Archive Day

18,000 people have been detained since the declaration of the State of Emergency in March

Unrests break out in the Coloured townships

Ange-Félix Patassé, President of the Central African Republic is born

Stander gang hits 3 banks

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies

South African writer J.M. Coetzee is born in Cape Town.

Nigerian Political Scientist Professor Claude Ake is born

Hundreds of White-owned farms are seized by homeless people and pro-Mugabe war veterans in a violent campaign in Zimbabwe

Conscientious objector Ivan Toms is sentenced to 21 months imprisonment for refusing to serve in the SADF

Three AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana

Political activist Mvulane Zacharia Bheki dies in detention

Supreme Court declares Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta winner of the Kenyan presidential election

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.

The force of the Union of South Africa enters Windhoek, capital of South West Africa.

Church bombing kills 15 people in Nigeria.

Mandela signs a law into bill creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)

Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa

Khoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves

Njabulo Ndebele was born on this day

Tseko Simon Nkoli dies

Waaihoek women embark on anti-pass passive resistance campaign

Die Burger publishes the term 'Apartheid' for the first time

Orlando Pirates captain and goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa dies

South African storyteller, Gcina Mhlophe is born

AKA, the Prince of South African hip hop is born

Tumi Molekane, the South African hip hop artist and poet is born

Minnie Dlamini, the South African television personality is born

Cassper Nyovest, the South African Hip Hop artist is born

Bevil Rudd, the Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist

Rudolph Lewis, South African road racing cyclist is born

Riky Rick, one of the most esteemed South African hip hop artists is born

Riaad Moosa, the South African comedian is born

Rayda Jacobs, the novelist and documentary filmmaker is born

ProVerb, the South Africa hip hop artist, television and radio presenter is born

Marsha Cox, the South African hockey player is born

Lalla Hirayama, the Japanese-born South African television personality is born

Thato Madonsela, the South African rapper is born

Senzo Mfundo Vilakazi, the South African hip hop artist and lyricist is born

Nasty C, the South African hip hop artist and song writer is born

Peter Scott, South African alpine skier is born