On This Day: What happened on 25 April?

Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 25 April, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.

1977 | Journalist were allowed into Robben Island for the first time the government of South Africa

1986 | Makhosetive Dlamini (King Mswati III), succeeded his late father King Sobhuza II and became the new King of Swaziland.

2002 | Mark Shuttleworth became the first South African in space and the second to self-fund his visit to space.

2019 | Mozambique is hit by Cyclone Kenneth with winds of 220km/h killing at least 38 people.

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DEATHS

2001 | Former Ghanaian Vice-President, Kow Nkensen Arkaah (73) 

2018 | Nigerian Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Adebayo Adedeji (87)

2019 | Burundian footballer, Faty Papy (28)

BIRTHDAYS

1954 | South African musician, Jabulani Dubazana

1971 | South African football coach, Manqoba Mngqithi

1976 | South African rugby player, Breyton Paulse

1977 | South African tennis player, Jeff Coetzee

SPORT

2007 | Cricket World Cup Semi-Finals: South Africa lost the game to Australia by 7 wickets.

ENTERTAINMENT

2020 | Extraction a Netflix original starring Chris Hemsworth was available to watch on Netflix in South Africa.

 

AFRICA FACT

According to Kemetic History of Afrika, Africa’s ancient name is Alkebu-lan meaning “mother of mankind” or “garden of Eden”.