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EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo Ya Toivo. The party was originally …
EventANC leader, James Arthur Calata, dies
… work, although not without government harassment. In 1960, Calata was given a six months suspended sentence under …
EventBarclays Bank changes its name to First National Bank
After protests against Barclays Bank's involvement in South Africa and its apartheid government, Barclays Bank (SA) announced its new name - First National…
EventNelson Mandela announces his separation from his wife, Winnie Mandela.
… had two daughters, Zenani born in 1959 and Zindzi born in 1960. In 1962, Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life …
A Place of Freedom
Phoenix represented an island of freedom in a society that moved from informal segregation in the early years of the twentieth century to full-blown apartheid…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… and took place on the eve of the anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre. No one was injured. In April, together with Walter …
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
Early History Few Southern African indigenous groups have so captured the interest of the world as have the South amaNdebele of the central highveld, an area…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… very handsome young men, and all the women wanted us'. Rev. James Calata tours the union in the hope that dormant …
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… in Johannesburg. Addresses given by Margaret Ballinger, Rev W. A. Palmer, Adv. B. L. S. Franklin and Julius Lewin. …
ArticleThe Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
… incarceration of fellow activists; Mr Nazeem Pahad(TIC), Rev Frank Chikane, Mr Mohammed Valli, Mr Cassim Saloojee. …
EventTanganyika formally ends all trade ties with South Africa
Tanganyika (now known as Tanzania) formally ended all direct and indirect trade relations with South Africa. Tanganyika became one of the first countries in…
EventMass arrests in Pondoland
… during the recent disturbances from November to December 1960 in Pondoland , with 2 067 eventually brought to trial. … SAHO, General South African History…
EventBlacks are making bonfires of their “passes” in Johannesburg
… On 28 March 1960, Natives began making bonfires of their reference books … Anon, (1960), ‘Passes go up on flames,’ from The Star , 28 March, … 1.|Anon, (n.d…
EventDeputy Minister of Interior Affairs, P.W. Botha, introduces the Republican Referendum Bill to Parliament
… On 11 March 1960, for the first time in the history of South Africa, the … Anon, (1960), 'One question Only for Vote on Republic,' from The Star, 11 March…
EventPaul Adams becomes SA’s youngest Test Cricket player
South African cricket player, Paul "Gogga" Adams, became South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, when he featured in his first test debut at the age of 18…
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe refuses to end the Katanga secession
… into secession following the independence of Congo in June 1960 from Belgium. In his announcement on Katanga's secession …
EventFormer National Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, is born
Zweledinga Pallo Jordan, who became the National Minister of Arts and Culture under President Thabo Mbeki’s administration, was born in B Location, Kroonstad,…
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
A major retrospective exhibition of Omar Badsha’s drawings, woodcuts and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His drawings are being shown for the…
EventThe World Health Organisation (WHO) declares Aids a worldwide epidemic
… believed that the disease first emerged as far back as the 1960’s. On 13 September 1985, the World Health Organisation …
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… banned under the Unlawful Organisations Act in April 1960, were forced to conduct their political activities …
EventLéopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.
… for independence. When Senegal gained independence in 1960, Senghor became the country’s first democratically …
ArticleLearning about history through people: oral history
… meeting place for the youngsters. Wedding in District 6: 1960 The rest of Saturday afternoons was for watching or … in our Halls or bioscopes in D6. Wedding…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… in Land and Franchise Policies Affecting Africans, 1910-1960 (Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1962). The … not reinstated. A Methodist minister…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… Ahmed Kathrada and Ruth First were also there. 1960 30 March, Walter Sisulu was detained during a post-Sharpeville state of emergency. 8 April, Both the PAC…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… in 1957, Johannesburg in 1958 and Natal in 1959. In 1960, as will be seen, FSAW's plans were abruptly halted in the wake of the Sharpeville unrest when the…
EventInternational Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting
… goods were boycotted by some western countries and in 1960 African countries called for sanctions against the …
EventPatrice Emery Lumumba, first Prime Minister of an independent Congo, is born
… Lumumba helped win Congo’s independence from Belgium in 1960. He was elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the …
EventFidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
… only communist state in the Western Hemisphere. On 7 May 1960 Castro re-established formal diplomatic ties with the …
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
… 1995, investigated what happened under apartheid between 1960 and 1994. The conflict during this period resulted in …
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
South African novelist, Andre Phillipus Brink was born on 29 May 1935. Brink obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature at the University of…