28 May – 3 JuneFrance is accused by the Human Rights Arms Project of arming and training the Hutu extremists who organised the genocide in Rwanda; Eastern region of Nigeria, ... Read More

South Africa is thinking about establishing a space programme, reports News24.com. The Chief Director of Communication in the Department of Science and Technology, Nhlanhla Nyide, is quoted as saying that ... Read More

21 – 27 MayThe South African air force bombs ANC bases in a Maputo suburb, Mozambique; at the Crossroads squatter camp near Cape Town, 30,000 blacks are forcibly removed from ... Read More

During most of the 20th century, South Africa was ruled by a system called Apartheid, which was based on the segregation of races. The term comes from an Afrikaans word ... Read More

14 – 20 MayWinnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela, sentenced to six years for her 'complicity' in the kidnapping and beating of four youths, is released on bail pending an appeal; the Vereeniging ... Read More

Teams of forensic artists in Egypt, France, and the USA have reconstructed the face of the Tutankhamun using high-resolution Cat-scan photos, reports the BBC News. The three results were ... Read More

Nelson Mandela is suing two ex-advisers (ex-lawyer Ismail Ayob and associate Ross Calder) who have apparently sold copies of his art without getting permission and with forged signatures according to ... Read More

7 – 13 MayAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa, Sir Henry Morton Stanley dies, South African president Nelson Mandela is sworn in to office, and ... Read More

Fossils of ancient fish, some 450 million years old, have been found in South Africa, reports BBC News. Professor Richard Aldridge of the University of Leicester, part of the UK/South ... Read More

An anopheline mosquito carrying malaria ended the explorations of David Livingstone and send many another 19th-century explorer to their bed where they would write feverishly about it in their diaries. ... Read More