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Elizabeth Bosman, early SA author and religious poet, is born in Drakenstein, Cape.
Agnes Alwena (Wena) Naudé (72), SA stage and cinema actress, dies in Pretoria.
The SA rugby team loses the second test 3-0 against the Lions in Durban.
The SA government admits that it has secretly helped the IFP with endowments.
Ben Wa Mokoena Arnold, SA artist and art teacher, is born in Johannesburg.
SA signs a multilateral treaty on the partial revision of the 1959 radio regulations.
The SA rugby team beats France 26-3 in the first test in Durban.
The Matabele stage an uprising against the rule of British South Africa Company.
James Leonard (Peter) Klatzow, SA composer and pianist, is born in Springs, Transvaal.
The SA rugby team beats England 33-15 in a test in Port Elizabeth.
Thulane Sugarboy Malinga, SA super middleweight, wins the World Boxing Federation (WBF) title.
Johannes J. Fagan, SA composer of mainly orchestral music, is born in Tulbach, Cape.
The SA Amendment Act abrogates the entrenched clauses protecting the Cape C Coloured voters.
Announcement of the continuation of current SA defence relations with the United Kingdom.
Ten ANC supporters are killed in Gamalakhe, Natal, in an attack on a gathering.
SA government tables a white paper to end racial discrimination in landownership and occupation.
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
Tito Mboweni was born on 16 March 1959, in Tzaneen Limpopo. After completing his high school studies, he registered for a Bachelor of Commerce Degree at the…
The British Anti-Apartheid Movement launches an international boycott of the Shell corporation.
Welcome Ncita, junior featherweight of SA, wins the International Boxing Federation title (IBF).
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
In 1958, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) officially recognised the White body of the Football Association of South Africa (FASA) as…
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
Kevin Woods, Michael Smith and Philip Conjwayo were arrested in Zimbabwe in connection with the bombing that killed the driver of the car transporting the bomb…
EventMother Teresa arrives in SA to establish a missionary home for HIV/AIDS sufferers
Mother Teresa was born in Albania and at a young age felt compelled to care for the sick and poor. When she was eighteen years old, she left home and joined…
Hendrik Hop, leader of an expedition north of the Orange River, is born
EventJonas de la Guerre leaves the Cape in an expedition to the north
On this day Sergeant Jonas de la Guerre left the Cape to venture north in search for the "great river that flowed east to west" and to "investigate trade…
EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
Vanessa Brereton worked as a human rights lawyer in South Africa, taking on high profile cases under the Apartheid regime. When the African National Congress …
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho died in a car accident shortly after he reclaimed his royal throne in 1995. The car he was travelling in rolled down a cliff on a…
Sir John Barrow (84), explorer of the interior of SA, dies in London
EventWorld Cancer Day is instituted as an annual world-wide cancer awareness campaign
World Cancer Day was founded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to raise awareness and to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment…
EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
The South African government threatened to pull out of the United Nations (UN) peace plan for Namibia unless action was taken against the South West African…