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EventAndrew Charles Hudson, South African cricketer is born
… (KwaZulu Natal). He distinguished himself as a cricketer by playing in 35 tests and 89 One Day International cricket …
EventJohn Harris and the Johannesburg station bomb
… murder and two counts of sabotage. Harris was convicted by Mr Justice Ludorf and sentenced to death. …
EventMandela is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace
… after the Rivonia trials. The presentation was made by Mr Houari Souyah, President of the Algerian Peace …
EventRivonia trial sentence is delivered
… protest were denied to him, but his argument was rejected by Mr Justice de Wet. Since the State had not charged the …
EventXhosa author Samuel Mqhayi dies
… and chorus were originally written in Xhosa as a hymn by Enoch Sontonga in 1897. Sontonga also composed the music, …
EventDr Ben Ngubane is born
… premier of KwaZulu-Natal province, until he was replaced by Lionel Mtshali in 1999. In 2006 he ended his long-term …
EventEnoch Mgijima dies
… under the special protection of God, had defied orders by the government to leave the Bulhoek commonage outside …
EventAllan Boesak is arrested
… Nelson Mandela. Dr. Boesak was on that occasion detained by police in terms of section 29 of the Internal Security …
EventTwo limpet mines explode in Hillbrow
… Hillbrow, Johannesburg. The limpet mines were seen by a member of the SADF, who carried them down the staircase …
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA’s first Executive President
… Minister since 1978, P.W. Botha, was unanimously elected by eighty-eight members of the Electoral College to the …
EventANC mounts a sabotage attack on fuel depot in Ermelo
… objectors. The number of acts of sabotage carried out by the African National Congress (ANC) during 1984 is set at … Further submissions and responses by the…
EventBeyers Naude refuses to testify before the Schlebusch Commission
… of Race Relations. In October 1975 he was convicted by the Pretoria Regional Court for his defiance and was fined …
EventMalawian President Hastings Banda visits SA
… Following a visit by South Africa's Prime Minister B.J. Vorster to Malawi in …
EventThe Women’s National Coalition Conference starts
… stating that 'while the Women's Charter has been adopted by the WNC ...the women's organisations which are part of the …
EventState of emergency is lifted in Natal
… state of emergency was as a result of the violence caused by a power struggle between the ANC and the IFP in that …
EventMandela addresses ANC rally in Durban
… In a peace initiative, he addressed a rally attended by over 100, 000 people in Durban, in which he called upon …
EventSalman Rushdie’s visit is still on
… against Islam. As a result, his invitation to South Africa by the Weekly Mail was considered to be insensitive to the …
EventLocal elections in Townships
… go out and vote whilst increasing its repressive measures by detaining those who called a boycott of the elections. As …
EventDutch Reformed Church in Africa talks with the ANC
… four members of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa, led by Dr Nico Smith, talked with the African National Congress …
EventBotshabelo forced into Qwa Qwa
… survey, the decision to incorporate Qwa Qwa was opposed by 74 percent of the residents who wished to remain South …
EventEbrahim, Maseko and Dladla are abducted in Swaziland
… They were convicted in January 1989 despite testimony by the ANC's office in London that the structure of the … Committee.)|ANC Walking With Pride: Court…
EventJan de la Fontaine becomes Governor at the Cape
… was explored. He colonised the Mossel Bay area in 1734 by erecting a stone beacon displaying the VOC's and Dutch …
EventDisaster strikes as Portuguese ship São João sinks
… 100 people were drowned and the rest of them, led by Manuel de Souza e Sepulveda, started walking northwards …
EventOlympic games end in Athens
… 2004 Games was the United States with 103 medals, followed by Russia with 92 and China, which is set to host the next …
EventANC celebrates 90th anniversary
… the land of promise for Africa and Africans foreseen by our forebears when they established the ANC on January …
EventThe National Anti-Corruption Forum is launched in Langa
… The National Anti-Corruption Forum was launched by former Deputy President J.G. Zuma in Langa, Cape Town. The …
EventMbeki receives an Honorary Doctorate
… University. After he was capped an Honorary Doctor by RAU's Chancellor, Mr Paul du P Kruger, President Mbeki …
EventMakhaya Ntini is found guilty of rape
… of spending six years in prison. He was replaced by Alan Dawson in the South African World Cup cricket team. …
EventANC makes first submission to TRC
… died in exile, including the names of 34 members executed by order of a military tribunal, was also contained in the …
EventWinnie Mandela is dismissed from government
… decision to expel Winnie Mandela was unanimously hailed by parliamentary parties as well as the African National …