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Herero Revolt: Von Estorff and Von der Heyde defeat the Ovaherero in the battle of Omatupa and prevent them from escaping in a
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Hendrik Lodewyk (Hennie) Roux, Afrikaans cultural leader and co-founder of the Rapportryersbeweging, is born on the farm La Mot
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Ex-State Attorney J.C. Smuts’ baby son, Kosie, dies. Smuts later became prime minister of the Union of South Africa.
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Roberts’ union with the Natal Field Force is at last established, when Gen. Buller’s scouts meet French’s cavalry at Twyfelaar,
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Dr M.S. (Tinie) Louw, (d. 1 March 1979) SA businessman and entrepreneur who was co-founder and president of the Afrikaanse Hand
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Thomas Edward Lawrence, called Lawrence of Arabia (1888-1935), British adventurer, soldier, and author, is born in Tremadoc, Wa
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Zaccheus Richard Mahabane, clergyman, teacher, politician and president of the African National Congress, who combined politics
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Comdt Louw Wepener (53) is killed in combat during an attack on Moshesh at Thaba Bosigo in the Free State.
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Christiaan Afrikaner, son of Jonker Afrikaner and Nama chief, is killed in battle at Otjimbingue, German West Africa. He wa
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Germany apologises for the massacre of some 65 000 Hereros in South-West Africa (Namibia) by their soldiers during the 1904 reb
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The first of the four Old Mutual Soweto Marathon Schools Challenge races takes place at Kagiso, in Soweto, with close to 1 500
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The Springboks beat the All Blacks in the Vodacom Tri-Nations match 40-26 at a packed Ellis Park, perhaps inspired by the atten
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Former president F.W. de Klerk announces his decision to leave the New National Party because, joining the ANC as was decided b
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Jannie Gildenhuys (70), well-known SA TV and stage actor, dies in Heidelberg, Western Cape.
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A flying instructor for microlight aircrafts, Willem Bester, and his pupil, L.P. van der Merwe, die when their craft crashes on
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The SA rugby team wins their last Tri-Nations match of the season against Australia 10-9 in Newlands, Cape Town.
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The first branch of the Afrikaanse Taalen Kultuurvereniging is founded in Soweto, with Elliot Mashinini as chairman.
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In Kenya 200 raiders attacks the police station in Likoni, Mombasa. Prisoners are freed; six police officers and seven civilian
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The SA rugby team loses the second test against Australia 20-28 in Brisbane.
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Florence Tshuku and her children Lundi, Mncedisi, Abigail and Edward Gebe, are killed when their home is attacked and burnt.
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The chauffeur of Chief Mhlabunzima, who was a witness at the inquest into the Chief’s death, is killed in the Natal Midlands.
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Israel lifts sanctions but retains a ban on new arms contracts with SA.
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The United Democratic Front (UDF), having decided in March 1991 that the organisation should disband, holds its final meeting i
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Twenty-four residents are killed in a pre-dawn attack on Crossroads squatter camp.
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President Pieter Willem Botha resigns as South Africa’s State President.
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City Press reports that Wonke Maqubela and Neliswa Dyandyi, accused in a necklace trial in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape.
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Nelson Mandela is admitted to the Tygerberg hospital, suffering from a lung ailment, later diagnosed as tuberculosis.
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Reverend Allan Hendricks, a cabinet minister, resigns from government.
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Co-operation and Development Minister, Piet Koornhof, states that uncontrolled squatting cannot be tolerated, and will not be a
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