SAHO global search
63,722 records
Event
The South African Institute of Race Relations is founded.
Event
King Feud’s government issues a decree making it the sole legal trader of narcotics in Egypt.
Event
Death of Sir Henry Morton Stanley. Famous for his 1,500-mile safari into Central Africa in 1871 to find Dr Livingstone.
Event
The first camera club in SA is established in Kimberley with eighteen members.
Event
The Zulu chiefs are informed that their land has been annexed to the British Empire. This date is given as 19 May in anothe
Event
Paul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR.)
Event
Sir Howard Carter, English archaeologist who discovered the grave of Tutankamen in Egypt, is born.
Event
William H. Addison, first district surgeon of Pietermaritzburg, arrives with his wife and son in Port Natal aboard the Lalla Ro
Event
The Rev. Andrew Murray, DRC minister and educationalist, and second son of Andrew Murray sr. (1794-1866), is born in Graaff-Rei
Event
Stella Sigcau, South African minister of Public Works since 1999 and third prime minister of the former Transkei, dies at Durba
Event
The most publicised court case since apartheid ends. Mr Justice Willem van der Merwe pronounces former vice-president of SA, Mr
Event
Start of Tourism Indaba (8-11 May).
Event
The Council of the University of Stellenbosch recalls its decision to dissolve the university choir.
Event
The new Constitution is finally approved by the 490-member Constituent Assembly, two minutes past 12:00, the final deadline set
Event
Miss Namibia, Michelle McLean, a six-foot-tall model and masseuse, is crowned Miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand, the first eve
Event
South Africa and Kenya establish formal diplomatic relations.
Event
President De Klerk announces an immediate ban on "cultural weapons" "excluding at this stage spears" in tow
Event
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) asks Pretoria to clarify its position on amnesty, as well as on any o
Event
President F.W. de Klerk tours nine European countries.
Event
Dr. Jon Lewis, British editor of the South African Labour Bulletin is told to leave the country within thirty days.
Event
Qaquawuli Godolozi, Sipho Hashe and Champion Galela, all of them activists, disappear after allegedly being escorted to a waiti
Event
Relations between Zimbabwe and South Africa deteriorate further when the Minister of Police, L. le Grange, threatens retaliator
Event
Prime Minister P.W. Botha announces that his government accepts the recommendations of the Schlebusch Commission including the
Event
The recommendations of the Riekert Commission are tabled. These include more Black involvement in government administration boa
Event
John Vorster declares that he has personally authorised the Department of Information to use secret funds without Parliamentary
Event
The newly formed Transkei National Progressive Party (TNPP) is recognised as the official opposition in the National Assembly.
Event
The South African government decides to finance the first phase of the construction of a new railway line between Southern Mala
Event
Chief Leabua Jonathan, leader of the Basutoland National Party, which is to form the Protectorate’s first government, tells pol
Event
Soviet premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev arrives in the United Arab Republic to meet with Egyptian premier Gamal Abdel Nass
Event