Today in history

1888 De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd is founded to exercise control over diamond production in SA 1980 Lillian Ngoyi, well-known antiapartheid activist, dies 1991 ANC members led by Walter Sisulu meet minister of law and order Adriaan Vlok and defence minister General Magnus Malan to discuss “third-force” violence in townships 1994 Lucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader, pictured, is deposed 2004 Former cabinet minister Dullah Omar dies