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EventOver 400 Kikuyu suspected to be part of the Mau Mau movement are arrested in Kenya
… full autonomy and joining the French community in 1958. In 1960, it emerged as the independent Republic of Mali. A one …
EventSA artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba is born
… he moved from Paris and settled west of the capital but in 1960 moved back and bought a small shop were he also …
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe leads the Congelese Province of Katanga into secession
… Following the independence of Congo in June 1960 from Belgium, MoÁ¯se Kapenda Tshombe led the Congo …
Archive1994 - President Mandela, State Of the Nation Address, 24 May 1994 (After National Elections)
… the wretched and the despised. In the aftermath of the massacre at the anti-pass demonstration in Sharpeville she wrote that: "The child is not dead the…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… Clement Kapuuo, Erwin Tjirimuje, John Garvey Muundjua and Rev Bartholomew Karuaera. Ovamboland People's Organisation … with ‘new symbols, transcending…
Mission Stations - M
… Mswati II who was also known as Mavuso. He invited the Rev Allison to establish a mission station at Mahamba in … one in the south at Mohale's Hoek, under…
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
… all Latin American delegates. Studied medicine. NEW YORK, 1960(?)- In the United States, problem with Immigration …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Debating Socialist Lineages. Convenors Shahid Vawda and Lungisile Ntsebeza
Webinar Programme: Debating Socialist Lineages. Convenors: Shahid Vawda and Lungisile Ntsebeza The Making of the Trotskyist Tradition in South Africa: A…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the 40th anniversary of Inkosi Albert Luthuli`s passing away, 4 November 2007, Thembeni, Ilembe District Municipality, Kwazulu-Natal
… further influenced by an earlier African visionary, the Rev Tiyo Soga, who was a proud African, an advocate of … and spirit of all the communities in the…
Women’s Food Committees in Cape Town during the 1940s
The political importance of women’s food committees in Cape Town during the 1940s has been emphasised by both Cheryl Walker and Tom Lodge. According to Lodge,…
Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson
… 1935 - 1945 Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960 Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past Chapter eight - …
Congo gains its independence from Belgium
… not be ignored, and Belgium took over the region from 1908-1960 with a highly paternal state of governance. [iii] There … “The Congo, Decolonization, and the…
PlaceQuaqua
… speaking Basotho people lived within its borders. By 1960 there were 20 000 residents, which increased to 300 000 …
EventSouth African poet, writer and political activist, Mafika Pascal Gwala is born in Durban.
Mafika Pascal Gwala was born on 5 October 1946 in Verulam, north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. He is the second child of five children of his parents. He…
The Indians of Natal: Resistance to Apartheid, 1971-1985 by Davinder S. Dhillon
ABSTRACT OF THESES This thesis highlights the ebbs and flows of the Indian minority's struggles against the systematic and unjust segregation of mankind…
EventTanzania gains independence
… president of Tanzania. Support for TANU grew, and by 1960, the first elections were planned for Tanganyika. On 9 …
The United Nations adopts resolution 1375 (XIV) on Apartheid
On this day in 1959, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 1375 (XIV) condemning South Africa's Apartheid policies at its 838th plenary…
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… number of civil unrests occurred during this time. By the 1960's, nationalist sentiment had become strong and calls for …
EventLiberation struggle activists, Gwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… political activities. After the banning of the ANC in 1960 under the Unlawful Organisations Act, Gwala became …
Mission Stations - I-L
… buildings attached to the Mission Burder's Row, after the Rev George Burder, Secretary to the Missionary Society. "The … Millen and Hume. The roof was the…
The Detention Weapon
… regulations during the 5 States of Emergency since 1960. From the commencement of the first total State of … over 73 000 detainees (certainly an…
Chapter 12 - Blind alley of guerrillaism
… non-violence," stated Sobukwe at the start of the March 1960 anti-pass campaign." I now wish to direct the same call … 8,500 political prisoners in South…
EventThe first detainees are held under the apartheid regime’s 90-day Law
… Trust (2004). The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1960-1970. Zebra publishers. pg. 357. Vassen, R. (date …
EventSouth African artist, Gerard Sekoto, dies
… reopened for business after the war. Between 1956 and 1960, several of Sekoto's compositions were published by Les …
EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
Jean Van der Poel was a historian and teacher who played an important role in the South African Teachers' Association and undertook several major historical…
EventJohn Thomas Baines, South African painter, traveller and writer, is born
… in South Africa were published in two volumes in the 1960's. Baine's greatest contribution was his ability to …
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… chief of Lesotho, succeeding paramount chief Seeiso from 1960 until Lesotho gained full independence from Britain in …
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… ineffectual Health committee administered Alexandra until 1960 when it was brought under direct Government control. In …
Hendrik Verwoerd’s response to the ‘Winds of Change’ speech
… Made to the South Africa Parliament on 3 February 1960: The tendency in Africa for nations to become …
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 …