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EventSAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail
… African Associated Newspapers (SAAN) made the announcement on 15 March 1985. SAAN, the company that owned the Rand Daily …
EventThe South African Industrial Federation riot in the Rand Gold mining district
… The three, Long, Hull and Lewis went to their deaths on the scaffold at Pretoria Central Prison singing the ‘Red …
EventChief Kaiser Matanzima is elected Chief Minister
… the South African government. Matanzima was elected mostly on the support of these non-elected chiefs. He later …
EventFourth Nuclear bomb test by France in the Sahara
… On 25 April 1961, France conducted its fourth nuclear bomb …
EventThe Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act commences
… No 46 of 1951 was declared invalid by the Supreme Court on constitutional grounds. The Senate was enlarged to obtain …
EventSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed
… (SACTU) was formed during an Inaugural Conference held on 4 and 5 March 1955 in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg. SACTU … [online] Available at: www.sahistory…
EventCriminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commences
… On 4 March 1953, the Criminal Law Amendment Act No 8 … ,[Online],Available at: www.disa.ukzn.ac.za ,[Accessed on:05 February 2014] …
EventDisbanding of Communist Party is announced
… approved in parliament in June 1950 and came into force on 17 July of that year. In 1950 the Communist Party had …
EventPolitical activist, Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress
… from supporters and participants. At the end of 1946, on 20 October, Dadoo was re-elected as the President of the …
EventMaria Mary Burton, former national president of the Black Sash, is born
… Maria Burton was born on 19 January 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She moved to …
EventCharlotte Maxeke dies
… D.D.T. Jabavu of Fort Hare is said to have described her on another occasion as "one of the great figures of Bantu … [online] Available at: www.sahistory.org…
EventA national congress, under auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church, meets to discuss the ‘poor White problem’
… congress dedicated to solving the 'poor White problem' met on 2 October 1934 in Bloemfontein. The congress was organised …
EventJoe Slovo is born
… order. In 1963 Slovo skipped the country to work on African National Congress external missions. After the … Available at: https://africanhistory.about.com …
EventJeannette Schoon and her daughter are killed by a letter bomb
… killed by a letter bomb at Lubango, in northern Angola on 28 June 1984. Anti-apartheid activist Marius Schoon …
EventThe first regional committee of the UDF is established in Natal
… committees to consult with organizations in that region. On 21 May 1983 the Natal UDF region was launched, followed by … [online] Avaialable at: www…
EventESCOM announces its decision to order two nuclear power reactors from France
… On 29 May 1976, the South African Electricity Supply …
EventPrime Minister B.J Vorster supports changes to Black labour
… National Party which begun under Verwoerd. Vorster built on the National Party's policy programme but his programme …
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 …
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
… Convention of all races in South Africa to make a decision on the country's future political direction. This call was …
EventAPLA burns down farm house in Fouriesburg
… down the farm house of Edmund Middleton of Fouriesburg on 10 October 1992. The attack was part of an APLA military …
EventButhelezi says Zulus would continue carrying cultural weapons
… " . Referring specifically to the proposed ban on carrying traditional weapons in public. He said that Zulus …
EventCODESA 1 convenes in Johannesburg
… took place at the World Trade Centre in Kempton Park, on the East Rand, Johannesburg. After several months of …
EventOupa Gqozo, military leader of the Ciskei, quells a second coup attempt
… particular Chris Hani of involvement in the attempt coup. On 9 February 1991 Gqozo claimed to have quelled a second …
EventAt least 150 people die in clashes between the ANC and IFP
… (IFP) and resulted in the death of at least 150 people on 15 August 1990. A third force was blamed for the violence …
EventInkatha becomes a political party
… The Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement, founded on 21 March 1975, was transformed into the multi-racial …
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
… aganist the tour was that the 16 England players who went on the tour received financial support from the apartheid …
EventA consumer boycott is called in Boksburg
… and Reiger Park staged a consumer boycott in Boksburg on the East Rand (now Ekurhuleni municipality, Gauteng). The … https://www.news24.com/News24/On_this…
EventSA troops withdraw from Angola
… its military forces from Angola that have been fighting on the side of Jonas Savimbi led guerrilla forces UNITA. The …
Maqubela and Dyandyi are sentenced for necklacing
… suspended for five years. Eight others were acquitted on all charges. The trial followed after the necklace murder …
EventBomb in Benoni Wimpy kills Mary
… explosion in the Wimpy Bar at the Benoni Plaza, Benoni on the East-Rand. About sixty people were injured, of whom …