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EventChad gains its independence
… autonomous independence was declared for Chad by 11 August 1960 with Francois N'Garta Tombalbaye being elected as …
The Final Prize: My Life in the anti-apartheid struggle by Norman Levy
… on charges of Treason in 1956, detention without trial in 1960, culminating in imprisonment alongside Bram Fischer in …
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
… of emergency after the banning of the organization in 1960. He soon became a leading figure within the …
EventConnie Mulder announces banning off WCC officials from SA
The Minister of the Interior, Connie Mulder, announces that senior officials of the World Council of Churches (WCC) have been banned from South Africa. Entry…
EventBartholomew Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea
… Bartolomeu Dias drowned at sea along with the crew. In 1960, a statue of Dias was unveiled in Cape Town. * Note: The …
EventDemonstrating Clergymen are arrested in central Johannesburg
Fifty-three churchmen were arrested while demonstrating in central Johannesburg against the detention of a fellow clergyman who had supported the school…
EventDouglas Portway, European-based South African artist, is born in Johannesburg
Douglas Portway was born in Johannesburg in 1922. He studied fine art at the Witwatersran Technical College and later taught at the University of Johannesburg…
Chapter 3 - THE MOROGORO AFTERMATH
… the Party, and this was to be the case until the Maseru massacre of December 1982. Finally, because of his seniority …
Chapter 21. Civil War in the Factories - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… and that they must join him at the consistory of the Rev. Boneschans at 5.30 p.m. today, when the whole matter … minister of one of the Dutch Reformed…
ArticleAbstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes Conference
Following is a list of abstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes - Celebrating 50 Years Conference. “White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”:…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… A.J.Coetzee (1974), Walter Saunders (1973), D.V. Cowden (1960), Alex Hepple (1960), Gerald Sperling and Jamed McKenzie (1990), JCW van …
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… is these developments that led to the Pondoland Revolt in 1960. Conclusion The role of chiefs in the implementation of …
A tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others who fought apartheid sport by E.S. Reddy
… Championship (after winning the Dutch Open in 1959 and 1960). He was not allowed inside the clubhouse where whites … Federation toured South Africa, soon…
Helen Zille and the myth of the White Saviour by Panashe Chigumadzi, (Sunday Times), 19 March 2017
… of example, he examines the words of the missionary the Rev Dr John Phillip, arguably the "father of liberalism in …
Document 42 - “Boycott the Dummy Elections: 2 000 Demonstrate AT Mass Rally”, The Torch , National Edition, 1 April 1958
… is with the people in the struggle. HEILIGE BELOFTE The Rev. Dan M. Wessels, coming straight from his duties in …
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, April 1964
… four years in the Treason Trial, those arrested during the 1960 State of Emergency; all this and more speaks of a … the machine guns and rifles which left…
PlaceEzakheni Township of Ladysmith
… but this occurred only after Zakheni was established. In 1960, the local Health Commission was in charge of Roosboom, …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… but neither is elected to the NRC. The ANC’s candidates of Rev. John Dube , A.W.G. Champion and Professor Z.K. Matthews …
PlaceMauritania
… of the 20th Century and became Independent on November 28, 1960. By the terms of the constitution, Islam is the official …
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
Interview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi who was an activist in the black consciousness movement and later in the Azanian People's Organization and the trade…
PlaceStaats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 April 1960. … a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 April 1960. Sytze Wierda was born in the…
EventThe Rivonia Trialists are charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the state
… Congress (PAC) and other liberation movements in April 1960. …
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
The South African prime minister, Dr H.F. Verwoerd, announced in a statement before the Supreme Court in Cape Town, that Dr. Kenneth Abrahams would be returned…
EventGeraldine Fraser is born
… Geraldine Fraser was born on 24 August 1960, in Lansdowne, Cape Town, the daughter of a teacher and …
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… On 18 February 1960, South African Police (SAP) detectives continue to give … Anon, (1960), 'Treason trial: More Police Evidence' from The Star …
EventMadagascar adopts its second constitution
… was proclaimed and full independence was granted in 1960 under President Philibert Tsiranana. The first …
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… the white government until the organization was banned in 1960. ″It was only then, when all other forms of resistance …
EventMazizi Maqekeza, ANC member, is shot dead whilst in hospital in Maseru, Lesotho
… 15 March 2010] The State Outside South Africa between 1960 and 1990,[ online ], Available, at: stanford.edu …
EventThe Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
The Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) was the underground military wing of the Pan African Congress (PAC). APLA was formed in the 1960s, after the…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… Rusty Bernstein first moots the idea for the magazine. 1960 The ANC and Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) are banned and … support. They present reports on South…