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EventUN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
… June 1960, with the election of Lumumba as prime minister, and Joseph Kasavubu as president. At the outset of … celebrations, the Congolese Army attacked…
EventAll African People Conference is held in Accra, Ghana
… Liberia, Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan United Republic of Egypt and Ghana), which was followed by the historic A A P … The A A P Conference was attended by all…
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
… Carl Niehaus grew up in Zeerust, North West Province, and completed his higher education at Rand Afrikaans … to their compliance with the apartheid system…
EventMedical Association agrees to investigate Biko’s death
… . The case was then submitted to the South African Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) for further investigation. The … issued by district surgeon Dr Lang was…
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… such as the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949) and the Group Areas Act (1950), laws such as the Suppression of Communism Act (1950), and the Riotous…
EventFormer Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere dies
… On 14 October 1999, the first president and father of Tanzanian independence Julius Mwalimu Nyerere … a symbol of the struggle against colonialism in…
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church rejoins the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
… Johannesburg. The conference was called by eight Afrikaans and English speaking churches under the World Council of … declaration rejected race as criteria…
EventWorld War I begins
… 19th century Europe had a complex system of political and military alliances in place. The assassination of … The assassin, Gavrilo Princip, was a Bosnian…
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… saboteurs to hit when the phase for military confrontation and insurgency began with the primary targets being power stations and government buildings. For…
PlacePampierstad
… 1960's. It was located 31 km North-West of Jan Kempdorp and 12 km West of Hartswater. The Town was named after … were forcibly relocated to Pampierstad…
PlaceAdams Mission, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Settlement West of Amanzimtoti and South of Durban, in the Umlazi district. Established in … Dr. Newton Adams (1796-1841) who arrived in Natal in 1835 and…
PlaceMauritania
… the Arab-Amazigh (Berber) populations of North Africa and the African peoples in the region to the south of the … Much of Mauritania encompasses part of the…
PlaceOur Lady of Montserrat Catholic Church, Betty's Bay
… a Christian Congregation serving the Betty's Bay Community and encouraging others through a life-changing Christian … journey. They seek to serve God by…
A Walk in the Night
… place on the eve of this jubilant day with celebrations and a public picnic running into the anniversary of the … from former slave, Lydia Williams (1820 –…
ArchiveBlack Sash / Sash
… the petitions, protests, marches, vigils, press releases and Conference papers which reflect the modus operandi of … legislation which was, in their opinion,…
EventThe first mountain zebra foal is born in at the National Mountain Zebra Park
… species native to South Western Angola, Namibia, and South Africa. It is boldly stripped in black and white or brown and white with a white underbelly and…
EventThe AA is formed to coordinate motoring clubs
… a meeting in Port Elizabeth attended by several provincial and other motoring clubs, in order to provide a strong national motoring organisation to protect…
EventReport on ANC detention camps is released
… members of the Commission, Louis Skweyiya, Gilbert Marcus and Bridgitte Mabandla, found evidence of brutality and torture to extract confessions from alleged…
EventMazizi Maqekeza, ANC member, is shot dead whilst in hospital in Maseru, Lesotho
… Mazizi Maqekeza and Mbulelo Ngona were among the many South Africans who fled … South African state. On 25 February 1988, Maqekeza, Ngona and a University…
EventBasutoland (now Lesotho) becomes British territory
… for the creation of Lesotho (The Basotho Kingdom), and the drawing together of scattered Sotho peoples who had been driven apart by Zulu and Ndebele raids…
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
… Reserve, pioneered by local Landowners in the 1950s , and shares a border with the' World-Renowned': Kruger … Today, many of the families who reside here are…
PlaceStatue of President Paul Kruger, Pretoria
… it is situated opposite the Hervormde Kerk between Plein and Pretorius Streets. Following the end of Apartheid in … damage against the perpetrators…
PlacePondoland
… of Bizana, Libode, Ngqeleni, Port St John's, Tabankulu, and Umsikaba. In 1899 provisions of Proclamation 314 allowed … to be partitioned into the divisions…
Down with Afrikaans - Oakes, D. (ed)(1988). Illustrated history of South Africa – The real story, Reader’s Digest story: Cape Town.
… The government and the ANC have held discussions at the Presidency, … Pretoria, today 6 August 1990. 1. The Government and the ANC have again committed…
PlaceSuggested Gandhi Trail, Through Durban
… permitted in first-class compartments. Gandhi protested and produced his ticket, but was warned that he would be … order, a White police officer pushed him…
Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September 1928
… for the immediate future. When one is 6,000 miles away and not liable at any Moment to be biffed by an enraged … to a"feeling of hostility"one'side as about…
EventClarence Makwetu announces the PAC’s suspension of its armed struggle
… for election participation by its members. With the ANC and the PAC banned and African political activity officially limited to … their political aspirations…
EventThe Ncome Museum is opened
… is named after a nearby river known as Ncome in isiZulu and Bloedrivier in Afrikaans and witnessed a major confrontation between the Voortrekkers and amaZulu…
EventThe UN requests States to terminate restrictions on economic relations with South Africa with immediate effect
… on economic relations with South Africa immediately, and to terminate the oil embargo against the country when … became operational. A resolution calling for…
EventWinnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela is sentenced to six years
… Stahl Stegmann for her involvement in the kidnapping and beating of four youths suspected of being police … injuries he sustained. Winnie appealed against…