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EventSouth African Springbok rugby tour in UK is disrupted by anti-apartheid demonstration.
… tour. An article written in The Spectator called attention to the fact that Great Britain competes with many other …
EventAhmed Ben Bella, former president of Algeria, is released after fourteen years in prison
… was elected president in 1963. Bella‘s popularity began to decline after his presidency, following his eccentric and …
EventDjibouti, France’s last colony, gains independence
… France’s colonies in Africa. The country changed its name to Djibouti, after its biggest city, and it became known as … History Djibouti Timeline -- Part 1:…
EventA list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette
… Ronald Segal, and Benjamin Turok. Patrick Duncan, linked to the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) was also named. At the …
EventSouth African black activist and poet Benjamin Moloise is hanged for allegedly killing a police officer
… against the execution, but the government still decided to go ahead with it. The execution aroused so much anger in …
EventThe New English Bible is published.
… the bible was needed and investigations began. Proceedings to compile the Revised English Version only began in the …
EventInaugural Conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… in exile re-established the organisation and used it to mobilising international solidarity action against the …
EventThe Joint Declaration of Cooperation ("Three Doctors’ Pact") is signed
… segregationist policies. This agreement was a forerunner to the Congress of the People, which drafted the Freedom …
EventThe League of Nations officially dissolves
… America (USA), was weakened by the failure of that country to join. The organisation ceased its operation during World …
EventOmar Badsha, South African photographer, is born
… campaigns in Natal and the Western Cape for close to 38 years, during which time he was detained and harassed …
EventSA artist, Daniel Sefundi Rakgoathe is born
… in the then Transvaal province. Rakgoathe went on to be the first full-time student in the fine arts section at …
EventANC attacks Koeberg nuclear power station
… plant, at the time Africa's only nuclear reactor plant to dispel allegations that the ANC and MK existed only in … A Chronology of Key Political Events from…
EventSA signs Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
… Australia. CCAMLR entered into force in 1982 in order to regulate exploitation of marine living resources in the … a chronology of key political events from…
EventEnd of the road for the Union Jack in Africa
… for reconciliation between Blacks and Whites and agreed to be part of the Commonwealth countries in the process. …
EventSeparate Representation of Voters Amendment Act No 50 of 1968 is enacted
… and twenty nominated members. It had legislative powers to make laws affecting people socially constructed as …
EventConstant Viljoen announces his resignation from AVF
… with the FA on 14 March 1994, Viljoen led his party the FF to take part in the historic first democratic elections in …
EventTripartite Alliance plans mass action
… in the negotiations. The mass action commenced on 3 rd to 5 th August with about 4 million workers staying away from …
EventPAC attends Patriotic Front Conference
… the Pan African Congress of Azania (PAC) acceded to meet with the ANC and other liberation movements including …
EventThe seven day war in Kwazulu-Natal starts
… homes were looted and burnt and some 30 000 people forced to flee the area. The Inkatha Freedom Party, allegedly with …
EventLand beyond the Great Berg River is annexed
… River, at the foot of the Cedarberg Range, was annexed to the new district of Tulbagh, proclaimed in 1804. At the …
EventJan van Riebeeck, Dutch colonial administrator and first commander of the colony at the Cape of Good Hope, is born
… at the southern tip of Africa on 6 April 1652 in order to create a settlement for the DEIC. His arrival therefore …
EventSouth African President Thabo Mbeki hails Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history by becoming Africa’s first elected woman president in post-war elections
… task of reviving Liberian economy, which has been brought to its knees by fourteen years of civil war. …
EventUN approves embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea
… review compliance with the embargo after twelve months to decide whether it should be extended. References: …
EventErnie Els wins the Nedbank Golf Tournament
… top five of the official World Golf Rankings and went on to win the cup twice, in 2000 and 2002. …
EventFerdi Barnard is found guilty of killing Webster
… two of attempted murder and various charges relating to fraudulent transactions and the illegal possession of … Davie L. (2009) David Webster to be honoured…
EventCol Eugene de Kock testifies in Court
… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. …
EventThe inauguration of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is celebrated
… principal. Building began at Milner Park on a site donated to the University by the Johannesburg municipality. …
EventSeretse Khama is born
… obscure protectorate inherited from Britain to an increasingly democratic and prosperous country with a …
EventWorld’s largest diamond at the time, the Cullinan, is found in South Africa
… single diamond ever found. The diamond was given as a gift to King Edward VII and now forms part of the British crown …
EventDr. Jan Bouws, Dutch composer, is born
… years in Amsterdam, Bouws developed a simple system to teach piano called “Het eertse Pianoboek, 12 Liedjes voor …