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EventTafari Makonnen proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
… or Haile Selassie, as he was later known, was born the son of Ras Makonnen Wolde Michael, the Governor of the region of Harrar. He is credited for…
EventSouth Africa and Mozambique sign a non-aggression pact
… and Prime Minister PW Botha of South Africa signed the Nkomati Accord, a non-aggression, and good-neighbourliness pact, on the border between the two…
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
… Motaung, were sentenced to death for separate attacks at the Moroka and Orlando Police stations in Soweto and the Wonderboom Police station in Pretoria in…
EventSWAPO attacks SAP
… The South African Police Force (SAP) stationed in the Caprivi Strip, bordering Zambia, suffered casualties in … Organisation (SWAPO) guerrillas staged a…
EventPeter Lindenberg, South Africa’s powerboat champion
… Peter Lindeberg won the European Barefoot Water-Skiing title in 1977.[i] Peter … powerboat racing title, as well as set a world record in the ramp jump in…
EventDr Ernst Gideon Malherbe, SA educationist, is born in Luckhoff, OFS.
… was born on 8 November 1895 at Luckhoff. He studied at the Stellenbosch University and the University of Columbia and was a founding member of the National…
EventMinister of Bantu Administration and Development, MC Botha announces that he will not stand for re-election.
… and will resign as Minister in November 1977. At the time Botha was at the centre of the land dispute between the apartheid government and the … 27 September…
EventTunisia gains independence from France
… from France after two years of negotiations between the French and the Neo-Destour (“New Constitution”) party, which was backed by the trade unions. Tunisia,…
EventHarry Gwala is awarded Isitwalandwe/Seaparakoe
… On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the African National Congress (ANC) on 8 January 1992, Harry Gwala was awarded the Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe, the…
EventSifiso Nkabinde is shot dead by assassins
… Sifiso Nkabinde, former Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Natal Midlands and at the time of his death secretary-general of the…
EventZulu army returns to Nongoma
… The Zulu army ordered to arm by Col. Bottomley to assist the British during the Anglo-Boer War, marched back to Nongoma. Two Zulus were … Cloete, P.G. (2000)…
EventSt. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving
… The British Secretary for War, St. John Broderick, told the House of Commons that every effort was made to improve conditions in concentration camps in South…
ArchiveMy Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… must hold fear for our leaders. They must feel always that the people are with them. And the people for their part must nurture and cherish their leaders…
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… When the system of apartheid was implemented in South Africa in … in all aspects of South African society. Apart from the legislation implemented to ensure…
EventMK hero cadre Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu is executed
… Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu was executed by the Apartheid regime for being part of an abortive attempt by … (ANC) members to smuggle weapons and…
EventUS Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
… South Africa had seized the German territory (then known as South-West Africa) during World War I and retained it after the war under a League of Nations…
EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
… of imprisoned ANC leader, Nelson Mandela, was banished to the dusty Afrikaner dominated town of Brandfort in the Free State where she was unceremoniously…
EventIan Smith of Rhodesia and Henry Kissinger meet in Pretoria
… Rhodesia. South African Prime Minister B.J. Vorster joined the final stages of the talks. Towards the end of 1974, Vorster, backed by President Kenneth…
EventMuziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief is found dead
… chief, was found dead in his car parked near the Botanical Gardens in Pretoria, with a bullet wound to the head. Mdluli is rumoured to have told his lover,…
EventJoyce Barker, SA soprano, is born in Mooi River, Natal.
… On 6 June 1931 Joyce Barker was born at Mooi River in the Natal Midlands. At the age of nineteen she started training under Daisy Holmes … in Durban. Barker…
EventCriminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commences
… On 4 March 1953, the Criminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commenced. This act made … by a three-year gaol (prison) sentence, and prohibited the offer or…
EventDeath sentence for Rapists
… were sentenced in Klerksdorp to be hanged to death for the rape of a Black woman, Ginny Gotsoine in February 1985. Two other White men in the same case were…
PlaceFort Beaufort
… Initially the division of Fort Beaufort fell under the district of Albany, and was proclaimed a separate … on 8 March 1848. At that stage its area also…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
… Nelson Mandela's name resonates with the struggle for independence and social, economic, political and institutional rights of Black people. The…
EventHastings Banda, former president of Malawi, is born.
… Hasting Kamuzu Banda was the leader of Nyasaland which became Malawi in in 1964, with … president. Banda was born in Kasungu and went to study in the US and…
EventSophiatown residents are forcefully moved to Soweto
… It was in the early hours on 9 February 1955 when around 2 000 … armed with guns, knobkerries and rifles, forcefully moved the families of Sophiatown to…
EventDarrell Roodt was born on this day
… Darrell Roodt was born in Johannesburg. Growing up during the height of Apartheid South Africa, he always used the art of film to condemn the racially…
Establishment of Food Committee
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , the South African economy was very weak.Unemployment and food … Muthien “Chapter 6: Forms of Protest…
PlaceMandela House
… The Mandela House Museum in Soweto is housed in what was once the home of Nelson Mandela , the World's most famous political prisoner and South Africa's ……
EventBlacks are making bonfires of their “passes” in Johannesburg
… of their reference books in Johannesburg. Their action was the latest gesture of defiance against the pass laws. During the weekend, the suspension of pass…