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The White government of South Africa agrees to share political power with a multiparty transition committee in the months befor
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Ciskei security forces fire on ANC demonstrators who are disregarding the Ciskei magistrate’s ruling, allowing the march in Bis
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Testifying before the Supreme Court on the killing of Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, Mr. Sipho Madlala claim that the assassinati
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Dr. Zach de Beer, leader of the former Progressive Federal Party is elected as leader of the newly formed Democratic Party.
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Lieutenant Gregory Rockman condemns the behaviour of riot police squads as brutal and unprofessional.
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A limpet-mine explosion kills a man outside a crowded centre in Northcliff, Johannesburg. Police suspect that the victim was ca
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An intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, involving 133 Angolan soldiers, anti-apartheid activists, Klaas de Jonge,
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Bishop Desmond Tutu is consecrated as Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa. He is the first Black head of South Africa’s Angli
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Maria Elizabeth Rothmann (MER), Afrikaans author, dies in Swellendam, CP, thirteen days after her 100th birthday.
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Rhodesian security police kill seven and wound one member of Frelimo, the Mozambique Liberation Front. The fighting took place
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Malose Kekana, financier and managing director of several companies, is born in Potgietersrus.
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Thomas Molatodi Lehupela, S.A. sculptor, is born in Paradys Location, Thaba’ Nchu, Orange Free State.
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The SA rugby team wins the fourth test against Australia 22-6 in Port Elizabeth, ending the series in a tie.
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The Suppression of Communism Act 44 of 1950 rears its ugly head. The predominantly White Congress of Democrats is banned by the
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The German Consulate in Cape Town packs up after South Africa’s official declaration of war on Germany the previous day.
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Frederick Pine Theophilus (Fred) Struben (80), one of the discoverers of the Rand gold reef, dies in Devonshire, England.
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South Africa concludes an agreement with the Marconi Company for a high-powered radio station.
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Sydney Vernon Peterson, one of the prominent SA poets of the 1940s, is born in Riversdale, CP. His poems were translated into E
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Two burghers and a young boy are allegedly murdered after surrendering to the notorious Bushveld Carbineers
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Hilda Postma, daughter of the Rev. S. Postma and author of books for children, is born in Burgersdorp, Cape Colony.
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Lydia van Niekerk, professor of literature and first woman to be appointed to the chair at the University of Stellenbosch, is b
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Gen. Benjamin (Ben) Johannes Viljoen, Boer general, war hero and author, is born in Wodehouse district, Cape Colony.
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Sarel Arnoldus Celliers, Voortrekker leader, is born in Klein Drakenstein, CC.
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Johannes de Wet, lawyer, historian and leader in public affairs, also a fervent anti-convict agitator, is born in Cape Town.
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Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes (70), governor of the Cape (1714-1724), dies in Cape Town.
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The Queen Mother of Lesotho, Mamohato Bereng Seeiso dies.
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Vice President Michael Wamalwa of Kenya is buried.
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The biggest gathering of world leaders in history takes place at the United Nations Millennium Summit in New York 150 heads of
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Army troops drive Hutu rebels from their hillside positions outside Burundi’s capital after three days of fighting.
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