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Daniel Sefundi (Dan) Rakgoathe, SA artist, is born in Randfontein, Transvaal. He was the first full-time student in the fin
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Arrie Paulus (Petrus Jacobus), appointed as General Secretary of the Mineworkers’ Union in 1967, is born in Pretoria.
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The great diamond rush to Grootfontein, near Lichtenburg, western Transvaal, starts.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: At least fifty-three British soldiers die, 130 are wounded and 500 captured in a surprise attack by Boer tr
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David H.S. Annecke, pioneer in the field of tropical diseases who helped to bring malaria under control, is born in Aliwal Nort
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Germany annexes Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
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Hjalmar Reitz, eldest son of Pres. F.W. Reitz and MP for Brits and Jeppe, is born in Bloemfontein.
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The Rev. Charles Murray, fifth child of the Rev. Andrew Murray and compiler of the Hallelujaboek, is born.
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George Christopher Cato, Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, is born in London. He comes from a Huguenot family, origi
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Pieter Gijsbert van Noodt (also Noot or Van Nood) assumes his duties as governor at the Cape.
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US scientists announce at the 12th annual Conference on Retrovirus and Opportunistic Infections in Boston the discovery of a ke
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The Indigenous Games Project, aiming to promote activities that have a popular appeal to rural communities in SA in particular,
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Nine army officers in Zaire declare that they will join the rebels under Laurent Kabila who seek to topple Mobuto Sese Seko.
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The ANC submits its constitutional blueprint to CODESA. It suggests a two-phase transitional period of multiparty rule for fift
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The National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industries (Nafcoc) commits itself to the promotion of a free-market sys
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Two people are killed and scores injured when 300 taxi operators clash in Katlehong.
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Rival taxi groups attack each other at the Natalspruit Hospital taxi rank, starting a conflict that later spread to other parts
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The National Education Union of South Africa (NEUSA) and the National Education Crisis Committee are banned.
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According to figures in the Hansard, 918 people, of whom 722 were successful, applied to be reclassified from one race group to
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The State President amended the emergency regulations to allow the minister of law and order to restrict the activities of orga
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Seventeen anti-apartheid organisations are restricted in terms of section 6 of the Public Safety Act, amongst them the Azanian
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The Anglo American Corporation amalgamates its administration of Orange Free State mines and forms Freegold (Free State Consoli
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Twenty-two members of parliament refuse to support a motion of confidence in Prime Minister P.W. Botha at a National Party Parl
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Pres. Jimmy Carter of America refuses further aid to Argentina, Uruguay and Ethiopia because of human rights violations.
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During this and the next two days justice spokesmen for the opposition parties, Radclyffe Cadman for the United Party, and Hele
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The first indication of protest over schooling in Afrikaans appears in Soweto schools.
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The Rand Afrikaans University opens in Johannesburg with Dr. Nic Diederichs as first chancellor.
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Buyisile Patient (Billy) Mandindi, SA artist, is born in Guguletu, Cape. He exhibited three times during the 1980s.
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A military coup in Ghana deposes President Kwame Nkrumah while he is out of the country on his way to China. ;
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