
EventFrance supplies two new combat submarines to South Africa
… Union was supporting Anti-Apartheid movements like the African National Congress (ANC). This led to tensions between …
EventA delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community
… leaders flies from Cape Town to Pretoria to meet South African Prime Minister, John Vorster for discussions on the … South African History Online , ‘1970s’ ,…
EventThe Bantu Homelands Citizenship Bill is passed
… Bantu Homelands Citizenship Bill is passed, whereby every African is issued with a certificate of citizenship of his …
EventJohn Harris and the Johannesburg station bomb
… that Frederick John Harris, a teacher and member of the African Resistance Movement (ARM), was responsible for this …
EventRobert McBride is born
… The African National Congress (ANC) member and current chief of …
EventNelson Mandela is arrested
… Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) leader and first … Gastrow, S. (1987). Who's Who in South African Politics , no 2 , Johannesburg: Ravan.|…
EventMarthinus van Schalkwyk is born
… that his party will disband in 2005 and he would join the African National Congress. He is currently serving as the …
EventMovie director Henry Cornelius dies
… The South African born British film director and scriptwriter, Henry …
EventSisulu is served with two notifications
… The then African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General, Walter …
EventFormer National Public Prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka is born
… in Middledrift, Eastern Cape on 2 May 1954, is a former African National Congress political activist and a lawyer. In … B., (1998), ' Bulelani Ngcuka…
EventDr Ben Ngubane is born
… IFP when he resigned from the party to join its rival, the African National Congress (ANC). …
EventSA artist Sydney Khumalo is born
… South African artist Sydney Alex Khumalo (also documented as …
EventPik Botha is born
… many when he made an about turn in politics, joined the African National Congress (ANC) and announced his support for … Gastrow: Who's Who in South African…
EventArchbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal
… Mpilo Desmond Tutu, former secretary of the South African Council of Churches, Nobel Peace Prize winner and …
EventSA War Memorial is opened at Delville Wood
… The South African National War Memorial was opened outside the village … v. 3, p. 638; v.11, pp. 511 & 512.| worldwar1,' South African National Memorial and…
EventAllan Boesak is arrested
… Naude, with whom he had formed a triumvirate of South African clerics opposed to the Apartheid regime. … Gastrow, S. (1992). Who's Who in South African…
EventTwo limpet mines explode in Hillbrow
… Two limpet mines explode at the South African Defence Force (SADF) Transvaal Medical Command, …
EventANC mounts a sabotage attack on fuel depot in Ermelo
… The number of acts of sabotage carried out by the African National Congress (ANC) during 1984 is set at 44 as … Further submissions and responses by the…
EventTerre’Blanche and his associates to face terrorism charges
… accused of attempting or planning to overthrow the South African government by violent means. These charges emanated … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)…
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
… their plan to create a regional body for southern African states excluding South Africa, flatly rejected the … Kalley, J. A. et al (1999). Southern African…
EventTranskei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa
… between the two governments, and the demand that all South African Defence Force (SADF) members seconded to the Transkei …
EventUniversity of Stellenbosch in a historic move
… J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political …
EventInternational Labour Organisation and UN meet over apartheid in SA
… against Apartheid. The main aim was discuss the South African situation and what action they needed to take in …
EventParliament addresses Soweto Protests
… J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political …
EventTrade unionist, Barend Erasmus dies
… Municipal Sports Club. He was a member of South African Council of Transport Workers and the Special … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South…
EventBeyers Naude refuses to testify before the Schlebusch Commission
… Christian Movement (UCM), the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and the Institute of Race Relations. … South African History Online, Reverend…
EventMalawian President Hastings Banda visits SA
… of Malawi became the first head of an independent Black African state to visit South Africa (16-20 August). During …
EventDe Klerk and Mandela receive UNESCO peace prize
… President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela jointly … Unesco," Nelson Mandela, President of the African National…