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The Chief Executive Officer of the KaNgwane Territorial Authority, Chief M. Dhlamini, is removed from office following a vote o
Prime Minister Vorster holds talks with the United States Secretary of State, Dr. Kissinger, in West Germany (23-24 June).
The Malagasy Foreign Minister declares that his country is going to reconsider its policy of dialogue with South Africa.
Innocent Buthelezi, SA soccer player, is born.
EventTwenty-four Africans from the Graaff-Reinet district appear in the Grahamstown Supreme Court on charges under the Sabotage Act
Twenty-four Africans from the Graaff-Reinet district appeared in the Grahamstown Supreme Court on charges under the Sabotage Act. It is alleged that they had…
James Ngcanjini Limba, leader of the Church of Christ and highly regarded by Africans, dies in New Brighton, Eastern Cape.
The match in Johannesburg between the Springbok rugby team and the British Lions ends in a tie with 3 points each.
African and some other delegates walk out of the International Labour Conference in Geneva when delegates of the Government and
The Antarctic Treaty, ensuring that Antarctica is used for peaceful purposes; for international cooperation in scientific resea
Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes president of Egypt after having been premier since 1954. He was the only candidate.
Filbert Bayi, Tanzanian 3,000m runner (Olympic silver 1980), is born.
Fanie Olivier, SA literarian, is born.
At 20h10 White hooligans assault Passive Resisters, including Reverend Michael Scott.
World War II: North Africa. Tobruk (Torbruk) is bombed by the German and Italian air forces.
Louis Ernst Brandt (65), minister of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk and champion of the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War 2, die
Bob Borowsky, SA baritone, is born.
Sections of Cape Town is flooded after heavy rain.
Field-cornet Salmon van As is executed by a firing squad after being found guilty by a British Martial court of murdering Ca
Anglo-Boer War 2: British forces advance. Gen. Clements reaches Winburg. Gen. Hamilton enters Heidelberg after a slight skirmis
Sir Theophilus Shepstone, administrator with knowledge of the Zulu language and tribal customs, dies in Pietermaritzburg.
In an effort to solve the ‘Uitlander’ grievances regarding voting rights, Pres. Kruger institutes a Second Volksraad, responsib
Hermanus Stephanus Bosman, minister of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk and champion for Christian National Schools (CNO –skol
Durban is renamed. Capt. Allen F. Gardiner and fifteen residents decide to re-name the mission station Berea, D’Urban, in honou
Simon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to advise the dissatisfied burghers on how to be
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
INTRODUCTION This year, June 26, will mark the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of the "Campaign of Defiance of Unjust Laws," launched jointly by the…
EventMarie Vogts, botanist and pioneer of the Protea industry, dies in Stellenbosch
Marie Vogts was a botanist who specialised in the Protea plant. She obtained a PhD in 1971 with a thesis on autecology and a variation of the King Protea …
EventControversial ‘Black Jesus’ painter, Ronald Harrison, dies
Artist, Ronald Harrison caused controversy in 1962 when he painted African National Congress (ANC) leader, Albert Luthuli as Jesus. The painting, named Black…
EventDjibouti, France’s last colony, gains independence
Djibouti is a very small country located on the horn of Africa. It is so small that it has an estimated population of less than a million, one of the least…
EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
Following the adoption of a Programme of Action in the 1949 annual congress, the ANC began the 1950s with mass action campaigns marked by boycotts, strikes and…
EventThe Soweto Uprising leaves 174 blacks and two whites dead following 10 days of rioting
The student-led protests in Soweto in 1976 known as the Soweto Uprising claimed many lives and left many injured. The protests began in Soweto schools and…