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… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … The British Minister of State for Defence says that the ending of the Simonstown Agreements means an end to all the military …

… presents a petition to the Secretary-General on behalf of the World Campaign for the Release of Sou …

… which left Durban on June 11 carrying the remains of the Prince Imperial of France, killed in the Anglo-Zulu War, …

… Hayes, S. (ed)(2000).  Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball. … Mzi Khumalo, since 2000 non-executive chair of Mawenzi Resources Ltd and Board member of Mintek, is born in Durban. He was dire …

… The first Union Parliament of SA opens, with James Molteno as speaker and F.W. Reitz as president of the Senate.  The first Un …

… Speech by Oliver Tambo at the 50th session of the OAU Coordinating Committee for the liberation of Africa, Harare, 13 May 1988 …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … At the end of the Soekmekaar and Silverton trial in Pretoria, three young Black men are found guilty of high treason, as well a …

… Sir George Cathcart (60), former governor of the Cape, is killed in the Battle of Inkerman during the Crimean War in which the …

… Rebels of the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army spend the first day of their first-ever visit to Sudan’s capital since the civil …

… President Mbeki quoted in his response on the occasion of the budget vote of the …

… BBC reports SA security police are cleared of any blame in the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko who died while in …

… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 8, p. 1972. … For the first time in the history of the South African Police Force (SAP) policewomen are enlisted as full members of the force …

… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 5, p.58 … A large force of some 12 000 Western Xhosas, led by Makoma (Maqoma), the leader of the Gaika tribe, sweeps into the Cape Colony …

… Prof. Raymond Dart removes the last piece of stone from the skull of the Taung child, six weeks after starting on the project. …

… At the conclusion of a forty-four day inquest into the death in detention of the White trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett, the …

… Second sale of land in Johannesburg takes place, on the site of the now-abandoned mining claims in the central city area. …

… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2 p. 186 … The name of Lord Charles Somerset, governor of the Cape, is linked to Dr James Barry (who performed the …

… the Group Areas Bill, calling it the most important part of the policy of apartheid and a new beginning fo …

… Joyce, Peter: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid … the Group Areas Bill, calling it the most important part of the policy of apartheid and a new beginning fo …

… The incidence of new HIV infections appears to have stabilised for the first time in the 25-year history of Aids, according to …

… United Party calls for the convening by the Prime Minister of a conference of all race groups to discuss a co …

… WWII: East Africa. Caught between a pincer movement of the 11th and 12th African Divisions, the Abyssinian town of Soddu is cap …

… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 4, p. 33 … Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 29 May in …

… The plight of an indigenous community in South Africa, the San, is placed in the spotlight with the launch of a report by the S …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … United Party calls for the convening by the Prime Minister of a conference of all race groups to discuss a co …

… Walter Benson Rubusana, founder member of the ANC, is born at Mnandi in the Somerset East district of the then Cape Colony. His …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … The ANC blame the killing of up to fourteen people and the injuring of twenty-six unemployed people in Alberton on ‘third force …

… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 98 … Transkei police kill three men, one of who is Mr Zolile Sangoni, when they fire on the occupants of a car outside Umtata, while …

… The Minister of Foreign Affairs, ‘Pik’ Botha, says in the House of Assembly that the Biko affair has done endless harm to …

… wood at Rondebosch in the Cape for the construction of a fort to defend the wheat fields of the Free …