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EventAfrikaner nationalists rebel against a Union Jack in new South African flag
… June 1927, Afrikaner nationalists rebelled against plans to have a Union Jack (the British flag) in the centre of the … flag. The controversy followed the…
EventColoureds are removed from the voters roll
… nationalist majority, embarked on a series of campaigns to remove Coloured people from the common voters rolls. On 14 … the Interior, Dr Theophilus Donges,…
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… School in 1968 after completing Standard VIII. He came to the African Art Centre in Durban and was encouraged by Jo Thorpe to study at Rorke's Drift. This he…
EventWW2: British 8th army marches into Tripoli
… by the Axis forces, ultimately denying the Allies access to the reserves of labour and raw materials in the North … in North Africa, and the manoeuvres by…
EventPolitical activist Molly Blackburn is born
… the Port Elizabeth region. Her unselfish life of service to Black communities came to an abrupt end on 28 December, 1985, when a car that was … group of…
EventThe last sitting of an all-white Parliament
… which Blacks, Coloureds and Indians were denied the right to parliamentary representation. White political domination … By 1964, limited political rights had…
EventPresident Vorster challenges Dr Rhoodie
… President B.J. Vorster challenged Dr. Eschel Rhoodie to release any document that would implicate him in the … and rejected as contemptible Dr. Eschel…
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods, arrives in Britain with his family
… the apartheid government's publication laws and sentenced to jail for revealing Security Police brutality. After the … and American press gave wide and…
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released
… anti-pass campaign of 1960 and harshly sentenced to three years in prison. At the end of his sentence, … Law Amendment Act, which empowered the Minister of…
EventANC Constitutional proposals are disclosed
… new strategic policy, which offered a number of proposals to the government. The ANC recognised that even after the … for establishing a government of…
EventCOSATU headquarters Johannesburg is sabotaged
… government. COSATU officials and members were subjected to physical attacks and arrests by the government agents. In … by the City Council. Cosatu and its…
EventBishop Tutu receives Martin Luther King Award
… Tutu was honoured for being deeply personally committed to nonviolence and showing extraordinary personal courage in its service. At least twice he has…
EventHelen Suzman is born
… During her 36 years in Parliament she defended the right to freedom of expression for all South Africans; with great courage she used every opportunity to…
EventFirst aeroplane flight in Kimberley breaks the non-stop flight record
… enough power so he dismantled the aircraft and shipped it to France. It is possible that John Weston based his design … in his Weston-Farman biplane. His…
EventKing Dinuzulu defies British order
… Chief Dinuzulu (Dinizulu) refused British instructions to take up arms against the Boer republics during the Second … warned the king that, under martial law…
EventPresident Paul Kruger lays the foundation stone of the Raadsaal on Pretoria’s Church Square
… Square, which was initially called Market Square, was home to the first church built in Pretoria, which burnt down in … layout was designed by Vivian S. Rees…
PlaceBethulie Bridge across the Gariep River
… spanning the Gariep River at Bethulie Drift was opened to traffic in March 1879, and a Village, known as Bethulie … Free State, in 1829. The name was…
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… National Congress (ANC) stalwart, Albertina Sisulu, a wife to former ANC Secretary, Walter Sisulu died at her Linden home, Johannesburg at the age of 92…
EventDinizulu succeeds his father, Cetshwayo, as King of the Zulus.
… poisoning on 8 February 1884, a year after he had returned to Zululand. Cetshwayo had been exiled to the Cape Colony by the British and was released in 1882 …
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… Nations Council for South West Africa. Their task was to administer the Territory and to enter immediately into contact with South Africa to lay down…
PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
… ON THE PAVED AREA, it's a National Monument. Make sure to do this one between 08:00-17:00. These stones are on the … perhaps as a direction marker for troops…
EventExpress train derails in Ethiopia, killing an estimated 400 people
… capital. . It was suspected that the train engineer failed to reduce speed at reaching the curve which resulted in the … The engineer of the train was…
President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania
… President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania to attend an emergency summit on the political crisis in Burundi. The President has been invited to the emergency…
ArchiveDialectic of Higher Education for the Colonised: the case of Non-White Universities in South Africa
… The institution of education in any society lends itself to two-fold functions, a conservative and a progressive one. … as a custodian of societal values or…
ArchiveCollaborators and falsifiers exposed
… the members of the College Council had taken a decision to prohibit the African students from attending classes and were refused admission to the College…
EventThe last general election of the Union of South Africa takes place
… Adv J.G. Strijdom, registering a victory. The NP managed to secure 103 seats, its greatest electoral victory up to that time, while the seats of the United…
EventThe Star Condemns Forced Removals In Sophiatown
… residents from Sophiatown, near central Johannesburg, to Soweto, located on the outskirts of the city. This forced … was part of the government's countrywide…
EventThe United States shuts its embassy in Nairobi
… the US and British governments warned their citizens to postpone their travelling to East Africa, especially to Kenya. A new embassy building in Nairobi had…
ArchiveFinal Schlebusch report on NUSAS
… the National Union and suggesting appropriate responses to some of the points likely to be raised in the report. Because of the possibility of overseas funds…
ArchiveCircular from John Daniels, SRC Vice-President
… Circular from John Daniels, Vice-President of NUSAS, to SRC Presidents, NUSAS Executive, Local Committee Chairmen, … Unions of Students, regarding the NUSAS…