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EventSouth Africa gets a new R5 coin with distinct security features designed to outsmart counterfeiters
… to redesign the coin in order to outsmart counterfeiters. By 28 July 2004, South Africa had a new R5 coin. The new coin …
EventSA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.
… called a boycott of 21 other African countries, joined by Iraq and Guyana …
EventSouth African Press Association is established
… was established as a non-governmental institution in 1938 by South Africa's major newspapers to facilitate the sharing …
EventBotha appoints Hendrikse and Rajbansi into his Cabinet
… leaders had accepted the Tricameral parliament introduced by P W Botha as a part of his constitutional reforms. …
EventLesotho and Swaziland threatened with sanctions
… they could not riske the harsh treatment threatened by the Pretoria regime and announced backing down of direct …
EventThe Nationalist Party wins election with a reduced majority in the National Assembly
… considerable ground right-wing opposition groups, led by the Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP; Reconstituted National …
EventMarais Viljoen is inaugurated as state president
… in the position until 3 September 1984 when was replaced by P.W. Botha. References: Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: …
EventP.W. Botha offers to resign
… This followed after a motion was tabled in parliament by opposition parties. This came after disclosure that funds …
EventThe New Republic Party is formed
… only 10 seats in parliament, compared to 41 seats held by the United Party previously. …
EventDeputy Minister of Bantu Education,Treurnicht is warned about deteriorating conditions in Soweto
… an explosive situation was developing in Soweto, caused by the introduction of Afrikaans as medium of instruction in …
EventAfrikaans Writer Breytenbach is sentenced
… imprisonment for high treason under the Terrorism Act by the Pretoria Supreme Court. He had pleaded guilty for …
EventWaddington report on Boipatong is released
… Waddington of Reading University, who had been invited by the Goldstone Commission to make an independent inquiry …
EventMandela and De Klerk hold emergency talks
… and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Mandela was hoping that by engaging De Klerk in talks they could find a solution to …
EventTranskei announces plans to unban ANC and PAC
… During the celebration day of independence not recognised by the international community, the President of the Transkei …
EventScottish missionary, Robert Moffat arrives in Northern Cape
… Bechuana society of Chief Mothibi. Moffat was accompanied by his wife Mary, whom he had married in Cape Town at the end …
EventFirst Black Test cricket captain in SA is announced
… the Protea team in Sri Lanka. This announcement was made by Cricket South Africa (CSA) after Graeme Smith's withdrawal …
EventUN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV
… that more than eighty million Africans may die from Aids by 2025. The numbers could soar to ninety million, or more …
EventUS President Bill Clinton arrives in Cape Town
… pragmatic stake in your success." The Clintons were hosted by President Nelson Mandela, who also accompanied them to …
EventCuban Foreign Minister visits South Africa
… Africa would pave the way for an extended state visit by Cuban President Fidel Castro. …
EventKing Dinuzulu dies
… King of the Zulu nation, released from prison by Prime Minister Gen. Louis Botha, who also saw to it that …
EventSir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape
… with regard to the Transvaal Republic than that suggested by Chamberlain and Salisbury. He continued to emphasise the …
EventBattle of Dogali: Ethiopian army defeat the invading Italians
… standing army on the African continent. The Italians by contrast had only recently emerged as a unified country …
EventBritish Kaffraria becomes a province with its own administration
… area that became known as British Kaffraria was overrun by violence between British colonisers and local Xhosa …
EventSouth Africa is criticised for its foreign policy and deliberate interference in the SADC region
… and organizations was held in Maseru. It was marked by further criticism of South Africa's foreign policy and …
EventThe longest state of emergency in Kenya ends
… Kenya, came to an end. The state of emergency was declared by the governor of Kenya, Sir EvelynBaring, due to the Mau …
EventLesotho celebrates independence from Britain
… one of a few countries that are completely surrounded by another country. The Lesotho government is a …
EventThe ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk
… The report was based on about 50 statements to lawyers by victims of police action in the farming towns of Ashton, …
EventGhana is declared a republic
… unlike in Ghana, was met with a great deal of concern by the black majority and political organisations. Ghana’s …
EventSouth Africa abolishes financial Rand
… and only widely used in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Created by the sale of nonresidents’ assets in the country, it was …
Open letter from the National Executive Committee of the ANC to State President De Klerk and his Cabinet
… Commission of Inquiry to investigate misconduct by the police. Includes list of significant incidents of …