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George Shabangu of KwaNdebele disappears, allegedly escaping from police custody while pointing out an arms cache in the veld.
… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, … George Shabangu of KwaNdebele disappears,…
Sir Gordon Sprigg forms his first ministry in the Cape at the request of the governor, Sir Bartle Frere.
… Sprigg forms his first ministry in the Cape at the request of the governor, Sir Bartle Frere. …
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel apologises for his country’s role in the 1961 assassination of then-Congolese leader Patr
… for his country’s role in the 1961 assassination of then-Congolese leader Patr …
Pieter Johannes (Piet) Potgieter, second son and sixth child of Andries Hendrik Potgieter and in 1853 elected chief commandant
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9, p. 67. … Johannes (Piet) Potgieter, second son and…
Dorothy Ruth Boxall, music teacher and lecturer, writer and organiser of orchestral activities for the youth, dies in Johannesb
… Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC. … Boxall, music teacher and lecturer, writer and organiser of…
Pieter Cornelis Schoonees, lexicographer and member of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, is born in Uniondale
… Pieter Cornelis Schoonees, lexicographer and member of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, is …
Adv. Mojankunyane Gumbi, Legal Advisor to the President’s Office (1999) and director of the Women’s Development Bank, is born i
… Hayes, S. (ed)(2000). Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball. … Advisor to the President’s Office (1999) and director of the Women’s…
The constitution of the ZAR (South African Republic) is finally ratified by a Volksraad in which Soutpansberg is also represent
… Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 259. … The constitution of the ZAR (South…
The Black community at Mogopa is displaced in a "forced removal" action. Some 300 homes and a cluster of community bu
… in a "forced removal" action. Some 300 homes and a cluster of community bu …
Ouneas (Pakes) Dikgetsi, MEC for Housing and Local Government, Northern Cape Provincial Government and founder member of the Un
… Hayes, S. (ed)(2000). Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball. … Northern Cape Provincial Government and founder member of the Un …
Minister of Home Affairs Gene Louw announces that race classification for newborn babies and immigrants has ceased with immedia
… Minister of Home Affairs Gene Louw announces that race classification …
James Aubrey Polley (61), flamboyant former minister of the Methodist Church and anti-apartheid activist, dies. He was detained
… James Aubrey Polley (61), flamboyant former minister of the Methodist Church and anti-apartheid activist, dies. He …
Exchange of notes with Namibia takes place. It concerns formal school and technical college instructional programmes and the pe
… Exchange of notes with Namibia takes place. It concerns formal school …
South Africa’s acclaimed Soweto Gospel Choir under direction of David Mulovhedzi and Beverly Bryer win in the Best Traditiona
… Africa’s acclaimed Soweto Gospel Choir under direction of David Mulovhedzi and Beverly Bryer win in the Best …
A new SABC/Markinor survey released in Johannesburg discloses that nine out of ten South Africans have cited unemployment and j
… survey released in Johannesburg discloses that nine out of ten South Africans have cited unemployment and j …
Jim Msebenzi Mahlangu, headman of Tweefontein, disappears. He was last seen in a white E20 combi at 152 Tweefontein.
… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, … Jim Msebenzi Mahlangu, headman of…
Faizelf Ismael, chief director Export and Investment Promotion, Dept of Trade and Industry, and former Black student leader and
… Hayes, S. (ed)(2000). Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball. … chief director Export and Investment Promotion, Dept of Trade and…
The Rev. John Langalibalele Dube (Mafukuzela), politician and founder and first editor of the Zulu newspaper Ilanga lase Natal
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 4, p. 96. | … Dube (Mafukuzela), politician and founder…
The monetary policy committee (MPC) leaves interest rates unchanged, but altered its public stance towards the vagaries of the
… but altered its public stance towards the vagaries of the …
Masibulela Hawk Makepula, SA junior flyweight champion, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Organisation in that
… junior flyweight champion, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Organisation in that …
President Mandela discloses that he has invited Cuban President Fidel Castro to South Africa. This move elicits expressions of
… Castro to South Africa. This move elicits expressions of …
An Ethiopian plane bombs an Eritrean village full of homeless people, killing at least five civilians and escalating a border d
… An Ethiopian plane bombs an Eritrean village full of homeless people, killing at least five civilians and …
Bambata Rebellion: Natal Governor Sir Henry McCallum proclaims martial law. Some 1 000 men are mobilised under command of Col D
… martial law. Some 1 000 men are mobilised under command of Col D …
Anglo-Boer War 2: George Frederick Labram, mechanical engineer who built ‘Long Cecil’ for the defence of Kimberley during the s
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 6, p. 513 … mechanical engineer who built ‘Long Cecil’…
ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela says the European Community should retain sanctions against South Africa and warns of mass
… should retain sanctions against South Africa and warns of mass …
The Minister of Justice, P.C. Pelser, discloses in Parliament that during 1973 the government for political reasons banned a to
… The Minister of Justice, P.C. Pelser, discloses in Parliament that during …
The South African Department of Home Affairs refuses to grant Breyten Breytenbach a visa to receive an honorary doctorate from
… jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau | South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89 , Johannesburg: South African Institute…
Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, leader of the opposition PFP, resigns from parliamentary politics because he said Parliament is
… Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, leader of the opposition PFP, resigns from parliamentary politics …
Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane, leader of the St Engenas Zion Christian Church (the Dove) with support in rural areas, i
… Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC … Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane, leader of the St Engenas…
President Nelson Mandela holds meetings with Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini and later declares he will initiate a round of urgen
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … Zwelithini and later declares he will initiate a…