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… The Gauteng Academy of Sport, in conjunction with the universities of Johannesburg, Pretoria and the Witwatersrand and Vaal Uni …

… South Africa signs treaties with Swaziland on the establishment and functioning of the joint Water Commission and the developme …

… Lucas Mangope, the leader of the apartheid homeland Bophuthatswana, retreats from his capital in the face of a popular uprising …

… Britain and the United States veto a draft resolution in the United Nations Security Council, following the banning of organisa …

… Pres. F.W. Reitz of the OFS unveils the statue of Pres. Brand at the top of Maitland Street, Bloemfontein. …

… The leadership of the Herstigte Nasionale Party is relinquished by its veteran founder, Dr. Albert Hertzog. The deputy leader, …

… The Coloured Liberation Movement for the Advancement of Brown People, launched to generate the interest of South Africa’s Colou …

… Lucas Mangope, the leader of the apartheid homeland Bophuthatswana, retreats from his capital in the face of a popular uprising …

… Following the interim Schlebusch report tabled earlier the day, banning orders under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 a …

… J.P. (Pieter) de Lange, chairman of the Afrikanerbroederbond, and head of the commission of the Human Sciences Research Council …

… Alexander Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (now the University of …

… The Star reports that President P.W. Botha, opening the QwaQwa Legislative assembly, said that the non-independent homelands ha …

… Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, national co-ordinator of The Gift Of The Givers Foundation, announces in Johannesburg that the foundation i …

… The government decides to close The Post and The Sunday Post because they have become media for communist …

… The monetary policy committee (MPC) leaves interest rates unchanged, but altered its public stance towards the vagaries of the …

… Sir Gordon Sprigg forms his first ministry in the Cape at the request of the governor, Sir Bartle Frere. …

… The new Constitution of the Republic of South Africa takes effect. The Constitutional Court approved it on 4 December 1996. …

… The Confederation of Senegambia between Senegal and the Gambia is formally launched. The federation was intended to promote coo …

… The Sunday Independent reports that the special mixture prescribed by Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the minister of health, for fig …

… The Harms Commission, instituted to inquire into unlawful acts by the security forces, starts hearing evidence in the Nederduit …

… Opening the first Legislative session of the Transkei-Legislative Assembly, President Swart says that the Transkei now has an a …

… The ‘Volksraad’ of the ZAR gathers for the last time in Pretoria and is addressed by Pres. Paul …

… The President of the National Union of South Africa (NUSAS), Ian Robertson, receives a banning order under the Suppression of C …

… The maritime section of the Castle military museum, the Maritime museum, illustrating all facets of fleet …

… Dr James Moroka with Hendrik Verwoerd on the tour of the Native Trust - The Friend Bloemfontein, 12 September 1951 …

… The Azanian People’s Organisation and the Pan Africanist Congress announce they are to work towards the formation of a patrioti …

… Sir Benjamin D’Urban issues a proclamation extending the boundary of the Cape Colony eastwards from the Keiskamma to t …

… The Chernobyl computer virus, perhaps the most destructive so far, damages hundreds of thousands of computers around the world. …

… WWII:  North Africa:  Access to the Tunisian plain is open to the Allies following the capture of Longstop Hill. …

… Parties table more than 300 amendments to the constitutional legislation. The National Party (NP) fight for the insertion of a …