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… Pres. Paul Kruger lays the corner stone of the Palace of Justice in Pretoria. …

… Part Two: Schedule of documents | The Soul of a Nation: Constitution Making in South Africa …

… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 10, p. 20. … WWII: General Jan Smuts, premier of SA, becomes a field marshal of the British army. …

… The first group of Dorslandtrekkers (Thirstland trekkers), under leadership of Gert Alberts, leaves Pretoria. …

… Founding of the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa. Leader: Clements Kadalie. …

… Response on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency 19 June 2002 …

… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1986). Race Relations Survey 1985, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p.180. | https://www.sahistory.org.za/ … The Congress of South African Trade Unions is formed with a membership of 500 000. …

… Sir Sydney Smith Bell, chief justice of the Cape, retires because of poor health. …

… Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) -Government of the ZAR declares Martial Law. …

… Abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at the age of 70. …

… Beginning of the Potato Boycott directed against the savage exploitation of African farm labour. …

… Part Two: Schedule of documents | The Soul of a Nation: Constitution Making in South Africa …

… The convention of Pretoria, ‘Convention’ for the Settlement of the Transvaal Territory, 3 August 1881 …

… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 463 … The Imbali (Pietermaritzburg) home of Mrs Jabu Ndlovu, a shop steward of NUMSA, is attacked …

… Nunez Holtzhausen, coloratura and member of the music committee of the FAK, is born. …

… The minister of police announces the arrest of five further alleged Wit Kommando members. …

… The beginning of a bombing campaign marks last day of White rule in South Africa. …

… The beginning of a bombing campaign marks last day of White rule in South Africa. …

… Laura Rautenbach (66), sculptor of several monuments and busts, dies of cancer in Bloemfontein. …

… Judge Rudolf Erasmus, member of nine commissions of the SA government, dies in Bloemfontein. …

… Hugh Rouse (78), SA radio announcer, dies in Johannesburg of cancer of the throat. …

… WWII: Battle of North Africa ends with German surrender of Cap Bon in Tunisia. …

… Dorothy Nyembe is released and participates in activities of Natal Organisation of Women (NOW). …

… Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. …

… Sir Benjamin D’Urban assumes office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. …

… The 70th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917: an appreciation …

… ANC Statement of aims and principles for a negotiated resolution of the South African question …

… The year of the youth - Statement on the 69th anniversary of the ANC …

… Birthed in the patience of pain: an exercpt from The Depth of Memories: (a poem) …