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EventThe last Apollo Moon mission returns to Earth
The first phase of humankind's active exploration of the Moon came to an end when Apollo 17's lunar module left the lunar surface on December 14, 1972. A…
EventJoseph Lekganyane of the ZCC (Dove) dies
Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane, leader of the St Engenas Zion Christian Church (the Dove) with support spanning rural and urban areas, died in Warmberg,…
EventFour Indian leaders are sentenced under Terrorism Act
At the end of a lengthy trial in the Supreme Court in Pretoria, four Indian leaders are convicted of conspiracy under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to a…
EventRhodesia withdraws from Summer Olympic Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) asked Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games held in Munich, Germany. The request…
EventPolitical activist and trade unionist JB Marks dies
John Beaver (JB) Marks, teacher, trade unionist and political activist who identified himself as an African though he was of Coloured descent, died in Moscow.
EventBlack People Convention is formed
Twelve years after the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), a new political movement, the Black People Convention …
EventThemba Sono is expelled from SASO
Themba Sono was forced to resign as president of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) before he was expelled from the organisation during the second…
EventButhelezi condemns Zululand consolidation plans
Dr. Mangosutho Buthelezi, Chief Executive Councillor of the KwaZulu Legislative Assembly in 1972 and later leader of Inkatha, rejected the South African…
EventThe first hijacking of a South African Airways plane takes place
The first hijacking of a South African Airways (SAA) plane took place when two men armed with gelignite sticks hijacked a SAA Boeing 727 tri-jet, the Letaba,…
Lawrence George Green (72), SA author of mainly travel books, dies
EventSASO adopts the Alice Declaration
The South African Students' Organisation (SASO) adopted the "Alice Declaration" during a pre-arranged SASO meeting at the Federal Theological Seminary in Alice…
EventSouth Africa signs a multilateral treaty prohibiting the development of biological weapons
On 10 April 1972, The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxic Weapons and their…
EventDemocratic Party (DP) indicates its policies and outlines its proposed reforms
The Democratic Party (DP), formed when factions from various opposition parties to the National Party (NP) merged, indicates that it represents a coalition of…
EventThe House of Assembly votes for inquiry into NUSAS & SAIRR
The House of Assembly approved a motion by eighty-six votes to forty-three to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into and report upon the objects,…
EventThe Paramount Chief of the Zulus, Prince Goodwill Zwelithini, is officially removed as a member of the Zulu Legislative Assembly
King Goodwill Zwelithini became the eighth Zulu Monarch following the death of his father, King Cyprian in 1968 and brief regency that lasted until 1971 when…
EventPolicewomen are enlisted as full members of South African Police Force for the first time.
On 1 January 1972, for the first time in the history of the South African Police (SAP), policewomen were enlisted as 'full members of the force'. Two white…
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is installed
On his return from exile to St Helena, King Goodwill Zwelithini was installed as the eight monarch of the Zulu nation. He took reigns over from Prince Israel…
EventThe Black Affairs Administration Act comes into force
The Black Affairs Administration Act No 45 commences. This Act provided for black self-government in townships. It was repealed by section 69 of the Black…
EventThe death in police custody of Ahmed Timol, political activist and underground operative, is confirmed
On 28 October 1971, the death of anti-apartheid activist, Ahmed Timol, was officially confirmed. It was revealed that the thirty year old teacher at the…
EventWorld Council of Churches representatives barred from entering South Africa
During a meeting with representatives of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in South Africa, Prime Minister John Vorster reaffirmed that he would not consider…
EventMaluzi Gigaba is born
South Africa's youngest cabinet member and deputy minister of home affairs, Malusi Knowledge Nkanyedzi Gigaba, was born in Eshowe, Natal. Gigaba was appointed…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
The leader of the Zulu Territorial Authority, Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, called for a National Convention of all races in South Africa to make a…
EventMalawian President Hastings Banda visits SA
Following a visit by South Africa's Prime Minister B.J. Vorster to Malawi in May 1970, President Hastings Banda of Malawi became the first head of an…
EventOAU Council of Ministers decide to reject dialogue with South Africa
On 20 June 1971, at the meetings of Organization of African Unity's (OAU) Council of Ministers, dialogue with South Africa was firmly rejected. This was due to…
EventStudent Wages Commission meet
The first meeting of the Student Wages Commission was held at the Bolton Hall, Durban. Beforehand, thousands of pamphlets announcing the meeting and explaining…
EventMelrose House opens as a Museum
The first South African State President C.R. Swart opens Melrose House in Pretoria as a museum. The House was built in 1866 by George Jesse Heyns a Pretoria…
EventArtist and boxer Ephraim Ngatane dies
Text: Lesotho born Ephraim Mojalefa (Kid) Ngatane, painter, musician, teacher and boxer, died of tuberculosis at the Barangwanath Hospital, Soweto. Ngatane…
EventAfrican-American tennis player, Arthur Ashe. is denied a visa by the South African Government
The South African government refuses a visa application from the African-American tennis player, Arthur Ashe, to visit South Africa to take part in the…
EventPlebiscite for South West Africa
A newspaper reported that the South African government told the World Court in a letter that it is prepared to hold a plebicite so that the people of SWA may…
EventThe Ruth Prowse Art Centre is opened
The Ruth Prowse Art Centre was opened in The Retreat as an art and cultural centre with artist Erik Laubscher as first head. The house was formerly an…