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Speech by President Mandela on Receiving an Honorary Degree from the University of Mauritius Mauritius, 11 September 1998

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An Egyptian appeals court acquits eleven men of debauchery for allegedly engaging in homosexual activity. President Hosni Mubar

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The United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid releases its second Interim Report recommending an effective embargo on the s

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Three Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) members from Richards Bay are arrested in connection with an attack the previous week

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SA forces attack an apartment block in Maputo, Mozambique, close to President Samora Machel’s suburban residence, injuring five

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The second in command of Uganda’s LRA rebel movement, Brigadier Charles Tabuley is reportedly killed in an ambush.

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The Natal colonial government organises an expeditionary force against Langalibalele, chief of the AmaHlubi people after he fir

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An elephant tramples German tourist Rita Hahn to death on the Hans Merensky golf course in Phalaborwa, Limpopo.

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An attack by Rhodesian Colonial forces on the major stronghold during the Mashona Rebellion, Mashayombe’s kraal, ends inconclus

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The Publications Act replaces the Publications Control Board with an entirely new censorship machine operative at three differe

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Uganda becomes an independent republic within the British Commonwealth after nearly seventy years of British rule, after having

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President Hosni Mubarak issues an order that 83 suspected Islamic militants stand trial in Egypt’s state security court.

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The Security Council unanimously adopts an amended resolution, sponsored by four African states, which declares that army viola

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South Africa signs treaty with Lesotho relating to the establishment of an office for a Lesotho government labour representativ

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South Africa signs treaty with Lesotho relating to the establishment of an office for a Lesotho government labour representativ

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South Africa signs treaty with Swaziland on the establishment of an office for the Swaziland government labour representative i

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Ghana’s president Kwame Nkrumah escapes an assassination attempt when a hand grenade is thrown into a crowd greeting him. The d

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The state-owned Atlas Aircraft Corporation is to build an advanced subsonic fighter to be airborne in 1974.

Mandela Gets An Emotional New York City Welcome by John Kifner (The New York Times), 21 June 1990

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The constitutional conference on Mauritius ends in London, deciding that the country should become an independent state within

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South African Parliament passes a bill establishing the Transitional Executive Council, whose main purpose is to ensure free an

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The Minister of Justice officially announces that NUSAS has been declared an ‘affected organisation’ under the Affected Organis

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A Gauteng businessman, who is believed to be linked to an international nuclear weapons smuggling organisation, has been arrest

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The Lesotho government announces that an undisclosed number of South African refugees have decided voluntarily to withdraw from

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An intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, involving 133 Angolan soldiers, anti-apartheid activists, Klaas de Jonge,

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President Mandela issues an invitation to Libyan leader Col. M. al Kadhaffi. The National Party considers this could jeopardize

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The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Afr

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An explosion shooks the Kenyan capital Nairobi, sending shards of glass spewing outside a downtown restaurant, killing at least

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An action committee called the Soweto Students’ Representative Council is formed to organise the demonstration, with two repres

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak survives an assassination bid unscathed when gunmen spray bullets at his armoured limousine in