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The Council of Policy resolves to settle Sheik Yusuf, brother of the sultan of Macassar, who was banished to the Cape and came
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Britain, the USA and the World Bank refuse aid to Pres. Gamal Abder Nasser to build the Aswan Dam in the Nile River.
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At the request of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the Security Council convenes on 15 to 16 July to examine the issue
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The largest three-day stay-away (5-7 June) in SA’s labour history up to this time starts, because of Black opposition to the La
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According to Nongqawuse’s prophecy to the Xhosa people, on this day the sun will rise and set again in the east and a whirlwind
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An Egyptian man identified as a key suspect in the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing is flown to the United States to face charge
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Libya agrees to hand over the two Lockerbie suspects by 6 April 1999. The date is confirmed in a letter to the UN Secretary-Gen
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Willie Hepburn sets a South African land speed record when he streaks to 372,401 km/h in a 7-litre Pontiac TransAm on the N3 to
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President de Klerk’s proposal to open the ranks of the National Party to all South Africans is accepted by the fourth and final
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Dinuzulu ka-Cetewayo, Zulu chief, released from prison by Gen. Louis Botha (who also saw to it that he received a farm to live
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Thirty-one SA pilots participates in the air-lift to provide food and fuel to West Berlin. The operation continued for seven mo
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The ultimatum of the ZAR to Britain expires and the reply of the British government is delivered to the ZAR g
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President Reagan’s decision not to impose sanctions on South Africa is overridden by Senate veto, 78 votes to 21, and the US in
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The death toll in the strife-torn Reef townships rises to 515 although relative calm had returned to all the major conflict are
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The SA rugby team beats Australia 11-0 in Port Elizabeth to lead 3-1 in the series, with the last test still to be played.
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The UN Security Council votes to lift sanctions against Libya that had been in place for eleven years as a response to the 1988
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The incidence of new HIV infections appears to have stabilised for the first time in the 25-year history of Aids, according to
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Calvin Thusago, a reporter for SABC is stabbed to death by a mob of youths as they travel back from Sharpeville to film the des
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Metrorail says more than 400 commuters have been arrested in Pretoria as part of an operation to bring order back to the train
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Metrorail says more than 400 commuters have been arrested in Pretoria as part of an operation to bring order back to the train
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The Fingo (Mfengu) leaders gather at Peddie in the presence of the Rev. John Ayliff to take the ‘Fingo Oath’, namely: To obey G
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Metrorail says more than 400 commuters have been arrested in Pretoria as part of an operation to bring order back to the train
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Zola Budd, noted SA athlete who emigrated to Britain in 1984 to take part in the Los Angeles Olympic Games, announces that she
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Sir John Barrow, author and explorer of the interior of SA, arrives at the Cape and has to start immediately to resolve boundar
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Calvin Thusago, a reporter for SABC is stabbed to death by a mob of youths as they travel back from Sharpeville to film the des
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Libya hands over to two former UN government agents to stand trial for the bombing of a Pan Am aircraft over Lockerbie in 1988.
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George Rex (74), believed to be the son of George III and Hannah Lightfoot, who was banned to the Cape, dies in Knysna.
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The death toll after an outbreak of a deadly Ebola-like disease in Angola climbs to 122. The country turns to civilians and the
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South Africa is readmitted to the Olympic games on condition that it complies within thirty days to terms laid down by the Inte
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