On 14 March, 1994, the Transitional Executive Council (TEC) management committee decided on a new administration for Bophuthatswana. The decision followed a widespread revolt that gripped Bophuthatswana as demonstrators demanded the reincorporation of the nominally independent homeland into the Republic of South Africa and clashed with the police. South African troops in armoured vehicles were sent into the capital of Mmabatho after around 50 people were killed and scores were injured during violent clashes in the homeland. Mangope was removed from office by South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha and TEC member Mac Maharaj. Chief Lucas Mangope was overthrown as leader of Bophuthatswana and Dr. Tjaart van der Walt was appointed as the territory's new administrator.

On 19 February 1962, the first part of the South African Press Commission's first report was tabled in parliament by the Minister of the Interior, de Klerk. The report, which had taken eleven years of planning, was made up of two volumes totalling 700 pages, with nineteen annexures running to 1,566 pages. The report strongly recommended that the South African Press association (SAPA) gives more coverage to the Afrikaans-language press. The move came two years after the country declared itself a Republic and disassociated itself from the Commonwealth of Nations. In 1964, The New York Times reported that the South African Press Commission raised a storm in Parliament when it presented a 4,262-page report condemning foreign press and proposing controls over news leaving the country.

African National Congress (ANC) leaders, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe went from house to house in Orlando, Soweto near Johannesburg rallying support amongst community members against the government's Bantu Urban Councils Act. The Bantu Urban Councils Act, Act No 79 of 1961 created black councils in urban areas that were linked to authorities in the homelands. The secret activity by Sisulu and Nokwe was conducted at a very difficult time in the history of the ANC as it was banned along with other liberation movements like Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and others. These liberation movements, banned under the Unlawful Organisations Act in April 1960, were forced to conduct their political activities underground.

Richard John Maponya was born in Lenyenye in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). The founder and first president of the National Federated Chamber of Commerce (NAFCOC), Maponya is also a trustee of the Urban Foundation and the SA Foundation. Maponya studied teaching, but worked as an administration clerk instead after he qualified. He ventured into business, first by opening small grocery shops in Soweto with his wife. He then went on to bigger ventures such as setting up a funeral parlour, bus services, motor dealerships, a BMW franchise and petrol stations. His biggest project to date is the joint venture with property group Zenprop in the construction of a shopping mall in Soweto, the Maponya Mall. It is one of the biggest in South Africa and was opened in September 2007.

The remains of Avhatakali Netshusaulu, accountant and son of the former City Press editor Mathata Tsedu, were found in the boot of his car after he had been burnt alive in a bush in Honeydew. An expert testified in court that the deceased had high levels of carbon monoxide in his blood which proves that he had been alive when he was burnt. It later came to light that Netshisaulu's widow Mulalo Sivhidzo had hired two men, Ntambudzeni Matzhenene and Arnold Sello, to kidnap and murder her husband. In a trial that lasted two years, Sivhidzo and her two co-accused were found guilty of kidnapping, robbery and murder. It was revealed in court that the killers had followed Netshisaulu, forced him off the road, attacked and bundled him in the boot of his car and setting him alight. It was suspected that her motive might have been financial gain and her alleged mental disorders were thought to have played a role as well.

The Groote Kerk is the oldest Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa. It is located at Church Square in Adderly Street, Cape Town. Its architecture boasts a peculiar combination of Greek and Gothic styles. The building was designed by Hermann Schutte and was inaugurated on 31 January 1841. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 28 September 1962. Beside the church’s great architecture, the other attraction that it possesses is its pulpit. Sculptor Anton Areith made the extraordinary pulpit, which rests on a pedestal of lions and adds to the great architectural features of the building. The pulpit was officially inaugurated in 1789.

On 27 October 1917, Oliver Tambo, who would become African National Congress (ANC) President, was born at Bizana, Transkei (now known as Eastern Cape). During the 1940s, he enrolled at the University of Fort Hare where he became active in politics. Tambo was among those who led the student boycott at Fort Hare, calling for the formation of a democratically elected Student's Representative Council (SRC). Subsequently, he was deregistered from the institution and could not complete his Bachelor of Science honours degree. The son of Nzimeni and Julia, Tambo dedicated his entire life to the ANC and the struggle for liberation. It was Tambo who played a tremendous role in shaping Thabo Mbeki's political career and played a fatherly role in exile. During the formation of the ANC Youth League in 1944, Tambo became the first Secretary General. He became the acting President of the ANC after the death of ANC president Chief Albert Luthuli in 1967 and was elected President in 1969 after the Morogoro Conference. In the early hours of 23 April 1993, Tambo suffered a massive and fatal stroke. He was honoured with a state funeral.

On 29 June 1961, during its plenary conference in Geneva, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) adopted a resolution condemning the racial policies of the South African government and calling for South Africa's withdrawal from the ILO, by 163 votes to nil, with 29 abstentions. The ILO is the international organization responsible for drawing up and overseeing international labour standards. It is the only 'tripartite' United Nations agency that brings together representatives of governments, employers and workers to jointly shape policies and programmes promoting Decent Work for all. References: Anon, (n.d.), 'About the ILO,'from International Labour Organisation, [online] Available at www.ilo.org, [Accessed 26 May 2011]

On 3 June 1954, a mining engineer at the Erfdeel farm in the Orange Free State pulled up a drill-core laden with ore from nearly 6,000-feet. The Essayists revealed that, based on the test, the gold ore under Erfdeel farm might be worth as much as $18,000 a ton. The discovery was declared the richest strike in South Africa's history. According to reports, no shares soared as rapidly as those of Free State Gold Areas, Ltd., the company which owned options on the 4,200-acre Erfdeel farm. A couple of days following the Erfdeel test, the South African Press Association (SAPA) flashed more exhilarating news. A test bore on another farm located close to Erfdeel had reportedly proved even richer. Within an hour the SAPA revealed, via a bulletin, that the news was not true. Subsequent to that, government police started an investigation of the report and moved in on Promoter Milne's fabulous borehole. Under their supreme watch, Milne drilled another "deflection" test, a boring near the bottom of the shaft, within a few inches of where the first magnificent strike had been made. The test ore was turned over to the government's assayers. Their report claimed that the ore indicated a yield of 2 oz. of gold per ton of ore.

Athletics South Africa (ASA) announced that South Africa's former Olympic 800m silver medallist Hezekiel Sepeng was banned on 11 May 2005 from all competition for two years, following a drug test on 21 February of that year. According to ASA the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) has ruled that there were no exceptional circumstances in Sepeng's case and that he has to be suspended in accordance with the rules. Sepeng has accepted his two-year suspension, though he still maintained that he was not guilty, saying a lot of things went wrong on World Anti-Doping Agency's (Wada's) side. Sepeng was reinstated on 15 May 2007 for all athletics competitions with immediate effect.