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End of a four day meeting between Hitler and Mussolini over failure to hold North Africa.
End of a four day meeting between Hitler and Mussolini over failure to hold North Africa.
British troops are flown in to Uganda to suppress an army mutiny over low pay.
EventBird flu outbreak is declared over, thousands of birds were killed to prevent the spreading of the disease
On 13 September 2005 Agriculture Minister , Thoko Didiza, announced that South Africa had been declared free of notifiable avian influenza (bird flu). The…
BiographyTerry Bell
Terence Albert Bell (Terry Bell) was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa on 12 September 1942. He married his fellow exile, Barbara,…
State President F.W. de Klerk announces plans to bring covert operations by government agents under Cabinet control.
EventWorldwide speculation begins that a bright flash detected over the southern Indian Ocean was a South African nuclear test
In the early hours of 22 September 1979, an American Vela satellite recorded a double flash of light over the southern Indian Ocean, near South Africa's Prince…
A Call to Action. Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1969
(Abridged text) For over fifty years the African National Congress has led the people of South Africa in the struggle for freedom. For over fifty years it has…
EventSouth African Airways is given permission to fly over the bulge of Africa as negotiations to end apartheid gain momentum
The release of political prisoners like Nelson Mandela and the end of apartheid in South Africa also signaled the end of sanctions and boycotts on the country…
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly votes to end South Africa’s mandate over South West Africa.
The new Black-controlled company, National Sorghum Breweries takes over from the government-controlled Industrial Development C
The new Black-controlled company, National Sorghum Breweries takes over from the government-controlled Industrial Development C
A clash between Bophuthatswana police and residents of Braklaagte and Leeuwfontein over incorporation into the homeland claims
Bishop Josiah Kirbira of Tanzania is the first African to preside over the Lutheran World Federation.
Severe drought is reported in Ethiopia, over 800,000 people are in urgent need of supplies.
Twenty-four people are killed in Meadowlands during an IFP take-over of the Mzimhlope hostel.
EventOver 400 Kikuyu suspected to be part of the Mau Mau movement are arrested in Kenya
Mali was once part of the Great Songhay Empire, but came under French rule in 1892. After almost seventy years of colonial rule, Mali was renamed the Sudanese…
Over 400 Kikuyu suspected to be part of the Mau Mau movement are arrested in Kenya
EventPharmaceutical companies drop a lawsuit against South Africa ending an international battle over patent rights and profit
In 1998 the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and thirty nine international pharmaceutical companies brought a lawsuit against the South…
Forces of the White Rhodesian regime attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique, killing over 200 people.
Breakthrough reached at peace talks in Kenya between Sudanese government and the SPLA over key issues.
Bambatha Rebellion:Over 7,000 British troops are called out to quell Zulu aggression in Natal.
Jim Mollison completes his epic flight from England to Cape Town in just over 114 hours.
The Automobile Association of SA (AA) takes over the Royal Automobile Club (RAC), founded in 1901.
Wouter Basson, a scientist who headed South Africa’s covert chemicaland germ-warfare operations during the apartheid era, is ac
Wouter Basson, a scientist who headed South Africa’s covert chemicaland germ-warfare operations during the apartheid era, is ac
Address on the Occasion of the Torch Handing Over Ceremony, “From Rio to Johannesburg” , 25 June 2002 Rio De Janeiro
President Henrique Cardoso, Prime Minister Goran Persson, Distinguished Guests, and, People of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro: First of all, let me thank you,…