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BiographyVicky Sampson
Vicky Sampson was born in 1969, to Faye and Victor Sampson. Her father, Victor, was a member of the Golden City Dixies, a travelling vaudeville group. When…
BiographyMongane Wally Serote
Mongane Wally Serote was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg on 8 May 1944, just four years before the National Party (NP) came to power in South Africa. His…
Trial begins in Pretoria of nine men accused of having planned the siege of a suburban bank in Pretoria in January, in which fi
Three Black men are found guilty of high treason and of having been involved in the sabotage of SASOL fuel installations and th
Zulu warriors ambush Petrus Lafras (Piet) Uys and his men at Italeni. Uys, his son Dirkie and seven of his followers are ki
The first hijacking of a South African Airways plane takes place when two men hijack a SAA Boeing 727 tri-jet the Letaba en rou
Two Libyan men plead not guilty to charges that they were involved in the Lockerbie bombing of Panama flight 103 in 1988. The c
Security forces round up more than 10,000 men in the biggest anti-Mau Mau operation since the state of emergency was declared i
Zulu warriors ambush Petrus Lafras (Piet) Uys and his men at Italeni. Uys, his son Dirkie and seven of his followers are ki
Anglo-Boer War 2: General Christiaan de Wet and his men, in a battle that marks the first of the guerrilla phase of the Second
Anglo-Boer War 1: A Boer force of 150 men storms Majuba and drives out 400 British troops in the decisive battle of the Anglo-T
At the end of the Soekmekaar and Silverton trial in Pretoria, three young Black men are found guilty of high treason, as well a
Transkei police kill three men, one of who is Mr Zolile Sangoni, when they fire on the occupants of a car outside Umtata, while
Eight British tourists, five men and three women, are killed on their way to the Royal Natal National Park when their bus swer
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
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WWI: Only three SA officers and 140 men march out of Delville Wood. Six days earlier, on moving in, the strength of the brigade
Gov. George Napier wants to cut off the Voortrekkers from the harbour in Port Natal and sends Capt. Smith with 125 men by land
A number of women call on the government at a press conference to permit those men who refuse to serve in the army to make thei
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu was born in the village of Qutubeni in the Engcobo district of the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu was born out of wedlock. His father…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
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EventForces loyal to Zambian president Frederick Chiluba quash a coup by a handful of disgruntled military officers, arresting nine men including the captain who said an angel told him to overthrow the government
In October 1997, the soldiers broke into an arms depot, assaulted army officers and seized state broadcasting studios. Captain Stephen Lungu, calling himself…
Vasco da Gama goes ashore in St Helena Bay and he and three of his men are wounded in the first skirmish between Europeans and
BiographyAlpheus Madaba Madiba
Alpheus Madaba Madiba born in 1901, in Nzhelele in the northern Transvaal, into a Venda peasant family.He emigrated to Johannesburg when he was 17 and found…
BiographyBernard Mafiyeka
A National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa shop steward. Mafiyeka was gunned down by one of a group of four men who approached him as he walked to work.
BiographyRaymond Basil van Staden
Raymond Basil van Staden was born on 27 January 1961 at the coastal town of Amanzimtoti in KwaZulu-Natal. He studied Security Management, Forensic…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
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BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
Jacobus Hercules de la Rey was the sixth child of Adrianus Johannes and Adriana (van Rooyen). He was born near Winburg on 22 October 1847. After the Battle of…
ArchiveCar Bomb Kills Two Black Men, Injures 42 Others, AP News, 24 October 1988
Mama Beshenga
During the 1960s, at the height of the forced removals with the introduction of the Native Law Amendment Act, there was great panic and confusion within the…
BiographyPiet Mokoena
Piet Mokoena, from Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State [now Free State Province], was a strong supporter of Paulus Howell Mopeli…