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… An ANC car bomb attack directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command, takes place in Quartz Street, …

… Harry Mashabela, reporter for the Star and Patrick Weech, sub-editor for the Rand Daily Mail, are arrested under Section 6 of t …

… La Guma, trade unionist and political activist, member of the SACP and president of the South African Colo …

… CNN announces that Haroon Rashid Aswat, the suspected mastermind of the bomb attacks in London on July 7, hid in South Africa f …

… The UN Security Council authorises an urgent airlift of food and medicine for Somalia and demands the cooperation of warring fa …

… The government of President Obote of Uganda is overthrown for the second time and replaced by a military council under Gen. …

… Shadrack Fuba Zibi, chief of the Mbuto (Mbuthweni) section of the Hlubi group of tribes and accomplished writer, dies in …

… Josia Thugwane is the first Black SA athlete to win an Olympic gold medal award by winning the marathon in Atlanta. …

… A Portuguese attempt at an invasion against the Moors of Morocco is thwarted at the Battle of Alcazar-el-Kebir. King Sebastian …

… Delegates from some 100 nations agree at the United Nations on a global treaty to prevent over-fishing on the high seas. …

… The trial ends in the Natal Supreme Court in Pietermaritzburg of five Africans …

… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … Anglo-Boer War 2: In the month since 25 June, Emily Hobhouse has addressed 26 public meetings in Britain on the concentration c …

… Prof. Ulrich Gerhard Lauts (78), who reported on the Great Trek and further adventures of the Voortrekkers and who was appointe …

… The Nelspoort Sanatorium, started by Dr Peter Allan and first tuberculosis hospital in SA, is opened by the Prince of Wales. …

… Agreement is reached between the South African Police, ANC, SACP and COSATU on the principles outlined by a panel of experts on …

… A Day In The Life Of Mandela: Charm, Control, A Bit Of Acid by Bill Keller (The New York Times), 12 September 1994 …

… The Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, to …

… Closure of more than seventy Black schools, mainly in the Cape Province, is ordered by the government following five months of …

… The Department of Native Affairs is renamed as the Department of Bantu Administration and Development, with …

… Catherine Labuschagne 25 makes history when she becomes the first woman fighter pilot in the world to fly a Gripen fighter jet …

… a suspect, who reportedly, confessed to involvement in the bombing of the US Embassy in Nairobi ei …

… The Liquor Laws Amendment Bill, under which Africans are for the first time allowed to buy liquor freely, comes into …

… An electoral alliance is announced between the United Party (UP) and the National Union (NU) in Bloemfontein, in a form of a ni …

… An electoral alliance is announced between the United Party (UP) and the National Union (NU) in Bloemfontein, in a form of a ni …

… The South African Air Force’s newest addition, the Gripen fighter jet, takes its first flight around Cape …

… In a statement on the National Peace Accord, the Human Rights Commission (HRC) of South Africa states that …

… Charles Nqakula, Minister of Safety and Security of the Republic of South Africa since 7 May 2002 and Chairperson of the South …

… The highest temperature ever recorded in the world was 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit (58 degrees Celsius) …

… During the Egyptian Rebellion, British forces under Wolseley rout the Egyptians at Tel-el-Kebir and proceed to occupy Egypt and …

… During a three-day trip to Cuba, Mugabe says in Havana the amendments he signed into law on 9 September, marked "the liber …