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… The Progressive Party decides to fight the election in opposition to the government’s policy of separate development. …

… The monthly mail shipping line contract between England and the Cape Colony starts with the steamboat Dane. …

… The government of Congo announces that the country will change its name to the Republic of Zaire. …

… The hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise liner surrender after the ship arrives in Port Said, Egypt. …

… The SA government proclaims Martial Law as result of the rebellion on the German South-West border. …

… The United Nations General Assembly rejects South Africa’s credentials. The Assembly President rules, however, that the measure …

… To the Workers of the Bantu Race by Dominic Tweedie (The International), 15 February 1918, South Africa …

… The SA rugby team loses the third test in Sydney 12-19 and the series against Australia 2-1. …

… The symbolic Ossewatrek, organised by the Uitvoerende Raad van die Afrikaanse Taalen Kultuurvereniging (ATKV), starts from the …

… The Transvaal National Union, political organisation established to further the interests of the Uitlanders (Foreigners), is fo …

… The Volksraad of the ZAR approves of the construction of a railway line from Pretoria to Delagoa …

… Congresses of both the Progressive and the Reform parties, held simultaneously in Johannesburg, unanimously approve the merger …

… The impact of the First World War on the Indian commercial class in Natal by Kalpana Hiralal …

… The Bophuthatswana electoral office publishes the results of the general election giving Chief Lucas Mangope’s Democratic …

… Construction on the 9-m SALT telescope at Sutherland, the largest single telescope in the southern hemisphere, starts officiall …

… Construction on the 9-m SALT telescope at Sutherland, the largest single telescope in the southern hemisphere, starts officiall …

… A Black teachers’ association, the Progressive Teachers’ Congress (PROTECO) is secretly launched in the Transvaal to fill the v …

… The 75th anniversary  celebration of the Voortrekkers (an Afrikaans youth organisation) ends at the Voortrekker Monument. …

… The Ciskei ‘homeland’ government proclaims the introduction of emergency powers, after violent incidents and rioting. The power …

… The Goldstone Commission issues its report on the Bisho massacre, in which it describes the "indiscriminate" shooting …

… The Battle of Naauwpoort, near Clarens in the eastern OFS, takes place during the second Basotho War. …

… The SA rugby team plays the second test ever against the British Isles and loses 0-3 in Kimberley. …

… The SA rugby team loses the match in Newlands 5-13 against New Zealand, but shares the series 2-2.  …

… A second treaty is signed for the establishment of the border between the Orange Free State and Basutoland. …

… ”The Role Of The Indian People In The South African Revolution”: An interview with Dr Dadoo, …

… A Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots (Protestant refugees from France), leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands. …

… Remarks at the State Banquet in honour of The President of the Hellenic Republic, 30 October 2002 …

… The Rev. H.J.L. du Toit lays the corner stone of the new Dutch Reformed church in Lichtenburg. …

… The General Assembly approves the credentials of the South African delegation, after decades as an …

… ---, (2004). 'Lucas Radebe: Footballer of the Decade,' Kick Off 1994-2004, Special Edition, p. 10 … The game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Denmark ends in a tie with the score 1-1. …