Tambo’s Return
It’s 1990. South Africa is changing fast, and apartheid is on its last legs. After 30 years in exile, Oliver Tambo, the President of the African National Congress (ANC), comes home. For decades, he had worked from abroad...
Historical Events
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African National Congress President Oliver Tambo arrives in South Africa after 30 years in exile. -
Oliver Tambo returns to South Africa after spending over thirty years in exile. - 2006 A Botswana court rules that the Basarwa (San) were wrongly evicted from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, can return and hunt there, but the government need not provide services.
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ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda criticizes the UN Security Council for inaction on Darfur war crimes. - 2017 Democratic Republic of Congo jails for life 11 militiamen for raping 40 children.
Famous Births
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B. J. Vorster, 4th State President of South Africa, is born. -
Hellen Obiri, a Kenyan runner, is born.