Today in history

25 October 1900

Nigerian political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti is born

25 October 1987

IFP declares attacks on UDF as self-defence

25 October 1854

Makapane’s Cave is under siege

25 October 1919

South African Aerial Transports services are inaugurated

25 October 2004

SABC is allowed to broadcast Thatcher Case

25 October 1988

The Board of Censors prohibits the screening of the controversial film on the life of Christ, The Last Temptation of Christ

25 October 1988

SOSCO and Azanian Co-ordinating Committee are restrticted by Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok.