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EventJoseph Lekganyane of the ZCC (Dove) dies
… between Edward and Joseph for church leadership led to a split in the ZCC. Click here to read more about the growth of Zionism. …
EventJoaquim Chissano meets with RENAMO leader
… the ResistÁƒÂƒÂªncia Nacional MoÁƒÂƒÂ§ambicana (RENAMO), to sign a peace agreement in Rome. The two leaders s igned a joint declaration committing themselves…
EventMandela confirms the appointment of first Black Chief Justice
… Service Commission (JSC), which makes its recommendation to the President. However, before JSC could make its recommendation to the President, Mandela side…
EventPresident Paul Kruger in an appeasement move
… In an effort to solve the 'Uitlander' grievances regarding voting rights, … vote for this Volksraad, whose resolutions were subject to the approval of the…
EventRDP White Paper is tabled in Parliament
… before the parliament, called for an expeditious programme to ensure that the civil service is more representative in … and gender. It also proposed the use…
EventKing Leopold II of Belgium denies accusations of brutality in the Congo Free State
… the Congo Free State (CFS) and warned foreign powers not to interfere in the running of his private country. CFS was a “private project” undertaken by the…
PlaceClanwilliam, Stellenbosch District
… that part of the District lying North of the Berg River to the new District of Tulbagh, at the same time declaring it … These were used during the 18th and…
PlaceLowveld National Botanical Gardens
… through the enchanting African Rain Forest enables one to cross the Crocodile River across the famous suspended … Nelspruit Municipality noted that it would…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
… 27 January 1893. Initially the property was given in trust to the Nieuwe Kerk by Suzanna Hertzog, on condition that once … established in the area its…
PlaceAlice, a Town near East London
… North-West of East London. It was named in 1847, according to some authorities, by the Governor, Sir Peregrine Maitland, … Alice, the 2nd daughter of Queen…
PlaceAkasiapark, Residential Area for Civil Servants
… Wingfield, a former Naval Aerodome named Sassar from 1947 to 1 December 1959, then Acacia Park after the Port Jackson Willows growing there. The SA Navy is…
ArchiveStatement
… a counter-offensive, isolating the ANC, attempting to liquidate the armed struggle, undermining the frontline states and attempting to reduce the…
Statement issued by the Vigilance Committee, Grahamstown
… The suggestions include the need for the Council to address problems such as shortage of housing in the locations, excessive rental fees and the need to…
ArchiveReport on Black Workers Project
… General Students Council. The purpose of the project was to serve and protect the rights of Black workers. The report … Fund and the proposed survey on…
ArchiveFreedom and state security in the South African plural society
… This paper tries to iron out the concerns of the government and its citizens regarding security and freedom with respect to individual freedom, been…
PlaceUWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives
… – the collections include many unique materials relating to the struggle for freedom, or to Robben Island and imprisonment under Apartheid. …
EventColoured Labour Party strengthened its stance against apartheid
… Unity talks were held and it was decided unequivocally to tell the government that the present political … of the government, which they considered as an…
EventWalter Sisulu’s appeal is dismissed
… 17 Act 37/1963 and charged with sabotage and attempt to overthrow the government. The dismissal of his appeal meant that he would have to serve six years in…
EventJomo Kenyatta is elected Prime Minister of Kenya
… of Kenya. A few years earlier, Kenyatta had been sentenced to hard labour and was restricted following his arrest in 1952 related to allegations of his…
EventWalter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest
… Act of 1961. This incitement was seen as an attempt to further the aims of the ANC. He was sentenced to six years' imprisonment, but was released on bail and…
EventPoqo members kill a White family
… In an attempt to destabilise the country and cause an uprising against the … Africans were later arrested and twenty-two sentenced to death for the murders. …
EventWalter Sisulu acts against Sophiatown forced removals
… earmarked for Whites only. Sisulu urged the Blacks not to allow themselves to be removed from the Western areas. This came after a …
EventA Day of Prayer Called by the NIC
… Asia" and "Jesus was an Asiatic; if he was reborn and went to South Africa today, he would have to live in a ghetto" were put on display by protesting …
EventSculptor Lucas Sithole is born in KwaThema
… was born in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng) to a Zulu father and a Swazi mother. He created more than 800 … in wood, stone liquid steel and bronze…
EventMakhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi, trade unionist and community leader, dies
… Butshingi was born in the Transkei in 1906, and moved to the Transvaal in 1925 to become an insurance company agent. During the 1940s and …
EventFour Indian leaders are sentenced under Terrorism Act
… of conspiracy under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to a minimum of five years imprisonment. Their intention was … A Chronology of Key Political Events from…
EventMinister of Defence, PW Botha discloses that South Africa’s northern borders are protected by a radar early warning system
… an early warning system, and that the entire coastline was to be covered by the Decca navigational system costing $8.4m … Apartheid South Africa's military…
EventNelson Mandela continues his international tour
… Nelson Mandela, proceeded with his international tour to Sweden. His tour had hitherto included African countries … Zambia and Tanzania. In Sweden Mandela…
EventNelson Makhuba murders his family and commits suicide.
… his museum and himself with petrol and struck a match to set him and his work alight. He survived the fire and hung himself from a tree to die. …
EventSASOL plant explodes again
… 100 were injured. Forty-three of the injured were rushed to the Highveld Medi-Clinic to receive medical treatment, mainly for burn wounds. …