SAHO global search

This day in history

South Africa warns Mozambique it will not hesitate to strike back if Mozambique continues to shelter guerrillas conducting murd

This day in history

George Matanzima becomes Premier of the Transkei.

This day in history

Dr Diederichs receives the unanimous vote of the Electoral College, consisting of members of both Houses of Parliament, to beco

This day in history

The first general elections to the Ciskei’s Legislative Assembly are held in the territory’s nine districts. There are no polit

This day in history

The Chairman of the South African Coloured Peoples Representative Council reports that the Prime Minister favours Coloureds gra

This day in history

A South African flag is torn to pieces and three Springbok lifesavers are attacked during a near-riot at the Melbourne ocean su

This day in history

Alexander Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (now the University of

This day in history

King Hussein of Morocco is awarded patent rights in America of a machine that monitors heart functions.

This day in history

The first verdict in Afrikaans is brought in Cape Town by the English speaking Judge R.P.B. Davies. (The first Afrikaans verdic

This day in history

Gordon Lovell Forbes, Springbok tennis player, is born in Burgersdorp, CP.

This day in history

Robert Mugabe, the first premier and president of Zimbabwe, is born.

This day in history

Khama III (in Tswana: Kgama), paramount chief of the Bamangwato in the Bechuanaland Protectorate (later Botswana), dies in Sero

This day in history

The troopship SS Mendi collides with the Darro near the Isle of Wright. It sinks with a contingent of Black SA troops, on t

This day in history

WW1: Battle of Verdun in France begins with a massive German artillery bombardment. It is the longest and bloodiest battle

This day in history

Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl, politician and soldier in WW1, is born in Caledon, Western Cape.

This day in history

Jacob Daniël du Toit (Totius), poet and Afrikaans Bible translator, is born in the Paarl vicinity, CC.

This day in history

Chief Justice F.W. Reitz opens the first session of the supreme court of the Orange Free State.

This day in history

Henriëtte Ester Carolina Oberholzer, co-founder of the South African Women’s Federation and the Langlaagte Orphanage and membe

This day in history

Walter Benson Rubusana, founder member of the ANC, is born at Mnandi in the Somerset East district of the then Cape Colony. His

This day in history

The Neptune returns to England from Simons Bay, where it lay anchored from September 1849. Aboard are 288 prisoners who couldn’

This day in history

Hildagonda Johanna Duckitt, author of two books on culinary art, is born near Darling, CC.

This day in history

Britain returns the Cape formally to the Netherlands and the flag of the Batavian Republic is hoisted on the Castle. The agreem

This day in history

Free Burghers in the Cape receive their first agricultural plots. First legislation with regard to water rights come into actio

This day in history

Dalene Matthee (66), laurelled Afrikaans writer, dies of heart failure in a hospital in Mossel Bay. Her best-known book, Krin

This day in history

Raymond Mhlaba (85), African National Congress veteran, Rivonia trialist and first premier of the Eastern Cape Province, dies s

This day in history

A fire breaks out on a crowded train travelling from Cairo to Luxor in southern Egypt, killing 373 people and injuring sixty in

This day in history

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe lashes out at international journalists and foreign governments, threatening to ban them fro

This day in history

A former president of the Eastern Cape Agricultural Union, Fred Pettit, is stabbed to death in his house near Queenstown.

This day in history

President F.W. de Klerk reshuffles his cabinet. This is to come into effect on 1 April 1993.

This day in history

Pres. F.W. de Klerk announces a referendum for 17 March to establish the opinion of White voters towards his political reform

Search Results

South Africa warns Mozambique it will not hesitate to strike back if Mozambique continues to shelter guerrillas conducting murd

George Matanzima becomes Premier of the Transkei.

Dr Diederichs receives the unanimous vote of the Electoral College, consisting of members of both Houses of Parliament, to beco

The first general elections to the Ciskei’s Legislative Assembly are held in the territory’s nine districts. There are no polit

The Chairman of the South African Coloured Peoples Representative Council reports that the Prime Minister favours Coloureds gra

A South African flag is torn to pieces and three Springbok lifesavers are attacked during a near-riot at the Melbourne ocean su

Alexander Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (now the University of

King Hussein of Morocco is awarded patent rights in America of a machine that monitors heart functions.

The first verdict in Afrikaans is brought in Cape Town by the English speaking Judge R.P.B. Davies. (The first Afrikaans verdic

Gordon Lovell Forbes, Springbok tennis player, is born in Burgersdorp, CP.

Robert Mugabe, the first premier and president of Zimbabwe, is born.

Khama III (in Tswana: Kgama), paramount chief of the Bamangwato in the Bechuanaland Protectorate (later Botswana), dies in Sero

The troopship SS Mendi collides with the Darro near the Isle of Wright. It sinks with a contingent of Black SA troops, on t

WW1: Battle of Verdun in France begins with a massive German artillery bombardment. It is the longest and bloodiest battle

Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl, politician and soldier in WW1, is born in Caledon, Western Cape.

Jacob Daniël du Toit (Totius), poet and Afrikaans Bible translator, is born in the Paarl vicinity, CC.

Chief Justice F.W. Reitz opens the first session of the supreme court of the Orange Free State.

Henriëtte Ester Carolina Oberholzer, co-founder of the South African Women’s Federation and the Langlaagte Orphanage and membe

Walter Benson Rubusana, founder member of the ANC, is born at Mnandi in the Somerset East district of the then Cape Colony. His

The Neptune returns to England from Simons Bay, where it lay anchored from September 1849. Aboard are 288 prisoners who couldn’

Hildagonda Johanna Duckitt, author of two books on culinary art, is born near Darling, CC.

Britain returns the Cape formally to the Netherlands and the flag of the Batavian Republic is hoisted on the Castle. The agreem

Free Burghers in the Cape receive their first agricultural plots. First legislation with regard to water rights come into actio

Dalene Matthee (66), laurelled Afrikaans writer, dies of heart failure in a hospital in Mossel Bay. Her best-known book, Krin

Raymond Mhlaba (85), African National Congress veteran, Rivonia trialist and first premier of the Eastern Cape Province, dies s

A fire breaks out on a crowded train travelling from Cairo to Luxor in southern Egypt, killing 373 people and injuring sixty in

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe lashes out at international journalists and foreign governments, threatening to ban them fro

A former president of the Eastern Cape Agricultural Union, Fred Pettit, is stabbed to death in his house near Queenstown.

President F.W. de Klerk reshuffles his cabinet. This is to come into effect on 1 April 1993.

Pres. F.W. de Klerk announces a referendum for 17 March to establish the opinion of White voters towards his political reform