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PEBCO 3 and the TRC
This article was written by Tristan Kelly and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Debating the Church Street Bombing
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The Failure of Good Intentions: What Went Wrong with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission upon Granting Reparations?
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The Dennis Brutus Tapes
Evidence of State Sanctioned Hit Squads
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Ahmed Timol Underground Structure
Ahmed Timol Statement by Constabel Adam A.C.Thinnies
Ahmed Timol Gordon Winter BOSS Spy
Ahmed Timol Correspondence between London and Ahmed Timol
Ahmed Timol Statement by Sergeant Leonard G. Kleyn
Ahmed Timol Maps showing where he was arrested at the roadblock
Ian Robertson is banned - dummy feature
EventDrum Magazine calls for the release of all political prisoners
The popular Drum Magazine called on South African Prime Minister B.J. Vorster to follow the example of Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and to release all…
EventTranskei announces it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa
Transkei announced it was re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa following Pretoria’s undertaking to negotiate over disputed land. The break of…
EventThe Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the ‘72-hour curfew’
The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announced that the '72-hour curfew' will be lifted on a trial basis in Pretoria and…
EventFormer Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad
Johannes Jacobus Geldenhuys (Jannie), Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and member of the State Security Council, was born in Kroonstad, Orange…
EventTwenty die in an armed assault in a mosque in Khartoum, Sudan
In a massacre on 4 February 1994 Abbas al-Bager Abbas opened fire killing 20 praying muslims and wounding 33 others in a mosque in Khartoum, Sudan. Abbas was…
EventFierce fighting erupts between pro-Patrice Lumumba troops and UN forces
Fierce fighting erupted between pro-Patrice Lumumba troops and United Nations (UN) forces in Congo. The fight came almost a year after parliamentary elections…
EventFNB cancels its R20 million anti-crime initiative designed to encourage President Thabo Mbeki to make crime his priority
On 2 February 2007, First National bank cancelled its R 20 million anti-crime campaign. The bank had launched the campaign with the intention of encouraging…
EventThe official Commission of Inquiry into the mass media tables its report
The official Commission of Inquiry into the mass media, appointed in June 1980, under the chairmanship of Justice M. Steyn, tabled its report. The Commission…
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
South African Foreign Minister, 'Pik' Botha denied South African support for RENAMO, claiming that the country is committed to the Nkomati Accord of 1984. The…
EventDr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria
Dr Max Theiler was born on 30 January 1899 in Pretoria. He studied medicine at the University of Cape Town Medical School from 1916 to 1918. He graduated at…
EventBritain imposes an embargo on Rhodesian trade
Britain imposed an embargo on Rhodesian trade. The ban came just two months after Southern Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe) Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith,…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto
John Koenakeefe Mohl was born in Zeerust in the Noth West province. He began drawing at a very young age and would often get in trouble in school for not…
EventSouth Africa is criticised for its foreign policy and deliberate interference in the SADC region
The third Annual Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and representatives of donor countries and…
EventSouth African Cricketer, Dave Nourse ,is born in England
Arthur William “Dave” Nourse was born in Croydo, England on 26 January 1878. Nourse went to South Africa as a drummer for the West Riding Regiment and decided…