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Max, a 180 kg gorilla, is shot in his neck and shoulder by a robber who got into his cage.
The Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement is transformed into the multi-racial Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) at a special
Archaeologist Muhannam Zakaria Goneim and his team finally break through into the sarcophagus chamber of Sakhemkhet’s step pyra
With a border dispute escalating into bombing raids, hundreds of foreigners scramble out of Eritrea, fearing war with Ethiopia.
In Abuja, a senator announces that Nigeria’s Senate has launched an investigation into allegations that several people were kil
The South African Coloured Persons’ Council Bill is introduced into Parliament. A government memorandum released on the same da
The inquest into Dr. Aggett’s death begins. It is immediately adjourned for six weeks, to allow further investigation.
Justice D.H. Botha, the Commissioner appointed to inquire into the activities of secret societies the Broederbond, the Freemaso
EventSADF takes over security of Northern Natal from the SAP to prevent infiltration into SA by Liberation Movements
The deteriorating state of security that marked the eighties convinced the Apartheid government that a revision of its approach to infiltration by the…
The first branch of the Suid-Afrikaanse Vrouefederasie (SAVF), a women’s welfare and cultural organisation which comes into bei
A Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain near Kokstad, Transkei, causing the first serious air-line crash i
A commission of inquiry into malpractices in South African prisons is ordered by the Minister of Justice, following disturbance
Tony Blair flies into the Mozambique capital, Maputo, warning fellow world leaders there could be "no back-sliding" a
Mr Guata Lawrence Lefuo, a teacher in Botshabelo, successfully challenges the validity of the area’s incorporation into Qua-Qua
General Louis Botha announces the South African government’s decision to carry the war into German South West Africa.
A week after sweeping into the city, President Laurent Kabila bans political activity and demonstrations in Kinshasa, the DRC c
A referendum in the Cameroons approves the country’s change from a federation into a unitary state, the United Republic of Came
The bill establishing five universities for Blacks, releasing their association with the University of South Africa comes into
The bill establishing five universities for Blacks, releasing their association with the University of South Africa comes into
An estimated 250,000 Rwandans fleeing the fighting cross the border into neighbouring Tanzania in one day alone.
Martin West, lieutenant-governor of Natal, appoints a location commission to investigate into the problems caused by about 100
The ANC suspends national assembly chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing into sexual harassm
President Swart appoints a one-man commission, Mr Justice J.H. Snyman, to inquire into the riots in Paarl, CP.
As result of investigations into the Port Elizabeth explosions, Security Police arrest and charge Robert H. Strachan with causi
TRC Report on three Umkhonto we Sizwe members who stormed into the Silverton branch of Volkskas bank (Video)
The Margo Commission of Inquiry into the death of President Samora Machel has its first hearing in Johannesburg.
Guerrillas advance into Ugandan capital of Kampala as army opposition crumbles, pushing military government to edge of collapse
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 21 September, Volume 9 and Volume 10
Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Sophie Topsie Tema and Sam Nzima, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South…
A preliminary survey into the housing and education of our fellow South Africans of the Coloured community report presented at National Conference 1973
A Preliminary Survey into the Housing and Education of Our Fellow South Africans of the Coloured Community Report presented at National Conference on 18…
EventThe Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by Justice M.T. Steyn
More recent initiatives by the post 1994 SA government to establish a media tribunal have been condemned as an attempt to introduce 'apartheid style draconian…