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… Convention between the governments of South Africa and Denmark for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fisca …

… The Information Service of South Africa Special Account Bill is passed against the votes of the opposition parties. Kalley, J.A …

… The Minister of Finance announces a change in the South African exchange rate practice. Henceforth the Rand is tied strictly to …

… Hendrik Hop, leader of an expedition to the north of the Orange River, is born in the district of Paarl. …

… Walter Sisulu attends the annual conference of the ANC branch of the Cape Province at Uitenhage. Sisulu officiates as secretary …

… The Alabama, American raider, is sunk outside Cherbourg harbour, France, by the U.S.S. Kearsarge.  She was built during the Am …

… The United Nations Security Council is called into session at the urgent request of the African states. It issues a unanimous c …

… William Duncan Baxter and Bishop S.W. Lavis are the first receivers of the freedom of the City of Cape Town. …

… About sixty armed burghers, revolting against the economic and Khoi-Khoi policy of the Company, occupy the drosdy in Swellendam …

… The second day of the Soweto protest is marked by uncontrollable fury. Fires rage in townships throughout the country. Pupils s …

… A borehole on the Rand-Victoria mine near Germiston strikes the Main Reef of the Witwatersrand Gold Fields at 731 meters. …

… The resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Theo Gerdener, is announced and will take …

… The first aircraft hijacking is attempted by Chinese on a flight of Cathay Pacific.  The hijacking failed and the plane crashe …

… The Springbok team under Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 26-19 in Bloemfontein, to lead 2-0 in the series. …

… Pretoria is officially selected as the capital of the ZAR. The seat of government was transferred from Potchefstroom to …

… President Syngman Rhee presents the South African Air Force (SAAF) squadron, placed at the disposal of the United Nations organ …

… The decisive Battle of Bembesi  (Bembasi) is fought in the Ndebele War, Rhodesia. The Ngubi, Mbezu and Nsukamini regiments fou …

… The British government officially abolishes slavery in the Cape Colony, but the slaves are apprenticed for four years to their …

… Representatives of the Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa), the National Council of Trade Unions (Nactu), and the Con …

… The Joint Committee of the First and Sixth Committees of the General Assembly adopts a French-Mexican proposal, …

… A consensus is reached following the fall-out between leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) and government over the co …

… The Cape Supreme Court rules that the Cape Dutch Reformed Church may only consist of congregations in the Cape Province. …

… The Slagtersnek rebels are tried in the Uithenhage landdros court. One is reprieved by Lord Charles Somerset, the other, Cornel …

… The General Assembly declares that the South African regime has "no right to represent the people of South Africa" an …

… The United Nations Security Council reaffirms the mandatory arms embargo, and, for the first time requests that all states refr …

… A White extremist group, the ‘Wit Kommando’ claims responsibility for the bombing of the offices of Professor F.A. Maritz at th …

… The first of the ‘Bantustans’ comes into existence when the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, De Wet …

… Luthuli delivers his Nobel Lecture in Oslo after receiving the Peace Prize the previous day. The government issued …

… The Rev. Arnold Stofile, secretary of the Border region of the United Democratic Front, is released from prison on …

… The Minister of Defence, P.W. Botha, announces a reshuffle of senior defence force posts to increase the efficiency of the coun …