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EventSouth African Journalist, Zwelakhe Sisulu is abducted.
… Zwelakhe Sisulu was a prominent journalist in the apartheid era who fought for justice and freedom. Sisulu was the founder and editor of the New Nation…
EventVuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist is hanged
… uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist was hanged for his role in the MK and anti-apartheid resistance. As a member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions …
EventItalo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928 is signed
… of friendship with Abyssinia (now known as Ethiopia). In the treaty, which was called the Italo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928, also known as the Italo-Ethiopian…
EventJeannette Schoon and her daughter are killed by a letter bomb
… activist Marius Schoon (Jeannette's husband) was the target of the bombing because of his prior involvement in … moved to Angola because they thought it…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
… The leader of the Zulu Territorial Authority, Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha … of all races in South Africa to make a decision on the country's future political…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… Front (UDF) supporters in Natal, South Africa, following the release of Mandela on 11 February 1990. One of the reasons advanced for this violence is that…
EventSamora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash
… On 19 October 1986, the Mozambique President, Samora Machel and thirty-three … passengers, died when their Tupolev 134 plane crashed into the Lebombo…
EventConstructors make mass grave finding in Namibia
… in northern Namibia. Construction workers discovered the first mass grave containing human bones and ammunition 400 metres from the former military base on 9…
EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… a television broadcast President Nelson Mandela confirmed the rumours that he would not stand for re-election in 1999. … to what he had initially said when…
EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
… On 1 October 1881, Pixley ka Isaka Seme was born at the Inanda mission station in Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). Seme was a founding member of the South African…
EventBritain imposes an embargo on Rhodesian trade
… Britain imposed an embargo on Rhodesian trade. The ban came just two months after Southern Rhodesia (now … as Zimbabwe) Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith,…
Freedom Part to Host Ken Oosterbroek Legacy Exhibition
… Many South Africans have heard of the ‘Bang Bang Club,’ a nickname given to four South African photographers who captured the dying years of apartheid…
ArchiveStatement announcing retirement, Nelson Mandela, 1 June 2004
… Friends and colleagues and especially my good friends from the media. Thank you very much to all of you for taking time … to see what an old man looks like…
ArchiveBlack Community Programmes
… This document contains suggestions for action for the Sprocas Black Community Programmes which were presented for discussion at the Sprocas Co-ordinating…
EventClarence Makwetu Passes Away
… At the age of 88, Clarence Makwetu passed away in Queenstown … at 13:30 after a long illness. Makwetu was born on the 6th of December 1928 in the Transkei,…
PlaceWeskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Main building, Ketjen Street, Pretoria
… In 1892 the first Psychiatric Institution in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, the Krankzinnige Gesticht, was established in 1892. Later …
EventNames of 303 banned people are published
… A government notice published on 6 November 1964 gave the names of 303 persons on whom banning notices under the General Laws Amendment Act of 1963 (the so…
EventFietas, site of forced removal in Johannesburg, is renamed Pageview
… officially re-named Pageview in honour of Mr. J.J. Page, the Mayor of Johannesburg at the time. Up until this point, the area was popularly known as Fietas…
EventItaly invades Ethiopia
… empire and to avenge Italy's defeat in 1896 at Adwa by the Eritreans invades Eritrea. A border clash at Wewel (also referred to as Ualual) in Southern…
EventPresident John Vorster resigns
… after twelve years in office, B.J. Voster was elected to the unprecedented honorary position of State President. However, his spell in the new office was…
EventFormer anti-apartheid activist, Allan Boesak accuses ANC
… Dr Allan Boesak, former anti-apartheid activist, leader of the World Alliance of Churches and patron of the now disbanded United Democratic Front (UDF), was…
EventUnited Nations World Summit starts
… United Nations World Summit starts The United Nations World Summit started at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York. The Millennium Summit was the…
EventPresidential Job Summit is held
… and other community and development organisations meet at the Presidential Job Summit to discuss ways to create jobs in the country. The Summit proposed the…
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
… British forces at Ladysmith near Durban, KwaZulu Natal. The British forces had been under siege by the Boers since 2 November 1899. They were besieged…
EventBritain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan.
… independence for Sudan following years of colonial rule. The tale of these two countries’ rule over Sudan dates back the 19th century. In 1823, Egyptians…
PlaceNational Women’s Monument
… The monument created by Anton van Wouw , was put up in 1913 in remembrance of the 26 370 Boer women and children who died in prison camps during the South…
EventMethane gas explosion kills 68 mine workers
… were killed after an underground methane gas explosion at the Hlobane coal mine near Vryheid in Kwazulu-Natal . The gas explosion was caused by poor safety…
EventGovernment’s final consolidation of ‘homelands’
… The Nationalist party government announced its intention to consolidate the total number of separate 'homeland' areas from 113 to 36. The homelands were…
EventStudent Wages Commission meet
… The first meeting of the Student Wages Commission was held at the Bolton Hall, Durban. Beforehand, thousands of pamphlets …
EventConstant Viljoen announces his resignation from AVF
… The former leader of the Afrikaner Volksunie (AV) and Freedom Front (FF), General Constant Viljoen, announced his resignation from the Afrikaner National…