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Gary Player wins the US Open golf tournament to become only the fourth winner to earn all four top-pro golf titles. Player, fro
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Gary Player wins the US Open golf tournament to become only the fourth winner to earn all four top-pro golf titles. Player, fro
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Army officer Houari Boumedienne organises new government in Algeria after ousting and arresting President Ahmed Ben Bella.
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SA signs a multilateral protocol on international civil aviation. Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). S
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Leonard Tshela Mohapi Matsoso, SA artist, is born in Pimville, Soweto. From 1962 to 1970, while still at school, Matsoso st
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Leonard Tshela Mohapi Matsoso, SA artist, is born in Pimville, Soweto. From 1962 to 1970, while still at school, Matsoso st
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WWII: The Second South African Division under Major-General H.B. Klopper surrenders and the German force under Gen. Rommel capt
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Dr Essop Goolam Pahad, Minister in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa since 17 June 1999 with specific responsibili
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James Thomas (Jackie) Botten, SA cricket player in three tests in 1965, is born in Pretoria.
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James Thomas (Jackie) Botten, SA cricket player in three tests in 1965, is born in Pretoria.
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Anglo-South African driver Pat Fairfield dies of injuries sustained in a crash in the Le Mans 24 Hour race in France.
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Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town. He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c
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Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town. He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c
Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in District 6 in Cape Town. While incarcerated on Robben Island as a political prisoner between 1964 and 1971, he completed…
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Following the introduction of a bill to provide a national flag for the Union of South Africa (in 1925 by DF Malan), Afrikaner
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Following the introduction of a bill to provide a national flag for the Union of South Africa (in 1925 by DF Malan), Afrikaner
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Benedictus de Korte (63), Transvaal judge, dies in Pretoria.
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Prof. William R.M. Malherbe is appointed as first dean of the law faculty of the University of Stellenbosch.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: “In a letter to St John Broderick, Secretary of War, Lord Kitchener declares, ‘It was a mistake to regard t
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The Star newspaper mentions that hundreds of Black people are leaving the Witwatersrand, especially for Natal, and calls it an
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Pres. Paul Kruger lays the corner stone of the new Volkshospitaal in Pretoria.
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Britain annexes the rest of Zululand. Dinuzulu is subsequently banished to St Helena. This date is given as 19 May 1887 by
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The Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (Netherlands South African Railway Company) is founded.
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The railway line to Ladysmith in Natal is opened.
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Britain takes possession of Ichaboe Island off the Namibian coast in the name of Queen Victoria.
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Gerrit Adriaan Middelberg, pioneer in the field of railway systems in SA, is born in Boskoop, the Netherlands.
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Dingaan cedes Port Natal and adjacent territory to Britain.
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William Paterson (54), collector of plants in SA, dies at Cape Horn.
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Sir Christoffel Joseph Brand, advocate, journalist and first Speaker of the Cape Parliament, is born in Simonstown.
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The Scottish explorer Mungo Park reaches the Niger River.
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