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A military coup in Chad overthrows President Ngarta Tombaloaye, who is killed. Felix Malloum takes over at the head of a seven-
… Tombaloaye, who is killed. Felix Malloum takes over at the head of a seven- …
A two day conference on violence and intimidations starts in Pretoria. The ANC, AZAPO, PAC, COSATU and South African Council of
… Meer, F. (ed)(1993). The Codesa file . Durban: Madiba Publishers, p. 151 … on violence and intimidations starts in Pretoria. The ANC, AZAPO, PAC, COSATU and…
Elvis Rathogwa, chair of FAWU shop stewards’ council, disappears in Wynberg. The farm fare management claimed that they had acc
… Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. … Elvis Rathogwa,…
James Sofasonke (meaning ‘We shall all die’) Mpanza, politician and founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for better ho
… Verwey: New Dictionary of South African Biography … ‘We shall all die’) Mpanza, politician and founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for better ho …
The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, tells Parliament that nearly 700 terrorists were arrested in 1977 an
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy…
A Liberian freighter rams a bridge in Florida’s Tampa Bay, collapsing part of the span (a 1,400-foot section) and plunging thir
… rams a bridge in Florida’s Tampa Bay, collapsing part of the span (a 1,400-foot section) and plunging thir …
William H. Addison, first district surgeon of Pietermaritzburg, arrives with his wife and son in Port Natal aboard the Lalla Ro
… William H. Addison, first district surgeon of Pietermaritzburg, arrives with his wife and son in Port Natal aboard the Lalla Ro …
Gertrud Theiler, zoologist, researcher and teacher dies in Still Bay, Western Cape. She was a founder member of the Austin Robe
… Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) (1999). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.2 , Pretoria: Vista. … dies in Still Bay, Western Cape. She was a founder member…
The SA government announces that Gill Marcus, Deputy Minister of Finance, will succeed retiring Chris de Swart as Vice-Presiden
… The SA government announces that Gill Marcus, Deputy Minister of Finance, will succeed retiring Chris de Swart as …
The SA government announces that Gill Marcus, Deputy Minister of Finance, will succeed retiring Chris de Swart as Vice-Presiden
… The SA government announces that Gill Marcus, Deputy Minister of Finance, will succeed retiring Chris de Swart as …
Marius Phillip Olivier Burgers (53), dies of a heart attack while recording a tribute to the late Pieter de Waal, SA broadcaste
… Marius Phillip Olivier Burgers (53), dies of a heart attack while recording a tribute to the late Pieter de Waal, SA broadcaste …
The SA government announces that Gill Marcus, Deputy Minister of Finance, will succeed retiring Chris de Swart as Vice-Presiden
… The SA government announces that Gill Marcus, Deputy Minister of Finance, will succeed retiring Chris de Swart as …
Marius Phillip Olivier Burgers (53), dies of a heart attack while recording a tribute to the late Pieter de Waal, SA broadcaste
… Marius Phillip Olivier Burgers (53), dies of a heart attack while recording a tribute to the late Pieter de Waal, SA broadcaste …
Heads of State or their senior representatives from 44 African countries gather in Abuja, Nigeria to deliberate on the problem
… Heads of State or their senior representatives from 44 African … countries gather in Abuja, Nigeria to deliberate on the problem …
Heads of State or their senior representatives from 44 African countries gather in Abuja, Nigeria to deliberate on the problem
… Heads of State or their senior representatives from 44 African … countries gather in Abuja, Nigeria to deliberate on the problem …
Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa’s United African National Council has won fifty-one of the seventy-two seats available to Black candida
… United African National Council has won fifty-one of the seventy-two seats available to Black candida …
Djibouti lifts all trade and travel restrictions on South Africa, whilst Cote d’Ivoire announces the establishment of full dipl
… Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for April, p. 38851. … on South Africa, whilst Cote d’Ivoire announces the establishment of full dipl …
Samuel Samson Tema, minister of religion and pioneer in the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), dies in Seshego, Pietersbur
… Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1 , Pretoria: HSRC, p. 241. … Samuel Samson Tema, minister of religion and pioneer in…
Sir Bartle Frere meets the Transvaal Boers assembled in support of their claim to independence. He promises them complete freed
… Sir Bartle Frere meets the Transvaal Boers assembled in support of their claim to independence. He promises them complete …
Joshua Nkomo (1917-1999), Zimbabwean vice-president whose son has recently died of HIV/AIDS, claims the disease is a "Whit
… Zimbabwean vice-president whose son has recently died of HIV/AIDS, claims the disease is a "Whit …
Anglo-Boer War 2: General Lord Methuen buries Combat-General De Villebois-Mareuil with full military honours. 1500 men of the L
… Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa. | … De Villebois-Mareuil with full military honours. 1500 men of the L …
Maxwell Mamase, MEC for Agriculture and Land Affairs of the Eastern Cape Provincial Government, is born in Peddie, Eastern Cape
… Hayes, S. (ed)(2000). Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball … Maxwell Mamase, MEC for Agriculture and Land Affairs of the Eastern…
Five members of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) are sentenced to twenty-six years imprisonment each for their part in a
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … Five members of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement …
A court in England convicts two Algerian illegal immigrants of raising funds for the al-Qaida terror network, and sentences bot
… A court in England convicts two Algerian illegal immigrants of raising funds for the al-Qaida terror network, and sentences bot …
Author, educationist and social worker and later ANC member of parliament, Ellen Kuzwayo, becomes the first Black woman to rece
… Author, educationist and social worker and later ANC member of parliament, Ellen Kuzwayo, becomes the first Black woman to rece …
A bomb explodes in front of the post office in Krugersdorp, killing two security guards and injuring at least twenty people.
… A bomb explodes in front of the post office in Krugersdorp, killing two security …
In his first major speech since his election as Transvaal leader Dr A.P. Treurnicht revives the concept of a ‘Colouredstan’ to
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … election as Transvaal leader Dr A.P. Treurnicht…
Frans Lion Cachet (64), pastor in several parts of SA and various denominations, dies in Bergen-op-Zoom, the Netherlands.
… Frans Lion Cachet (64), pastor in several parts of SA and various denominations, dies in Bergen-op-Zoom, the Netherlands. …
T.F. Burgers, state president of the Transvaal (1872), is reburied in Pretoria, nearly fourteen years after his death in Richmo
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 594. … T.F. Burgers, state president of the…
President Thabo Mbeki and the minister of justice are facing a R550 000 civil damages claim after a convicted murderer kil
… President Thabo Mbeki and the minister of justice are facing a R550 000 civil damages claim after a …