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The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) decides at its seventh Congress in Geneva to suspend South Africa from membership u
Johanna Suzanna Holtzhausen (88), coloratura and member of the Music Committee of the FAK (Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Org
The bill establishing five universities for Blacks, releasing their association with the University of South Africa comes into
Marius Phillip Olivier Burgers (53), dies of a heart attack while recording a tribute to the late Pieter de Waal, SA broadcaste
Adv. C.R. Swart resigns as governor-general of SA to become the first state president of SA on 31 May 1961.
The SA rugby team beats Scotland in Port Elizabeth 18-10 in the only test match of the series.
Mbhazima Samuel Shilowa, premier of Gauteng since 15 June 1999, is born in Olifantshoek, a village in the Northern Province.
Egypt opens the Suez Canal again after Pres. Nasser has nationalised it the previous year.
As part of the ten-year progress (begun in 1950) to independence under an Italian administered UN trusteeship, the first electe
Victor Herman Booysen, Group Executive of Human Resource Services, Telkom, is born.
The Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, is lost to the Italians.
Josiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as African National Congress president. Luthuli commented later: with his as
Dot Serfontein, SA author and mother of poet Antjie Krog, is born.
Daniël Jacobus Erasmus (83), former acting state president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Nov. 1871-July 1972), dies in B
St. John Brodrick, the war secretary, informs the British House of Commons that the campaign in Somaliland is to be abandoned a
Anglo-Boer War 2: An official report states that British columns have completely or partially destroyed 158 farms and an unknow
Anglo-Boer War 2: The ZAR’s fourth and last Creusot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited before falling into British hands, only 200 metres
Cecil John Rhodes asks for a charter for the British South Africa Company.
France invades Tunisia from Algeria on a pretext, and later establishes a protectorate.
Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist, commissioner-general at the Cape after whom the town Uitenhage was named, is born in the Nethe
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) attacks a Namibian refugee camp in Cassinga, Angola
On 4 May 1978, the South African air force flew over Cassinga, allegedly a Namibian refugee camp in Southern Angola. It was the South African Defence Force’s …
EventJustice Sfiso Ka-Mkame, SA artist, is born in Durban
Sfiso Ka-Mkame was born in Clermont, Durban in 1963. He studied art in the 80’s and gained fame in 1988 when he sold his ‘Letters to God’ series of drawings to…
EventTalks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed
The Groote Schuur talks between the South African government and the African National Congress (ANC) were held on 2, 3 and 4 May 1990. These talks took place…
EventDr David Webster, a social anthropologist at Wits University and political activist, is shot dead outside his home
David Joseph Webster was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1945. He became involved in politics while studying at Rhodes University in Grahamstown in South…
EventMbhazima Shilowa, former premier of Gauteng, is born
Mbhazima Samuel (Sam) Shilowa, was born in Olifantshoek in the Transvaal (now Limpopo Province.) After High School, Shilowa moved to Johannesburg, where he…
EventDr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born
Kenneth Kaunda was born in Chinsali, the Northern Province of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). Kaunda was a qualified teacher and taught in a number of schools…