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Foreword, By Nelson Mandela
… for the rights of all South Africans to the end of his life and remains entrenched in our history as an eminent …
EventJoseph Louw is sentenced to six months imprisonment for contravening the Immorality Act
… . When Louw's attorney asked for suspended sentence for his client, he was told by the magistrate that the case was …
EventUN Secretary-General Hammerskjöld arrives in Congo
… Tshombe . However, Dag Hammerskjöld did not arrive at his destination. The plane he was boarding with fifteen other …
EventSA joins World War II
… Hertzog was left with no option but to resign from his position. The minister of justice, Gen. J.C. Smuts, took …
EventGang leader Andre Stander is shot dead in the United States of America
… resulted in him being shot. He died on the wet driveway to his apartment block while waiting for an ambulance. Stander …
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death
… in the period of eight days and up to twelve hours before his death. The report came after world governments, including … Publishers, The Inquest into Steve…
EventMangope calls out troops as unrest flares in Bophuthatswana
… resisted efforts to integrate into the new South Africa. His attempt to prolong the sham authority of the homeland was …
EventMalebane Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
… the S.A. ambassador in Bophuthatswana not to interfere. His request was not granted as the S.A. Defence Force moved …
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission’s finding
… off course by a decoy beacon as was alleged. Machel was on his way back from an international meeting in Malawi in the …
EventANC claim responsibility for a land mine explosion which kills six
… Transvaal (now Limpopo). Johannes Frederick van Eck, his wife, son and daughter were spending the December …
EventTrevor Manuel predicts SA economic growth
… SA finance minister Trevor Manuel, upon his arrival in Davos, Switzerland, predicted economic growth …
EventZulu assault at Holkrantz
… then sent a message to Sikobobo daring him to take back his cattle. The chief then set about doing this, and a …
EventPresley Chweneyagae, star of the Oscar winning movie Tsotsi, is arrested for fraud in Pretoria
… an award for outstanding performance by a lead actor for his role in Tsotsi at the Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles …
EventThe second Matabele war breaks out
… of the country. However, when Mlimo was assassinated after his hiding place was found by the British, through an …
EventProfessor Bob Hepple is born
… Hepple was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Alex Hepple, was a trade unionist, Labour Party …
EventThe trial of Fred Carneson, a listed communist begins at the Supreme Court in Cape Town
… 1972, following which he left South Africa to join his family in London. Eventually, he was employed at the …
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… under the Terrorism Act. Seathlolo was given 15 years and his companion, Mary was given 10 years. The two were …
EventJean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.
… Republic (CAR). He spent seven years in France writing his memoirs. In 1986, he returned to CAR and was arrested as …
EventGeneral Idi Amin overthrows Ugandan President Milton Obote
… in 2003 in Saudi Arabia. The Ugandan government refused his family permission to allow Amin to die in Uganda. …
EventDaisy de Melker is hung for poisoning her two husbands and her son.
… It was suspected that he may have been pestering her with his father’s inheritance since he was approaching the age of …
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… poor whites. In 1913 Kakamas officially became a state work colony. [18] In 1921 the Kakamas water scheme already provided land, food and work for 3000…
8. Pillay and others petition the Viceroy of India
… people are weak and effeminate, as stated by Mr. Morris in his History of India, and cannot, consequently, stand … cases that may come before the court at…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… to be professionally Sub-Divided before they could pass to his Heirs. The official Document was signed by then State … to erect Beacons ‘according to law’…
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… Samuel Motsuenyane, arrived in November 1996 and completed his duty in August 2000. The Royal Saudi Arabian Embassy in …
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt’s trial begins in the Cape Town High Court
… ANC said Gerhardt had become an ANC member and called for his release “so that he can contribute to the peace process." …
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo, male choral group, win a Grammy Award
… stardom when they collaborated with Paul Simon on his album Graceland in 1986. The album went on to win three …
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… president of the Republic of South Africa in April 1994. His announcement would mean stepping down as the African …
EventANC’s chief representative in Swaziland, Stanley Mabizela, writes a letter to the ANC following a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu
… for a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu in Swaziland. In his letter Mabizela wrote; “Dear Comrade, first, may I say we …
EventBanned PAC leader Sobukwe is admitted as attorney
… to enter into practice with people like Phyllis Naidoo but his banning orders prevented him from doing so as he was not …
EventAdam Tas is arrested
… the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in Amsterdam. Tas and his fellow free burghers were protesting against the …