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EventSA Prime Minister completes a tour of homelands in the Northern Transvaal
South African Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster completed a tour of self governing territories in the Northern Transvaal during which he held talks with leaders of…
Agri South Africa, SA agricultural union, celebrates its 100th birthday.
The SA rugby team beats New Zealand 15-11 on Newlands.
EventSouth Africa holds a referendum to decide if SA should become a republic
The South African government led by National Party (NP) held a referendum in which white voters decided whether South Africa should remain a member of the…
Revisiting "Strange Fruit": an Exploration of Culture and Anti-Apartheid Activism
Leopold Marquard, SA educationist and missionary, is born in Westphalia, Germany.
Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, beats Mauritius 2-0 in a home game.
Pres. F.W. de Klerk lifts the state of emergency in SA.
SA signs bilateral air transport agreement with the government of Morocco.
Jeffrey Thamsanqa (Jeff) Radebe, SA Minister of Transport (2004), is born.
Jacob Matlala, SA boxer, wins the World Boxing Union (WBU) title.
Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele, SA Minister of Housing, is born in Sophiatown.
Emile Serfontein, SA actor, is killed in a road accident near Oudtshoorn.
Graham Armitage (63), SA actor and radio and TV personality, dies.
EventSir de Villiers Graaff agrees with SA veto of UN visit
Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party, the official opposition, agreed with the apartheid government that the composition of the proposed United…
EventSA and British governments clash over interpretation of the Simonstown Agreement
On 5 March 1960, the South African and British governments were in open conflict over the interpretation of the Simonstown Agreement. The South African…
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
Hendrik Hanekom and his wife Mathilda were pioneers of Afrikaans professional theatre. Hendrik died on *14 January 1952 in the Strand, Cape Town. Throughout…
EventThe SA 6th Division enters Florence in World War II
At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the South African government was divided on the issue of participation. However, the vote to fight on the side of the…
EventSA signs Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
South Africa was one of the original twenty-two nations who signed the multilateral Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR…
Lawrence George Green (72), SA author of mainly travel books, dies
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
Father Michael Lapsley was born in New Zealand on 2 June 1949. He was trained as an Anglican priest in Australia, where he joined a religious community, The…
EventThe Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven
Polio is a water-born disease that affects the nervous system and causes paralysis, deformation and sometimes death. This disease often affects young children,…
EventSouth Africa concludes an agreement with the Marconi Company for a high
During the South African War in 1899, Marconi wireless equipment was tested in South Africa, with mixed results. Land-based military radio proved problematic,…
EventThe Second General Election is held in the Union of SA
The second general election was held in the Union of South Africa with the National Party (NP) participating for the first time. The main point at issue was…
EventTwenty die in an armed assault in a mosque in Khartoum, Sudan
In a massacre on 4 February 1994 Abbas al-Bager Abbas opened fire killing 20 praying muslims and wounding 33 others in a mosque in Khartoum, Sudan. Abbas was…
EventAn assassination attempt is made on first Ghanaian President, Kwame Nkrumah
An assassination attempt was made on first Ghana President, Kwame Nkrumah. The bomb, intended to eliminate Nkrumah, exploded and killed four people, scores of…
A Healthy Grave – An Apartheid Prison Memoir Retro-Review by Alan Wieder
EventLucas Ntuba Radebe, SA soccer hero, is born in Diepkloof, Soweto
Lucas Radebe, South Africa's celebrated soccer legend was born in Diepkloof, Soweto. At the age of 15 his parents sent him to live in Bophuthatswana so could…
SA mourns former chief justice Arthur Chaskalson by SAPA, 3 December 2012
ArchiveAn analysis of the interim report of the Commission of Inquiry
An analysis of the Schlebusch Commission of Inquiry, including the establishment of the Commission and the operation of the Commission. Incomplete document.