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Sir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, is born in Cradock, Cape Colony.
Sir Seretse Khama, first president of Botswana (1966–1980), is born in Serowe, Bechuanaland.
British Air Force stages 1 000-bomber raid on Bremen, Germany, in World War II.
Sir John W. Akerman (79), businessman and speaker of the Natal Parliament, dies in London.
Sir William Bisset Berry, physician, Cape politician and Speaker, is born in Aberdeen, Scotland.
The US presence in Libya ends as the last detachment leaves Wheelus Air Base.
Sir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, is born in Cradock, Cape Colony.
Sir Abe Bailey, Rand magnate and politician, marries Caroline Mary Paddon, of Kimberley, CP.
Sir John Charles Molteno, first premier of the Cape Colony, is born in London.
The Rand Afrikaans University opens in Johannesburg with Dr. Nic Diederichs as first chancellor.
Sir Alfred Milner, Cape governor and SA High Commissioner, is born in Bonn, Germany.
Anglo-Boer War 2: The British Agent in Johannesburg, Sir William Conyngham Greene, leaves Pretoria.
Sir William Cornwallis Harris (41), explorer of the interior of SA, dies in Bombay.
Anglo-Boer War 2: Sir Redvers Buller is appointed Commander-in-Chief in South Africa.
World War 2: North Africa. The Suez Canal is targeted by an Italian air raid.
Sir Ernest Oppenheimer establishes the Anglo American Corporation of SA with a capital of £1 million.
Sir Sydney Smith Bell (74), chief justice of the Cape Colony, dies in London.
Sir Sydney Smith Bell, chief justice of the Cape, retires because of poor health.
Memorandum aan alle lede van die Staatsveiligheidsraad: Onlussituasie - voorgestelde terminologiese riglyne vir amptelike segsmanne
Memorandum to all members of the State Security Council, from Louis Nel, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, regarding guidelines for the use of terminology…
Sir Benjamin D’Urban assumes office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.
Natal Indian Congress (NIC) calls a mass meeting to protest against the proposed Asiatic Bill.
EventPort Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837
On 23 June 1835 Port Natal was renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D'Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 37. It is thought that the first…
Yunus Ismail Mahomed
Yunus Ismail Mahomed was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 30 December in 1950 to Amina and Ismail Mahomed.Mahomed grew up in Jeppe, attending…
BiographyThelma Gutsche
Thelma Gutsche was born in 1915 in Somerset West, Cape Province to Dr. And Mrs. J Gutsche. Gutsche did not attend formal schooling but received private…
BiographyJob Patja Kekana
Jon Patja Kekana was born on 1 January 1916. He grew up on a rural homestead outside of Potgietersrus, now known as Mokopane, in Limpopo province. Kekana’s…
BiographyRita Alice Ndzanga
Rita Ndzanga was born on 17 October 1933, the third child of Isaac and Alina More in a village called Mogopa near Ventersdorp, western Transvaal (now North…
BiographyBeauclerk Upington
Beauclerk Upington, eldest son Sir Thomas Upington, was born on 29 March, 1873. He arrived in Cape Town at the age of one. He was educated at the South African…
EventSir Benjamin D'Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
The Mfengu (or Fingo in the colonial lexicon) were defeated and left landless by King Shaka's Zulu army, and slowly arrived in Xhosa territory over a period of…
BiographyMichiel Hendrik Nesser
Michiel Hendrik Nesser was born on 28 July 1874 in Lusaskop, Philipstown. He received informal teaching from his father. Nesser was a great reader and his…
BiographyChief Kgosi Sekonyela
Sekonyela was born in 1804 in Harrismith next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later became the Chief of the Batlokwa people. His father…