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A delegation from Mauritius arrives in Cape Town to discuss ways of strengthening links between Mauritius and South Africa.
Fourteen White Natal policemen under Sub-Inspector Hunt ride out to arrest the culprits who threatened divisional magistrate T.
Hundreds of Zulu men protesting against paying the Natal Poll Tax, threaten to kill their magistrate Mr. R E Dunn
President Mandela meets Inkatha leader Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who endorses the plan for the traditional gathering to discu
The KwaZulu government issues a document signed by all six Executive Councillors inviting the South African government to test
Leaders of South Africa’s major sports federations agree to work towards a blanket moratorium on all contact with international
After thirty months of fighting, Biafra capitulates to Nigeria. Biafra leader General Odumegwu Ojukwu flees with his family.
The official opposition Progressive Federal Party refuses to congratulate John Vorster on his appointment as State President on
Operation PROTECTO (3 February 1994 – December 1994) of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to restore peace on
Local Government Transition Act No 209, providing for revised interim measures to promote the restructuring of local government
In his opening speech to Parliament, President Botha outlines government policy on the restoration of South African citizenship
Sixty ANC refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho to counter South Africa’s threat of a blockade against that country.
Guerrillas advance into Ugandan capital of Kampala as army opposition crumbles, pushing military government to edge of collapse
The Secretary-General submits a report to the Security Council with recommendations for the observation of elections in South A
Several ANC members detained in Swaziland decide to leave the country voluntarily for Mozambique. A further group of seventeen
With effect from this date the New Zealand government terminates all tariff preferences previously granted to South Africa.
Establishment of Military Council Act No 1, establishing Military Council and a Council of Ministers to rule the Transkei until
Exxon Corporation becomes the first major international oil company to withdraw from South Africa because of racial policies.
Jean Max Friedrich (Johan) Welz, painter and architect who emigrated to SA in 1937, dies in Cape Town.
EventThe South African Government orders the slaughter of 30 000 ostriches in an effort to contain an outbreak of bird flu
In 2004, South Africa was hit by the H5N2 strain of the Avian Flu Virus. The virus killed over 2000 birds in the Middleton area of the Eastern Cape and quickly…
BiographyNyiko Floyd Shivambu
Nyiko Floyd Shivambu was born on 1 January 1983 in Malamulele, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). He studied at Mphambo High School in Malamulele. In 2001, he…
Bathandwa Ndondo
As a young child, Ndondo’s maternal grandmother raised himwhile his mother, Lulama Sidumo (nee Ndondo),worked. Following the death of his grandmother, his…
Address to the Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 31 October 2001
Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP, Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Honourable Premiers, …
ArchiveLetter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to the Honourable Alexander M Haig, Secretary of State, United States of America
Letter from Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to US Secretary of State, Alexander Haig, regarding the Ottawa Summit statement on…
Document 38 - “How to Build o Revolutionary Mass Party in South Africa: A letter from the Executive Committee of the Communist International, “Umsebenzi, 12 December 1930
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 38 - "How to Build o Revolutionary Mass…
ArchiveCHAPTER 9 - Tactics of talks, Tactics of confrontation, The Road to Vula, July 1985 - December 1986 Insurrection cannot be led from afar. by Howard Barrell
- The Road to Vula, July 1985 - December 1986 Insurrection cannot be led from afar. - Mac Maharaj1 Introduction From about July 1985, the ANC faced a…
BiographyTim Bruwer
Odd one out Over the years many people have asked me how it came about that I, amongst all the Afrikaners that I grew up with or knew, as a young man in the…
BiographyDr. Neil Hudson Aggett
Neil Hudson Aggett was born in Nanyuki, Kenya on 6th October 1953, the first-born child of Aubrey and Joy Aggett. He began his schooling in Kenya, and when his…
Basetsana Julia, aka “Bassie” Kumalo
Basetsana Makgalemele, former Miss Soweto and Miss Black South Africa, was crowned Miss SA in 1994. The event is memorable as it coincided with the first…
A faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force, led by Rocky Malebana Metsing, attempts to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope.
A faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force, led by Rocky Malebana Metsing, attempts to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope, who is held…