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Lester Walton is appointed minister to Liberia.
The SA rugby team loses 21-6 against Australia in Durban.
Michael Hendrik Nester (57), the first Afrikaans novelist, dies.
George Hunter, light heavyweight boxer (Olympic gold 1948), is born in South Africa.
The Simonstown agreement on naval cooperation between Britain and South Africa is formally ended by mutual agreement after 169
The government gives its details of proposals to consolidate 157 ‘Black spots’ and sixty-eight Zulu areas into a homeland. Kwaz
The resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Theo Gerdener, is announced and will take effect from 31 July 1972.
The Bloemfontein Teachers’ Training College is founded after the college was disassociated from the University of the Orange Fr
Civil war starts in Chad.
The Rt. Rev. Joost de Blank presents a petition to the Secretary-General on behalf of the World Campaign for the Release of Sou
Federale Volksbeleggings Bpk. (F.V.B.) and Bonus Investment Corporation of South Africa Ltd. (Bonuscor) establish the mining an
Richard Mangoma, SA artist, is born in Tshakuma, Venda.
The first aircraft hijacking is attempted by Chinese on a flight of Cathay Pacific. The hijacking failed and the plane crashe
White hooligans attack the resistance camp, while police stood by. Indian Passive Resisters continue to occupy the camp despi
The City of Fez, Morocco, is occupied by the French army.
Bambata Rebellion: Sigananda is taken to the jail at Nkandla.
Elizabeth (Betsy) de la Porte, SA mezzo-soprano, is born in Wolmaransstad, Western Transvaal.
Anglo-Boer War 2: Start of the ‘scorched earth’ policy. Lord Roberts issues a proclamation warning the Republican forces th
Julius Gottlieb Jeppe (72), seller of most of the original stands in Johannesburg, dies in Johannesburg.
The Rev. Wilhelm A. Alheit is inducted in the DRC in Colesberg. He and his daughter drowned in 1910 at Kleinmond.
Governor Sir Benjamin D’Urban proclaims a broad belt of land between the Keiskamma and Buffalo Rivers as the Province of Queen
The American ship the Hercules is lost off the coast of Kaffraria in one of the worst storms in the history of navigation in th
Start of National Epilepsy Week.
EventDay of the African Child
The 16th of June is commemorated each year as the Day of the African Child. This commemoration was adopted on 16 June 1991 to honour those who had laid down…
National Youth Day, commemorating the Soweto students march against government’s language policy on 16 June 1976.
EventMaxwell Mlilo, South African actor, dies of diabetes
Well known television actor and longtime diabetes sufferer Maxwell Mlilo died on 22 June 2006. The veteran actor had been on South African Screens for decades…
EventAfrikaner nationalists rebel against a Union Jack in new South African flag
On 21 June 1927, Afrikaner nationalists rebelled against plans to have a Union Jack (the British flag) in the centre of the national flag. The controversy…
EventKenya lifts ban on sports links with South Africa
On 20 June 1991 the Kenya National Sports Council sent a letter to its 39 affiliated associations informing them that they were now free to invite South…
EventGeneral Secretary of the ANC, journalist and writer, Solomon Plaatje dies
Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje was a South African writer, linguist, translator and political leader. Plaatje died of pneumonia at the age of 55 while on a trip to…
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was born in Idutywa in Transkei on June 18 1942. Both his parents were activists. His father, Govan Mbeki, was a prominent member of the…