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EventEnoch Mgijima dies
… conflict with police, his followers charged fanatically on his orders, believing that the bullets would turn into …
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
… to the formation of a federal system of government based on a one man, one vote system. Instead, he proposed the …
EventControl of communication bureau is placed under Foreign Affairs
… (BNIC), which replaced the Department of Information on 15 June, 1978, would be placed under the Ministry of …
EventBeyers Naude refuses to testify before the Schlebusch Commission
… his defiance and was fined R50, 00 or one month in prison. On 28 October 1976, he was arrested for refusing to pay the …
EventMalawian President Hastings Banda visits SA
… Prime Minister and invited the President to visit Malawi. On his return, he declared that 99% of the Africans whom he … Eye on Africa, " Malawi History and…
EventKimberley swimmer Karen Muir (12) sets new world record
… Fort Lauderdale, in 1980. Because of the Olympic Games ban on South Africa, she never competed at the Olympics and …
EventHomeland leader Qqozo stands trial
… Oupa Qqozo, military leader of Ciskei homeland, went on trial in the Ciskei Supreme Court. He faced charges of …
EventFurther chaos in Liberian civil war
… Front of Liberia (INPFL) led by Prince Yormie Johnson on 9 September 1990. The end of the Doe regime only continued …
EventApartheid leader P. W. Botha Resigns
… P. W. Botha suffers a mild stroke and, on this day he announces his intention to resign the National … Availabele at: https://africanhistory.about.com …
EventWynand Malan leads the newly formed National Democratic Movement
… Congress (ANC) and the NDM during which common ground on the protection of language, culture and religion and the …
EventEric Mntonga is found dead
… for South Africa (IDASA) in the border region, was found on a dirt road near King William's Town in the Eastern Cape, …
EventPhumizile Mlambo-Ngcuka is appointed as SA Deputy President
… had been fired from his position by President Thabo Mbeki on 14 June 2005 for his alleged corrupt relation with Schabir …
EventPresident Hosni Mubarak collapses
… in parliament while delivering a speech broadcasted live on television in Cairo. After forty-five minutes of medical … BBC. 2004. 'Key Dates', Focus on…
EventMcBride is conditionally released from prison
… McBride, who had been held in Mozambique for six months on charges of gun-running and espionage, was conditionally …
EventBlack pupils arrive at school escorted by police officers
… Only twenty out of almost 700 pupils came to school on that day. Many White parents threatened to establish their …
EventWinnie Mandela is dismissed from government
… Following weeks of speculations on the fate of Winnie Mandela in the government, president …
EventLeprosy expert Dr Kok is born
… missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church and authority on leprosy, was born in Brandfort, Orange Free State (now …
EventRabbi Israel Abrahams is born
… in 1968, he settled in Jerusalem, Israel, where he died on 27 October 1973. Source: Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). …
EventAfrikaans author, Lulu Latsky is born
… was known for her storybooks, which were handwritten on blocks of writing paper. From 1943 until 1950 or 1951, she …
EventSA Journalist James Gray is born
… News, James Andrew Gray was born in Scotland. He served on the staff of the Evening Despatch and was wounded three …
EventPutin visits South Africa
… a delegation of government officials and business people on a two day official visit. This was the first ever visit of …
EventGriqua leader Andries le Fleur is born
… Both he and his father were extremely active in the 1890s on behalf of the Griqua who claimed that they had lost their …
EventVoortrekker leader Andries Pretorius dies
… statesman, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus Pretorius, died on his farm in the Magaliesberg area. In 1838, Pretorius led …
EventGovernment withdraws ten police officers from service
… generals and De Klerk seemed to have been resolved when on 25 March Commissioner Johan van der Merve proclaimed that …
EventTranskei announces it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa
… became official when Kaizer Daliwonga Matanzima announced on 10 April 1978 that Transkei would break all diplomatic …
EventO. R. Tambo leaves South Africa for exile
… left South Africa shortly after the Sharpeville massacre , on the instruction of the African National Congress (ANC). …
EventDesire Wilson is born
… Desiré Randall Wilson was born on 26 November 1953 in Brakpan. Wilson is a former racing … Wilson [online] Available at: www.f1rejects.com [Accessed on 11…
EventSouth Africa and the United Kingdom embroiled in a diplomatic crisis
… not send four South African back to Britain to stand trial on charges of illegal export of arms. It is widely believed …
EventThe British government closes its consulate in Angola
… increasing tensions in Angola, with Cuban forces fighting on behalf of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of …
Event18,000 people have been detained since the declaration of the State of Emergency in March
… Emergency in March. The State of Emergency was proclaimed on 30 March 1960, following the Sharpeville killings that …