In Johannesburg, African National Congress security guards killed dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party marchers in the Shell House massacre.
PoliticsOn this day — March 28 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
RTNB (Burundi National Radio and Television) — CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1953 Melchior Ndadaye, who became Burundi's first democratically elected and first Hutu president, was born.
Birth
روز اليوسف — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1934 Mahmoud Mokhtar, sculptor regarded as the founder of modern Egyptian sculpture, died.
Death
E.Carletti. Upload, stitch and restoration by Jebulon — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1840 Emin Pasha, German-born physician and explorer who served as governor of Equatoria in Egyptian Sudan, was born.
Birth
Algeria Press Service — CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 2026 Liamine Zéroual, Algerian general who served as President of Algeria during the country's civil war, died.
Death