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… Prime Minister Vorster reorganises his cabinet in order to strengthen the ‘verligte’ enlightened elements in the government. …

… reports that Wonke Maqubela and Neliswa Dyandyi, accused in a necklace trial in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape , [online], Available at  … reports that Wonke Maqubela and Neliswa Dyandyi, accused in a necklace trial in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape. …

… The Queen opens the Commonwealth Games in Manchester with a spectacular ceremony in front of 38,000 people. …

… missionary and progenitor of the Pellissier family in South Africa, is born in France. …

… of Africana and author of the South African Bibliography in 1910, dies in London. …

… Twenty people die in Kliprivier when gunmen, travelling in two minibuses, open fire on vehicles and pedestrians. …

… of "non-Whites" march and bathe at "Whites only" beaches in a nationwide defiance campaign in Sou …

… António Agostinho Neto, first president of Angola, is born in the town of Icolo e Bengo in Angola. …

… Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts, British officer in command during Anglo-Boer War 2, is born in Cawnpore, UK. …

… The National Party wins two uncertain victories in by-elections, with sharply reduced majorities in both seats. …

… Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Handbook, London: Cassell. … Major-General Muhammadu Buhari is ousted in a military coup in Nigeria led by Major-General Ibrahim Babangida. …

… Charles Taylor and other key militia leaders are installed in a new ruling council in Liberia. …

… Charles Taylor and other key militia leaders are installed in a new ruling council in Liberia. …

… Cradock becomes a municipality. The settlement started in 1813 as a frontier outpost and was proclaimed a township in 1814. …

… Latakgomo, journalist and editor of several newspapers in the past, is born in Pretoria. …

… The ANC in exile in Lusaka calls on its supporters to take the struggle into …

… Nelson Mandela’s only surviving son Makgatho (54) dies in the Linksfield hospital in Johannesburg. President M …

… In the Central African Republic, soldiers fire on foreign peacekeepers in the third major rebellion since May. …

… Stephanus Schoeman (80), commandant-general in the Soutpansberg area and later of the ZAR, dies in Pretoria. …

… ANC regional executive committee member, is found dead in his car in Madadeni, Natal. …

… Several hundred thousand people demonstrate in Beijing against United States involvement in the Congo, calling it aggression. …

… political analyst and journalist, dies of lung cancer in the Milpark Clinic in Johannesburg. …

… In what the committee’s chairperson, Patrick Chauke, describes as yet another "historic moment in the country’s democracy& …

… Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Handbook, London: Cassell. … General Joseph-Désiré Mobutu ousts President Kasavubu in his second military coup in the Congo (Now Zaire). …

… reports that the remaining 1 500 South African troops in Namibia have been withdrawn in November. …

… Msani Chamane (13) and Sibongiseni Makhatini are killed in their homes in Greytown, Natal. …

… The British attack larger Italian forces in Libya by surprise, capturing 40 000 prisoners in three days. …

… James Chapman, photographer and pioneer explorer in many regions of the Zambezi, is born in Cape Town. …

… Büttner, Rhenish missionary, philologist and negotiator in German South West Africa, is born in Königsberg, …

… Twenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death in Kenya for their part in the Lari massacre. …