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NBC aired BBC footage of the Ethiopian famine.
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The government forfeits 400,000 Pounds Sterling bail when the ‘Coventry four’ fails to appear to answer arms smuggling charges,
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A combined force of South African Defence Force troops and police seal off the townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville and Boipatong
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In the by-elections at East London North, the seat is won by the conservative NRP, defeating the PFP’s candidate D. John Malcom
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The Prime Minister makes a major policy speech in the Senate, promising that South Africa will contribute its share to order, d
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The Convention on the Conservation of the Living Resources of the South-east Atlantic, to which SA is a party, is signed in Rom
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Kip Keino of Kenya wins the Olympic gold medal for 1,500 metres in 3 minutes 34.9 seconds.
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Following his victory at the general elections in which his party, the Transkei National Independent Party (TNIP) won twenty-ei
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South Africa signs a treaty with Great Britain for the continuation of the trade agreement of 16 May 1960.
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The Special Political Committee in the United Nations, with South Africa participating, starts debating (23-26 October) South A
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The SA government establishes a department for Coloured Affairs, under I.D. du Plessis as first head.
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Federal constitution of Rhodesia and Nyasaland comes into effect.
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Anna Elizabeth Samuel (Antjie Krogh), SA poet, journalist and anti-apartheid champion, is born near Kroonstad, OFS.
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The first General Meeting of the United Nations, attended also by SA delegates, starts in New York.
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WWII: The Second Battle of El Alamein, in which many SA soldiers took part, commences with a thousand-gun barrage. The opening
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Stephen Gregory Naidoo, prelate, canon lawyer and critic of apartheid, is born in Durban. He was appointed archbishop of Cape T
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The first poem of Nontisi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho is published in Umteteli under her clan name, Cizama. She
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Transvaal Mine Clerks’ Association is formed under the leadership of A.W.G. Champion.
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Twenty-four Africans, part of a crowd demonstrating outside the Baakens Street Police Station, Port Elizabeth, to demand the re
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Karl Kielblock, SA author of historical and detective books, is born in Beaufort West, Cape Colony.
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The first motorists’ organisation in SA, the Automobile Club of South Africa (called the Royal Automobile Club of SA since 1911
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Redvers Buller is dismissed as officer in command of the British forces, probably because of his defeat
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Chief Mhlontlo (Mhlonthlo) lures Hamilton Hope (resident magistrate at Tsolo in the Eastern Cape) and his staff to Sulenkama wh
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Prof. J.A. du Plessis, professor at the Potchefstroom Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in SA, is born in Rustenburg,
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Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg is appointed president of the ZAR, a position that he occupies for seven months.
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The Voortrekkers decide to call the first planned town in Natal, up to that time called “Bosjesmansrand” (Bushmen Rand) because
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The Cheetahs (Free State rugby team) scores a surprising victory over the Blue Bulls on Loftus Versveld, beating the Bulls 29-2
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South African television producer Adele Lorenzo is killed in an air crash in Nigeria in which 117 people die. News was receiv
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Peter Malinga, SA welterweight, wins the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) title.
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