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In South Africa it is reported that at least nineteen people have died and twelve are feared drowned after torrential rains hit
Top officials from the ANC, Azapo, the PAC and Inkatha appear at a joint rally to appeal for warring factions in Bekkersdal to
According to reports from Angola, the strategic town of Cuito Cuanavale is about to fall to an onslaught by South African and U
A large section of the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg caves in and traps 435 miners, the worst mine disaster in South African hi
The Minister of the Interior informs the Argus Printing and Publishing Company that if it applied for re-registration of the Po
It is reported in New York that a fierce attack on South Africa’s apartheid policies and its control of South-West Africa has b
Albert Nzula, teacher, journalist and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), who left SA to study in Moscow in 1
<ul style=”list-style-type:none;”><li>a. The method in which they are conducted.</li><li>b. Need and reasons for their abolition.</li></ul></li><li>(2) Reckless use of firearms by police on unarmed Africans
At least forty soccer fans die and 100 are injured as they flee fighting between rival team supporters at a stadium near Orkney
Albert van de Sandt Centlivres, chief justice of SA and chancellor of the University of Cape Town, is born in Cape Town.
Two South African aviators, Pierre van Ryneveld and Quintin Brand, hoping to become the first airmen to fly from England to Cap
Stones, empty soft-drink cans and sticks are hurled at rebel England cricket captain Mike Gatting by a crowd of anti-tour demon
In an obituary written for Abdoola Hajee Adam Jhaveri (Dada Abdulla), Gandhi expresses regret at his death and calls him one of
A rebel group in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo, led by Laurent Kabila says it has captured several towns and part
The terms of reference of the Harms Commission, which is to inquire into alleged murders and unlawful acts of the security forc
The Attorney-General of the Eastern Cape states that he will not prosecute any police involved in the arrest and detention of B
Ivan Mitford-Barberton, teacher of art at the Michaelis School of Art in Cape Town and sculptor of several monuments in South A
The territory north of the Great Berg River is annexed to the new district of Tulbagh, and declared a separate sub-drosdy with
US President Bush announces an initiative to spend $15bn over five years for Aids treatment and prevention in twelve African co
Three Somalis are killed and at least five are wounded in clashes with troops of a US-led coalition trying to safeguard efforts
The rugby match between South Africa and Wales in Cardiff ends in a draw. The South African team could not beat a single ho
The League of Nations dissolves after twenty-six years and is replaced by the United Nations, with its first meeting in London.
Stella Sigcau, South African minister of Public Works since 1999 and third prime minister of the former Transkei, is born at Lu
South Africa plays for the first time on the Wanderers in a cricket test against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and wins wit
The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, to which SA is a party, is signed i
EventSouth African Indian Congress opposes "Ghetto Act"
… Town , unanimously resolved to oppose the proposed Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act (No. 28 of 1946) or … and took away their fundamental…
Africans’Claims in South Africa,
… of our country to the African position and status in this land of our birth—South Africa—because the Government and the … of choice of residence and no right…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the state banquet in honour of President Abdou Diouf Pretoria, 30 July 1996
… use and consumption shall be constitutionally protected. Land (U) The state shall devise and implement a land reform programme that will include and address…
EventThe Algerian War of Independence begins
… During the colonial period the traditional patterns of land ownership were dismantled and reworked in favour of the … French settlers as they were allowed to…
EventANC's Nelson Mandela in a historic political rally
African National Congress's deputy president Nelson Mandela addressed a crowd of 300 000 in Port Elizabeth in what was described as South Africa's biggest ever…