Archive Day

SA cross-border raid in Maputo kills several

P.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'

Zimbabawean Independence Day

Indian students join the Coloured schools boycott

ZANU-PF wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe

MK hero cadre Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu is executed

Camp David peace treaty is signed, ending 30 years of war between Egypt and Israel

Moses Kotane, the South African Communist Party and African National Congress stalwart dies in Moscow

ANC recruits receive military training

Phyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho

Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa served with restriction order

Pik Botha is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs

Transkei gains complete independence

Samora Machel decrees an end to private ownership

Bram Fischer dies

Members of SASO and BPC held under Terrorism Act

Hezekiel Sepeng is born

SASO leader, Abram Tiro is assassinated

Banning orders served on NUSAS leaders

Democratic Party (DP) indicates its policies and outlines its proposed reforms

The death in police custody of Ahmed Timol, political activist and underground operative, is confirmed

The Chinese Community in South Africa is granted ‘White’ status

The Ciskei homeland is established

Lesotho addresses political exiles in the country

The new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is adopted

National Party wins general election

Gambia is admitted to the United Nations

Ingrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide.

ANC member, Henry Fazzie sentenced to 20 years in jail under the Sabotage Act

Zambia gains independence from Britain

The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed United Republic of Tanzania

90-Days Act comences

Dr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa

International Labour Organisation (ILO) suspends South Africa

The first ‘Bantustans’ or ‘homelands’ comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted

The Rivonia Trialists are charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the state

Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Congo Republic, is assassinated

State of Emergency follows Sharpeville massacre

Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba

Conservationist and entrepreneur Rufus Maruma is born