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Masibulela Makepula, SA junior flyweight, wins the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) title.
WW2: Mega, the Italian headquarters in southern Abyssinia, falls to SA forces.
SA signs agreement with Swaziland on the issue of notes and coin.
Tito Mboweni, President of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen.
Dr Alexander Logie du Toit, SA geologist, is born in Cape Town.
P.W. Botha, later state president of SA, marries Elize Rossouw in Swellendam.
Joseph Burt Davey, SA agrostologist and botanist, is born in Derbyshire, England.
EventRichard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA, is born
On 26 October 1938, Richard Goldstone,a well-known figure in the legal fraternity, was born in Boksburg, Gauteng Province. In 1962, Goldstone graduated from…
EventBoris Becker of West Germany beats Kevin Curren of SA at Wimbledon.
Boris Becker (17) of West Germany beat Kevin Curren (27) of South Africa at Wimbledon to become the youngest ever tennis champion. Becker beat Curren in the…
EventAt a summit SA Trade Unions resolve to defy apartheid and labour laws
Location: back to this day in history search archive During the summit conference organised by non-racial labour unions at Langa, Cape Town, Trade Union…
EventSA rugby team plays and wins the first test match against Ireland
On 30 May 1981, South Africa played its first rugby test match against Ireland at Newlands stadium in Cape Town. This game was particularly significant, as…
EventJacob Matlala, SA flyweight, wins the World Boxing Organisation world champion title
On 15 May 1993, Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala, won the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) world champion title. Matlala had been introduced to boxing at a young age…
EventMother of an ANC Youth League official, is killed by a hand grenade
On 29 April 1992, Mrs Alinah Smith (52) of Sebokeng, Gauteng, was killed when a hand grenade exploded in her house. Mrs Smith was the mother of an African…
SA signs Memorandum of Understanding with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
EventEfforts by a pro-sanctions lobbyist group against SA debt rescheduling prove unsuccessful
Efforts by a pro-sanctions lobbyist group in Southern Africa to persuade banks in the United States (US) not to allow debt rescheduling against South Africa…
EventFirst day of office for Mboweni as Governor the SA Reserve Bank
The former minister of labour, Tito Mboweni, was appointed governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to replace Dr Chris Stals. Mboweni, the first…
EventThomas Thornton becomes the first passenger on an aeroplane in South Africa
On 19 March 1910, Thomas Thornton became the first person to fly on an aeroplane as a passenger when he paid Albert Kimmerling £100 for a short flight from…
An open letter to Minister Jeff Radebe for ‘justice’ to be served
EventThe SA government gives limited powers of internal self-government to Damaraland
Prior to 1870, the Damara people occupied most of central Namibia, but large numbers were displaced or killed in clashes. When the first Europeans visited…
An ‘Imagined Community’ in diaspora: Gujaratis in South Africa by Goolam Vahed
United Nations, India an the Boycott of Apartheid Sport by E.S. Reddy
An All African Convention Publication: Self Rule in the Transkei, May 1962
ArchiveExrtract from an address by Bishop Desmond Tutu to Crossroads protest meeting
This article is an extract from an address by Bishop Desmond Tutu to crossroads protest meeting in the University of Witwatersrand in September 19, 1978.
ArchiveMandatory economic sanctions and the oil embargo against SA at International Conference
Conference paper on mandatory economic sanctions and the oil embargo against SA prepared by the African National Congress of South Africa for an international…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress (S.A.): Directive on the nature of the forthcoming conference
An outline of the outcomes expected from the fourth African National Congress Conference