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EventPolitician and Community leader Horatio Mbelle dies
Horatio Isaiah Budlwana (Bud) Mbelle, interpreter, insurance agent, community leader and politician, dies in Pretoria. He was widely regarded as the best court…
EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
The Tamil Benefit Society presents a memorandum on poor housing conditions in Pageview, Johannesburg, and the need for housing schemes for poorer Indians to…
EventEx Defence Minister P.W. Botha denies arms purchase
The denial of South Africa's involvement in arms dealing with the former Rwandan Army came seven years into sanctions placed on South Africa by the United…
EventDulcie September is assassinated in Paris
On 29 March 1988, Dulcie September, the African National Congress (ANC) representative in France, Luxembourg and Switzerland was asassinated in Paris. She was…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a central figure in the fight against apartheid, was arrested outside parliament while leading a protest march (one of many) against…
EventJohannesburg Magistrate court is bombed
Two bombs exploded at the Johannesburg magistrate's court. The first, a minor explosion that acted as a decoy, was followed by a second more powerful charge…
EventFormer Cabinet Minister Dullah Omar dies
Dullah Mohamed Omar was born in Observatory, Cape Town on 26 May 1934 and grew up in District Six. After matriculation he enrolled at the University of Cape…
EventPharmaceutical companies drop a lawsuit against South Africa ending an international battle over patent rights and profit
In 1998 the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and thirty nine international pharmaceutical companies brought a lawsuit against the South…
EventDeath of Harry Oppenheimer
South Africa's most successful businessman, Harry Oppenheimer, died after a short illness at the age of 91. Oppenheimer was admitted to the intensive care unit…
EventSuspect in US embassies bomb blasts denies charges
The 26-year-old Tanzanian, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, a prime suspect in the bombing of two United States of American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es…
EventMandela persuades Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103
President Nelson Mandela earned worldwide praise for his role in persuading Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103,…
EventTobacco Products Control Ammendmant Bill passed
The National Assembly votes by 213 to 106 to pass the Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill, which bans all forms of tobacco advertising and prohibits…
EventWinnie Mandela sued by the government
Lawyers representing the government announced on 14 August 1998 that they were suing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former president, Nelson Mandela…
EventSouth Africa observes Armistice Day
Armistice Day is observed annually in South Africa to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians in World War I. The day is observed world-wide,…
EventCelebrated nurse, Constance Nothard, is born
Constance Annie Nothard, nursing sister and recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest award of the International Red Cross Society, was born in…
EventSouth Africa’s first multiracial elections start
Four years after the unbanning of the liberation movements and release of political prisoners, SA held its first multi-racial elections. The elections resulted…
EventJustin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
Justin Alexander la Guma was born in District Six, Cape Town on 20 February 1925. His father, Jimmy La Guma was of Cuban descent, which made him mixed race in…
EventAlan Charles Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian is born
Alan Charles Rusbridger is an English journalist and editor of The Guardian newspaper. He was born in Northern Rodesia (Now Zambia) to English parents. The…
EventStephen Appiah, retired Ghanaian footballer is born
Stephen Leroy Appiah is a retired Ghanaian footballer who once captained the Ghanaian national team. Appiah was born in Achimota, Accra on 24 December 1980. He…
EventChris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born
Christopher Katongo was born on 31 August 1982 in Mufulira, Zambia. After playing for a few local teams, he moved to South Africa and joined Jomo Cosmos…
EventThe Federal Congress of the National Party supports a set of constitutional reforms
The Federal Congress of the National Party (NP) supported a set of constitutional ‘reforms’ outlined by Prime Minister P.W. Botha, and explained to the…
EventThe inquest into the death in detention of Dr. Neil Aggett is adjourned
The inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett was adjourned until 20 September. This was after the Court was told by…
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe refuses to end the Katanga secession
Moïse Kapenda Tshombe, finally released from prison by Mobutu Sese Seko refused to end the Katanga secession. On 23 December 1961 he led the Congo province of…
EventFormer National Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, is born
Zweledinga Pallo Jordan, who became the National Minister of Arts and Culture under President Thabo Mbeki’s administration, was born in B Location, Kroonstad,…
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
South African Prime Minister, Balthazar Johannes Vorster disclosed in July 1970 in the House of Assembly that the government has decided to make funds…
EventVictor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town
Victor Sidney Norton was born in Johannesburg to an English father and a Swedish mother. His father Sidney Peter Norton was a journalist and would influence…
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
During the Second Anglo-Boer War, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the state artillery of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (South African Republic,…
EventThe Chernobyl computer virus damages hundreds of thousands of computers around the world
On 26 April 1999, the CIH computer virus infected a large number of computers around the world with Korea bearing the brunt at over $250 million worth of…
EventNkomo, leader of ZAPU forms a coalition government with Robert Mugabe
Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo, leader of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) formed a coalition government with Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. Nkomo's party…
EventThe Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
Esso South Africa withdrew business from South Africa on 31 December 1986. The country was at the height of political conflict and violence that made it hard…