Archive Day

Gerard Moerdijk, SA architect of several church buildings and the Voortrekker monument, dies

The passive resistance movement begins with a mass meeting of 2000 Africans

Scores of people, including a Chief, are killed in Lari, Kenya, following an attack by Mau Mau freedom fighters

Langa, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day

Prime Minister P.W. Botha and President Samora Machel of Mozambique sign the Nkomati Accord

Bram Fischer is released from prison on health grounds

The first slave arrives at the Cape

The Alexandra ‘6-day war’ (15-21 February) starts.

A faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force, led by Rocky Malebana Metsing, attempts to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope.

Twenty-four people are killed in Operation Beanbag in Maputo, Mozambique.

Bafana Bafana, SA’s National soccer team, wins the Africa Cup of Nations Final

At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre at the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli.

P.W. Botha, former South African State President, appears in court for refusing to testify at the TRC

Zulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain

The first airmail in SA, consisting of 730 post cards, is flown eight kilometres by Evelyn Driver in his Bleriot plane from Ken

Ciskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted independence

Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.

The non-governmental organisation Surplus People Project (SPP) says the department of land affairs should consider using expropriation

Bophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government

The President’s Council, mandated to consider South Africa’s constitutional future, releases its final report.

Twelve people are killed in Mamelodi, Pretoria, when the police open fire on a crowd gathered in protest.

J.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea

Over 60 people are killed by RENAMO in Mozambique

Fourteen people are killed when the SAP use violence to break up a township meeting in Queenstown, Eastern Cape.

Queen Elizabeth ascends to the throne

Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman to regain his world heavyweight title

The State of Emergency is declared in thirty six magisterial districts.

Former SA Cricket Captain, Hansie Cronje, dies

Ma Tambo dies in Johannesburg

Former South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies

UN spokesman comments on Mugabe’s eviction campaign

Soccer coach Pitso Mosimane is fined R50 000

Magnus Malan and Constand Viljoen deny knowledge of mass graves

Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s advice is criticised

Court approves same-sex couple's right to marry

Africa Women’s Peace Train leaves Kampala for Johannesburg

Clampdown on 'conflict diamonds' begins

J.M. Coetzee wins the Booker Prize

Former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere dies

Tsafendas, murderer of South African Prime Minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd in 1966, dies