Olof Palme is Assassinated Close to midnight on 28 February 1986, Sven Olof Joachim Palme was walking home from a cinema with his wife Lisbeth Palme in the central Stockholm…
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe: “The Suppressed African Revolutionary” Passes On On 27 February 1978, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (54) passed on in the Kimberley General Hospital. Sobukwe died of lung complications after…
The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Bill is Passed On 26 February 1970, the Bantu Homelands Citizenship Bill was passed, whereby every African was to be issued with a certificate of citizenship…
Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo Gunned Down On 25 February 1991, the president of the traditional leaders’ organisation, the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (CONTRALESA) and African National Congress (ANC)…
Frontline States under Pressure On 23 February 1985, Botswana Foreign Minister, G.K.T. Chiepe, was present when African National Congress (ANC) President Oliver Tambo and Thabo Mbeki met Botswana President Masire,…
Jabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo Dies in London Jabulani Nobleman “Mzala” Nxumalo died in London on 22 February 1991 at the age of 35. His death robbed the African National Congress (ANC)…
Sinking of the SS Mendi The sinking of the SS Mendi on 21 February 1917 became one of South Africa’s worst tragedies of the First World War (1914 – 1919).…
Birth of Alex La Guma On this day, 20 February 1924, Alex La Guma, was born in District Six, Cape Town, South Africa. La Guma was a South African novelist,…
MK Stowaways for Underground Revival On 19 February 1968, eight days after departing Kenya, the vessel “Clan Ross” reached Cape Town, and when it docked, Bifana Matthews Ngcobo asked Walter…
Dedan Kimathi Executed In the early morning of 18 February 1957, Dedan Kimathi Waciuri was executed by hanging at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, and according to documentation, buried within…
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