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EventMandela and de Klerk agree to restart talks
… after the Boipatong massacre when Mandela, leader of the African National Congress decided to suspend his party's …
EventSanctions are applied on Libya over Lockerbie bombing
… French plane over Niger in 1989. However, Organisation of African Unity (OAU) countries decided to ignore some of the …
EventUNHRC service is enlisted in repatriation process
… diplomatic relations. On 7 March, the first batch of the African National Congress (ANC) exiles returned home from …
EventMthunzi Njakazi, ANC member, is killed in shooting after returning from exile
… On this day, Mthunzi Velemseni Njakazi an African National Congress (ANC) member was shot in the legs …
EventANC’s Nelson Mandela in a historic political rally
… African National Congress 's deputy president Nelson Mandela …
EventWalter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Ahmed Kathrada address the public after 26 years
… After the release of Walter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba of the African National Congress (ANC) and Ahmed Kathrada of the …
EventBrett Kebble is shot dead
… Mining magnate and African National Congress member Brett Kebble was ambushed in …
EventWorld Leprosy Day is celebrated in SA
… in South Africa from 30 January to 3 February for the African Leprosy Congress. The convention was coordinated by …
EventThe Gift Of The Givers Foundation helps tsunami victims
… January. This was the first humanitarian relief from the African continent to fly into Somalia directly, carrying aid …
EventBafana Bafana loses to Gabon at Odi Stadium
… Trott Moloto made surprising changes to his team for the African Nations Cup qualifier game against Gabon at the Odi …
EventPres Mandela’s testimony in SARFU affairs set aside
… set the investigation of the Browde Commission into South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU) Affairs aside, Justice … oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human &…
EventCol Eugene de Kock testifies in Court
… J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political …
EventParties start submission to the TRC
… Party's (NP) submission before the TRC Click here For African National Congress' (ANC) submission before the TRC, … Kalley, J. A. et al (1999). Southern…
EventIFP commemorates Shell House shootings.
… IFP supporters were killed by the security guards at the African National Congress (ANC) Shell House headquarters. The …
EventThe first radio licence in SA is issued to Dr J. van Rensburg of Carnarvon
… The first station in South Africa was put up by the South African Railways in Johannesburg on December 29, 1923. The …
EventXhosa poet Nontsizi Mgqwetho mourns the death of her mother
… Chamber of Mines, Umteteli wa Bantu (The mouthpiece of the African people). Her passionate poetry articulated the … , Nontsi mgqwetho, Listen,Compators , pp…
EventTransvaal Republic tries Chief Malebogo
… allowed him to return to his people during the South African War (Second Anglo Boer War). …
EventPolitical violence claims 100 lives in KZN
… of the deployment of more than 3,000 members of the South African Defence Force (SADF) to enforce the state of …
EventANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections
… Nelson Mandela, president of the African National Congress (ANC), dismissed proposals by the …
EventFilm producer, Jamie Uys passes away
… known as Jamie Uys, was an internationally acclaimed South African film director who made 24 films. Prizes for his work …
EventAhmed Ben Bella is moved to a French hospital after 11 days of hunger strike
… in 1962 and was elected President in 1963. In March 1962, African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela was … (accessed: 10 October 2013)| Boddy…
EventGandhi leads a march from Newcastle into the Transvaal to defy the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913
… This marked one of the greatest episodes in South African history. He was arrested the following day at … South African History Online, ‘Thambi Naidoo…
EventThe Durban Supreme Court cancels the SA government’s announcement concerning reclamation of the Ingwavuma region
… The Durban Supreme Court cancelled the South African government's announcement of 18 June 1982 concerning … Africa 1984’ , (Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd) p…
EventGeneral Lord Roberts marches on Pretoria
… In the middle of the South African War II (Anglo-Boer War II), General Lord Roberts left … Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African History: 3 May’ , from About…
EventGeneral De la Rey releases General Lord Methuen after his wounds are treated
… Towards the end of the Second South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2), General De La Rey released … South African History Online , ‘Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. De la…
EventGuinea-Bissau is granted independence
… months after the death of the leader of, Portuguese for African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde … Boddy-Evans A. ‘This day in African…
EventJustice Sfiso Ka-Mkame, SA artist, is born in Durban
… sold his ‘Letters to God’ series of drawings to the South African National Gallery in cape Town. In 1996 he held his …
EventTanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Han
… unite to form the United Republic of Tanzania The East African country of Tanzania came into existence through the …
EventThe ANC unveils its proposed constitutional principles
… On 12 April 1991, the African National Congress (ANC) made public its proposed … ‘Chapter 5 - Preparing to negotiate’ , From: South African History Online, …
EventWorld TB Day, observed to create public awareness that tuberculosis remains a global epidemic
… about the disease. The 2012 theme is “how Europe and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP …