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… The United Nations marks the 20th anniversary of the first official report on Aids. An estimated 58 million …

… The first multiparty parliament elections are held in Algeria, but the Islamic party that was set to win the cancelled 1992 ele …

… The Cape Supreme Court, sitting in Port Elizabeth, sets aside the 1973 election of Lennox Sebe and three other members of the C …

… The first church meeting of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk takes place. The Rev. Dirk van der Hoff is appointed as first minis …

… police arrive at Naledi High School and attempt to arrest the leader of the local branch of the SA Students Movement. …

… Nicolaas Johannes van der Merwe, author, leader of the NP in the Free State, first chairman of the FAK (Federasie van Afrikaans …

… France is accused by the Human Rights Arms Project of arming and training the Hutu extremists who organised the genocide in Rwa …

… Prof. Johan Heyns, well-known professor of theology at the University of Pretoria and moderator of the General Synod of the DRC …

… The hijack drama involving an SA Airways Boeing 727 the Letaba ends at Blantyre’s Chileka Airport in Malawi when the two hijack …

… Letter dated 29 January 1952 from the Private Secretary of the Prime Minister, Dr DF Malan to the African National Congress (A.N.C.) …

… Prof. Dirk Postma, founder of the Reformed Church in South Africa in 1858, is born in the Netherlands.   Together with the Re …

… Response of President Thabo Mbeki, to the Debate on The State of The Nation Address NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, CAPE TOWN, FEBRUARY 15, …

… The Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor-General of SA, Dr E.G. Jansen during a concert by …

… Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, on his meeting with the State president, F.W. DE Klerk 1 August 1990 …

… Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at a concert organised by the Irish Anti-apartheid Movement Dublin, 1 July 1990 …

… The SA athlete Marcello Fiasconaro sets a new world record in the 800 m race in an athletic contest in Milan.  He achieves the …

… The match between the SA rugby team and the British Lions ends in a tie, with both sides scoring 6 …

… The first Chinese arrive in SA to relieve the shortage of unskilled mineworkers.  Within a year there were 34 000 and the numb …

… The Government Gazette announces that 123 persons have been banned as a result of the June 16 revolt. The minister of police im …

… The trial of twelve members of the banned ANC in Pietermaritzburg ends with the death sentence for one defendant and a total of …

… The first ripe cherry is picked in the gardens of the Dutch East India Company in Cape Town. (2004). …

… The search for survivors from the Helderberg SAA 747 crash into the Indian Ocean off Mauritius is called off. No survivors …

… Kenyan Wangari Maathai receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. She is the first African woman to receive the prize. Prof. Maath …

… Dr Chris Barnard performs the first heart transplant in the world on Louis Washkansky, who survived until the 21st of December …

… The International Committee of the Red Cross reports that more than 400 people were wounded in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, at the wee …

… The Greek Government expelled the two-man South Africa team of Dale Hayes and from the World Cup international men’s team golf …

… The Star reports Nicky Bojé, who had been appointed vice-captain for the South African cricket team for the two-Test tou …

… The first elections to the South African Indian Council are held. Of the SAIC’s forty-five members, forty are up for election, …

… A SA woman, Olivia Forsyth, allegedly a spy for the SA government against the ANC, who has been holed up in the British Embassy …

… Following the placing of an embargo on the supply of oil to South Africa from Arab countries, the Prime Minister announces res …