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Four people, including Jerry Richardson, coach of the Mandela United Football Club, are arrested at the home of Winnie Mandela
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A bomb shatters a crowded bank office in Windhoek, Namibia, killing fourteen people and injuring thirty-one.
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The Ciskei administration declares 19 February a public holiday Heroes’ Day to commemorate the Ciskei Defence Force’s repulsion
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President Lennox Sebe of the Ciskei escapes an assassination attempt by elements in the Transkei Defence Force in an attempted
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The Minister of Justice, Kobie Coetsee, announces that the most comprehensive and intensive investigation is being carried out
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Eastern Province Herald reports that for the first time in SA police history three Black policemen were promoted to the rank of
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The South African Defence Force has taken over from the police the security of Northern Natal since the area is becoming a thir
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The former Transkei Prime Minister, Chief Kaiser Matanzima, is elected President of Transkei. His brother, Chief George Matanzi
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The MPLA government in Angola is recognised by most countries of the world. Foreign intervention is condemned, and the with
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Unrest among Black workers over wage improvement continues. Police arrest 244 African workers, of whom 169 are subsequently cha
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Dr. Hendrik J. van Eck (67), father of SA industry and chairman of the Industrial Development Corporation, dies.
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John Commins, SA cricket player, is born.
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The minister of defence announces the re-establishment, as of 1 April 1963, of the ‘Cape Corps’ of Coloured to be employed in n
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The first part of the South African Press Commission’s first report is tabled in parliament by the minister of the interior, Ja
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After preliminary conversations started on 6 of February in Cape Town by representatives from India, Pakistan and South Africa,
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Judge Daniël de Waal (64), Judge President in Transvaal, dies in Pretoria.
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Italian troops commence with raids into Addis Abeba, capital of Ethiopia.
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William Archer Way (58), educator, dies in Johannesburg.
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Dr. Andries Treurnicht, former leader of the Conservative Party, is born in Piketberg.
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The Star newspaper reports that travelling in a cab was falling out of favour very quickly. This trend was attributed to the ch
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Eighty people die and 500 are injured in a collision between a goods train and a train carrying dynamite in Braamfontein, Johan
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The Transvaal issues a proclamation assuming administration of Swaziland.
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The Free State day of independence is proclaimed a festive day.
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Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (58), British philanthropist who had a strong influence on the British policy in South Africa, dies in
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Piet Retief and a group of Trekkers arrive in Natal.
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Louis Henri Meurant, editor, publisher, magistrate and Cape member of Parliament, is born in the Cape.
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Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.)
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Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.)
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Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki unveils a statue of Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi Waciuri, hanged by the colonial government more
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