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EventJean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.
… Republic (CAR). He spent seven years in France writing his memoirs. In 1986, he returned to CAR and was arrested as …
EventGeneral Idi Amin overthrows Ugandan President Milton Obote
… in 2003 in Saudi Arabia. The Ugandan government refused his family permission to allow Amin to die in Uganda. …
EventDaisy de Melker is hung for poisoning her two husbands and her son.
… It was suspected that he may have been pestering her with his father’s inheritance since he was approaching the age of …
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… President. I remember at That conference Mtimkulu and his executive staged a walk-out, with Chief Luthuli at that … power' (laughs) Yes, and became…
76. The Indian people are an integral and permanent part of South Africa
… are reflections of the white man's dilemma ”” a dilemma of his own making ”” when he decided to make his home in a country and a continent inhabited…
Document 61 - A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] 4 , “A Comment on Trotsky’s Letter to S.A.”, Worker’s Voice, 1, 3, July 1945 […]
… African, in most cases, is also a city worker for part of his life, so the land problem is tied up with the problem of … nationally in order to exploit n…
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… and Langa. On Saturday 26 March he publicly burnt his pass. Mass support swung once again behind Congress. The … black pressure could not be maintained;…
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… Samuel Motsuenyane, arrived in November 1996 and completed his duty in August 2000. The Royal Saudi Arabian Embassy in …
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt’s trial begins in the Cape Town High Court
… ANC said Gerhardt had become an ANC member and called for his release “so that he can contribute to the peace process." …
EventSA Prime Minister, P.W. Botha calls for unity against Marxism
… against apartheid in South Africa. Just months after his speech, South African Defence Force (SADF) crossed the …
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo, male choral group, win a Grammy Award
… stardom when they collaborated with Paul Simon on his album Graceland in 1986. The album went on to win three …
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… president of the Republic of South Africa in April 1994. His announcement would mean stepping down as the African …
EventANC’s chief representative in Swaziland, Stanley Mabizela, writes a letter to the ANC following a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu
… for a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu in Swaziland. In his letter Mabizela wrote; “Dear Comrade, first, may I say we …
EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… approval to send troops to Europe, contrary to his promise in 1939 that SA troops would only fight in …
EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
… and Forestry under President Thabo Mbeki. He served his second term in Mbeki's cabinet as minister of …
EventBanned PAC leader Sobukwe is admitted as attorney
… to enter into practice with people like Phyllis Naidoo but his banning orders prevented him from doing so as he was not …
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… where he became a coordinator of the school boycotts. From his early documentary projects for student publications, …
EventPretoria disputes compensation for Gaborone raid
… talks between minister of Foreign Affairs Pik Botha and his Botswana counterpart Gaositwe Chiepe. The government of …
EventAdam Tas is arrested
… the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in Amsterdam. Tas and his fellow free burghers were protesting against the …
EventNP set to withdraw from GNU
… Another National Party member Roelof Meyer said his party's withdrawal from the Government of National Unity …
EventAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
… of instruction in all primary schools up to standard IV. His proposal was unanimously adopted by three provinces but …
EventGeneral Koos de la Rey, buried in Lichtenburg amid a very tense atmosphere.
… on route to Potchefstroom military camp from Johannesburg. His driver did not stop at a roadblock set up for the Foster …
EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
… changed to African National Congress (ANC). Throughout his political career, Dube strived to promote peace between …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister JG Strijdom dies
… Malan and became prime minister in 1954. It was during his tenure, in 1955, in Kliptown near Johannesburg, that the …
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… by FW de Klerk who shortly after taking office announced his policy of reform. De Klerk hoped to create a suitable …
EventStruggle icon Nxele Makana drowns while escaping from Robben Island
… boats capsized and Makana, while marshalling and urging his men to swim to shore, drowned. Only four of the prisoners …
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… Black rugby player to captain the Springboks. In 2010, his reputation was tainted when he was suspended following a …
EventSamuel Tshabalala becomes the first black athlete to win the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades Marathon
… by the Comrades Marathon Association in recognition of his contribution to the Comrades Marathon. …
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… In just three years after taking office, Verwoerd realised his Republican dream when a 'White-only' referendum supported …
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
… were assassinated. Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and his Burundian counterpart Cyprian Ntayamira were among 10 …