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EventThe International Labour Organisation calls for South Africa’s withdrawal at the Geneva Conference
… the racial policies of the South African government and calling for South Africa's withdrawal from the ILO, by … the international organization responsible…
EventAn intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, Mozambique
… Pierre Andre Albertini, a French university lecturer and Major Wynand du Toit, a South African officer captured in … Major du Toit was captured at Cabinda,…
EventIndian students join the Coloured schools boycott
… dissatisfaction with the South African educational and political systems. Students from about 60 Coloured high schools, teacher training facilities and the…
Educationist Martha Helena Cillié dies
… Martha Helena Cillié , teacher and headmistress whose greatest achievement was her contribution to the education of girls and to teacher training over a…
EventSA tenor Johan Botha is born
… lessons at the age of ten. After completing his education and military training, Botha studied in Pretoria first as bass-baritone and later as tenor. He…
EventThe Du Preez brothers appear before Judge Faan Hanke in Bloemfontein High Court in connection with the murder of two soldiers
… Two brothers, Hendrik and Petrus du Preez appeared before Judge Faan Hanke in … with the murder of two soldiers, Michael Leisanyane and Gilmore van Wyk of…
EventTwo men are sentenced to death for petrol executions
… Solomon Mangopane Maowasha and Alex Mashaba Matsepane were found guilty of burning Solomon Maake and his son in September 1985, after they were accused of ……
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 9 May 1983
… Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice and Reconciliation in the SA Council of Churches, of the … Honourable Mr Justice C F Eloff, to inquire…
ArchiveRenewed fighting in April
… of Resolution 435, clashes between Swapo guerillas and South African security forces broke out in northern … . According to official figures, 279 Swapo…
ArchiveIn Verwoerd's South Africa: a tale of per
… the experiences of various members of the Unity Movement and those directly involved with the liberation struggle, and illustrates the animosity of the South…
Mayibuye
… African National Congress publications alongside Sechaba and Dawn (Umkhonto we Sizwe). Circulation was limited and hampered by conditions of illegality…
PlaceNational Women’s Monument
… was put up in 1913 in remembrance of the 26 370 Boer women and children who died in prison camps during the South … monument, is the first in the world…
EventMuhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman to regain his world heavyweight title
… The historic boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic … the greatest sporting events of the 20th century. A…
PlacePioneer's Memorial Synagogue, Raleigh Street, Port Elizabeth
… Memorial Museum is open to the Public between 10am and noon every Sunday, expect when it is a Jewish Holy Day. … the City’s Eastern European Jewish Community…
PlaceCity Hall, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… subsequent pomp of the Georgian era. The Duke of Connaught and Strathern, laid the corner stone on 29 November 1910, and the building was officially opened…
EventRiots erupt in East London, Eastern Cape
… the first volunteers including Nelson Mandela, Yusuf Dadoo and Walter Sisulu defied Apartheid laws in Johannesburg and other major city centres. The period…
EventThe New English Bible is published.
… In 1935, Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press who were the copyright holders of … Bible felt that a modern version of the bible was needed…
EventOmar Badsha, South African photographer, is born
… South African photographer, trade unionist and political activist, Omar Badsha, was born in Durban on 27 … of all the major anti-apartheid campaigns in Natal…
EventEnd of the road for the Union Jack in Africa
… ex-British colony of Rhodesia was declared independent and renamed Zimbabwe. The lowering of the Union Jack and the raising of the new Zimbabwean flag was a…
EventEuropean Community lifts sanctions against SA
… the institution of the Transitional Executive Council and Nelson Mandela's call to the UN General Assembly to lift all sanctions with the exception of oil…
EventThe seven day war in Kwazulu-Natal starts
… Africa caused the death of 200 residents of Vulindlela and Edendale in March 1990. Three thousand homes were looted and burnt and some 30 000 people forced…
EventCelebrated South African photographer, David Goldblatt, receives Hasselblad honours
… David Goldblatt was honoured for his portrayal of social and political life in the country of his birth. David … in photography. He received his prize, a…
EventF.W. de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament
… Former State President and National Party leader Frederik Willem de Klerk delivers … says it is time for South Africans to end sterile debates and divisive…
EventLegal action against election results
… Court to have voting in four rural areas declared null and void and for polling to be repeated in those areas. This followed … Congress (ANC) complaints…
EventArchbishop William Barnett issues a statement condemning Apartheid
… Church joined the growing confrontation between church and state, when the Archbishop of Cape Town, Rev. William … He expressed particular concern over…
EventTwenty Black students are admitted to the Pretoria University
… University College. The branch was established in 1908 and has since developed into a fully functional world class … University. The medium of communication…
EventSupreme Court declares Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta winner of the Kenyan presidential election
… presidential election Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is the fourth and current president of Kenya. Kenyatta defeated Raila Odinga in the hotly contested 2013 Kenyan…
EventSADF commandos bombs the ANC office in Maputo
… National Congress (ANC) office in Maputo, Mozambique and injured 5 people. Captain Wynand Petrus du Toit was caught later and admitted his role in the raid…
EventNigerian author Ben Okri wins the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road
… acclaim after the publishing of his first novel Flowers and Shadows. His novels are usually fantastic stories with a … realism, magical realism, visionary…
EventPope John Paul II begins his tour of Africa.
… in 2005 toured Africa in 1980. The pope spent eleven days and toured five countries, including The DRC, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Ghana and Ivory Coast John Paul…