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EventEllen Khuzwayo is born
Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo, ANC member of parliament and noted writer of Call me Woman (winner of CNA Award 1985, translated into six European languages)…
EventThe first successful non-direct blood transfusion is carried out
On 27 March 1914, Belgian doctor Albert Hustin conducted the first non-direct transfusion, using sodium citrate as an anticoagulant. Initially, blood…
EventDurban mass meeting endorses Smuts and Gandhi agreement
An Indian mass meeting in Durban unanimously endorsed the agreement between General J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi regarding voluntary registration, poll tax,…
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
Jan Gerard Sekoto was born on 9 September 1913 in Botshabelo, a mission station established by the German missionaries amongst the Pedi community in the…
EventMohandas K. Gandhi is arrested as he leads a march of Indian miners in South Africa
On his journey to South Africa in 1893, Mohandas Gandhi had first -hand experience of the discrimination faced by people of colour. His response to this was…
EventKing Dinuzulu dies
Dinuzulu ka-Cetshwayo, King of the Zulu nation, released from prison by Prime Minister Gen. Louis Botha, who also saw to it that he received a farm to live on,…
EventThambi Naidoo mobilises the Indians
On 13 October 1913, Thambi Naidoo mobilised the Indians at Newcastle, Natal (KwaZulu Natal) Colony to start the Satyagraha Campaign (Passive Resistance…
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
The first protest of women against the carrying of passes by women took place in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State), where there was a large…
EventDe La Rey is persuaded not to speak to the Burghers
On 12 August 1913, Koos De La Rey, a South African War II General, was ordered to meet with Generals Jan C Smuts and Louis Botha in Pretoria. The trio was…
EventSANNC (ANC) meeting is attended by a large number of people
A meeting in Johannesburg, called by the South African Native National Congress, now African National Congress (ANC), is attended by a large number of people,…
EventFighting breaks out on the Johannesburg market square
On 4 July 1913, a scuffle broke out between police, mounted soldiers and a riotous crowd at the Johannesburg market square. This happened during the first…
EventPrime Minister Louis Botha resigns because of conflict with Hertzog
General Louis Botha, premier of the Union of South Africa since 31 May 1910, resigned from his post following an anti-British speech by General J.B.M. Hertzog,…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
Political leader, Walter Ulyate Sisulu was born in the Engcobo area in the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu worked as a miner, baker's assistant, domestic…
EventThe first weather forecast for the Union is issued
After amalgamation of the weather services of the four provinces on 1 April 1912, the first weather forecast for the Union of South Africa as a whole was…
EventFormation of the South African Native National Congress
The South African Native National Congress (SANNC), later known as the Africa National Congress (ANC) was founded on the 8 January 1912. At SANNC's inaugural…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, marries Mary Westenra, pioneer aviatrix
Sir Abe Bailey, a prominent politician and mine magnate, married Mary Westenra on 5 September 1911, and together they settled in Johannesburg. Lady Mary Bailey…
EventLeprosy expert Dr Kok is born
Susanna Helena Kok, medical missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church and authority on leprosy, was born in Brandfort, Orange Free State (now Free State). She…
EventA German gunboat, the Panther, reaches Morocco, increasing tensions between European powers
On 1 July 1911, the deployment of the German gunboat, the Panther to Agadir, Morocco, contributed significantly to the tension between the European powers in…
EventFirst aeroplane flight in Kimberley breaks the non-stop flight record
John Weston, a civil engineer, began the construction of his own aeroplane in 1907 at Brandfort, in the Free State. This was the first South African built…
EventReport released on the Waratah steamship's disappearance
A report was released in London about the disappearance of the Waratah between Durban and Cape Town. The twin-screw passenger and cargo steamship, one of the…
EventSA author Hymne Weiss is born
South African author and translator of books into Afrikaans from six European languages, Hymne Weiss, was born on the farm Goedemoed, Rouxville district,…
EventMonty Naicker dies
Gagathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker, medical doctor and prominent politician, was born in Durban. Naicker played a crucial role in the history of South Africa…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
On 15 September 1910, General Louis Botha and Hertzog's South African Party (SAP) won the majority number of seats in the House Assembly forming the first…
EventSA artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba is born
South African artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba was born in Boksburg, Transvaal. He left for Paris to further his studies in 1938. Mancoba never returned to live…
EventLord Baden-Powell's sister, Agnes, establishes the Girl Guides Movement
EventUnion of South Africa is inaugurated
Following delegates of the Boer Republics' agreement by 54 to 6, to accept the British proposals for peace on 31 May 1902, the Treaty of Vereeniging was…
EventLouis Botha becomes Union’s first Prime Minister
A former member of the Volksraad of the South African Republic (Transvaal), representing the Vryheid district in 1897 and also Boer general during Anglo-Boer…
EventHalley’s Comet reaches the closest point to earth
Halley's Comet is named after the astronomer Edmund Halley, who in 1705 calculated the orbit of the comet around the sun. Halley was also the first astronomer…
EventThomas Thornton becomes the first passenger on an aeroplane in South Africa
On 19 March 1910, Thomas Thornton became the first person to fly on an aeroplane as a passenger when he paid Albert Kimmerling £100 for a short flight from…
EventGandhi supports APO’s Day of Mourning
Mahatma Gandhi supported the resolution of the African People's Organisation (APO) to declare the day of arrival of the Prince of Wales in Cape Town as a day…