Simonstown Naval Agreement Momentarily Revitalised On 27 January 1961, the Chief of the apartheid South African Defence Force (SADF), Commandant General Rudolph Hiemstra, announced the successful conclusion of British-South African…
Mandela is Arrested Near Howick in Natal On the afternoon of 5 August 1962, Nelson Mandela was wearing his white chauffeur’s dust coat, as Cecil Williams was driving him in…
The KaNgwane and Ingwavuma Plot Systematically Halted On 18 June 1982, the Government Gazette published a Proclamation by which the forty-two member KaNgwane Legislative Assembly was dissolved. Together with the…
MK “Operation J” Aborted On 22 April 1972, Alexander Moumbaris was busy packing his items for leaving the country the following day, after he had received a cable from Ronnie…
The Battle of Salt River: Khoikhoi Warriors Defeat Portuguese Thieves On this day, 1 March 1510, at the mouth of Salt River, on the shore of Table Bay (in Cape…