Today in history

1881 Armistice negotiations are concluded during the First Anglo-Boer War. 1957 Gold Coast (Ghana) gains independence. 1974 British labour conditions in South Africa condemned. 2006 On 6 March 2006, the South African film Tsotsi, starring young actors Presley Chweneyagae and Terry Pheto, pictured, and directed by Gavin Woods, received the Oscar for the best foreign film at the Oscar awards in Hollywood.