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ArchiveLuthuli dressed as Zulu chief, gets his prize: South Africa as a threat to world peace....
… Extract from , Monday, December 11, 1961. This newsclipping discusses the awarding of Albert …
PlaceNorthern Cape
The Northern Cape is the largest Province in South Africa, but has the least number of inhabitants. Before 1993 it was part of the Cape Province (under old…
ArchiveDoes Luthuli deserve the Nobel Prize?
… Extract from the Rand Daily Mail, Monday, October 30, 1961. The article debating the validity of giving Albert …
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… Witwatersrand remained stagnant at 15 000 between 1956 and 1961. The Rand committee was affected by the treason trial … 20, 000 with 19 to 53, 000 with 51…
ArchiveExcerpts from Nobel lecture by Luthuli in Oslo
… Extract from , December 12, 1961. This newsclipping carries the thrust of the Nobel Peace …
EventSandra Reynolds, a South African tennis champion is born
… the South African women’s singles titles in 1959 and 1961, and then she went on to win the German Open in the … Lowell Eldred Grant Price in Bloemfontein on…
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… first acts of sabotage. During the evening of 16 December 1961 five bombs were detonated in Port Elizabeth. The MK High … Administration Board were all…
PlaceKomatipoort
… The first generator went to into service at the end of 1961, and the last machine was commissioned early in 1966. … energy production site. After serving…
EventJohn Lawrence, Winnie Mandela’s bodyguard, dies after a shoot
… released by police investigations. References: Carin, J. 22 November 1993. Winnie Mandela attack "not political". The … Committee. Winnie Mandela Unhurt as…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… reports on its efforts to provide alternative housing. [22] The Gauteng branch of the LPM also organised a 3000 … 2014, p. 11) ↵ [20](LPM, 2008) ↵ [21](LPM,…
ArticlePoqo
… and inspiring an uprising, organisation targeted Paarl on 22 November 1962. The crowd of 250 men, who were armed with … and shops. They also killed two…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at East London
… National Conference held at East London 7 to 8 November 1961. Discussed were minutes of previous conference, regional …
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… health, Chief Luthuli did not deliver this statement. 1961 March 15, Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd withdraws South … He is the first African to win the…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… in February and November 1957, one in 1960 and another in 1961. This was an indication that the town had become a … African Congress of Trade Unions. The…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… 15 September, Adelaide and the children land in London. 1961 5 August, Delivers a speech, Racial Problems in South … of the OAU by O.R. Tambo, Addis Ababa,…
ArchiveNational Presidents report at the Black Sash
… Sash National Conference in East London 7 to 8 November 1961. Mentioned were: South Africa leaving the Commonwealth, …
EventDay of Reconciliation celebrated as a public holiday in SA for the first time
… historical event that took place on 16 December was in 1961, when Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) was formed. This was the … this, its formation was commemorated…
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… A third, Nontombi Naomi, was born in 1960. At the end of 1961, Tutu was ordained as a priest, following which he was …
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… for usage. 1913 The immigrants Regulations Act, No. 22 of 1913 prevents Indians from moving to other provinces. … in India as were imposed on Indians in…
ArchiveTried for treason
… Notice of an exhibition on the Treason Trial of 1956-1961 opening on 27th February 1996 at the Museum Africa, …
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… on The Legacy of Bantu Stephen Biko, Harare, June17-22, 1990, unpublished. *Tambo, O.R., `Statement by the … People's Army (Hanoi: Foreign Languages…
ArchiveBackground to the 20th anniversary of Republic Day, 31st May 1981
… followed by the brief survey of significant events since 1961. These events include: the general strike, represive …
ArchivePitso ya batlhoka ditiro
Red and white poster. Notice of a meeting on 22nd January.
EventJomo Kenyatta is elected Prime Minister of Kenya
… in the Mau Mau rebellion. He was released on 14 August 1961. …
EventWalter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest
… of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act of 1961. This incitement was seen as an attempt to further the …
EventThe last general election of the Union of South Africa takes place
… of South Africa before it became a Republic on 31 May 1961, was held with the National Party (NP) under Adv J.G. …
PlaceAlbert Road 7, Mowbray
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 June 1984. …
Zonnebloem Cottages, Cambridge Street, Walmer Estate, Cape Town
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 September 1978. …
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… protesting against South Africa’s becoming a republic in 1961. Steve proved to be a studious high school student, … president of NUSAS, Biko congratulated…
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… South Africa and Cuban-backed Angolan forces, and a 22-year-old war between the Angolan-based guerrillas of the … Defense Forces and SWAPO guerrillas…