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EventFerdi Barnard is found guilty of killing Webster
On 1 June 1998, Ferdi Bernard was convicted for the murder of anti-Apartheid activist, David Webster. Bernard shot Webster in 1989, in front his home. Bernard…
EventDr Louis Luyt resigns as president of the SARFU
After a month-long controversy including charges of racism, nepotism and mismanagement in the sport. On Thursday 7 May, South African Rugby Football Union …
EventTrans-Kalahari main road is opened
The first road in Africa south of the Sahara to connect the Atlantic and Indian Ocean, the Trans-Kalahari main road, was opened. The road, linking Maputo in…
EventThe consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free
Enshrined in the South African Bill of rights, is the right to free access to information. In this spirit, the Independent Communications Authority of South…
EventBritish Airways prohibits smoking on all flights
On 29 March 1998, British Airways (BA) prohibited smoking on all flights. Other countries across the world had begun to impose the first restrictions on…
EventUS President Bill Clinton arrives in Cape Town
The first American president to visit SA with his wife, President Bill Clinton, arrived with his wife Hillary at the Cape Town International Airport. Clinton…
EventMakhaya Ntini represents South Africa at Newlands
Makhaya Ntini becomes the first Black SA cricket player to play in a five-day test in Cape Town, in which he takes 2 wickets.
EventJazz Musician, Basil ‘Manenberg’ Coetzee, dies
Basil 'Manenberg' Coetzee (54), South African jazz musician who played with Abdullah Ibrahim (also known as Dollar Brand) died during the night of 11 March…
EventFanie de Villiers ends his last Test triumphantly
Popular fast-bowler Fanie de Villiers played his last cricket match for South Africa in the third Test match against Pakistan at St George's Park, Port…
EventCOSATU withdraws from parliamentary session on budget
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) walked out of a parliamentary budget session on the grounds that its view was being ignored. COSATU had…
EventRobert McBride is arrested in Mozambique
Robert McBride, at the time a high-ranking official in the South African Department of Foreign Affairs, was arrested by the Mozambican police in Ressano Garcia…
EventBafana Bafana lose to Egypt in the African Cup of Nations final
The South African national football team Bafana Bafana, under tutelage of the hastily appointed caretaker coach Jomo Sono, lost 2-0 against their Egyptian…
EventBotha pleads not guilty to contempt charges
Former South African President P.W. Botha appeared in court in George, Western Cape, to face contempt of the court charges. Botha had incurred the charges…
EventKaunda is charged with concealing information.
Kenneth Kaunda, the former and first president of Zambia, previously Northern Rhodesia, was charged with concealing information about a failed coup in 1997…
EventTony Johnstone wins Alfred Dunhill PGA golf tournament.
The Zimbabwean golfer Tony Johnstone ended a six-year drought on the European Tour when he won the £400,000 Alfred Dunhill PGA golf tournament in Houghton,…
EventP.W. Botha appears in court
Former State President P.W. Botha appeared in court for refusing to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The former South African State…
EventSugarboy Malinga wins the WBC title
Sugarboy Malinga wins the WBC title. Tulane Sugarboy Malinga, South African super middleweight, won the World Boxing Council (WBC) title for the second time in…
EventA United Nations team finally arrives in Mbandaka, Congo, to investigate alleged massacres of refugees
Following the Rwandan genocide of 1994, thousands of Hutu refugees fled to the neighboring Congo (DRC), previously known as Zaire. This was in an attempt to…
EventUDF distances itself from Madikizela
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) heard from the leading members of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Frank Chikane and Azar Cachalia, about the…
EventFormer member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu appears before the TRC
A former member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu, who disappeared on the eve of the 1991 trial in which he was expected to testify,…
EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) began public hearings, which focused on allegations against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, estranged ex-wife of former…
EventBafana Bafana loses to Germany
South African soccer team Bafana Bafana played against the German national soccer team in an international friendly match, in Dusseldorf in Germany. The game…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) heard three days of testimony concerning the role of the business sector during the apartheid era
EventSouth Africa completes destroying its stockpile of anti-personnel mines
South Africa announced that it had completed destroying its stock pile of anti-personnel mines. A total of 261 423 were destroyed, while 18 000 were retained…
EventForces loyal to Zambian president Frederick Chiluba quash a coup by a handful of disgruntled military officers, arresting nine men including the captain who said an angel told him to overthrow the government
In October 1997, the soldiers broke into an arms depot, assaulted army officers and seized state broadcasting studios. Captain Stephen Lungu, calling himself…
EventRenewal of land acquisition programme in Zimbabwe
President Robert Mugabe renewed his pledge to persist with his government's controversial land acquisition programme in Zimbabwe. Through this programme the…
EventAppearance of former ministers before the TRC
Four former cabinet ministers from the apartheid era appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The four were former Minister of Law and…
EventMother Teresa is buried
Mother Teresa, the nun who captured the world's attention and accolades with her selfless devotion to the poor, was buried on 13 September 1997 in Culcutta,…
EventF.W. de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament
Former State President and National Party leader Frederik Willem de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament. He says it is time for South Africans to…
EventMobutu Sese Seko dies
Mobutu Sese Seko (66), former president of Zaire, died from prostate cancer while in Rabat, Morocco, three months after the end of his nearly 32-year reign…