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Maps of the Ciskei: 1975 Consolidation proposals showing 1980 van der Walt Commission proposals
Maps showing the proposed dermacations for resettlement areas
A 103-nation conference in Lausanne votes for a complete global ban of the ivory trade.
Simon van der Stel, commander and governor of the Cape, is born in Mauritius.
League of Nations places arms embargo on Italy and lifts ban on Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
Ian Smith of Rhodesia prohibits Black opposition parties. (Wallis gives the year as 1961.)
Ian Smith of Rhodesia prohibits Black opposition parties. (Wallis gives the year as 1961.)
Willem Stephanus van Ryneveld (47), member of the Political Council, dies in Cape Town.
The Rhodesian Appeal Court recognises the legality of Rhodesian Government, headed by Ian Smith.
’Forget About Forgetting about Our Demands’ Say Women Teachers by SPEAK, 1990 – 1994, Johannesburg
General Jan Smuts leaves Cape Town for London to attend the world economic conference.
Jonkheer Gerard Beelaerts van Blokland arrives from the Netherlands in Simonstown as solicitor-general.
Willem Adriaan van der Stel, governor at the Cape, is recalled to the Netherlands.
Jonkheer Gerard Beelaerts van Blokland arrives from the Netherlands in Simonstown as solicitor-general.
Willem Adriaan van der Stel, governor at the Cape, is recalled to the Netherlands.
Jan Gysbert Hugo Bosman (85), composer of the first Afrikaans lieder (art songs), dies.
Sam Shaffishuna Nujoma, first president of Namibia, is born in Ongandjera, South West Africa.
The Van Riebeeck school hostel, built by the Afrikaans community in Kenya, is inaugurated.
Former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith is suspended from Zimbabwe’s parliament for one year.
The African National Congress and the Pan-Africanist Congress is banned in South Africa.
Ian Smith announces that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia.
Britain calls for United Nations sanctions against rebellious Rhodesia, including ban on oil shipments.
Learn with Dawn - you too, countryman can be a freedom fighter: sabotage of railway systems
WW1: Gen. Jan Smuts is appointed commander of the Allied forces in East Africa.
Daniël Hermanus (Dan) Pienaar is appointed to command the First South African Infantry Brigade.
General Johan van der Merwe resigns as Police Commissioner. General George Fivaz succeeds him.
The KWV (Koöperatiewe Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika)is founded in Paarl, Western Cape.
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
On 11 January 1963, African National Congress (ANC) member, Walter Sisulu attended a secret meeting at the house of George Xarile together with F. Van Rensburg…
BiographyStephen Joel Chifunyise
Stephen Joel Chifunyise[i] was born on 21 September 1948 in Nhema, Shurugwi, in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia). He started school…
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
Magasvarie ‘Maggie’ Govender was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), and grew up in Durban Central. When she was eleven years old, due to the Group…
EventThe QwaQwa homeland receives self-government status
… Southern Sotho sub-tribes. The word Qwaqwa hails from the San language meaning ‘whiter than white’ which was in …