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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 …
A tribute to international solidarity support for Southern Africa
… Chief Hosea Kutako, fellow compatriots of the time and Rev Michael Scott petitioned the United Nations. This marked …
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… Union Parliament, 1946 Protest and emerging defiance, 1947-1960 Introduction 65. Letter from the Natal Indian Congress … of the People, June 1955 74. The…
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'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 …
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… of use on a mass scale. Partial SOEs have been declared in 1960 and 1985 and National SOEs declared in 1986,1987,1988 … been widely practiced by the…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
… of the Transvaal Indian Congress, P.K. Desai, M.M. Mid, Rev. B. Sigamoney, K. Naransamy, Advocate Minty, I …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 European Societies
Important events and systems in European Societies during the 1600’s Robb Schultz, “Europe leading into the 17th century (1600’s)”Image Source The…
PlaceCurries Fountain Sports Development Centre
… vibrant stadium in the struggle days, particularly in the 1960’s and 1970’s, influenced the interaction of Black people …
PlaceCote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
… 1904, Ivory Coast became part of French West Africa until 1960 when the country regained independence from France. … 7 August 1960, Ivory Coast gains…
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
The history of broadcasting in South Africa can be traced back to 1923, when the first wireless broadcast was made in Johannesburg. By April 1927, an hour of…
Event90-Days Act comences
… unlawful those organisations existing since 7 April 1960, and enables authorities to align Umkhonto We Sizwe with …
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
The agreement was the culmination of months of intense diplomatic efforts brokered by the United States. South African President P.W. Botha proclaimed, "A new…
EventKaunda calls for Thatcher’s exclusion from talks on South African sanctions
In protest of the system of apartheid, economic sanctions against South Africa had been advocated from the 1960s onwards. However, it was only in the 1980s…
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
… the AAM in April 1981 (check date) following the death of Ambrose Reeves. He was still based in Mauritius, as … community, he had gone into exile with Oliver…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… were primitive. [7] In the earlier apartheid period, c. 1960, ‘Bantu’ replaced the word 'Native' in official …
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
The Black Consciousness philosophy gained most of its support in the secondary schools and universities. The role played by the Black Consciousness Movement …
PlaceBonteheuwel
… situated North of Cape Town. It was created in the 1960's as a "Dumping Site" for coloured people, who had been … situated North of Cape Town. It was created…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… 13 November, The Anglican Bishop of Lesotho, the Rev. Desmond Tutu announces that he is giving up his current … of violence occur on the anniversary of the…
No Arms for South Africa: Albert Luthuli, 8 May 1963
… havoc which may be wreaked on South Africa, havoc of which Sharpeville was the merest minor portent, by the most deadly … South Africa Parliament, a Cabinet…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 4 - Some Reflections on Early African and South African History by Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi
… Harold Macmillan, when he visited South Africa in February 1960. He was speaking to the Houses of Parliament in Cape … textbooks used in African schools and…
A celebration of 70 years of ‘African Claims’ - ANC by Zizi Kodwa, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… Member A.N.C., Additional District Surgeon, Middledrift. Rev. James Calata, Priest, Secretary-General, African … O.F.S. African National Congress, Deputy…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… African Convention (AAC) are Dr. John Langalibalele Dube, Rev. Z. R. Mahabane, Dr. Alfred Bitini (A. B.) Xuma and Dr. …
Soweto forty years on: The Black student rebellion of 1976 by Professor Noor Nieftagodien
June 18, 2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Amandla! Magazine — A defining feature of the 1976 uprising was the decisive…
Conservative Revolutionaries - Anti-Apartheid Activism at the University of Cape Town 1963-1973 by Robert Erbmann, Oxford University, 2005
… either in the shops or university libraries. 13 From 1960 onwards, there were also attempts made to re-orientate … the state. The only significant…
EventNigerian Federal troops begin a major offensive in Biafra.
… into its independence which it gained from Britain in 1960. At the time of the civil war the official population of …
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda's former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
… Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in 1960. Obote became Uganda's Prime Minister after independence …
Chapter 3 - Historical Lesotho
… the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 By December …