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EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, died on this day at the age of 69. Founder and leader of the anti-apartheid African People's…
EventGang leader Andre Stander is shot dead in the United States of America
Andre Stander, former police officer, South African fugitive and leader of the Stander Gang consisting of Patrick Lee McCall, Allan Heyl and Stander himself,…
EventUDF is launched
… '. David Philip Publishers: Cape Town|Cooper, C. (1989) Race Relations Survey 1988/89 . Published by South …
EventFifth Constitution Amendment Bill is introduced
The Republic of South Africa Constitution Fifth Amendment Bill, establishing a framework for deliberations on the country's future constitutional, economic and…
EventReverend David Russell sentenced for defying his banning order
Religious leaders were among the foremost and vocal opponents of the Apartheid regime. Acting out of conscience and under the banner of religion, however, did…
EventConnie Mulder resigns as a result of his involvement in plot to sell apartheid propaganda
On 24 January 1979, the Minister of Information, Connie Mulder, resigns his seat in Parliament at the insistence of the Prime Minister P. W. Botha as a result…
EventWinnie Mandela charged with kidnapping
Winnie Mandela was formally charged with four counts of kidnapping and of assault, and will stand trial with seven others for the events surrounding the murder…
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission’s finding
Mozambique and the Soviet Union rejected the findings of the Margo Commission, led by Justice Cecil Margo. The commission was instituted to investigate into…
EventGeneral Motors fails to leave RSA quietly
General Motors (GM), the American owned automobile industry in South Africa, pulled out of the country amidst a series of disputes and strikes from workers…
EventAmanzimtoti blast kills five
Five civilians were killed and forty injured in a bomb explosion in the Sanlam shopping centre in Amanzimtoti, Natal South Coast. Umkhonto we Siswe (MK) cadre…
EventState of Emergency enters 100th day
Location: back to this day in history search archive The state of emergency entered its 100th day after it was announced on July 20. P W Botha in an attempt…
EventNP holds federal congress
Following its withdrawal from the African National Congress (ANC)-led Government of National Unity, the National Party held its federal congress (1 - 3 August)…
EventAdriaan Vlok applies for amnesty
Former apartheid era Minister of Law and Order, Adriaan Vlok, applied to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for amnesty for his role in the bombing…
EventSouth Africa approves the Constitution of the African Civil Aviation Commission
The South African government approved the Constitution of the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) on 17 January 1996, deposited its Instrument of…
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed TRC chairperson
Anti-apartheid activist and Nobel laureate Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, the first Black archbishop of Cape Town rose to fame in the 1980’s. After the1976…
EventDr Joosub Ebrahim is born
Dr Joosub Hajee Suliman Ebrahim, recipient of the Order for Meritorious Service Class 1: Gold from the state president in 1992, for his contribution as…
EventElisabeth Eybers, South African poet, is born
On 26 February 1915, Elisabeth Eybers was born in Klerksdorp, in the then western Transvaal. She moved to Amsterdam in 1966, and lived there until her death in…
EventDr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria
Dr Max Theiler was born on 30 January 1899 in Pretoria. He studied medicine at the University of Cape Town Medical School from 1916 to 1918. He graduated at…
EventTogolese football player, Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is born
Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is a Togolese footballer. He was born to parents of Yoruba descent in the city of Lomé. After a talent scout spotted him playing, he…
EventIvorian Footballer Didier Zokora is born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Déguy Alain Didier Zokora is an Ivorian footballer born in Abidjan on 14 December 1980. He started his career in his home country’s team Académie MimoSifcom…
EventJoseph Kasavubu, first president of the Democratic Republic of Congo dies
Joseph Kasavubu, first president of the Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) from 1960 to 1965 died. He assumed the office when the Congo became…
EventBlack, Coloured and Indian churches issues a statement on Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act
Black, Coloured and Indian churches issued statement stating that the Churches had no objection in principle if the authorities thought that circumstances…
EventGeneral Christiaan de Wet attacks Rooiwal railway station during the South African War
During the South African War 1899-1902, General Christiaan de Wet attacked Rooiwal railway station at Koppies, Northern Free State. At this point he was the…
EventLord Roberts crosses the Vaal River en route to Pretoria
In May 1900, at the height of the South African War (1899-1902), Field Marshall Lord Roberts and his forces crossed the Vaal River heading to Pretoria.This…
EventANC member and UDF-leader Christmas Tinto, is born in Mqanduli in the Transkei
Christmas Fihla Tinto was born on Christmas day on 25 December 1925 in the Mqanduli district of the former Transkei, now part of Eastern Cape Province. His…
EventCaptured Gen. Cronje and his wife are shipped to St Helena
General Pieter Arnoldus (Piet) Cronje, commandant-general of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR, also known as Transvaal Republic) and his wife Hester, with…
EventTakudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-born American rugby player, is born
Takudzwa Ngwenya was born in Harare, Zimbabwe on 22 July 1985. He played for the Mashonaland Club and for Vainona High School in his home country. He then…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
Context: The Emergence of a Pan-African Rhetoric The Organisation of African Unity (OAU), established on 25 May 1963, was the culmination of a number of…
ArticleEarly hominid discoveries in South Africa and East Africa
Evolution refers to the slow process of human adaptation over millions of years. The roots of humanity are believed to lie in South Africa, where the earliest…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
To understand what effects WW2 had on the nature of the fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa we need to look at the climate just before WW2. …