Tag Archives: South Africa

May 12, 1984

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Joel Byers

On May 12, 1984, South African Anti-Apartheid prisoner Nelson Mandela saw his wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela for the first time in 22 years. It was not the loving reunion one might think. He did ask her point blank what the hell she was doing with her “Mandela United Football Club”, which was her personal body guard. … Continue reading →

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May 9, 1994

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Joel Byers

On May 9, 1994, South African civil rights activist, Nelson Mandela, was elected as South Africa’s first black president. This surprised many people as they firmly remember him dying in prison in the 1980s. They claim that his twelve disciples abandoned him just before his death and that the South African Apartheid government placed his … Continue reading →

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March 17, 461

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Joel Byers

On March 17, 461, St. Patrick died in Saul, UK. St. Patrick was famous for driving the snakes out of Ireland, which was amazing, as Ireland never had any snakes to begin with. After his death, his fellow religious brothers found missives from Australia, South Africa and Snake Island, Brazil. Each of the letters were … Continue reading →

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June 15, 1965

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1965 South Africa begin its economic boycott of Dutch products because the Dutch weren’t racist enough and spoke out against apartheid.

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May 22, 1957

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1957 the South African government approved race separation in its universities. When it was mentioned to JG Strijdom that his stringent apartheid policies would also keep hot Asian chicks out of the classrooms with the white students, Mr. Strijdom said that sometimes you have to make sacrifices for racial … Continue reading →

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