1995 Nigerian Activist Ken Saro-Wiwa sentenced to death over rights of Ogoniland

That is the voice of Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa a Nigerian writer, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Right Livelihood Award and the Goldman Environmental Prize. On this day, the 31st of October 1995, Nigerian political activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa is one of eight people sente…

1966 Dimitri Tsafendas stabbed architect of apartheid Hendrik Verwoed to death

On this day, the 6th of September 1966, Parliamentarian Service Officer Dimitri Tsafendas stabbed to death the architect of apartheid Prime Hendrik F. Verwoed. A prior attempt on his life since becoming Prime Minister was on the 9 April 1961, at the Rand Easter Show, where he was shot twice in the …

1984 P.W. Botha was unanimously elected President of South Africa

That was the voice of former South African Prime Minister, P.W. Botha who on this day the 5th of September 1984 was unanimously elected by 88 members of the Electoral College to the office of first executive president. This was a newly created position after the new constitution came into force in …

2014 Advocate Pansy Tlakula announced her resignation as Chairperson of the IEC

That was the voice of Advocate Pansy Tlakula who on this day, the 2nd of September 2014, announced her resignation as Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). She submitted her letter of resignation to President Jacob Zuma and was appointed the IEC's Chairperson in 2001. In Augus…

1969 Muammar Gaddafi seized power in Libya after a coup d'etat

That was the voice of Libya's former leader, Muammar Gaddafi who on this day the 1st of September 1969 seized power in Libya after a coup d'etat. Gaddafi, the leader of the Free Unionist Officers movement, overthrew the monarchical rule of King Idris, who had ruled Libya since its independence in D…

1997 Princess Diana died with companion Dodi Fayed in car accident in France

That was the voice of the late Princess of Wales, Lady Diana Spencer, the former wife of Prince Charles who on this day the 31st of August 1997 was killed with her companion Dodi Fayed in a car accident in Paris. Her funeral was broadcast in South Africa by the SABC with the the Funeral Speech or t…

On 9 July 1998 President Nelson Mandela visited England.

That is the voice of Elizabeth II, who has been since her accession in 1952, Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and Head of the Commonwealth. On 9 July 1998 President Nelson Mandela visited England. On 12 July 1998 he concluded his four-day visit to England by accompa…

1996, Nelson Mandela Retired from retirement

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 7 July 1996 It's that time again when we look at an event that took place on this day years gone by. Take a listen to this clip, tell us who is speaking and what event took place on this day, the 7th of July 1996 relating to the speaker CLIP: HISTORY- MANDELA Retirement ANSW…

2004, Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria is elected as the chairperson of the AU

ANSWER: That was the voice Olusegun Okikiola Are-mu Obasanjo, a former Nigerian Army general who was President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 On this day, the 6th of July 2004, Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria is elected as the chairperson of the African Union for a year. A Nigerian of Yoruba descent, …

1990: Tsietsi Mashinini died under strange circumstances in Guinea Conakry

That was the voice of Teboho "Tsietsi" MacDonald Mashinini, a leader of the June 1976 student Uprisings which began in Soweto and spread across South Africa. On this day, the 5th of July 1990, Teboho "Tsietsi" Mashinini died under strange circumstances in Conakry, Guinea. Mashinini was hospita…