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Rebecca Malope, SA gospel singer, is born.
The Weekend World, the first national Black newspaper, is published by the World Printing and Publishing Co.
Transkeian Authorities Amendment Act No 7 commences.
United Nations forces leave the Congo. News 24 gives the year as 1964.
The governing body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) meets in Geneva (28-30 June), to discuss emergency measures a
The Belgian Congo becomes the independent Republic of the Congo, with Joseph Kasavubu as president and Patrice Lumumba as prime
Johann Franz (Hans) Endler, SA cellist, composer and co-founder of the Stellenbosch music conservatory, dies in Pinelands.
Krishensamy Pillay, attacked by White hooligans on 21 June, dies in hospital. His funeral is attended by 10 000 people.
Piet Haasbroek, SA author, is born.
Peter McLean Pollock, SA cricket player, father of Shaun Pollock and brother of Graeme Pollock, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
The cartoon character, Superman from outer space, makes his appearance.
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia appears before the League of Nations to appeal for help following Italy’s invasion of Ethiop
Jan Spies, SA author and radio and TV personality, is born.
The SA rugby team beats New Zealand 17-0 in Durban.
The SA Reserve Bank opens.
As a result of the Solomon Commission of inquiry, the Smuts-Gandhi agreement is reached, after which Gandhi considered his work
Johannesburg advertisement: "Johannesburg North, Johannesburg’s latest and most popular suburb. Freehold plots, including
EventThe Excelsior, biggest diamond till then, is found in the Jagersfontein mine, OFS
The Excelsior Diamond was discovered by a miner while loading a truck in on 30 june 1893. The diamond, which is described beingas being shaped like half a loaf…
Horace William Chapman, SA cricket player in two tests, is born in Durban.
Guy Carleton Jones, mine engineer who played a major part in finding the lost main reef stretching from Randfontein to the Mooi
Lt-Gov. Charles Henry Darling opens the first elected parliament of South Africa in Cape Town.
The Battle of Viervoet, in the British-Basotho War, takes place. The British under Warden suffers a reverse.
Anglo-French expedition is sent to Madagascar against local ruler.
A letter from Solomon Mahlangu, 3 July 1978 (original scan)
Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk, 26 June 1992
Document 23 26 June 1992 Introduction 1. The Declaration of intent which we adopted at Codesa 1 committed us to the established of a 'democratic South…
”Not my own handwriting on records”, says Albertina Sisulu
EventInternational Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting
In a two-day meeting to discuss emergency measures against South Africa and the problems its membership poses, the governing body of the International Labour…
EventThe Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade the Republic of Biafra
Nigeria was created by the British without consideration of the country’s ethnic diversity. It has never truly integrated as one country. It served the British…
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
Cecil John Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. Rhodes was sickly as a teenager and suffered bouts of asthma. His…
EventAhmed Ben Bella, former president of Algeria, is released after fourteen years in prison
Former president of Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella, was instrumental in Algeria’s fight for independence from France. He became the country’s premier in 1962 and was…