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EventBoeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
Two members of the extreme right-wing group, Boeremag, Dirk Hanekom and Henk Van Zyl, were apprehended on a farm in Memel district, Free State. They were taken…
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The PAC’s finance secretary says it will transform itself from a revolutionary movement to a full-fledged political party run o
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South Africa signs a memorandum on bilateral development cooperation with Great Britain; a Memorandum of understanding concern
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Great Britain’s Prime Minister John Major pays an official state visit to South Africa and addresses Parliament.
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King Goodwill Zwelithini and the Zulu Royal Family severs all ties with Chief Buthelezi. This followed a stoning by Inkatha Fre
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The ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party announce that they have held high-level talks in Durban to discuss ways of ending violenc
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F. W. de Klerk is inaugurated as state president of South Africa. The date of 22 September, given by some sources, is not corre
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The Human Rights Commission is launched in Johannesburg.
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Emperor Bokassa I is overthrown in a bloodless coup in the Central African Republic.
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Prime Minister Vorster announces that he will resign shortly for health reasons, but, at the request of his colleagues, he will
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Foreign Ministers of the European Communities, meeting in Brussels, adopt a code of conduct for corporations operating in South
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Foreign Ministers of the European Communities, meeting in Brussels, adopt a code of conduct for corporations operating in South
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The Prime Minister announces in Pretoria that he has decided that the House of Assembly and the four Provincial Councils should
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A seven-man delegation of Coloured leaders flies from Cape Town to Pretoria to meet the Prime Minister for discussions on the f
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Mozambique nationalists and Portugal establish a transitional government after a decade of guerrilla fighting.
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Mozambique nationalists and Portugal establish a transitional government after a decade of guerrilla fighting.
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The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Sub-Committee opens an inquiry into the South African operations of 320 Am
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The SA rugby team beats Australia 19-8 in Bloemfontein.
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The SA rugby team beats Australia 19-8 in Bloemfontein.
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Israeli tank shelling sinks three Egyptian troop-carrying boats in the Suez Canal. Israel claims the ships violated the Egyptia
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The National African Chamber of Commerce (’Nacoc’) is incorporated. During May 1969 it changed its name to the National African
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The National African Chamber of Commerce (’Nacoc’) is incorporated. During May 1969 it changed its name to the National African
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Ian Smith of Rhodesia prohibits Black opposition parties. (Wallis gives the year as 1961.)
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Ian Smith of Rhodesia prohibits Black opposition parties. (Wallis gives the year as 1961.)
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The United Nations (UN) General Assembly admits thirteen African countries and Cyprus.
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Dr Tsiame Kenneth Mopeli, chief minister of Qwaqwa, is born in Witzieshoek, OFS.
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Dr Tsiame Kenneth Mopeli, chief minister of Qwaqwa, is born in Witzieshoek, OFS.
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Excavations in Egypt uncovers the oldest surviving stone building in the world.
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Excavations in Egypt uncovers the oldest surviving stone building in the world.
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