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Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player, is born.
African National Congress is banned in several rural districts.
The Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (now a campus of the North West University) is recognised as a univ
Bakili Muluzi, president of Malawi, is born.
The South African Industrial Federation (SAIF) calls off the Miners’ strike and the workers stream to work.
Herero Revolt: In the German Reichstag (Parliament), August Bebel representing the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) condemn
Anglo-Boer War 2: Pres. Kruger and Pres. Steyn appoint Count Georges de Villebois-Mareuil as general in Kroonstad during the So
Anglo-Boer War 2: A Great combined Republican Council of War is held at Kroonstad, attended by both presidents and commanders o
Pondo king Sigcau, son of Umquikela, agrees to become a British subject, thereby placing Pondoland under the Crown.
Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund, actress and teacher of elocution, is born in Glücksberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, wh
The first railway line in Transvaal, between Johannesburg and Boksburg, is opened.
George William Stow (60), who discovered coal at Vereeniging, dies in Vereeniging.
Frans Vredenrijk Engelenburg, editor of De Volksstem and founding member of the Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (Academy for Sci
The first British Settlers arrive in Table Bay on the Nautilus and the Chapman.
Sir Thomas Maclear, 3rd H.M.’s Astronomer at the Cape and close friend of David Livingstone, is born in Newton Stewart, Ireland
Rijkloff van Goens arrives in Table Bay to report on conditions at the Cape to the Directors of the Dutch East Indies and to fo
Freedom movement in South Africa: Its International impact by E.S Reddy
FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA: ITS INTERNATIONAL IMPACT[1] All national movements for freedom and justice spread ripples beyond their national boundaries…
Biko, Black Consciousness, and ‘the System’ eZinyoka: Oral History and Black Consciousness in Practice in a Rural Ciskei Village by Leslie Hadfield, 25 May 2010, South Africa
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
Hudson William Edison Ntsan’wisi was born in Shiluvane Mission Station in Tzaneen on 11 July 1920. He was the eldest of three children of Mlungisi and Evelyn…
EventThe Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, to which SA is a signatory, is signed in Vienna
The ozone layer protects the earth from excessive ultraviolet radiation which could cause mutations and damage in human, animal and plant cells. In 1974…
EventTunisia gains independence from France
On 20 March 1956, Tunisia gained its independence from France after two years of negotiations between the French and the Neo-Destour (“New Constitution”) party…
EventFifteen English cricket players are prohibited to play for three years in England because of their rebel tour of South Africa
The rebel cricket tours were matches taking place in South Africa at a time when the country was banned from international cricket. Despite wide international…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces Whites-only referendum results
On 17 March, 1992, President F.W. de Klerk announced the results of the Whites-only referendum held to determine White people’s support for the reform process…
EventThe University of the Orange Free State is founded in Bloemfontein
The University of the Free State was founded on 18 March 1950. The institution began as a small college in what was then the Orange River Colony, called the…