Archive Day

Nelson Mandela is elected Deputy President of the ANC

Nelson Mandela is free

Walter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Ahmed Kathrada address the public after 26 years

Mass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign

Upington 14 are sentenced

The Democratic Party, now the Democratic Alliance, is formed

South Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa

The Trust Feed Massacre

A consumer boycott is called in Boksburg

The “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions

SA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord

Dulcie September is assassinated in Paris

Alan Paton, author of “Cry, the Beloved Country” and founder member of the Liberal Party, dies

Malebane Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana

Chris Heunis meets Enos Mabuza of KaNgwane

Botshabelo forced into Qwa Qwa

Chris Hani succeeds Joe Slovo as Chief of MK

Eric Mntonga is found dead

A police mob attacks big SWAPO rally

Alleged Mk members are killed

Jean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.

US House of Representatives approve Bill to impose stricter sanctions on Apartheid South Africa

ANC, COSATU and SACTU issues a joint statement in Lusaka

A military coup deposes the Lesotho Government

Tutu and Mkhatshwa join solidarity fast

Murder trial of “Sharpeville Six” opens

Frontline states call on RSA government to release Mandela and end Apartheid

PW Botha gives the “Rubicon” Speech in Durban

British pop star, David Essex, claims to have been quoted out-of-context regarding his return to perform in South Africa.

US Senator Edward Kennedy visits SA

Archbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Tricameral Parliament inaugurated

South Africa and Mozambique sign a non-aggression pact

Dorothy Nyembe is released from jail

ANC mounts a sabotage attack on fuel depot in Ermelo

Political Activist, Barbara Hogan, is sentenced for High Treason

Three ANC members are sentenced to death

Swaziland welcomes SA’s offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu

Ciskei is granted ‘independence’

Zwelakhe Sisulu is arrested