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Revised figures for the Defence Budget indicate the funds available to the South African Defence Force have been increased to R
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The Protection of Information Act is given Presidential Assent. Under threat of heavy penalties the Act implicitly places the o
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Patrick Makau, ANC/MK, and his child (9) are killed in a bomb attack on two houses in Manzini, Swaziland.
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Flight-Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings seizes power in his first military coup in Ghana.
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Balthazar Johannes Vorster, non-executive president of South Africa, resigns after only eight months in office (he had previous
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Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa composer, choir conductor and organist, dies in East London.
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Despite the official announcement of the end of the Shaba War by the Zairian government last year, Moroccan troops are to be ai
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A five-year restriction order is served on Father S. Mkhatshwa, Secretary of the South African Catholic Bishops’ Conference
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Severe drought is reported in Ethiopia, over 800,000 people are in urgent need of supplies.
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Over four thousand French troops are to be withdrawn from Madagascar at the request of Gabriel Ramanantsoa, the head of the rec
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The Minister of Defence, P.W. Botha, accompanied by General Hiemstra, Lieutenant-General J.P. Verster, Chief of the Air Force a
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Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s troops kill over 100 students during a demonstration in the Congolese capital Kinshasa.
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Senator Robert Kennedy arrives in South Africa as the guest of NUSAS.
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SA signs agreement with Great Britain for the temporary suspension of the margin of preference on tin plate.
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The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hassim Jawad, announces that Iraq will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its
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Egypt announces it will not extend Suez Canal Company’s concession after expiration in 1956, leading to Suez Crisis.
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Dr Hugo Gutsche, missionary, school inspector, composer and chief editor of the FAK-Volksangbundel, dies.
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Uwe Pfaff, S.A. artist, is born in Rye, Denmark. He emigrated to SA in 1970.
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Dr G.M. Naicker, President of Natal Indian Congress (NIC), warns that any Indian who accepts membership in the Land Tenure Advi
EventKgalusi Seketa Masilo Ratshatsha Malaboch (Mmalebogo, Lebogo) dies
Kgalusi Seketa Masilo Ratshatsha Malaboch (Mmalebogo, Lebogo), chief of the Bagananwa in Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) who led his followers in the Boer…
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Christina Pretorius, wife of Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius, dies near Warmbad (now Bela-Bela).
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Leopold Marquard, SA educationist and missionary, is born in Westphalia, Germany.
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Sybrandis Abbema (Sibrand), who visited the Cape in 1660 as V.O.C. commissioner and instructed Simon van der Stel to do all he
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The first family at the Cape moves into the fort.
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Radio and television personality Manu Padayachee has died in his sleep in Johannesburg, after an apparent upper respiratory tra
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Islamic militants with alleged links to al-Qaida seize control of Somalia’s capital, unifying the city for the first time in 16
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News 24 reports that South Africa will foot an R11.2m bill to upgrade a monument in Mbuzini, south of Komatipoort, at the site
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The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) lists itself and, staying true to tradition, asks those invited to the listing breakfast
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The United Nations marks the 20th anniversary of the first official report on Aids. An estimated 58 million people have contrac
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