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EventThe Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act commences
… Act, Act No 55 of 1949 that prohibited marriage or a sexual relationship between White people and people of … policy of separateness. South Africans were…
EventThe twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela is marked by a call for his release by China
… of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was marked by a call for his release by China. This was publicized in the … incarceration began when he was captured in Cedara, a…
EventThe University of the Orange Free State is founded in Bloemfontein
… was founded on 18 March 1950. The institution began as a small college in what was then the Orange River Colony, … boasts over 30 000 students in seven…
EventCriminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commences
… commenced. This act made civil disobedience punishable by a three-year gaol (prison) sentence, and prohibited the offer … In addition, the Act stated that…
EventPolitical activist, Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress
… The a son of a wealthy businessman, Yusuf Dadoo was all too familiar with … Educated in London, and later Edinburgh, Dadoo returned to South Africa in 1936,…
EventWell-known political activist and academic, Dr. Neville Alexander is born
… A well-known political activist and academic, Neville Edward … on 22 October, 1936 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He went on to complete three university degrees…
EventJoe Slovo is born
… of Housing was born in Lithuania. From 1950s Slovo became a victim of the government repressive legislations. In 1954 … in the drafting of the Freedom…
EventDanie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m event in Munich
… On 24 June 1973, South African athlete Danie Malan set a new world record in the middle distance 1000m event in … area of the Cape, where he took part in…
EventNational Party wins general election
… The National Party under Dr H.F. Verwoerd claimed majority of votes in a parliamentary general election, Verwoerd's last election … votes cast. The four…
EventWinnie Mandela is found guilty
… kidnapping and four of being an accessory after the fact to assault. Co-accused John Morgan was found guilty of … 1997 the Truth and Reconciliation…
Maqubela and Dyandyi are sentenced for necklacing
… Maqubela and Neliswa Nohnuhna Dyantyi Busika, accused in a necklace trial in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, and found … guilty of public violence in July, were…
EventThe Citizen reveals housing irregularities in Transkei
… aware of some aspects of the irregular deals, but decided to turn a blind eye. It also described how 1 884 tractors from … accounted for and some had been…
EventUnited Democratic Front member Pearl Tshabalala assassinated
… Ms Pearl Tshabalala, a prominent businesswoman and member of the United Democratic … Front (UDF) in Clermont, Durban, who had resisted moves to incorporate…
EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
… died on his fiftieth birthday in Johannesburg after having a heart attack and falling into a coma. Qoboza was known for the barrage of criticism he … in…
EventPolice detain Valli Moosa and Murphy Morobe in Port Elizabeth
… Moosa and its acting publicity secretary Murphy Morobe in a pre-dawn raid on the home of Judge Dayalin Chetty in Port … two men had been on the run from the…
EventLeendert Janszen, junior merchant of the VOC, recommends settlement at the Cape
… The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was established as a trading company in 1602, with the aim of monopolising trade … in particular the spice trade. Company…
EventSA eldest person celebrates her birthday
… Sekwati presented Temo with gifts, which included a warm shawl, blankets, a nightgown and slippers. Former National Federated Chamber … (NAFCOC) president,…
EventThambi Naidoo mobilises the Indians
… the Indians at Newcastle, Natal (KwaZulu Natal) Colony to start the Satyagraha Campaign (Passive Resistance … in the history of passive resistance and…
EventRobert Koch announces the discovery of a rinderpest vaccine
… On 10 February 1897, Robert Koch, a German bacteriologist, discovered a vaccine successful in the prevention of the animal disease, rinderpest. Robert Koch…
EventM.K. Gandhi is forcibly removed from a whites-only train carriage
… as "The Mahatma" or "Great Soul" was forcibly removed from a whites-only carriage on a train in Pietermaritzburg, for not obeying laws that segregated each…
EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
… mission station in Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). Seme was a founding member of the South African Native National … Congress (ANC) in 1923. The organisation was…
EventAngolan government signs peace treaty with UNITA
… Independence of Angola (UNITA) of Jonas Savimbi, signed a peace deal in Lusaka, Zambia. The peace deal, called Lusaka … Angola, was brokered by the United…
EventAthlete Mathews Motshwareteu enters the annals of the country’s athletics history after only five weeks of track athletics
… years, which he spent at Isaacson Primary, Soweto. He had a peculiar way of running that made it look like he was about to fall over at any moment, leading…
EventThe Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott
… University of the Western Cape (UWC) students who convened a meeting on 2 August to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decided to embark on a…
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
… of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was marked by a call for his release by China. This was publicized in the … incarceration began when he was captured in Cedara, a…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation … the history of South Africa. It paved the way towards a new democratic dispensation and a…
EventAn inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett opens
… At the conclusion of a forty-four day inquest into the death in detention of … magistrate, Pieter Kotze, found that no one was to blame for his death. The…
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… The organisation was founded by thirty-two countries, a further 21 states have joined gradually over the years, … 1963, when its Charter was adopted. The OAU…
EventHastings Banda, former president of Malawi, is born.
… him as its president. Banda was born in Kasungu and went to study in the US and the UK. He stayed in the UK where he … persuasion, Banda returned to Malawi…
EventMazisi Kunene, Zulu poet and ANC activist, is born
… born on 12 May 1930 in Amahlongwa, Southern KwaZulu Natal to a Swazi mother and a Zulu father. He studied Zulu Literature at the University …