| 5 December 1977 | Independence of the Republic of Bophuthatswana. |
| 1988 | Coup by a group of members of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force. |
| 1988 | President Mangope restored to power. |
| 2 February 1990 | President FW de Klerk of the Former South African Government announced the release of Nelson Mandela. |
| 6 August 1990 | The African National Congress suspended armed operations and the struggle. |
| 17 February 1992 | Meeting between President Mangope and Eugene Terre'Blanche of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging |
| February 1992 | Meeting between President Mangope and Nelson Mandela of the African National Congress |
| March 1992 | Referendum held in South Africa re the negotiation process. |
| 26 September 1992 | Signing of the Record of Understanding between the South African Government and the African National Congress. |
| 21 December 1992 | sNegotiation process for an interim constitution for South Africa commenced. |
| 7 May 1993 | Right-wingers formed a party called the Afrikaner Volksfront. |
| 18 May 1993 | Meeting re. the "Anti-Bophuthatswana Campaign". |
| 25 June 1993 | Demonstration by right-wingers against the negotiating process. |
| August 1993 | Strike by Teachers in Bophuthatswana. |
| 18 October 1993 | Promulgation of Act 151 of 1993 providing for the Transitional Executive Council. |
| October 1993 | Forming of a Task Team by members of the public servants of Bophuthatswana. |
| 17 November 1993 | Agreement reached in respect of the Interim Constitution which came into force. |
| 31 December 1993 | Revellers throw their Bophuthatswana identity documents in water. |
| 1 January 1994 | South African citizenship restored to citizens of Bophuthatswana. |
| January 1994 | 150 R4 rifles were moved Tom the Molopo Base to the Air Force Base. |
| January 1994 | Meeting between African National Congress and the Bophuthatswana Government. |
| January 1994 | Appointment of Judge Kriegler as chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission. |
| January 1994 | President Mangope announced his intention to retrench public servants. |
| 18 February 1994 | Meeting between the Bophuthatswana Government and the African National Congress. |
| 18 February 1994 | Bophuthatswana Police raided offices of the African National Congress. |
| February 1994 | Members of the public servants of Bophuthatswana went on strike. |
| 4 March 1994 | President Mangope announces that Bophuthatswana will not take part in the election. |
| 5 March 1994 | President Mangope addressed the public servants. |
| 7 March 1994 | Forming of the Crisis Committee by the public servants of Bophuthatswana |
| 7 March 1994 | Demonstrations by students of the former University of Bophuthatswana. |
| 8 March 1994 | Emergency meeting of the Town Council of Mmabatho. |
| 8 March 1994 | Meeting between the Crisis Committee and the Transitional Executive Council. |
| 8 March 1994 | Meeting of the Bophuthatswana National Security Council attended by General Viljoen. |
| 9 March 1994 | Meeting between the Crisis Committee and the Transitional Executive Council. |
| 9 March 1994 | R4 rifles at Air Force Base are cleaned. |
| March 1994 | President Mangope address troops of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force. |
| 10 March 1994 | Administration of Bophuthatswana
collapses.Widespread unrest and looting in the former
Bophuthatswana. Members of the Bophuthatswana Police Force shot and killed members of the public. General Viljoen and his "Boere People's Army" requested to assist the Bophuthatswana Government. Disenchanted policemen handed a memorandum to the South African Ambassador. Policing ceased to exist. President Mangope leaves Mmabatho. Eugene Terre'Blanche phoned President Mangope, and mobilized the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging and moved into Bophuthatswana. Discussions between Eugene Terre'Blanche, General Turner and Mr Rowan Cronje. Members of the public are shot.
South African Police held roadblocks
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| 11 March 1994 | Widespread
unrest in the former Bophuthatswana.
Invasion of the former Bophuthatswana by members of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging. Members of the Afrikaner Volksfront entered Bophuthatswana and are guided to the Air Force Base. Members of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging are escorted to the Air Force Base. Members of the Afrikaner Volksfront are issued with 140 R4 rifles. Members of the Afrikaner Volksfront deployed to guard key installations. The South African Defence Force moved in to protect the South African Embassy. Members of the Afrikaner Volksfront withdrawn from guard duties. Members of the Bophuthatswana Police Force shot and killed members of the public. Members of the Bophuthatswana Police and/or Defence Force shot and killed members of the Afrikaner Volksfront. Internal Stability Unit entered the regions Odi, Garankuwa and Temba. Judge J Kriegler, chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, visited President L M Mangope. |
| 12 March 1994 | Emergency Meeting of the Management Committee of the Transitional Executive Council. |
| 12 March 1994 | President Mangope deposed. |
| 12 March 1994 | Professor Tjaart van der Walt appointed as Administrator of Bophuthatswana. |
| 14 March 1994 | Public servants return to work. |
| Stocktaking of weapons at Air Force Base prevented. | |
| Mr Job Mokgoro appointed as Joint Administrator of the Former Bophuthatswana. | |
| 15 March 1994 | Alleged date on which the Parliament of Bophuthatswana would have sat to decide on the issues of re-incorporation into South Africa and participation of the election. |
| 18 April 1994 | Judge R G Comrie of the Supreme Court of Bophuthatswana dismissed an application by President Mangope. |
| 27 April 1994 | General election. |
| November 1994 | Indictment of a police officer of the former Bophuthatswana Police Force, Sergeant Phillemon Nare, by the Attorney-General of Mmabatho on three counts of murder. |
| 3 May 1995 | Mr A J Leon, a member of the South African Parliament, enquired about the prosecution of Sergeant Nare. |
| 20 March 1996 | Mr J Chiole, a member of the South African Parliament, enquired about the Commission of Inquiry to be appointed. |
| 7 June 1996 | Appointment of Commission promulgated in Government Gazette No 17230, the members to be chairman Mr Justice P H Tebbutt, with commissioners Advocate J J Chulu and attorney T K Gura. |
| 7 June 1996 | The Terms of Reference of the Commission were promulgated in Regulation Gazette No 5712. |
| 7 June 1996 | Media Release by Minister of Justice, Mr A M Omar, re the appointment of the Commission |
| August 1996 | Investigation Team drawn from members of the South African Police Services formed. |
| 19 November 1996 | The first session of public hearings of the Commission until 6 December 1996 (Mmabatho). |
| 1 February 1996 | Advocate J J Chulu appointed as a Judge in Mmabatho and could not continue to act as a Commissioner. |
| 19 February 1997 | Second session of the public hearings of the Commission until 27 March 1997 (Mmabatho). |
| 14 - 18 April 1997 | Third session of the public hearings of the Commission (Mmabatho) |
| 5 - 8 May 1997 | Fourth session of the public hearings of the Commission (Mmabatho). |
| 7 October 1997 until 12 November 1997 | Fifth session of the public hearings of the Commission (Odi). |