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EventGold Coast (Ghana) gains independence
On 6 March 1957, the Gold Coast (now known as Ghana) gained independence from Britain. Ghana became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and was led to…
EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Executive met in Cape Town and pledged full support to the Passive Resistance launched by the Passive Resistance Councils …
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… Abdullah Abdurahman Biography profile , who'swho southern africa, [online], Available at whoswhosa.co.za [Accessed: … et al. (eds) (1970). Standard…
EventUDF organises boycott of Coloured and Indian parliamentry elections
On 22 August 1984 the United Democratic Front, an internal coalition of anti-apartheid groups, organised highly successful boycotts of the Coloured and Indian…
EventGang leader Andre Stander is shot dead in the United States of America
Andre Stander, former police officer, South African fugitive and leader of the Stander Gang consisting of Patrick Lee McCall, Allan Heyl and Stander himself,…
EventUDF is launched
… UDF: A History of the United Democratic Front in South Africa, 1983-1991 '. David Philip Publishers: Cape …
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death
The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death as well as a post-mortem report…
EventBlack People Convention is formed
Twelve years after the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), a new political movement, the Black People Convention …
EventThe Rev. Allan Hendrickse steps down as a leader of the Labour Party
The Rev. Allan Hendrickse, former minister in President P.W. Botha's cabinet, stepped down after fourteen years as leader of the Labour Party. He later joined…
Event26 parties meet to discuss future negotiations
Nine months after the collapse of Codesa II, twenty-six parties - the most representative gathering of South African political groups ever assembled for…
EventAbolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act is adopted
The South African parliament under President F.W. de Klerk adopted the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act 108 of 1991, which scrapped the…
EventANC and IFP to meet over violence
The African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) announced that they would hold a meeting of the two parties in Durban, in an attempt to end…
EventMalebane Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
A dissatisfied faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force and some members of the National Executive Committee of the People's Progressive Party, led by Rocky…
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission’s finding
Mozambique and the Soviet Union rejected the findings of the Margo Commission, led by Justice Cecil Margo. The commission was instituted to investigate into…
EventANC claim responsibility for a land mine explosion which kills six
… 2013] Rule, Shelia (1985): 'Land Mine Kills Six in South Africa.' Article published in the New York Times on 16th …
EventSoweto High School under siege
South African Defence Force soldiers, travelling in a convoy of more than ten armoured vehicles, surrounded the Thaba-Juluba high school in Soweto and arrested…
EventEvidence found at Barberton confirms theory of life on earth as early as about 3.4 billion years ago
News 24 announced that geologists Michael M. Tice and Professor Donald R. Lowe of Stanford University in the United States, assisted locally by South African…
EventSecond biggest archaeological discovery of the century at Sterkfontein
One of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century was documented in the South African Journal of Science on this date. Dr Ron Clark of…
EventSA military integration is disputed
The transition in the South African Defence Force (later SANDF) was not achieved without difficulties. It came to the surface that a dispute ensued between…
EventZulu assault at Holkrantz
On 6 March 1902 in the district of Vryheid, a Zulu Chief, Sikobobo, attacked a Boer regiment after the latter had stolen their cattle, burned their kraals and…
EventFrance tests an atomic bomb in Algeria
France conducted its first nuclear bomb test at Reganne, Algeria, in the Sahara desert. At the time, Algeria was under French control. The test, code named…
EventJames Kantor, a lawyer, is arrested for his involvement in Liliesleaf farm activities
… https://law2.umkc.edu [Accessed on 13 August 2013]| South Africa. Info Liliesleaf: one day back in '63 [online] …
EventProfessor Bob Hepple is born
Professor Bob Hepple was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Alex Hepple, was a trade unionist, Labour Party member and Chairman of the…
EventLord Roberts crosses the Vaal River en route to Pretoria
In May 1900, at the height of the South African War (1899-1902), Field Marshall Lord Roberts and his forces crossed the Vaal River heading to Pretoria.This…
EventThe Johannesburg Meteorological Observatory opens
The Observatory was founded as the Transvaal Meteorological Department, and was initially meant to be used to watch weather patterns. Astronomer Dr Robert…
Event270 workers charged with Marikana Massacre
… Marikana miners charged with murder , from BBC News Africa , 30 August [online], Available at …
EventFirst Women Anti-Pass Campaign starts
… Walker, C. (1982) Women and Resistance in South Africa , London: Onyx, pp 27-31. …
EventFive power stations are blown up as tensions rise during WWII
Five power stations are blown up by pro-Axis power saboteurs in an attempt to destabilise the Rand gold mines. During the Second World War supporters of the…
EventNational Party unveils its policy plan focusing on anti-poverty strategies
Following the National Party (NP)'s first federal congress since its withdrawal from the Government of National Unity (GNU), its policy plan was unveiled…
EventPoqo members arrested
… SADET (2004). The Road to Democracy in South Africa Volume 1 (1960 - 1970) . Zebra Press: Paarl|Kruger, …