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12 February 1751 The Dutch East India Company issues an order that the statutes of India are to be followed strictly in the Cape. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,6119,2-1602-1492_1478625,00.html 12 February 1835 Hintsa, chief of the Xhosa, is shot trying to escape from the British forces at the start of the 6 th frontier war. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). The following 2 sources give date as 12-2-1835: Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau; SESA, v. 5, p.524. Van der Walt (et al): Geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika gives date as later than 15-04-1835. Following source gives it as 13-05-1835. 12 February 1850 The country's first art show opens in Cape Town, with some 500 items on exhibit. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479224,00.html 12 February 1862 Sir Thomas Cullinan, digger and founder of the Premier diamond company, is born. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 12 February 1869 A second treaty is signed for the establishment of the border between the Orange Free State and Basutoland. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 12 February 1880 Ermelo in Mpumalanga is founded by the Rev. Frans Lion Cachet . (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 12 February 1885 German East Africa Company is chartered. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479224,00.html 12 February 1924 Howard Carter examines the remains of Tutankhamen when the lid of the sarcophagus is lifted for the first time in 3,300 years. http://africanhistory.about.com/library/thisweek/bl-tw2-2.htm 12 February 1930 Tshikudo Paul Tavhana (also Thavhana), S.A carver and sculptor, is born in Dzanani, Limpopo. (Rankin, E. (1989). Images of Wood: aspects of the history of sculpture in 20 th -century South Africa , Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery). 12 February 1941 Johannes Eugen Rommel arrives in North Africa for the first time, delivered to Tripoli by the Heinkel bomber. http://africanhistory.about.com/library/thisweek/bl-tw2-2.htm 12 February 1946 The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Conference decides to prepare to resist. It also decides to send delegations to India, Britain and the United States. The delegation to India was to request the government of India to seek a round table conference with South Africa, and, if that failed, to withdraw its High Commissioner from South Africa and apply economic sanctions against South Africa. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 12 February 1949 Muslim Brotherhood leader, Hassan el Banna, is shot to death probably by the Egyptian government's security branch. http://africanhistory.about.com/library/thisweek/bl-tw2-2.htm12/1951 : 12 February 1951 Kwame Nkrumah, first prime minister and later president of Ghana , is freed from prison. http://perso.wanadoo.fr/les.insatisfaits/the.osagyefo.html 12 February 1953 Britain and Egypt sign new treaty, according to which Sudan is to have independence within three years. http://africanhistory.about.com/library/thisweek/bl-tw2-2.htm http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479224,00.html 12 February 1961 Congolese leader Patrice Emery Lumumba becomes a Pan-Africanism martyr following his murder by Moïse Kapenda Tshombe's forces in Elizabethville (now Lumumbashi). http://africanhistory.about.com/library/thisweek/bl-tw2-2.htm 12 February 1964 The Rev. T.C. Esterhuysen (Oom Essie, 66), missionary and moderator of the Dutch Reformed Mission Church, dies. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau. 12 February 1965 A proclamation applies a section of the Group Areas Act to all public places of recreation, including sporting events, theatres and concerts so that such places in White areas could not be frequented by non-Whites and vice versa. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 12 February 1970 An Israeli air raid on a scrap metal plant in Egypt kills 70 civilians. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479224,00.html 12 February 1972 Dr Albertus Daniel Keet (83), poet of the first Afrikaans love poems, dies in Senekal, Orange Free State. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 12 February 1976 The report of the Snyman Commission into the disturbances on the campus of the University of the North at Turfloop, finds that the South African Students Organization (SASO) was responsible for the unrest at Turfloop and other Black campuses, and was aimed at overthrowing the political system in South Africa. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 12 February 1979 The State Security Council (SSC) approves guidelines for the conducting of military operations against liberation movements in foreign countries. http://www.sahistory.org.za 12 February 1979 Nationalist guerrillas in Rhodesia shoot down an Air Rhodesia airliner with a missile, killing 59 people. http://africanhistory.about.com/library/thisweek/bl-tw2-2.htm 12 February 1980 The Quail Commission, who examined the question of the feasibility of independence of the Ciskei at the request of the Ciskeian government, releases its report. It finds that ninety per cent of all Ciskeians favour a one-man one-vote system within South Africa and advises against independence as a first option. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 12 February 1983 76 people are injured in an explosion at the offices of the Administration Board of the Free State in Bloemfontein. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 12 February 1989 The student activists Porta Shabangu, Thabo Mohale and Derrick Mashobane are ambushed and shot in Swaziland by a Vlakplaas division under command of Eugene de Kock. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau; Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state , Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 250.) 12 February 1989 The Vatican issues a report, "The Church and Racism", in which apartheid is condemned as the most evil, systematic form of institutionalised racism. The report follows confirmation a few days earlier that the Pope would visit South Africa in the coming year. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479224,00.html 12 February 1990 African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela meets the world's press at the official residence of the Archbishop of Cape Town and says he "understands White fears of domination" and that "the ANC is concerned to address the problem and to find a solution which will suit both Blacks and Whites in this country. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479224,00.html 12 February 1991 Following a 12-hour meeting in Cape Town between President de Klerk and ANC Deputy-President Nelson Mandela, they announce that they had resolved differences on the interpretation of the Pretoria Minute. Under the new agreement, the authorities undertake to expedite the return of exiles and the release of political prisoners while the ANC assents to end the recruitment and training of cadres for its armed branch, Umkhonto we Sizwe . http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 12 February 1992 Libya refuses to hand over the accused in the Lockerbie air disaster. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 12 February 1992 Community and sports leader Hassan Howa dies. http://www.sahistory.org.za 12 February 1993 The SA government and the ANC agree to a plan which will lead to Black majority rule by 1999. In 1994 a parliament of 400 members will be elected as interim government. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479224,00.html 12 February 1993 Exchange of notes with Namibia takes place. It concerns formal school and technical college instructional programmes and the performance by the South African Certification Council of functions in the Republic of Namibia. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 12 February 1993 President Didier Ratsiraka of Madagascar is voted out after 17 years in office. ( The Star , 10 Feb. 2002. MileStones). 12 February 1994 Nineteen political parties have registered for the forthcoming April 1994 general election. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 12 February 1995 Zairian soldiers begin to police Rwandan refugee camps in Zaire (now the DRC) as part of a UN peacekeeping operation. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479224,00.html 12 February 1999 James Aubrey Polley (61), flamboyant former minister of the Methodist Church and anti-apartheid activist dies. He was detained several times, i.a. because he protected Breyten Breytenbach. http://www.suntimes.co.za/1999/02/21/insight/in05.htm 12 February 2000 The game between Bafana Bafana (the SA soccer team) and Tunisia ends in a tie 2-2. (----, (2004). Lucas Radebe: Footballer of the Decade,' Kick Off 1994-2004, Special Edition, p. 10). 13 February 1601 John Lancaster leads the first East India Company's voyage from London. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1713 A Smallpox epidemic strikes the refreshment station at the Cape, after arriving with the crew on a Dutch ship. The disease wreaks irreparable havoc amongst the indigenous and colonist population of the Cape Peninsula and adjacent interior. Hardest hit are the indigenous Khoisan people. 13 February 1779 An edict is issued in the Cape Colony forbidding any White person from settling beyond the Gamtoos River. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1785 Marthinus A. Bergh leaves for the Netherlands to raise the grievances of the Burghers against the Cape government directly at the States General. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 13 February 1850 A 463-ton British wooden ship, Childe Herold, en route from Bombay to London and carrying more than 1300 pieces of ivory, is wrecked off Dassen Island. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1850 The Anti-Convict Association in Cape Town dissolves as a result of an order-in-council rescinding the decision to make the Cape a penal settlement. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1861 The Rev. D Wilcocks, lecturer at the Wellington Missionary Institute and clergyman in various places in SA, is born. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau) 13 February 1862 The railway line between Cape Town and Eerste River (34 km) is completed. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 13 February 1866 Sir Bernard Oppenheimer, brother of Ernest (of the South African Diamond Corporation), is born in Germany. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 13 February 1901 Lord Kitchener meets with Gen. Louis Botha in an effort to end the Anglo-Boer War, but Botha finds the British conditions unacceptable. The battle of Wolwekuil is fought the same day. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 13 February 1905 The theological seminary of the Reformed Church is opened in Potchefstroom with Jan Lion Cachet as professor. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 13 February 1941 The 12th African Division, with 1st SA Infantry Brigade in command, captures Kismayu in Somaliland in World War II. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1945 Allied forces capture Budapest, Hungary, in World War II. US warplanes firebomb Dresden, Germany, wiping out the city and killing more than 35 000 civilians. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1960 The first French atom bomb is tested in the Sahara desert. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1961 The UN Security Council urges use of force to prevent civil war in the Congo. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1961 Patrice Emery Lumumba, former prime minister of the new Congo republic, is shot and killed in Elisabethville, Katanga, while trying to escape from prison. (SESA, v. 7, p. 62). 13 February 1965 The unofficial Dutch mission, under Professor W.G. de Gaay Fortman, coming to South Africa to discuss apartheid, is cancelled. The tour will no longer be undertaken because the government has refused permission for the mission to meet Dr. Albert Luthuli . http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 13 February 1968 The Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) commences with lectures in a temporary hall in Braamfontein. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 13 February 1976 General Murtula Ramat Muhammed, Nigerian head of state since a bloodless coup in 1975, is assassinated during a failed military coup. http://africanhistory.about.com/library/thisweek/bl-tw2-2.htm 13 February 1982 5,000 people attend Neil Aggett's funeral in Johannesburg. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 13 February 1984 André Stander, SA bank robber, is killed in a shootout in the US. ( Pretoria News , 7 th Oct. 2003). 13 February 1985 The house of exile Nat Serache in Botswana is blown up in a cross-border operation. (Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state , Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 133.) 13 February 1990 The cricket tour by Mike Gatting's England team is curtailed by four matches, including the second Test, due to pressure from the African National Congress. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1991 Minister of Home Affairs Gene Louw announces that race classification for newborn babies and immigrants has ceased with immediate effect. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1993 Angolan government troops break into Unita rebel-held highlands in an attempt to open a supply corridor to the embattled city of Huambo. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1994 Somali gunmen kidnap two Italian aid workers and an Egyptian UN peacekeeper is killed. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1995 Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology and ANC Women's League president Winnie Mandela is accused of misusing R500 000 presented to her by Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 1994. The claim is made by 11 members of the League who resigned two days previously in protest of her style of leadership. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1996 Finance Minister Chris Liebenberg announces that the 1995-96 Budget deficit will be R30.1 billion or 6 per cent of the G.D.P. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 13 February 1997 Rebels under Laurent Kabila take the Zairian town of Faradje while advancing on the country's third largest city, Kisangani. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1998 The first test match between SA and Pakistan starts a day late after the alleged mugging of two Pakistani players in Sandton. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 13 February 1998 A Pilate aeroplane crashes into a mountain close to Nairobi, Kenia. 9 South Africans, including the aviation photographer Herman Potgieter, die. (Wallis: Nuusdagboek). http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1998 Nigerian-led peacekeepers trying to oust Sierra Leone's military government capture the parliament building in Freetown. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 1999 Osama bin Laden, the Saudi millionaire suspected of being behind the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, is reported to have disappeared from his base in Afghanistan. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 13 February 2004 The Star reports the first human embryos were cloned by a team of South Korean researchers under leadership of Woo Suk Hwang. ( The Star . 13 Feb 2004, p. 1.) 14 February 1754 Anton Anreith, SA sculptor, is born in Riegel, the Netherlands. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 14 February 1785 Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff assumes governorship at the Cape. Graaff-Reinet is named after him and his wife. (SESA, v.11 p.126). 14 February 1840 Dingaan , stripped of his kingship after he and his Zulu warriors are vanquished at the battle of Magongo at the Umkuzi River, flees to Swaziland. ( Pretoria News , 14 Feb 2004. Today in history). 14 February 1840 Natal is proclaimed a Voortrekker Republic with Umzimvubu as southern border, the Black Mfolozi (including St. Lucia Bay) as the northern border, the sea to the east and without mentioning of the western border. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 14 February 1876 Henry Charles Christopher (Harry) Wolhuter, game ranger in the Sabi Game Reserve (Kruger National Park) from 1902-1946, is born in Beaufort West, CC. (Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography , v.1, Pretoria: HSRC.) 14 February 1887 Pres. Paul Kruger undertakes his first official visit of 2 days to Johannesburg. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 14 February 1887 Charles Shaw is appointed health inspector of the Johannesburg diggers community. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 14 February 1900 Anglo-Boer War: The British withdraw from their positions around Colesberg and regroup at Arundel Siding nearby ( http:// www.sahistory.org.za/ ). 14 February 1926 King Faud is offered $10 million by John D. Rockerfeller for a museum in Egypt. http://africanhistory.about.com/library/thisweek/bl-tw2-2.htm 14 February 1933 Nationalists are stunned by the announcement of 7 points according to which Gen. J.B.M.Hertzog is willing to cooperate with Gen. J.C. Smuts to form a coalition. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 14 February 1941 The German 5th Light Division, Rommel's Afrika Corps, arrive at Tripoli. http://africanhistory.about.com/library/thisweek/bl-tw2-2.htm 14 February 1961 South Africa's currency is decimalised 3 years after approval by parliament. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 14 February 1973 An Israeli fighter pilot shoots down a Libyan aircraft over the Sinai Desert. 74 Passengers and crew members die. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 14 February 1981 President Samora Machel of Mozambique declares solidarity with the plight of the South African people, as a reaction to the massacre. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 14 February 1981 A new right-wing group Aksie Eie Toekoms (Action for our Own Future) (AET) is founded in Pretoria, mainly by Afrikaner academics. It stands for strict racial segregation at all levels. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 14 February 1984 Elections for the Coloured and Indian Parliament under the new Constitution are announced by the government. They are to be held on 22 August 1984. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 14 February 1984 The Black community at Mogopa is displaced in a "forced removal" action. Some 300 homes and a cluster of community buildings are bulldozed. http://timelines.ws/countries/SOUTHAFRICA.HTML ; www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/misc/trc04.html 14 February 1994 SA signs an agreement with the Republic of China concerning the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 14 February 1994 The UN Security Council unanimously approves the recommendations of the Secretary-General. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 14 February 1994 At a meeting in Durban City hall Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini tells President de Klerk that he is prepared to set up a Zulu Kingdom. In a memorandum he presents to President de Klerk, the King rejects South Africa's interim constitution. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 14 February 1995 The Official opening of the Constitutional Court takes place. Arthur Chaskalson is the Court's first President. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 14 February 1996 President Mandela issues an invitation to Libyan leader Col. M. al Kadhafi. The National Party considers this could jeopardize South Africa's relations with the United States. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 14 February 1997 The IFP have issued a new Mission Statement calling for a social market economy' following a three-day National Council workshop in Ulundi. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 14 February 1998 Ex-President F.W. De Klerk announces that his marriage of 39 years to Marike is on the rocks. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 15 February 1743 The Political Council decides to erect more churches in the Cape because most people have to travel 3 days to attend church services in Drakenstein and Stellenbosch. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 15 February 1819 Jacobus Hendrik Hatting, fighter at the battle of Blood River and author of De geschiedenis van de Hollandsch-Afrikaansche Boeren vanaf hun vertrek uit de Kaapkolonie tot op de aftreding van president Burgers , is born. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 15 February 1839 Regulations are drafted for the lay-out of a third Voortrekker town, the first in Natal, named after Piet Retief and Gerrit Maritz, Pietermaritzburg. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 15 February 1853 Alfred Beit, friend of Cecil John Rhodes , co-founder of the De Beers Mining Company and co-founder of Southern Rhodesia, is born in Hamburg, Germany. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 15 February 1886 Mafeking is established within close proximity of Barolong Boo Ratshidi capital, Ga-Ratshidi. http://www.org.za 15 February 1900 Anglo-Boer War 2: The British threaten to use natives in the Boer War fight. http://timelines.ws/countries/SOUTHAFRICA.HTML 15 February 1900 Anglo-Boer War 2: Kimberley is relieved by Gen. French after a siege of 123 days. The town has suffered only 134 casualties among armed defenders and twenty-one civilians, but some 1 500 people, mostly Coloureds and Blacks, have died of famine and disease. The British lost at least 2 237 men of the relieving force. (Cloete, P.G. ( 2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology , Pretoria: Lapa.) 15 February 1917 Charles William Engelhard, chairman of Rand Mines and director of Anglo American, is born in New York. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 15 February 1919 Father Frans Claerhout, SA painter, is born. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 15 February 1935 Emperor Haile Selassie (Ras Tafari) announces that Abyssinia (Ethiopia) wants peace with its neighbours. (Haile Selassie means "Power of the Trinity.") http://africanhistory.about.com/library/thisweek/bl-tw2-2.htm 15 February 1960 British Colonial Secretary Iain Macleod's constitutional plan is accepted by the Kenyan conference. http://africanhistory.about.com/library/thisweek/bl-tw2-2.htm 15 February 1964 The governing body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) meeting in Geneva, votes in favour of suspending South Africa from participation in its Annual General Conferences. The resolution is passed by thirty-two votes to fourteen with two abstentions. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/chronology/main-chronology-1960s.html 15 February 1967 The Suppression of Communism Further Amendment Bill is approved by 106 votes to forty at its third reading. It is made retrospective to 27 June 1962. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 15 February 1968 The International Olympics Committee (IOC) decides to re-admit South Africa to the Olympic Games. The government has made five relevant concessions and the country is expected to participate in the Mexico City Olympics late in 1968. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 15 February 1972 The Department of Bantu Development is planning for the consolidation of the homelands' by buying land in terms of the 1936 legislation. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 15 February 1973 Prof. Charles Frederick Saint (86), the first professor in surgery at the medical school in Cape Town, dies on Sark in the Canal Islands. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 15 February 1975 Henrietta Georgina (Netta) Kirk, cheesemaker, factory manager and technical supervisor in the cheese-making industry, who received two international awards, dies on the farm Rustfontein, Kokstad district. (Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography , v.1, Pretoria: HSRC.) 15 February 1976 The first postgraduate students enroll for the museuology diploma at the University of Pretoria. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 15 February 1978 The Prime Minister states that South Africa is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 15 February 1980 Prime Minister P.W. Botha decides to invite leaders of the Black homelands' to join in a discussion on a statement of intent', by all South Africans. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 15 February 1983 National Security Amendment Act No 35, empowering police officers to detain and interrogate persons suspected of having committed or intending to commit an offence, commences. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 15 February 1984 The judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Activities of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) accuses it of pursuing strategies of resistance to government policies and of identifying with the liberation struggle. However, it stops short of recommending a total ban on foreign funding, as requested by the Commissioner of Police. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 15 February 1985 President Botha announces that his offer of release to Nelson Mandela still stands and that government is prepared to talk to the ANC if it renounces violence. Four Pan-Africanist Congress security prisoners take up an offer of release and three other ANC prisoners reject this offer in a six-page memorandum submitted to President Botha. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 15 February 1986 The Alexandra 6-day war' (15-21 February) starts. Twenty-seven people are killed when the SAP and SADF clash with youths after the funeral of a schoolboy who was killed by a shopping complex security guard. (Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state , Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 263.) 15 February 1987 Nelson Mukhuba, SA artist, producing wooden household utensils and tourist trade objects and also band leader, commits suicide. (Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition , Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery, p. 119). 15 February 1991 The government of South Africa and the African National Congress announce an agreement on terms of the ANC's decision to suspend its armed struggle against apartheid. http://timelines.ws/countries/SOUTHAFRICA.HTML 15 February 1995 President Nelson Mandela announces he will not be standing for re-election in 1999. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 15 February 1998 Pat Symcox and Mark Boucher set a new world record partnership of 195 runs in the 9 th wicket in the test against Pakistan. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 16 February 1777 Sir Benjamin D'Urban, Cape Governor (1834-1837), is born in Suffolk, England. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 16 February 1838 Arnoldus Pannevis, member of the Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners , is born in Oudekerk, the Netherlands. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 16 February 1854 Jan Daniël Cilliers, poet under the pseudonym Kleinjan, is born on a farm in the vicinity of Wellington. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 16 February 1858 The House of Assembly accepts the constitution, flag and coat of arms of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek . (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 16 February 1877 Chief Sekukuni of the Bapedi signs peace with the Boers in the Transvaal. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 16 February 1880 Pres. Paul Kruger receives the Order of the Netherlands Lion (Orde van die Nederlandse Leeu) , awarded to Dutch citizens for service to the fatherland. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 16 February 1897 Cecil John Rhodes gives evidence before the South African Committee of the House of Commons on the Jameson Raid enquiry. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 16 February 1922 Daniël Petrus Goosen, secretary for the Academy of Science and Art, is born in Schweizer-Reneke. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 16 February 1923 The burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb is unsealed in Egypt. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1479825,00.html 16 February 1935 Leonore Veenemans, South African soprano, is born. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 16 February 1939 Marita Napier, South African opera singer, is born. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 16 February 1939 Prof. J.L.B.Smith sees the coelacanth, caught 7 weeks earlier at East London ,for the first time. (Wallis: Nuusdagboek). 16 February 1941 The remaining Italian forces are expelled from the Sudan. http://africanhistory.about.com/library/thisweek/bl-tw2-2.htm 16 February 1948 Dr Dadoo and Dr Naicker are charged with aiding and abetting the contravention of the 1913 Immigrants Regulations Act and are sentenced to six months hard labour each. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 16 February 1949 Bishop Henri Delalle, Catholic bishop in Natal, Swaziland and Transkei, dies. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 16 February 1952 The South African rugby team beats France in Paris 25-3. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 16 February 1952 Rika Sennett, South African actress, is born. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 16 February 1953 South Africa institutes emergency powers under the Public Safety Bill. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1480901,00.html 16 February 1954 Simon Moshapo, SA artist, is born in the Waterpoort district, Northern Transvaal. He teached art at Batlhalerwa High School for part of 1988, (Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition , Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery, p. 117). 16 February 1959 Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista. Cuban intervention in the Angolan war started during his reign. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1480901,00.html 16 February 1961 Andy Taylor, guitarist for pop group Duran Duran, is born. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1480901,00.html 16 February 1962 Marks Maponyane, Bafana Bafana striker who was awarded the accolade, Footballer of the Season 94' by Kick Off , is born in Meadowlands, Soweto. (Wilkisky, R. (2004). Marks Maponyane,' Kick Off 1994-2004, Special Edition, p. 19-49.) 16 February 1968 The Commission headed by S.L. Muller, appointed to study political interference and representation of population groups, publishes its report. Its recommendations, which feature in subsequent legislation, are debated in the House of Assembly in late February and early March 1968. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 16 February 1968 Gert van den Bergh, SA actor and first free-lance radio broadcaster who was honoured by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Art) in 1965, dies. (Swart, M.J., et al. (eds)(1980). Afrikaanse Kultuuralmanak, Aucklandpark: Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge.) 16 February 1970 Twenty-two Africans are acquitted of unlawful activities. Three are subsequently released, but the nineteen others are charged again under the Terrorism Act, and immediately taken into custody. They include Winnie Mandela. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 16 February 1976 International status is granted to sixteen hotels, allowing them to cater for all races. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 16 February 1977 The Most Reverend Janani Luwum, Anglican archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Boga-Zaïre and two government ministers are arrested in an alleged plot to overthrow Ugandan President Idi Amin. They are killed whilst under arrest for sedition and arms smuggling. Although the official cause of death is given as a car crash, it is revealed that they were killed on the orders of Field Marshal Idi Amin Dada, Ugandan head of state. http://africanhistory.about.com/library/thisweek/bl-tw2-2.htm ; http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1480901,00.html 16 February 1978 The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, Dr. Connie Mulder, announces that he will in future be known as the Minister of Plural Relations and Development, reflecting the plural nature of the population. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 16 February 1986 French warplanes bomb Libyan airfield in northern Chad used as support centre for rebels in their offensive against President Hissene Habre's government. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1480901,00.html 16 February 1988 An attempted coup by the Bophuthatswana Defence Force is crushed by the S.A. Defence Force. ( The Star , 16 th Feb. 2003. Milestones). 16 February 1989 Police announces that the Lockerbie air disaster was caused by a bomb. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 16 February 1989 The Mass Democratic Movement distances itself from Winnie Mandela following the alleged involvement of Mandela and her bodyguards, the Mandela United Soccer Club, in the murder of 14-year-old activist Stompie Mokhetsi Seipei, whose body was identified the previous day. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1480901,00.html http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 16 February 1989 The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution regarding the settlement in Namibia. It authorised implementation of its plan for the independence of Namibia contained in resolution 435 (1978), with effect from 1 April. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 16 February 1990 The African National Congress says it will send a delegation "as soon as possible" to South Africa to meet President FW de Klerk. ANC secretary-general Alfred Nzo says the movement is prepared to negotiate a "suspension of hostilities" once De Klerk meets the ANC's remaining pre-conditions for formal talks. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1480901,00.html 16 February 1991 Bheki Mlangeni, ANC human rights lawyer of Soweto, is killed by a walkman bomb meant for Dirk Coetzee. (Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state , Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 252.) 16 February 1991 The Committee of Commonwealth Foreign Ministers, meeting in London, issues a statement to the effect that sanctions against South Africa will remain until the South African government's promise to repeal the Group Areas Act, the Land Acts and Population Registration Act is put into concrete action. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 16 February 1992 Twelve ANC supporters are killed in an IFP attack on houses and hostels in Esikhaweni, Natal North Coast, allegedly assisted by the SADF. (Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state , Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee. 16 February 1993 The ANC expresses deep concern about the latest revelations that the SA Defence Force had a budget of R. 4.38 billion for its secret Special Defence Account during the last financial year. The ANC states that massive expenditure on covert projects together with recent revelations that, despite repeated promises, Battalions 31 and 32 have not yet been disbanded, cast doubt on the good faith and sincerity with which the SA Government is negotiating. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 16 February 1993 People in Madagascar vote in elections that topple President Didier Ratsiraka after 17 years in office. ( The Star , 16 th Feb. 2003. Milestones). 16 February 1994 Nelson Mandela announces constitutional concessions which would strengthen the power of provinces under the country's post-apartheid constitution, including the power of taxation and a constitutional principle of "self-determination". http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 16 February 1996 The Supreme Court orders the Potgietersrus Primary School in Northern Province to admit Black pupils. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 16 February 1997 Rebel leader Laurent Kabila, after a plea from the United Nations, agrees to delay an attack on Zaire's largest refugee camp. The camp in Tingi-Tingi is attacked two weeks later, scattering 170 000 Rwandans. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1480901,00.html 16 February 1998 Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, beats Namibia 4-1. Source: (2004). Footballer of the decade: Bafana Bafana record. Kick Off . Special ed. 1994-2004, p. 10. 16 February 1999 The four policemen charged with the fatal beating of Steve Biko are denied amnesty. http://timelines.ws/countries/SOUTHAFRICA.HTML 16 February 1999 Kurds occupy and take hostages at the Greek embassies in several European countries to protest Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan's capture by Turkish authorities after he left the Greek Embassy in Kenya. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1480901,00.html 17 February 1838 Dingane orders his forces to wipe out remaining parties of Voortrekkers after the murder of Piet Retief and his companions. The 2 parties at Bloukrans and Bushmans Rivers in Natal are attacked in the early morning hours of the 17 th . 40 or 41 men, 56 women, 185 children and more than 200 Black servants are massacred. ((Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa , Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 380; Swart, M.J., et al. (eds)(1980). Afrikaanse Kultuuralmanak , Aucklandpark: Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge; Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa ; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica.) Note : The number of children murdered is given as 97 by the following two sources, but since it is known that the Voortrekkers had large families, 185 seems more likely compared to the number of men and women. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.) http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1481422,00.html 17 February 1888 Nicolaas Johannes van der Merwe, author, leader of the NP in the Free State, first chairman of the FAK (Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge ) and first national leader of the Voortrekke r Movement , is born in Senekal. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 17 February 1900 Gen. Piet Cronje is trapped against the Modder River on the farm Wolwekraal in the Paardeberg vicinity. He helds out for 10 days with 4 000 men against the superior British power of 33 000 men and 120 canons. After 10 days he raises the white flag and surrenders with 46 officers and 3 873 soldiers. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 17 February 1916 British and French forces complete the capture of Germany's African colony of Cameroon during World War I. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1481422,00.html 17 February 1926 Alan Cobham lands at Cape Town, completing a flight which he started in London on November 16 the previous year. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1481422,00.html 17 February 1947 The British Royal Family King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and their daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret arrive on the HMS Vanguard in Table Bay. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 17 February 1951 Patricia de Lille , former member of the PAC and now leader of the Independent Democrats, is born in Beaufort West. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 17 February 1961 Lectures for full-time students of the Goudstad Teacher's Training College commence. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 17 February 1969 Twenty people are killed and 155 suffer injuries and burns in a collision between a train and petrol tanker near Johannesburg. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1481422,00.html 17 February 1977 The Anglican church joins the growing confrontation between church and state when the Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Rev. William Barnett issues a statement condemning South African society as morally indefensible. He expresses particular concern over deaths in detention and the imprisonment and interrogation of people until they die'. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 17 February 1982 SA signs a security agreement with Swaziland. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 17 February 1983 SA signs an agreement with Swaziland and Mozambique on the establishment of a tripartite permanent technical committee on water resources. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 17 February 1991 The Commonwealth Committee on Southern Africa decides to maintain sanctions until promises of reform in South Africa are carried out. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1481422,00.html 17 February 1993 In a first-phase report, the Commonwealth Observer Mission to South Africa (COMSA) concludes that this country was "one of the world's most violent" based on its homicide rate. COMSA, a 15-member team, which consisted of police, military, legal and political experts, further concludes that South Africa's best hope of containing the violence was to move speedily toward democratic elections and a durable resolution of the country's political crisis. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 17 February 1994 South Africa signs an agreement with Namibia relating to defence and civil aviation in Walvis Bay, and signs a bilateral air services agreement with the government of Luxembourg. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 17 February 1994 It is announced that the IEC has hired 10,300 observers to monitor the first democratic election in April. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 17 February 1995 Following violent student protests in Cape Town on 16 February, President Mandela warns in Parliament that he will not tolerate anarchy developing in the country. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 17 February 1998 Tony Johnstone of Zimbabwe wins the Alfred Dunhill PGA golf tournament in Houghton, Johannesburg. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 17 February 2001 Jacob Matlala, SA boxer, wins the World Boxing Union (WBU) title. http://www.mnet.co.za/carteblanche/display/display.asp?id=1091 18 February 1676 Two young lions are dispatched from Cape Town to Ceylon as a gift to the King of Kandy. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/ 18 February 1766 Slaves arrive in Cape Town from Madagascar on the Cape-Madagascar packet boat Meermin. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/ 18 February 1857 A new constitution for the South African Republic is promulgated. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1481422,00.html 18 February 1884 British forces under General Charles Gordon reach Khartoum in Sudan. ( The Star , 18 Feb 2004. Milestones). 18 February 1888 A customs union and railway extensions are proposed at a conference of delegations from the Cape Colony, Natal and the Orange Free State in Cape Town. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1481422,00.html 18 February 1900 Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Paardeberg, which was to last up to 27 February, starts with an attack by the British under Maj. Gen. Lord Kitchener on the Boers under Gen. Cronje. (Cloete, P.G. ( 2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology , Pretoria: Lapa; SA National Museum of Military History. (1999). Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 , Johannesburg: The Museum.) 18 February 1904 The Cape Premier, Sir J Gordon Sprigg, resigns. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1481422,00.html 18 February 1920 Samuel Marks (77), diamond buyer of Kimberley, founder of the African and European Investment Company and senator in the parliament of the Union of South Africa, dies in Johannesburg. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 18 February 1927 Southern Rhodesian Minister of Railways HW Moffat visits Cape Town to discuss the building of Beit Bridge over the Limpopo River and the route the railway line will take to Bulawayo. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1481422,00.html 18 February 1930 American Clyde W. Tombauch discovers the planet Pluto. ( The Star , 18 Feb 2004. Milestones). 18 February 1941 Mega, the Italian headquarters in southern Abyssinia, falls to SA forces in World War II. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1481422,00.html 18 February 1953 Jeffrey Thamsanqa (Jeff) Radebe, SA Minister of Transport (2004), is born. http://www.gov.za/gol/gcis_profile.jsp?id=1064 18 February 1961 Rugby teams of SA and France play to a draw with no score in Paris. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 18 February 1965 Gambia becomes Africa's 36 th state when it gains independence from Britain. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau; Pretoria News , 18 Feb 2004. Today in history). 18 February 1967 The government drops two Bills which were designed to enforce racial segregation on university campuses. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 18 February 1969 John Vorster formally opens a new submarine cable between Cape Town and Lisbon. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 18 February 1974 The Lebanese government decides to break off diplomatic relations with South Africa. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 18 February 1975 All activities of the South African Students' Organization (SASO) are suspended until further notice. The announcement is made at the University of the North at Turfloop, Transvaal. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 18 February 1977 The space shuttle Enterprise, sitting atop a Boeing 747, goes on its maiden flight. ( The Star , 18 Feb 2004. Milestones). 18 February 1978 The election of the first government sponsored Soweto Community Council is poorly supported. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 18 February 1980 In a joint statement the leaders of seven Black homelands' set out the basis of a possible consensus solution for South Africa's constitutional future. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 18 February 1982 Botswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene, from Gaborone and transporting him to South Africa. The Minister of Police confirms his presence in South Africa. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 18 February 1982 The Navy frigate SAS President Kruger sinks at Cape Point after colliding with the SAS Tafelberg . 18 people die. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 18 February 1983 A bomb explosion in an administrative building in the Batho township of Bloemfontein injures seventy-six Blacks seeking registration for employment. The ANC denies responsibility. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 18 February 1985 Eighteen people die in Crossroads, Cape Town, when police fire on protestors. (Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state , Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 262.) http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/saf/protest/3/80gall.htm 18 February 1985 Top leadership officials of the United Democratic Front (UDF) are arrested. Of the thirteen detained, six are to be charged for high treason. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 18 February 1986 Foreign TV crews are prohibited from filming incidents of unrest in South Africa's Black townships. (Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau). 18 February 1992 Libya produces two men accused of blowing up an American jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, but insists they'll never go to trial in the West. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1481422,00.html 18 February 1993 The ANC national executive committee endorses the proposal of an interim government of national unity of not more than 5 years after the first nonracial elections. ( The Star , 18 Feb 2004. Milestones). 18 February 1994 Fifteen people are killed in an attack on youth volunteers for an ANC voter education workshop in Mahlele, Creighton, Natal, presumably by IFP followers. (Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state , Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 268.) 18 February 1994 SA signs a bilateral air transport agreement with the government of Morocco. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/mainframe.htm 18 February 1996 2 Car bombs explode near Algiers, killing 12 and wounding 35 during the final hours of Ramadan celebrations. ( The Star , 18 Feb 2004. Milestones). 18 February 1998 Kenneth Kaunda, the former president of Zambia, is charged with concealing information about a failed coup. In June, the charges are dropped and Kaunda is freed from house arrest. ( The Star , 18 th Feb. 2003. Milestones). 18 February 2000 The telephone company, Telkom, announces that it will buy and distribute 5 million condoms to its employees in an effort to fight AIDS, which has infected some 13% of the adult population. http://timelines.ws/countries/SOUTHAFRICA.HTML
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