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EventNames of 303 banned people are published
… The strict security legislation aroused huge protests. By the end of 1964, 671 persons had been charged with …
EventThe United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed United Republic of Tanzania
… Sikelel’iAfrica” (God Bless Africa) which was composed by South Africa’s Enoch Sontonga. In 1992, Tanzania (as it is …
EventFidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
… of the province of Las Villas. Although outnumbered by the government forces the rebels enjoyed popular support …
EventFietas, site of forced removal in Johannesburg, is renamed Pageview
… unlike District Six and Sophiatown, and was also destroyed by forced removals - as a result of the Group Areas Act. The …
EventZola Skweyiya is born
… He has worked tirelessly to eradicate corruption by members of his department who were enriching themselves …
EventThe English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour
… team on tour. This was as a result of the reaction caused by the all-White composition of the South African team among …
EventSAP fighting in Zimbabwe
… against Nationalist guerrillas. This follows an attempt by several hundred guerrillas to invade South and South West …
EventNUSAS President Ian Robertson is banned
… Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 when he was banned by the government only a month before Senator Kennedy's …
EventANC stage marches in major cities
… from the ANC to release the political prisoners, responded by re-assuring the party that the due processes had to be …
EventCOSATU conference prohibited and organisers restricted
… prohibited an anti-apartheid conference organised by COSATU in Cape Town, which aimed to include delegates from …
EventCosatu calls for three days national protest against the Labour Relations Amendment Bill (LRA)
… curb the growing union movement and undermine gains made by workers since the 1970s. Cosatu's call led to the largest …
EventPresident Mbeki opens the second sitting of PAP
… Gauteng. The parliament was established in March 2004, by Article 17 of The Constitutive Act of the African Union, …
EventIndependent Democrats benefits from floorcrossing rule
… Democrats (ID), a political party which was formed by Patricia de Lille, who had defected from the Pan …
EventRecognition of the Customary Marriages Act comes into effect
… Act 120 of 1998 came into effect after an investigation by the South African Law Reform Commission of the legal …
EventUnited Nations World Summit starts
… for world leaders. It tackled challenges brought about by issues ranging from disarmament and militarisation of …
EventNelson Mandela marries Graça Machel on his 80th birthday
… announced at his birthday celebration, which was attended by 2,000 international guests. …
EventThe first issue of the weekly periodical ‘TIME’ appeared on news stands
… news magazine. Today, the worldwide news weekly, founded by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden, is printed in several …
Coal Miners Strike on the Rand
… the government, which became known as the Rand Rebellion. By March 1922 Johannesburg had been turned into a war zone. …
EventWalter Battiss is born in Somerset East
… the Wits Tech Art School (drawing and painting), followed by the Johannesburg Training College (a Teacher's Diploma) …
EventMaude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, is born
… landscapes and still lives. Her paintings are sought after by collectors. …
EventWorkers embark on strike action
… who regularly sjambokked workers. The magistrate responded by accusing the workers of falsely accusing their employers …
EventEarly Xhosa author William Gqoba dies
… these in his anthology Imibengo (1935). Gqoba was survived by a son and two daughters, one of whom was named Maria. …
EventChief of the Lebelo group of the Ndebele, Johannes Jane Tane Kekana, dies
… he tried to improve the education of his people, by inter alia appointing an African teacher and later …
EventThe Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) begins
… was a period of passive resistance and repeated attempts by Boer leaders to have the annexation of the Transvaal …
EventEdenburg is founded
… for recognition of Edenburg as a town was rejected by the Volksraad, but permission was finally granted on 4 …
EventBattle of Viervoet (Basotho-British war)
… between the Basotho and the British, who were defeated by Moshoeshoe at the battle of Viervoet in 1851. …
EventSamora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa
… of the victims of the Matola raid in Mozambique killed by South African security forces. The victims were Lancelot …
EventCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape
… of Shaka and The White Monday Disaster based on text by the poet Stephen Gray. …
EventShaba War in Zaire comes to an end
… plans to seize Mobutu were thwarted when he was rescued by French troops on both of the Shaba incursions. …
EventAfrikaner patriot Danie Theron is killed
… At the conclusion of Theron’s case his fine was paid by his supporters in the courtroom. Danie Theron was born in …