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EventTrial of nine BPC and SASO leaders ends
… there taken to Robben Island. The nine were first detained by Security Police in October 1974, following a Viva FRELIMO …
EventFirst sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town
… Louise, Nicolette Anne, and Elizabeth Rebecca) were born by caesarian section. They were born at Mowbray Maternity …
EventEx Defence Minister P.W. Botha denies arms purchase
… came seven years into sanctions placed on South Africa by the United Nations. South Africa's involvement in the …
EventStudents support the appointment of Archie Mafeje
… joined the protests. Wits students took the matter further by marching to the Union Buildings to hand in their letter of …
EventSA Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd stabbed to death
… He escaped the death sentence after being declared insane by state psychiatrists. He was sentenced to solitary …
EventSouth Africa is invited to rejoin Commonwealth of Nations
… move followed a storm of criticism for its racial policies by Commonwealth members. The invitation came at a time when … 24 October 2013]| Worldmark…
EventDulcie September is assassinated in Paris
… asassinated in Paris. She was shot five times in the back by an assassin just after collecting her mail and opening the …
EventSebe seeks International Court of Justice to mediate in the ‘Kei dispute
… and ethnic division of people. The dispute was initiated by the prison escape of Charles Sebe and other senior …
EventTeboho Mokgalagadi wins gold in the Paralympic Games
… Free State Province, capped his performance at the games by also winning the 200m in 26,80sec on 26 September, another …
EventSuspect in US embassies bomb blasts denies charges
… New York. Mohamed was traced to Cape Town, South Africa, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and extradited …
EventHerero people defeat German Forces
… German forces under Major Von Glasenapp are defeated by Herero people near Okaharui, German West Africa (now …
EventGen. De la Rey captures Lord Methuen
… in Western Transvaal in the last important battle won by the Boer forces. A wounded Methuen and more than 870 …
EventDynamite explosion in Braamfontein
… had been standing for 3½ days in searing heat, was struck by a shunting train. The explosion left a crater, sixty …
EventThe BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo
… the Matabele capital, after the Company's forces, led by Major Patrick Forbes, drove the native Ndebele from the …
EventSouth Africa’s first multiracial elections start
… of the new Government of National Unity (GNU) led by the African National Congress (ANC). Three parties, the …
EventSeven impalas are trapped in a camp and viciously beaten to death at Skukuza, Kruger National Park
… the incident, they had only ever encountered poaching by syndicates and members of the surrounding communities …
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… the Nkomati Accord of 1984. The Nkomati Accord was signed by South Africa and Mozambique on 16 March 1984. The move …
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat
… electorate approved the proposed constitutional amendments by an overwhelming majority in a referendum held on 2 …
EventWife of detained Nigerian president is killed
… Nigerian President, was gunned down at close range by three unknown men while she was travelling in a car. …
EventDr Alexander Logie du Toit, South African geologist, is born in Cape Town
… to propose the theory of two super continents separated by one ocean. According to the theory, the two …
EventThe western wing of Munitoria burns down
… the building very quickly and was already out of control by the time fire fighters arrived. It took four days and 252 …
EventOmar Bongo, former president of Gabon is born
… times and was reported to have fathered about 30 children by the time of his death. …
EventEgyptian author, and trade unionist, Gamal al-Banna is born
… of Islam had been distorted and made authoritarian by power hungry religious leaders. He also firmly believed …
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
… in northern Namibia. In 1973 a resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly declared 26 August, …
EventNelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to serve his five-year sentence
… that the police were informed of Mandela’s movements by an American CIA agent based in Durban. Mandela was tried …
EventFormer National Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, is born
… Jordan was appointed the Minister of Arts and Culture by President Thabo Mbeki. …
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
… uranium. Uranium was used to manufacture nuclear weapons by the South Africa government. The history of nuclear energy …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
… Republic, also known as Transvaal Republic), was dynamited by its crew under Lieutenant H Du Toit before falling into …
EventZambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon killing 18 national soccer team players
… in 1993. The Zambian national soccer team, better known by the nickname Chipolopolo was destined for Dakar to play …
EventThe Chernobyl computer virus damages hundreds of thousands of computers around the world
… whole device completely useless. The virus was authored by a Taiwanese man Chen Ing-Hau, who was later detained. The …