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… 10 000 Afrikaner women, led by Mrs H.C. Steyn, march to the Union Buildings to protest about the South African involvemen …

… president Charles Taylor, whose war crimes trial before the Special Court of Sierra Leone is to be held in the …

… The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses to accede to the NP demands and calls instead for urgent talks in order to …

… The Star reports that Mrs Albert Sisulu was granted a … to meet United States president George Bus, and to visit the wif …

… with his wife by state agents in 1986, is awarded the Order of the Su …

… SA signs treaty with Great Britain on the double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on …

… Piet Joubert attacks Venda Chief Mpefu’s main kraal during the Mpefu War (also called Magato War). The sub-chiefs su …

… Paulse makes history by playing in his fiftieth Test for the Boks, a record for a Springbok wing in the Test against Ir …

… The Anglican Bishop of Lesotho, the Rev. Desmond Tutu, announces that he is giving up his …

… The 150th celebration of the founding of Pretoria (on 16 November 1855) is celebrated …

… The University of Stellenbosch alumni decide not to ask for a review of the decision to confer an honorary doctorate on Bram Fi …

… The Star reports that poor management of SANDF equipment and the theft of weapons that ended up in rebels’ hands are …

… Five American nuns in Liberia are shot to death near the capital Monrovia; the killings are blamed on rebels loyal to Charles T …

… Rosalie van der Gught, theatre director, actor and head of the Speech and Drama Department at the University of Cape Town (UCT) …

… Flames roar through the cruise ship Achille Lauro off Somalia. The ship, which was hijacked by PLO terrorists in 1985, sinks …

… Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa. … Anglo-Boer War 2:  The Battle of Enslin or Graspan takes place, with the burghers under General De la Rey and Commandant Lubbe …

… Said, N. (2004). 'Edries Burton: Most Appearances of the Decade,' Kick Off 1994-2004, Special Edition, p. 33. … soccer player who was awarded Kick Off’s accolade for the Most Appearances of the Decade, is born in Heid …

… Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa | Wallis, F. … Anglo-Boer War 2: Winston Churchill climbs over the yard wall of the State Model School in Pretoria where he has been imprisone …

… On his last voyage of discovery in the Resolution and the Discovery, Capt. James Cook finds a group of islands, …

… A further 2,147 mile section of the Cape-to-Cairo Railroad is completed when lines meet at the Sudan-Congo border. africanhisto …

… James Dube, a minor Zulu chief converted by the Rev. Daniel Lindley, is ordained as minister. James was the father of John Lang …

… Robert Koch, German scientist who visited SA to investigate the causes of rinderpest, is born in Germany. He was awarded the No …

… Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, the first Black African to win the Nobel Peace Prize, collects his prize for 1960 in Oslo, …

… World Food Program warns the UN Security Council that a record 38 million people were at risk of starvation in Africa. The sout …

… de Sousa, who donned a SADF uniform and gained entry into the premises of the Wits Command to make a surveillance of …

… Mpho Mathibela, one of the two Siamese twins separated in an operation six months ago, leaves hospital for the first time. She …

… The Prime Minister of Swaziland says that his government will not allow the country to be used as a base for guerrilla attacks …

… The South African cricket team arrive in Calcutta, to play in three one-day matches against the Indian team in South Africa’s f …

… Tiger Woods squanders a lead on the final round of a PGA event for only the third time in his career, allowing South Africa’s R …

… Over 2000 Umkhonto we Sizwe soldiers of the ANC’s armed wing are dismissed from the SANDF for failing to report for duty. …