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The SA government gives limited powers of internal self-government to Damaraland

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The SA government gives limited powers of internal self-government to Damaraland

Nigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom

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Nigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom

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The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold of Belgium

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South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed

Afrikaans author Mikro is born

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Afrikaans author Mikro is born

South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth

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South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth

Inside Robben Island (Part 1) by Thami Mkhwanazi, 14 August 1987

… Prisoners often talked about the early days in the 1960s and early 1970s, when conditions were much harder. But …

The South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid by Keenan Teddy Smith, 27 August 2019

The South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid by Keenan Teddy Smith, 27 August 2019

Sandra Smith is the last woman to be executed in South Africa

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Sandra Smith is the last woman to be executed in South Africa

Wiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament

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Wiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Carter begin a Middle East peace conference at Camp David, Maryland

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Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Carter begin a Middle East peace conference at Camp David, Maryland

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The first museum is opened in Soweto, and is named after Hector Pieterson, one of the first casualties of the 16 June 1976 Soweto uprising.

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The first museum is opened in Soweto, and is named after Hector Pieterson, one of the first casualties of the 16 June 1976 Soweto uprising.

Ivory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office

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Ivory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office

King Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho

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King Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho

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Haile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies

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Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York Stock exchange collapsed sending economic shockwaves throughout the world and throwing the global economy into depression

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Simon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria

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First air flight from London to South Africa

Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW)

Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW)

Azanian Students Organisation (AZASO)

Azanian Students Organisation (AZASO)

Indentured labourers working on a sugar cane field

South Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured

Umkhonto we Sizwe - Structure, Training and Force Levels (1984 to 1994) by Tsepe Motumi , African Defence Review No 18, 1994

Umkhonto we Sizwe - Structure, Training and Force Levels (1984 to 1994) by Tsepe Motumi , African Defence Review No 18, 1994

1973: Neo-apartheid and the Sleeping the Giant by Mbuso Nkosi

Christopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu portrait

Christopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu

Olof Palme and the liberation of Southern Africa by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1988

… of the mobilisation of popular opinion: in the mid-1960s the Vietnam solidarity movement burst out in the …

Adelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years

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Adelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years

PAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released

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PAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released

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The United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa

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Gandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign