Monday, January 18, 1677
Jan van Riebeeck (57) dies in Batavia.
References:
• Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
Wednesday, January 18, 1967
The Lesotho government invited all South African political refugees to make formal application to leave the country, to indicate proposed dates of departure and countries of choice. Transit rights through South Africa were arranged.
References:
• http://mzansiafrika.typepad.com/
• http://www.sahistory.org.za/
Wednesday, January 18, 1967
It was reported in New York that a fierce attack on South Africa’s apartheid policies and its control of South-West Africa had been launched at the United Nations.
References:
• Joyce: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid
Wednesday, January 18, 1989
President P.W. Botha suffered a stroke.
References:
• Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
• http://www.sahistory.org.za/
Thursday, January 18, 2001
President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was assassinated by a member of his bodyguard.
References:
• Burger, D. (ed)(2002). South Africa Yearbook 2001/02, Pretoria: GCIS, p. 273
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Anton Rupert, industrial giant of South Africa and founder of the Rembrandt group, died at the age of 89 in Stellenbosch.
References:
• SABC News Bulletin
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