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The Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire in its 27-year civil war against Unita, to begin the next day.
6 000 teachers from Soweto and Alexandra begin a strike because their grievances are not being addressed. The strike spread to
The British Lions rugby team leaves London to begin a controversial twenty-two-match tour of South Africa and Rhodesia.
BiographyVictor V. T. Mbobo
Victor V. T. Mbobo was born in the Cape, he graduated from Fort Hare in 1935. While teaching at a Pretoria high school, he participated in the founding of the…
EventSouth Africa's TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
On 15 April 1996, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), under Chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu, began its first formal hearings in East London City…
BiographyPumzile Sokanyile
Pumzile Sokanyile (48) was from Mdumazulu Location, Ngqeleni in the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2001. On 13 August 2012 Mr Sokanyile was…
Egypt and Israel sign a cease-fire agreement sponsored by the United States, and begin discussions to carry out the pact
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin wrap up a two-day summit in Alexandria with the return
Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat and US President Jimmy Carter sign the Camp David accord, laying the groundwork for a permanent pea
The first genocide trials begin in Kigali, Rwanda, against some of the 30 000 majority Hutus accused of killing Tutsis.
Demonstrations begin outside the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C. and continue on an almost daily basis, as anti-apart
Balancing bundles of food and clothing on their heads, Rwandan refugees who previously refused to return home begin re-entering
In Egypt, the German Afrika Korps and Italian forces under Rommel begin a retreat westwards after a renewed campaign by the all
Police begin the removal of houses of 60 000 people in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. These people are resettled in Meadowlands. The
BiographyGarth Erasmus
Garth Erasmus was born on 12 April 1956 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. Erasmus was raised in Port Elizabeth and from an early age expressed an interest in art. He…
Over 5,000 soldiers supported by tanks, armoured cars and air force units begin manoeuvres in an exercise code named Operation
Camp David peace treaty is signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White Hous
A thirty-day cease-fire is declared as talks between Algerian Moslem leaders and the French government begin at Evian-les-Bains
Zairian rebels order 20 000 Rwandan refugees camped on the outskirts of Kisangani to move south, and relief workers begin the a
BiographyMolly Wolton
Born Molly Selikowitz in Lithuania in 1906, she came to South Africa as an immigrant in 1919. Petite, excitable, forceful, and a brilliant public speaker,…
United Nations (UN) forces, led by the First Cavalry Division, cross the 38th parallel in South Korea and begin attacking north
BiographyDora Taylor
Dora Taylor was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1899. At the age of six her mother died of tuberculosis. She was rejected by her father who regarded her as an…
The Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and the looming forced removals. Some sources claim that the riots began on
BiographyAlbert Nzula
Albert Nzula was born in Rouxville, in the Orange Free State in 1905. He received his formal education at Bensonvale in Herschel and at Lovedale, where he…
EventPat Boone, American singer, actor and writer, begins a 10-day tour of South Africa
Charles Eugene Pat Boone is an American singer, actor and writer who was one of the biggest names in the fifties. He was the only artist whose popularity…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… University of Nigeria, University of Abomey-Calavi of Benin (2011),Texas Southern University (2011), Honorary …
Menachem Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt are named winners of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize. The prize will be awarded on
BiographyDouglas G. Wolton
Douglas G Wolton was a leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) from 1931 to 1933. He was born in Yorkshire, England, and immigrated to South…
BiographyLionel Rusty Bernstein
Lionel “Rusty” Bernstein was born on 20th of March in 1920 Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) of European Jewish immigrants. He was the youngest of four…
BiographyMarutle Flag Boshielo
Boshielo was born to a poor family in 1920 in Phokoane village, in the Sekhukhuneland district in Northern Transvaal, now Limpopo Province. Boshielo joined…