Htonl — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1992 White South African voters approved a referendum to end apartheid and negotiate a new constitution, passing 68.7% to 31.2%.
PoliticsOn this day — March 17 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Htonl — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1992 
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1988 During the Eritrean War of Independence, Eritrean rebels opened the Battle of Afabet against Ethiopian government forces.
WarHundreds of members of a Ugandan religious cult died in a fire and related killings in one of the deadliest cult tragedies in history.
HistoryNorbert Rillieux, African-American inventor and chemical engineer who revolutionized sugar refining, was born.
Birth
Reda Kerbush — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1406 Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian-born historian and sociologist regarded as a father of historiography and sociology, died.
Death
Issa Michuzi / issamichuzi.blogspot.co.uk — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 2021 John Magufuli, fifth President of Tanzania, died.
Death