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EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation is formed
… Black Consciousness advocated by Steven Biko. It was open to Blacks, Coloureds and Indians, but closed to Whites. AZAPO emerged from the ashes of the Black…
EventAPLA burns down farm house in Fouriesburg
… exercise known as 'Operation Great Storm'. Its aim was to reclaim land from White people and return it to dispossessed Black people. In 1990, the PAC had…
EventButhelezi says Zulus would continue carrying cultural weapons
… " and " unimplementable " . Referring specifically to the proposed ban on carrying traditional weapons in public. He said that Zulus would continue to carry…
EventApartheid bomb kills Zimbabwean and injures six ANC members
… member of Zimbabwe’s Special Branch. Conjwayo confirmed to the ANC that he was handled by Captain Mary Baker of the … Henry Thompson, paid Conjwayo Z$8000…
EventFreedom of press is established at the Cape
… had repeatedly censored the newspaper, Fairbairn appealed to the British government and gained the right to publish without hindrance. This led to what…
EventThe Birkenhead runs aground with 638 passengers
… 8th Frontier War . It is believed that the captain wished to disembark the troops as soon as possible; consequently he kept too near to the treacherous coast…
EventForced removals at the Crossroads informal settlement
… Numerous attempts were made by the local government to clear informal dwellings at Crossroads in close proximity to the Cape Town International airport. The…
EventThe Government Gazette publishes a Proclamation that dissolved KaNgwane Legislative Assembly
… government conceded another legal defeat in its attempts to transfer the KaNgwane 'homeland' to Swaziland. On 25 November, the Minister of Development and ……
EventThe Congo Free State is established by King Leopold of Belgium
… was a large region in central Africa that had been able to resist European penetration. It occupies most of the Congo … by the Belgian King. The region’s…
Foreword
… report reproduces the papers presented at a Symposium held to mark the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the … about the significance of its history…
EventNigeria imposes sanctions on South Africa, and implements a total trade boycott
… 1961, Nigeria imposed a trade boycott on South Africa, due to objections against South Africa's apartheid policy. In early 1960, Nigeria had decided to ban…
EventCommittee of Ten wants election of a new community board
… a programme for the election of a new community board to have total autonomy in Soweto, including powers to levy taxes and to control education, the police…
EventFirst World Haemophilia Day
… World Haemophilia Day was first celebrated in 1989 to increase awareness of haemophilia and to bring the needs of those affected by the disorder to the…
EventA fire in a boarding school in Kenya kills fifty-eight boys and seriously injures twenty-eight others
… school near Nairobi, Kenya. The raging fire is reported to have spread quickly burning the victims beyond … boys were sleeping when the fire started and most…
PlaceMkhambathi Nature Reserve
… . (This name can differ in spelling slightly, accordingy to local dialect.) With newly built Bridges of extraordinary … complexity! Visitors have a range of…
ArchiveThe Moral Problem of Winnie Mandela by Paul Trewhela (Dailymaverick.com), 6 April 2018, South Africa
… or during the eight years in which she was banished to Brandfort, her “little Siberia”, life was much harsher for … those decades under the apartheid regime…
PlacePretoria Boys High School
… . This school was not in operation for very long owing to the outbreak of the Second Boer War in 1899. At the time, … of the responsibilities of the colonial…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
… by many difficulties, so that it has taken far longer to bring it to fruition than initially expected. This makes me all the … and for the patience and loyal…
PlaceSenegal
… Senegal is bounded to the north and northeast by the Sénégal River, which separates it from Mauritania; to the east by Mali; to the south by Guinea and…
ArchiveTerrorism Act 1967, Act No 83 of 1967
… The Act was to prohibit terroristic activities and to amend the law relating to criminal procedure; and to provide for other incidental …
ArchiveHugh Lewin, 1939–2019, RIP by Jennifer Malec, 17 January 2019
… Johannesburg yesterday. Born in Lydenburg in 1939, to English missionary parents, Lewin attended Rhodes … when he was twenty-four years old, Lewin was…
Statement of the African National Congress and the South African Tamil Federation National Working Committee, 14 November 2014
… made it abundantly clear that the Tamil community was here to stay and to be part of the solution in South Africa to build a strong state and a South African…
PlaceAnnis River, near Kuboes in the Northern Cape
… about 14 km South-East of Kuboes. The name is said to mean, 'the one which is well known, primarily referring to the Outspan and Spring- Annisfontein. used…
ArchiveThe Black Sash: a case study of liberalism in South Africa 1955-1990
… Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Social Studies, Sub-Faculty of Politics, … political activity during this time. This study tries to redress this…
EventNelson Mandela is born
… declared 18 July as Nelson Mandela International Day, to be celebrated annually. It was first celebrated in 2010. On 12 June 1964, Mandela was sentenced to…
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
… first time in 12 years of government that the NP was able to gain a majority in parliament. Given this mandate Verwoerd went to London in March 1961 to give…
Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York Stock exchange collapsed sending economic shockwaves throughout the world and throwing the global economy into depression
… urbanization and an increase in poverty as people battled to find employment. The diamond and the agricultural sectors … exports fell in value from 16.5…
EventIan Smith of Rhodesia and Henry Kissinger meet in Pretoria
… States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met in Pretoria to discuss majority rule for Rhodesia. South African Prime … backed by President Kenneth Kaunda of…
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
… the Navy. Service in any of these divisions was restricted to White South African males.Prior to the Amendment Act, military service was voluntary. … White…
EventBambatha Rebellion
… created by the colonial government. The tax was instituted to force Blacks from rural areas to the cities to fulfil the labour needs of mines. In 1906 a…