MONDAY MAY 6TH IN AFRICAN HISTORY 🌍✍️

May 6th holds significance for a few events in African history:

1915 – John Chilembwe, a Malawian pastor and freedom fighter, led an uprising against British colonial rule in Nyasaland (now Malawi).

1994 – South Africa holds its first multiracial democratic elections, marking the end of apartheid and the beginning of a new era of equality and reconciliation.

2013 – Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in three northeastern states due to growing insecurity and terrorist activities by Boko Haram.

1902: Zulu warriors launched an assault on British forces at Holkrantz, South Africa during the Second Boer War.

1980: South African anti-apartheid activist Thozamile Botha defied a banning order by the National Party regime.

1989: The foundation stone of the Raadsaal building, which houses the South African parliament, was laid by President Paul Kruger in Pretoria.

1990: P.W. Botha, the then-State President of South Africa, resigned from the National Party, a pivotal moment leading to the end of apartheid.

These are just a few notable events that occurred on May 6th in African history.

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