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The Impossible Concept: Settler Liberalism, Pan-Africanism and the Language of Non-Racialism by Jon Soske
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Herore Heroes - A Socio- Political History of the Herero of Namibia 1890 - 1923 by Jan-Bart Gewald
ArchiveDocument on the Van Wyk De Vries Commission of Enquiry into Universities compiled by Charles Nupen
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Rhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, issues a Unilateral Declaration of Independence. Britain says the regime is illegal.
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Prof. Johannes Cornelis van Rooy, chairman of the FAK 1941-1951, is born in Steynsburg, Karoo.
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Die Vaderland, first Afrikaans daily newspaper, is published in Johannesburg, with Willem van Heerden as editor.
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Willem van der Berg, novelist and head of the Afrikaans programmes of the SAUK (SABC), dies.
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The new organ in the Groote Kerk in Cape Town, a gift from Jan Hoets, is inaugurated.
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The Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (FAK), institutes its medal of honour for services to the people.
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C.M. van den Heever (Christiaan Maurits), Afrikaans novelist, is born in the concentration camp at Norvalspont.
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SAA inaugurates the first direct weekly flight between Johannesburg and New York, via Rio de Janeiro.
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Jan Stephanus de Villiers, organist and first South African composer of importance, is born in Paarl.
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Gerard Jacob Theodoor Beelaerts van Blokland (54), co-founder of the Nederlandsch Zuid-Afrikaansche Vereeniging, dies.
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Mandela: Man, Legend And Symbol Of Resistance by Alan Cowell (The New York Times), September 5, 1985
ArchiveTo all residents of Soweto, hostels, Reef and Pretoria, we say: remember you are all Blacks
The circular issued by the Soweto Students' Representative Council, in English, Zulu and a translation into Afrikaans, is an appeal to all residents of Soweto…
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The Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (FAK), institutes its medal of honour for services to the people.
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The Dutch Reformed church in Bosman Street, designed by Klaas van Rijsse and Weijers, is consecrated.
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Daniël Petrus van den Heever (65), Cape parliamentarian and champion for Afrikaans, dies in Venterstad, CP.
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Carolus Johannes (Karel) Trichardt (Trechardt), son of Voortrekker leader Louis Trichardt and explorer of Mozambique, Zanzibar
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W. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, Pan-Africanist activist and founder of the NAACP, dies in Accra, Ghana.
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Gen. Daniël (Dan) Pienaar, known for his fighting technique during WW2, is born near Ladybrand, OFS.
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The ‘Volkskongres’ (People’s Congress) of the ‘Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge’ (FAK) meets to deliberate on a race
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The ‘Volkskongres’ (People’s Congress) of the ‘Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge’ (FAK) meets to deliberate on a race
EventBoeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
Two members of the extreme right-wing group, Boeremag, Dirk Hanekom and Henk Van Zyl, were apprehended on a farm in Memel district, Free State. They were taken…
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Nicolaas Jacobus van Warmelo, pioneer minister of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk and staunch Afrikaner patriot, dies.
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The South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded in Windhoek with Sam Nujoma as leader.
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Commissioner Van Overbeek buys the area between Hout Bay and Saldana Bay from the Khoi-Khoi.
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Two people are killed in a bomb explosion in the Wild Coast Sun Casino in the Transkei.
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Private talks (21-22 May) are held between John Vorster and Rhodesian Prime Minister lan Smith.
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