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A revised National Statutory Council is released providing a forum for Blacks to discuss policy and assist in drawing up a new
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Following unrest and rioting in the townships, the Minister of Law and Order prohibits all meetings of more than two persons, d
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Following an international campaign for clemency, the Bloemfontein Appeal Court overrules the death sentence on James Mange and
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The visit of the Ivory Coast’s Minister of Information, M.L. Dona-Fologo, to South Africa on a fact-finding tour, starts. It
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The government is empowered to set up a Publications Board, which would endeavour to present and uphold the Christian view of l
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Eleven rioting miners are shot by police and twenty-seven injured at the Western Deep Levels mine, Carletonville, in a confront
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The Australian Cricket Board decides to withdraw its invitation to the South African Cricket Team to tour Australia.
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General Jan Christiaan Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies on his farm Doornkloof, near Pretoria. The Star, 04 Sept
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The Natal Indian Congress (NIC) declines an invitation by the Durban Mayor’s office to enable members of the Indian community t
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Dr Gerrit Viljoen, first rector of the Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit (RAU), is born in Cape Town.
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Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign breaks out
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Martial law is declared in the Transvaal.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: General Schalk W. Burger is appointed as Acting State President in Kruger’s absence.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Pres. Paul Kruger crosses the Transvaal border on his way to Lourenço Marques, from where he leaves for Eu
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Gertrud Theiler, zoologist, researcher and teacher is born in Pretoria. She was youngest daughter of Sir Arnold Theiler.
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In reaction to an inquiry, officials in Pretoria reply that Johannesburg is named after Johann Friedrich Bernhard Rissik and Ch
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Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, politician and Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa, is born in Aliwal North district, CC.
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British bombard Beirut to force Mehmet Ali, pasha of Egypt, to submit.
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Lady Elizabeth Somerset, wife of Governor Lord Charles Somerset, dies at Newlands House, Cape Town. She is buried in the Groote
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The school order of Jacob Abraham (Uitenhage) de Mist eliminates the influence of the church on education and places education
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Simon Mann is sentenced to seven years in jail by a Zimbabwean court on weapons charges. The two pilots get sixteen months
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The Border between the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso reopens.
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The Constitutional Court rules that the controversial commission of inquiry into rugby, appointed by Pres. Mandela in 1997, is
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South Africa signs bilateral agreement establishing diplomatic relations with Bangladesh.
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Five Somali employees of Cable News Network are killed and four wounded in clan fighting.
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Winnie Mandela resigns from the Executive of both the ANC and the Organisation’s Women’s League.
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Allister Mackintosh, pilot and ‘father’ of SA aviation is born in Schombeni, Swaziland.
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Ten commuters die in a train attack in Katlehong, East Rand.
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The Appeal Court in Bloemfontein grants the "Upington 14" leave to appeal against their death sentences.
The Appeal Court in Bloemfontein grants the "Upington 14" leave to appeal against their death sentences.
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