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The first radio licence in SA is issued to Dr J. van Rensburg of Carnarvon.
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The SA rugby team beats the British Isles 7-3 in Durban.
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General De la Rey protests the British mistreatment of women and children.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. De la Rey, satisfied that his goal has been accomplished and on hearing reports of the approach of a str
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British protectorate in Ashanti, West Africa, is proclaimed a British protectorate and King Prempeh is removed.
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James Andrew Gray, SA journalist, newspaper proprietor and editor of the Pretoria News (1924-1932), is born in Scotland. He w
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The Nieuwe Republiek, with Lucas Meyer as president, is established in northern Natal, on land awarded to them by Dinizulu (Din
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Sir John William Akerman, Natal businessman, politician and speaker of the Natal colonial parliament, is born in Plymouth, Engl
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The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser, a bilingual newspaper and the first to publish news and advertisements, is publis
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NG Kerk theologian Willie Jonker (77) dies at a Strand retirement home in the Western Cape. He will be remembered for having be
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About 200 000 White South Africans will visit Soweto this year, according to the Soweto Tourism Association, up from 30 000 fiv
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The Olympic Games end in Athens with a spectacular fireworks display and SA 40th on the list of medal winners, after Hestrie Cl
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An American Lear jet, on its way to Johannesburg for repair, is shot down over Eritrea by Ethiopia, killing two people.
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SA signs treaty of the Southern African Development Community.
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Following the deregistration of 180 students who have not paid their fees at the University of Durban-Westville, students stage
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The SA rugby team wins the second rugby test against New Zealand 24-12 in Wellington.
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The National Party wins two uncertain victories in by-elections, with sharply reduced majorities in both seats.
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Speaking at a ceremony to mark his tenth anniversary as Prime Minister, John Vorster admits that the country has problems, inte
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The SA rugby team beats New Zealand 14-3 in Port Elizabeth.
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Steve Hofmeyer, SA singer, is born.
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Lady Mary Bailey, daughter of Derrick Warner William Westenra and later wife of Sir Abe Bailey, Rand magnate and politician, di
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Prof. Johannes Cornelis van Rooy (64), educationist, rector of the University of Potchefstroom and president of the Federasie v
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World War 2: North Africa. The Suez Canal is targeted by an Italian air raid.
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More than 9 000 Egyptians die of cholera.
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The mayor of Cape Town, Thomas Ball, lays the corner stone of the Cape Town city hall, designed by architects Reid and Green fr
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The SA rugby team loses 3-9 in the third test against the British Isles.
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The SA rugby team plays the second test ever against the British Isles and loses 0-3 in Kimberley.
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Ndamase, son of Pondo chief Faku and first paramount chief of Western Pondoland, dies. In 1869 Governor Sir Philip Wodehouse at
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The Battle of Boomplaats, where the British under Governor Harry Smith conquer the Voortrekkers under Commandant Andries W. Pre
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