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Joint routine exercises are held between the British Royal Navy and the South African Navy, under the Simonstown Agreement, and
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Eli Weinberg, trade unionist and photographer, co-founder of i.a. The African Garment Workers’ Union in Cape Town, jailed and
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Josef Johannes (Jopie) Fourie, scout and dispatch rider during the Anglo-Boer War 2, and rebel leader during the 1914 Rebellion
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Confrontation between South Africa and Transkei over the deportation and return to Transkei of squatters from the Cape Town are
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Dr Frans Geldenhuys, first editor of ‘Die Landbouweekblad’ and first head of the SA department of agricultural economics and ma
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Sir Donald Currie, ship magnate and donor of the Currie Cups for rugby and cricket, is born in Greenock, Scotland.
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The ANC presents to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission a detailed 300-page analysis of the ANC’s human rights record and s
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Minister of Safety and Security, Sydney Mufamadi, visits violence-torn KwaZulu/Natal. He states that 1000 extra troops and poli
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Two oil tankers collide on sea near Stilbaai. The Texanita explodes and sinks and the Oswego Guardian is severely damaged.
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Dr Bertha Stoneman, SA botanist and educationist and appointed principal of the Huguenot University College in 1916, is born in
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Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.
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Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.
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Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Representatives of the ZAR and the Free State governments meet in Nelspruit and decide to allow President K
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J.F. (Tom) Naudé (80), member of cabinet and acting SA state president in 1967 and 1968, dies in Cape Town.
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World Book and Copyright Day. By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank meet in Washington, DC with finance ministers and central bankers from
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A two day conference on violence and intimidations starts in Pretoria. The ANC, AZAPO, PAC, COSATU and South African Council of
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The Security Intelligence and State Security Council Bill is adopted, defining the functions and duties of the Bureau of State
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The NP accuses the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of bias and announces it will no longer co-operate with it.
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WWII:Operation ‘Brevity’. British forces regain Halfaya Pass and capture the towns of Sollum and Capuzzo on the Egypt–Libya b
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James Sofasonke (meaning ‘We shall all die’) Mpanza, politician and founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for better ho
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Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews, SA academic, ANC politician and Botswana’s first ambassador to the USA and envoy to the UN, die
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Talks (10 -12 May) start in Cape Town between Swaziland and South Africa concerning trade and regional security. South Africa i
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South Africa, Cuba, Angola and the United States announce they are to attend a settlement conference on Angola and Namibia in B
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Mandela starts his visit (8-13 April) to Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and UAE to promote trade and cultural links, accompanied
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F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela hold an emergency meeting with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Zul
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses amnesty to Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Walus, the assassins of SA Communist Pa
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Rampaging troops kill Rwanda’s acting premier and eleven Belgian UN soldiers and civil war erupts in Rwanda, a day after a myst
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