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B.J. Vorster - Select Speeches
… undertone in all his speeches wherever he might appear. And herein lies the particular importance and value of the speeches of this renowned politician and…
EventNational Heritage Day celebrates South African cultural diversity
… holidays. The day was previously known as Shaka Day, and was celebrated in kwazulu/Natal. It was changed to … when a compromise was reached between the new…
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… but dropped out after two years. He returned to Natal and joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and became secretary of the Natal branch. Gumede…
EventThe University of the Orange Free State is founded in Bloemfontein
… School in 1904. By 1907, the college had 29 students and ten lecturers and in 1910 the college was declared an official educational institution in Arts and…
EventA national congress, under auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church, meets to discuss the ‘poor White problem’
… political issue in South Africa in the late 19th century and first part of the 20th century. The issue of 'poor … Cradock (1916), Bloemfontein (1923),…
EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
… 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther shaped and articulated the message of the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. King led…
EventItalo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928 is signed
… known as the Italo-Ethiopian Treaty of Friendship and Arbitration, Italy agreed to upholding lasting friendly … Red Sea port of Asseb (in the Italian colony…
EventNeil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg
… Neil Aggett, former organiser of the Food and Canning Workers Union and African Food and Canning Workers Union, was buried in Johannesburg. It was …
EventZimbabwe becomes a member of the United Nations (UN)
… previously) was developed on the basis of its mineral and agricultural resources. The White-led Zimbabwean … soon became dissatisfied with their status as a…
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation is formed
… advocated by Steven Biko. It was open to Blacks, Coloureds and Indians, but closed to Whites. AZAPO emerged from the … (BPC), the South African Students'…
EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… Dr Seetsele Silas Modiri Molema, medical doctor, politician and historian, died in Mafeking at the age of 74. He was the … elected treasurer-general of the…
EventButhelezi says Zulus would continue carrying cultural weapons
… deals struck between the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Government were " illegitimate " and " unimplementable " . Referring…
EventInkatha becomes a political party
… unemployment, disease, ignorance, insecurity, homelessness and moral decay. To re-distribute the wealth of the country for the benefit of all people, and to…
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
… including the African National Congress (ANC) and the mainly black National Sports Congress demonstrated … included other British team members such as David…
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
… Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada, Raymond Mhlaba, Endrew Mlangeni and Elias Motsoaledi. Three of the eight prisoners who were released before and after 1989 were,…
EventA consumer boycott is called in Boksburg
… The town councils of Vosloorus and Reiger Park staged a consumer boycott in Boksburg on the … Ekurhuleni municipality, Gauteng). The boycott, by Black and…
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… were held on the same day. This meant that Black and White would be voting on the same day, although in … would get a new group of Black councillors to…
EventSA troops withdraw from Angola
… Africa losing an interest to engage in battles in Angola and South West Africa (later renamed Namibia). The South … weaken the South West African People…
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents’ meeting
… they were going to loose their South African citizenship and did not wish to fall under the jurisdiction of Ciskei. … had already been incorporated into the…
EventThe Citizen reveals housing irregularities in Transkei
… irregularities committed by the Matanzima brothers, Kaizer and George, and other officials and indicated that central government officials may have been …
EventSamora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash
… On 19 October 1986, the Mozambique President, Samora Machel and thirty-three other passengers, died when their Tupolev … of the Front for the Liberation of…
EventDeath sentence for Rapists
… Two White men, Schalk Burger and George Scheepers, were sentenced in Klerksdorp to be … it. Most importantly, witnesses caught these four rapists and…
Event14 Year old girl is convicted in Pietermaritzburg High Court
… drugging her victim, she approached two men, Sipho Hadebe and Vusi Tshabalala, and asked them to kill her. They were given some items such as clothes,…
EventDiscovery of the wreck of passenger liner SS Waratah
… On 26 July 1909, the SS Waratah, with 211 passengers and crew departed from Durban bound for Cape Town, and disappeared without a trace. For 90 years the…
EventMoroccan explorer, Ibn Battuta is born
… take him to several places throughout the Middle East and North and West Africa. It would be 24 years before his return to Morocco and 29 years before he…
EventThe Government Gazette publishes a Proclamation that dissolved KaNgwane Legislative Assembly
… under the direct control of the Department of Cooperation and Development. This was despite the opposition of the great … to Swaziland. On 25 November, the…
EventThe Eureka Diamond is sold in London for 5 700 Pounds
… known as the Eureka Diamond was discovered by a young boy and his little sister as they played in their family farm … play with. A man named Schalk van…
EventAn inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett opens
… the Security Police, was greeted with astonishment and anger. On 05 February 1982, Aggett, Transvaal organiser of the Food and Canning Workers Union and…
Relations with Other Groups Committee report
… with Black student organisations, community, labour and women's organisations, academics, religious … organisations, conscientious objectors support groups…
APDUSA Bulletin 4: Dont vote! its not a crime
… This pamphlet wishes to clear some fears and anxieties of those members with regards to the … the members are that they will lose their homes, pension, and…