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WWII: The British Royal Navy sinks the French fleet in North Africa.
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Willem Kempen, chairman of the Taalkommissie of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns is born in Prieska, Northern
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Anglo-Boer War 2: A general council of war with Pres. Steyn presiding, hears the case against Barend Cilliers, accused of the m
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The British abandon Utrecht, occupied the previous day, on receiving reports of General Grobler’s approach.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Roberts orders Col. Baden-Powell to evacuate Rustenburg and to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek.
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Ludwig Wybren (Louis) Hiemstra, Afrikaans linguist and editor of the Bilingual Dictionary, is born in Lydenburg, Transvaal.
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The Middenmark is driven on the rocks in Table Bay by a strong wind and seventy-five people drown.
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Johannes van der Walt, Afrikaans radio announcer and leader of a country-wide hiking club, dies of cancer in Johannesburg.
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SA tennis player Wesley Moodie and Australian Stephen Huss win the Wimbledon Men’s double title by beating twins Bob and Mike B
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Countries across Africa, South America and Central Asia express disappointment at a US decision to cut off military aid to doze
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The 40th person commits suicide by jumping from the Van Stadens River bridge near Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape.
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After talks with new ruler Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says all political prisoners will be relea
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The SA rugby team beats Fiji in Pretoria 43-18.
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The results of the local government elections in Kwazulu-Natal indicate that Inkatha polled 44.50 percent of the votes, the ANC
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The Plenary of the Multi-party Negotiating Process adopted by consensus twenty-seven constitutional principles, which, along wi
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President De Klerk offers to lower the margin of approval needed for changes in South Africa’s constitution from 75 per cent to
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William Rantoa and Kgosimang Mafora, members of the pro-Bophuthatswana faction, are killed when gunmen open fire on them at a b
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The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) dissolves during its 67th congress.
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The ANC holds its first National Conference in Durban (2-6 July) after a break of more than thirty years.
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A week-long labour stay-away, organised by the ANC and its allies, begins in protest against factional Black violence in Natal.
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A car bomb explodes at the Ellis Park Rugby Stadium. Two spectators are killed and thirty-seven injured.
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Constitutional Affairs Amendment Act No 104 commences. It amends the 1968 Prohibition of Political Interference Act to allow no
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The Internal Security Act becomes operative. Opposition parties oppose the massive powers given to the authorities to investiga
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The second annual General Student Council meeting (2 9 July) of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) starts in Hammans
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Boerneef (Prof. I.W. van der Merwe) (70), writer and poet, dies.
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Cameroon closes its sea and airports to both Portugal and South Africa.
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George Weideman, SA author, is born.
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World War II: North Africa. British Commander-in-Chief (Middle East) Claude Auchinleck, acting on information obtained by Ultra
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Sir Lionel Phillips (80), mining magnate, chairman of the Chamber of Mines and politician, dies at Vergelegen, Somerset West.
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