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A statue of the Mapoch chief Nyala is unveiled near Roossenekal, in the Mapoch’s-land region, Eastern Transvaal.
The first rocket to be wholly developed and manufactured in South Africa is successfully launched from the new rocket launching
President Christophe Soglo is overthrown in a military coup in Dahomey, now Benin.
Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Ethiopia after being ousted by his son. africanhistory.about.com/
The SA rugby team beats Ireland 8-3 in Dublin.
Walter Sisulu is served a notification, in terms of section 9 of the Suppression of Communism Act, whereby Sisulu is prohibited
Johan Johl, Afrikaans poet, is born.
Annual Conference of African National Congress (ANC) asks its National Executive Committee "to consider the possibilities
Marlise Joubert, SA author, is born.
British recapture Sollum, Egypt.
Keith Oxlee, SA rugby fly half, is born.
Nellie du Toit, SA soprano, is born.
South Africa receives the League of Nations mandate over SW Africa.
Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate. ,
Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss, minister of agriculture in the war-cabinet of Gen. Smuts, is born in Calvinia, CC.
Prof. Christian Gustav Waldemar Schumann, dean of the faculty for economy at the University of Stellenbosch and member of the h
Msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle.
The railway line between Cape Town and Durban is opened.
SA cricket player Aubrey Faulkner, great all-rounder in the early 20th century, is born.
Sir John George Fraser, SA statesman and private secretary of Pres. J.H. Brand of the OFS, is born in Beaufort West, Karoo.
Christiaan Frederick Ecklon, SA botanist, is born in Apenrade, Schleswig-Holstein.
Jan van Riebeeck mentions seeing a comet at the Cape.
EventEx-mutineers consider resigning from the ANC
On 31 December 1989, ex-mutineers in exile considered resigning from the African National Congress (ANC). This came after the suppression of political and…
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
On 30 December 1987, Major General Bantu Holomisa, commander of the Transkei Defence Force (TDF), a staunch African National Congress (ANC) activist, led a…
EventRev. Michael Scott besiege the UN for justice regarding Herero people
On 29 December 1948, a well known human rights activist Rev. Michael Guthrie Scott, who lived in South Africa, besieged the United Nations(UN) for justice…
EventNine members of the ANC are officially banned in Dakawa, Tanzania
On 28 December 1989, a document officially banning nine members of the African National Congress (ANC) was circulated at Dakawa in Tanzania. The nine members…
EventProf. Astley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
Astley John Hilary Goodwin was born in Natal (now Kwazulu Natal). He went to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first professionally…
EventThe Kenya-Uganda railway is completed
The Uganda railway line in Kenya was seen as a very ambitious infrastructure at its inception with the cost of the project causing most of the controversy. The…
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
On 25 December 1918, Anwar al-Sadat was born at Tala District. al-Sadat was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy in Cairo. During the 1952 revolution which…
EventRichard Maponya, one of South Africa’s richest businessmen, is born
Richard John Maponya was born in Lenyenye in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). The founder and first president of the National Federated Chamber…