1969 in South Africa

See also: 1968 in South Africa, other events of 1969, 1970 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Contents

1 Events 1.1 April 1.2 June 1.3 Unknown date 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

April

• 25 April - 1 May - The African National Congress holds its first national consultative conference in Morogoro, Tanzania. It is now called the "Morogoro Conference"
  • The Department of Intelligence and Security of the African National Congress is established under Moses Mabhida

June

• 4-10 June - P.W. Botha, Minister of Defence, General Hiemstra, Lieutenant-General J.P. Verster, Chief of the Air Force and Lieutenant-General W.P. Louw, Chief of the Army, visits France.

Unknown date

• Dorothy Nyembe is convicted of defeating the end of justice by harbouring members of Umkhonto we Sizwe and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in Barberton Prison
• South Africa's Atomic Energy Board creates a commission to evaluate the technical and economic aspects of peaceful nuclear explosives for use in mines

Births

• Wessel Johannes Cronje, all-rounder cricketer, is born in Bloemfontein

Deaths

See also: 1969 in South Africa, 10 June, 1968 in South Africa, 1969, 1970 in South Africa, 1 May, 25 April, 4 June, African National Congress, All-rounder