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EventSACC publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs
… A Commission of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) published a report … September 2012)| University of Cape Town , (1997), ‘SOUTH AFRICAN COUNCIL…
EventDr Ali Bacher, director of the SACU, announces the shortening of the ‘rebel cricket tour ‘as a gesture of support for the country’s dramatic political changes
… The South African Rebel Tours were so called because they took place …
EventNames of 303 banned people are published
… laws and the campaign of violence to overthrow the South African government had almost been broken. Nearly all the …
EventThe United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed United Republic of Tanzania
… Africa) shares the same lyrics with those of the South African national anthem “Nkosi Sikelel’iAfrica” (God Bless …
EventProtest against pass laws in Langa
… and later a founding member of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW), declared: "We women will never carry … South African History Online , 'Women…
EventANC co-founder and journalist Pixley Seme dies
… activist, journalist, lawyer and a co-founder of the African National Congress (ANC). His funeral service was … Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) (1999). New Dictionary…
EventZola Skweyiya is born
… Skweyiya is also credited with the creation of the South African Social Security Agency, a body to oversee the smooth …
EventElizabeth Taylor remarries Richard Burton in Botswana
… they first met. The marriage proceedings were conducted by African district commissioner Ambrose Masalila, and witnessed …
EventANC stage marches in major cities
… The African National Congress (ANC) and its allies staged marches …
EventBilateral talks to continue
… reached following the fall-out between the leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) and government over the …
EventEfforts by a pro-sanctions lobbyist group against SA debt rescheduling prove unsuccessful
… US commercial banks, rescheduled. An announcement by South African Reserve Bank Governor Chris Stals that the …
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo win a Grammy
… lead vocalist Joseph Tshabalala, became the first South African group to win a Grammy award. The group won the award …
EventCoup attempt on S Doe’s government in Liberia
… rule of Liberia ended a century old rule by the Americo-African elites who were descendents of freed American slaves. …
EventIndependent Democrats benefits from floorcrossing rule
… reception of 26 councillors. In Cape Town unicity the African National Congress (ANC) registered a major gain with …
EventUnited Nations World Summit starts
… more than 150 heads of governments, including South African President Thabo Mbeki, who delivered his five minute …
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
… The South African parliament approved legislation to set up the Truth … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a…
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… not to extend the parliamentary franchise to Black South African's. The Boers decided not to, and Blacks were excluded …
EventEarly Xhosa author William Gqoba dies
… Source: Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.2 , Pretoria: Vista. …
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… especially remembered for his brave rescue of fellow South African John Martin, whose yacht sank after hitting a …
EventChief of the Lebelo group of the Ndebele, Johannes Jane Tane Kekana, dies
… the education of his people, by inter alia appointing an African teacher and later obtaining the services of a … 2014]| Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New…
EventStandard Bank becomes the first bank to opens its doors on the Witwatersrand
… building at 78 Fox Street. The bank has grown to span 17 African countries and 16 countries across South East Asia, …
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
… almost a month after the outbreak of the Second South African War (also known as Second Anglo-Boer War), which … Boddy-Evans, A., ‘This Day in African…
EventCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape
… Art School in Johannesburg. Skotnes served in the South African forces in Italy. On his return to South Africa he …
EventZimbabwean politician and trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai is born
… eldest of nine children. Tsavangirai joined the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), which later became …
EventJazz musician Victor Ntoni dies at the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg
… Abdullah Ibrahim , Ringo Madlingozi, Dondo, the South African Freedom Singers and the Victor Ntoni Big Band, … SABC, Jazz legend Victor Ntoni dies , from…
EventAfrikaner patriot Danie Theron is killed
… and shrapnel. Six months prior to the start of the South African War II, Danie Theron was found guilty of assaulting …
EventAlbertina Sisulu’s banning order is renewed
… of continuing to be a member of Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) which was indeed the case, while the …
EventSouth Africa readmitted to United Nations
… for the transitional period. The credentials of the South African delegation were approved and SA was welcomed back … Available at: www.un.org [Accessed on…
Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front
… Nthatho Harrison Motlana he has been the secretary for the African National Congress, Eric Mafuna he was the president …
EventBoeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
… Boer republic. Ten other men, including three former South African Defense Force (SADF) members, had already been …