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EventAllan Boesak guilty on charges of fraud
Allan Boesak, liberation theologian, chairman of the Western Cape region of the African National Congress (ANC) and director of the Foundation for Peace and…
EventDevastating Floods ravage Southern Africa
After destructive floods in South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe, a meeting was held in Mbabane, Swaziland. An appeal was made for international…
EventMandela’s last major address to parliament
President Nelson Mandela delivered his last major address to parliament at the opening of the ultimate session of the first democratically elected parliament.
EventResearchers proclaim they found a type of SIVcpz that is almost identical to HIV
On 4 February 1999 a group of researchers from the University of Alabama proclaimed that they had found a type of Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses (SIVcpz)…
Six men suffocated in the airtight compartment of a meat truck in Vereeniging
EventProf. Ben Marais dies
Prof. Ben Marais, one of the first persons to denounce apartheid from within the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC), died aged 89 in Pretoria. In 1998 Marais suffered…
EventChairman of the IEC resigns
Chairperson of the South African Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Judge Johann Kriegler, resigned from his position two years after the Commission's…
EventSifiso Nkabinde is shot dead by assassins
Sifiso Nkabinde, former Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Natal Midlands and at the time of his death secretary-general of the…
EventFormer Vaal policeman Gerhardus Peens admits his role in the Boipatong Massacre
Former Vaal policeman, Sergeant Gerhardus "Pedro" Peens admitted that he was in the Vaal Triangle (now Gauteng) township of Boipatong on 17 June 1992 when…
EventDevastating storm hits Mount Ayliff, Eastern Cape
On this day in history, at least 22 people were killed and 4000 left homeless, when a severe storm hit Mount Ayliff in the Eastern Cape Province of South…
Samora Machel monument is unveiled
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
Collen Chauke, South Africa's most wanted fugitive, was captured in Nelspruit. He was arrested at a roadblock in Nelspruit near South Africa's border with…
Benny Lategan is shot dead
EventAmnesty application of Gideon Nieuwoudt fails
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refused amnesty to the notorious former police officer Gideon Nieuwoudt, for his role in the death of Steve Biko in…
EventThe Defence Special Tribunal Act becomes effective
The Defence Special Tribunal Act, No 81 of 1998, providing for the expeditious adjudication of disputes concerning military institutions and the…
EventHouse of Representatives impeaches American President Bill Clinton
In 1995, Monica Lewinsky, a recent university graduate, began working as an intern in the White House. This was during Bill Clinton's first term of office. A…
EventAllan Boesak’s plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
Allan Boesak graduated from the Belville Theological Seminary and worked as a pastor in Paarl between 1967 and 1970. After received his PhD from a university…
EventFreak storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape and President Mandela narrowly escaped injury
Tornadoes are rare in South Africa. Therefore, the radar equipment used to predict and track these killer storms are not in huge supply in the country, making…
EventThe birth of the Treatment Action Campaign
On 10 December 1998, International Human Rights Day, a group of about 15 people protested on the steps of St George's Cathedral in Cape Town to demand medical…
EventSecond biggest archaeological discovery of the century at Sterkfontein
One of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century was documented in the South African Journal of Science on this date. Dr Ron Clark of…
Mandela and Tshwete go to Constitutional Court
EventZimbabwean ex-President found guilty of sex offences
EventNew Afrikaner Political Party
Delegates at the summit of the Afrikaner Unity Movement (AUM), held in Pretoria, voted to transform the AUM into a political party in order to contest the 1999…
Issuing of orders for land seizures
EventTobacco Products Control Ammendmant Bill passed
The National Assembly votes by 213 to 106 to pass the Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill, which bans all forms of tobacco advertising and prohibits…
EventThe Blue Bulls rugby team wins the South African Currie Cup at Loftus
On 31 October 1998 the Blue Bulls of Pretoria beat Western Province 24-20 at Loftus Stadium in Pretoria, to win the Currie Cup. The Absa Currie Cup is the…
EventPresidential Job Summit is held
In response to a call by President Nelson Mandela, representatives of government, business, labour and other community and development organisations meet at…
EventThe TRC report points out culprits
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report, which accused prominent leaders from across the political spectrum of human rights violations, was…
F.W de Klerk challenges TRC findings
EventAnglo American announces switching of main listing to London
Anglo American Corporation, founded in 1917 by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer to exploit the gold fields of the East Rand, announced that it intended to transfer its…