20 December 1988
South African President P.W. Botha fires the government's only Indian Cabinet Minister, Amichand Rajbansi, with effect from 1 January 1989. He also removes him from the leadership of the Indian House of Parliament, and the Indian "mini- cabinet", as well as Minister of Housing for Indians.
References
SAHO Amichand Rajbansi [online] Available at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 3 December 2013]|Durban Amichand Rajbansi [online] Available at: www1.durban.gov.za [Accessed on 3 december 2013]