This Day in History

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

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