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EventThe first Prime Minister of the DRC, Patrice Lumumba, declares martial law in Katanga
… declared martial law in the Katanga region of the Congo as a result of the continuing secession crisis. The Katanga … the assistance of the United Nations…
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… Fort Hare), but dropped out after two years. He returned to Natal and joined the African National Congress (ANC) in … was very active in the Natal ANC,…
EventCharles Nqakula , Minister of Safety and Security and Chairperson of the SACP, is born
… African Communist Party (SACP), Charles Nqakula, was born to a poor family in the Eastern Cape. Nqakula, like his peers, … He was appointed to his present…
EventCharlotte Maxeke dies
… 1905 she became the first African woman from South Africa to graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree (B.Sc.). Even before her death … honoured as 'Mother…
EventJeannette Schoon and her daughter are killed by a letter bomb
… and her six-year old daughter, Katryn, were killed by a letter bomb at Lubango, in northern Angola on 28 June 1984. … taken his family into exile in Botswana…
EventThe first regional committee of the UDF is established in Natal
… Front. One of the first steps in creating the front was to establish regional committees to consult with … UDF was formally launched in August of the same…
EventZimbabwe becomes a member of the United Nations (UN)
… government soon became dissatisfied with their status as a colony and declared Unilateral Independence (UDI) from … 1956. The United Nations (UN) considered…
EventBanning orders served on NUSAS leaders
… The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) a White, student organisation, served an important role in … unifying and voicing student protests…
EventChief Albert Luthuli, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of the ANC, is killed in Groutville
… 1967, Chief Albert Luthuli died after he was struck by a train on a railway bridge close to the home that he had been confined to by the Apartheid …
EventOupa Gqozo, military leader of the Ciskei, quells a second coup attempt
… his rule. In the early 1990's Colonel Onward Guzana, a former member of the Military Council, and Major-General … Charles Sebe were killed after being…
EventA consumer boycott is called in Boksburg
… The town councils of Vosloorus and Reiger Park staged a consumer boycott in Boksburg on the East Rand (now … begin rigorously enforcing the Separate…
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… All-race municipal elections were held on this date to elect segregated local authorities. For the first time … the state hoped that through the elections it…
EventDeath sentence for Rapists
… Burger and George Scheepers, were sentenced in Klerksdorp to be hanged to death for the rape of a Black woman, Ginny Gotsoine in February 1985. Two other ……
EventPW Botha gives the “Rubicon” Speech in Durban
… Foreign Affairs at the time, Pik Botha, had told the world to expect a radical policy shift but was wrong. Among the expected … This meant the abolishing of…
EventConstructors make mass grave finding in Namibia
… Reports were made that two mass graves were found at a former South African Defence Force base, Eenhana, in … it contained human remains. The bones were…
EventFake versions of the new South African banknotes hit the streets
… of the then new South African banknotes. These came hardly a week after the latest currency was released by the Reserve Bank. The central bank introduced at…
EventDr Louis Luyt resigns as president of the SARFU
… After a month-long controversy including charges of racism, … Dr Louis Luyt step down as the president, but he refused to do so. The followed up announcement…
EventMilner proposes conditional voting rights for ‘non-Whites’ in SA
… A year after the Treaty of Vereeniging, which signalled the … end of the Anglo-Boer War 2, the British High Commissioner to South Africa, Lord Alfred Milner,…
EventBuilding of Delagoa Bay railway line is completed
… The building of the Delagoa Bay railway line to Pretoria was completed on this date. It was scheduled to be opened for traffic on 2 November 1894, however,…
PlaceRosmead
… Middelburg Road was a Cape Government Railway station and was formally … when the Railway Line from Cradock was inaugurated. Due to its location at the…
EventEduardo Mondlane, president of FRELIMO, dies
… Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique). He was born into a Tsonga royal family and was a shepherd as a child. Mondlane completed his secondary … Limpopo)…
EventArtist, Thomas Trevor Motswai , award-winning South African artist is born
… of Johannesburg. Although he was born deaf, he became a prolific and successful artist who portrayed the world … on paper with pastels, and later lithographs…
EventGeorge Pemba, artist and playwright is born in Port Elizabeth
… Korsten Village, Port Elizabeth. His father encouraged him to paint as a child and he received rudimentary training from his … Pemba’s chosen career was…
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
… in Cape Town in 1945. He studied drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. … Uys writes, directs, performs and produces…
EventTwo psychiatrists give evidence on the proceedings of David Beresford Pratt’s case
… murder of the South African Prime Minister, Dr. H. F. Verwoerd at the Milner Park Showgrounds in Johannesburg. … On 9 April 1960, Dr Verwoerd opened the…
PlaceFreshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
… Caroline. Born and trained in England, Harrison immigrated to South Africa in 1894 and a few years later entered into a partnership with the architect W.H…
EventAfrican bus boycott lasting ten weeks is initiated in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
… the poverty line meaning that commuters would be unable to afford the increased fare. On 7 January 1957 the Alexandra … Transport Committee (APTAC) was…
EventExpelled ANC leader abandons court action
… General Bantu Holomisa announced that he was abandoning a Supreme Court action aimed at forcing the African National Congress (ANC) to reinstate him as a…
PlaceNorth West
… the parts of the old homeland, Bophuthatswana . There is a lot of platinum in the province, so that it is often called … First premier (1994): Popo Molefe…
ArchiveReport of NUSED Congress, July 1971
… African Students, University of Natal, Durban, July 1 to 14, 1971. Includes intentions to coordinate efforts by students from different centres to increase…