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EventP. W. Botha grants reprieve to the “Sharpeville Six”
South African President P. W. Botha granted a reprieve to the "Sharpeville Six" (Reginald Sefatsa, Reid Mokoena, Moses Diniso, Theresa Ramashamole, Duma…
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed resolutions condemning South Africa's relations with its Southern African neighbours. The UN General Assembly…
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
Kevin Woods, Michael Smith and Philip Conjwayo were arrested in Zimbabwe in connection with the bombing that killed the driver of the car transporting the bomb…
EventThe Big Three are convicted of treason
Popo Molefe, Patrick Lekota and Moses (Moss) Chikane, collectively known as the "Big Three", were arrested in April 1989 and charged with treason. At the time…
EventSADF responds to allegations by FAPLA
Following a press conference of General Staff Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio dos Santos Franca Ndalu, Chief of ForÁƒÂƒÂ§as Armadas Populares de LibertaÁƒÂƒÂ§ÁƒÂƒ£o…
EventMother Teresa arrives in SA to establish a missionary home for HIV/AIDS sufferers
Mother Teresa was born in Albania and at a young age felt compelled to care for the sick and poor. When she was eighteen years old, she left home and joined…
EventSalman Rushdie’s visit is still on
Despite an increasing outcry against Salman Rushdie's public lecture from the Islamic Council of Southern Africa, the Weekly Mail (now Mail and Guardian)…
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
All-race municipal elections were held on this date to elect segregated local authorities. For the first time elections for all areas, except homelands, were…
EventLocal elections in Townships
Following government's introduction of Black Township Councils in the late 1980s, which attempted to co-opt Black leaders into the Apartheid system without…
SOSCO and Azanian Co-ordinating Committee are restrticted by Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok.
EventThe People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is banned
The one-year-old parliamentary opposition People Progressive Party (PPP) under the leadership of the former African National Congress (ANC) member Rocky…
EventANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby’s return to international games
The African National Congress (ANC) in Harare, Zimbabwe, agreed to "use its good offices" to facilitate the readmission of South African rugby into…
EventCOSATU conference prohibited and organisers restricted
The government prohibited an anti-apartheid conference organised by COSATU in Cape Town, which aimed to include delegates from a broad spectrum of anti…
EventThe Progressive Teachers’ Congress is secretly launched
The Black teachers' association, the Progressive Teachers' Congress (PROTECO) was clandestinely launched in the Transvaal to fill the vacuum, which was created…
EventThe Pope arrives in Lesotho
The Pope arrives in Lesotho Pope John Paul , leader of the Catholic Church arrives in Lesotho amidst a hijacking crisis that revealed Lesotho's dependence on…
EventUDF men takes refuge in the US consulate
Murphy Morobe (Publicity Secretary), Valli Moosa (General Secretary), and Vusi Khanyile (National Education Crisis Committee) all of them senior members of the…
EventPresidents of Mozambique and South Africa meet
In search of peace two Southern African presidents, Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique, successor to Samora Machel who mysteriously died in a plane crash in South…
EventKhotso House is bombed
The South African Council of Churches (SACC) headquarters, Khotso House, based in Johannesburg, was bombed for harbouring anti-apartheid groups a year after a…
EventSA troops withdraw from Angola
The South African government withdrew its military forces from Angola that have been fighting on the side of Jonas Savimbi led guerrilla forces UNITA. The…
EventStudents at Durban
During ongoing unrest at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) owing to political activism and a continuing struggle between the Azanian Students' Movement …
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents’ meeting
The Ciskeian police disrupted a residents' meeting, which was held to inform those residents of Peelton unable to attend a previous meeting, of the…
EventP. W. Botha refutes possibility of Black majority rule
At the height of mass revolt in the country and world condemnation, President P.W. Botha rules out any possibility of a Black majority government in South…
Maqubela and Dyandyi are sentenced for necklacing
City Press reported that Wonke Maqubela and Neliswa Nohnuhna Dyantyi Busika, accused in a necklace trial in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, and found guilty of…
EventAngola, Cuba and South Africa allegedly signed a cease fire treaty
On 7 August 1988; Angola, Cuba and South Africa agreed to a formal ceasefire. Under the terms of the ceasefire and later treaty, Cuba was to withdraw its…
EventZach de Beer is elected as leader of the PFP
The 59 year old executive of Anglo American, Dr Zach de Beer, was elected as leader of the anti-Apartheid Progressive Federal Party. The officials of the Party…
EventBomb in Benoni Wimpy kills Mary
Mary-Anne D'Oliveira Netto Serrano (21) was killed in a bomb explosion in the Wimpy Bar at the Benoni Plaza, Benoni on the East-Rand. About sixty people were…
EventWinnie Mandela’s Soweto home reported burnt down
The Sowetan reported that the Soweto home of Winnie Mandela, wife of an imprisoned leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, was burned…
EventSenior UDF leaders released from detention for being part of the Mandela Birthday celebrations committee
On 19 July 1988, Zollie Malinga, Bulenani Ngcuka, Omar Badsha, Jonathan Shapiro, Rehana Rossour, Veronica Simmers, Saleem Mowzer, Ngconde Balfor and Nams…
EventThe Angolan-Namibian peace plan is accepted
The Angolan Civil War began in 1975, with the end of Portuguese colonial rule. This civil war was raged between two major factions, the Communist MPLA (Popular…
EventBophuthatswana decide not to publish report of Smith Commission
The Star reports that Bophuthatswana's administration has decided not to publish the findings of Mr Justice E.A.T. Smith, one-man commission of inquiry into…