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… News Report and Resolution of the Conference of Chiefs and Leaders in the Cape Province Convened by the Government, …

… Anglo-Boer War 2: ‘Long Cecil’, the gun designed and manufactured by G.F. Labram and used by the British during the siege, is t …

… Rosalie van der Gught, theatre director, actor and head of the Speech and Drama Department at the University of Cape Town (UCT) …

… Rosalie van der Gught, theatre director, actor and head of the Speech and Drama Department at the University of Cape Town (UCT) …

… South African township of Sebokeng, 48 hours after police and troops swamped the area and made hun …

… Anglo-Boer War 2: The war between the British Empire and the two Boer republics, the Transvaal and Orange Free State, breaks ou …

… The Khoi and San National Language Body is officially launched in Upington, Northern Cape. Its aim is to promote and develop th …

… The Khoi and San National Language Body is officially launched in Upington, Northern Cape. Its aim is to promote and develop th …

… Anglo-Boer War 2: Tension continues between the British and the Boers in South Africa, and the British Army is ordered to mobil …

… in an emergency meeting, calls for the dismissal of Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok and Defence Minister Magnus Ma …

… The United States and Somalia sign an agreement giving US naval and air forces access to military facilities in the East …

… The government and the ANC meet for their second round of talks and agree upon the Pretoria Minute, concerning release of …

… George Adamson (83), naturalist and husband of Joy, who wrote Born Free, and two of his assistants are killed by Somali poacher …

… Herero Revolt: Von Estorff and Von der Heyde defeat the Ovaherero in the battle of Omatupa and prevent them from escaping in a …

… Senior ANC member, ‘Mac’ Maharaj and over forty other members of the ANC and the SACP, are detained for allegedly attempting to …

… Jordan’s King Hussein and Al Fatah guerrilla leader Yasser Arafat meet in Cairo with ten Arab chiefs of state and sign agreemen …

… Mandela is formally charged with four counts of kidnapping and of assault, and will stand trial with seven others in con …

… Herero Revolt: Von Estorff and Von der Heyde defeat the Ovaherero in the battle of Omatupa and prevent them from escaping in a …

… Herero Revolt: Von Estorff and Von der Heyde defeat the Ovaherero in the battle of Omatupa and prevent them from escaping in a …

… Dessin (57), secretary of the Orphan Chamber in Cape Town and collector of books and paintings, dies in Ca …

… State President of South Africa and Others v United Democratic Front and Others by Supreme Court of Appeal, 29 September 1988, …

… The schools’ boycott spreads to the Black townships and riot police are in action in Durban and Port Elizabeth. At Elsies River …

… Mozambique and Zimbabwe sign a defence and security agreement under which an attack by SA on either …

… Sebokeng activist, Joseph Skosana, is shot and killed and Oupa Dlamini, an ANC activist, wounded at about 20h00 …

… Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo, ANC politician and noted writer of Call me Woman (winner of CNA Award 1985 and translated into s …

… Allan Lewis (66), first official SA war artist and portrait painter of Sir Winston Churchill and Gen. J.C. Smuts, dies in Stell …

… Makgatho Mandela, Mandela’s second and only living son from his marriage to Evelyn, is born on the National Day of Protest and …

… National Day of Protest and Mourning. The first national political strike called by the ANC as an act of national mourning and …

… Gangsters turn out in force at the Winterveld Cemetery and disrupt the funeral of Dr Masuku, a former ANC activist and anti-cri …

… The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses to accede to the NP demands and calls instead for urgent talks in order to reso …