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… The Cape Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside with Dutch in the church. …

… Convention between the governments of South Africa and France for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal …

… first discovered at Kimberley, South Africa, leading to the construction of the world’s largest open mine, the Big …

… On the 20th anniversary of the General Assembly resolution on sanctions against South Africa, the United Nations presents award …

… Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa. … Anglo-Boer War 2: Major-General Smith-Dorrien, leaving only the church standing, razes the town of Dullstroom to the ground. …

… The BBC reports an animal airlift is planned for the Congo. The airlift will take chimpanzees to Chimfunshi Wildlife …

… Harold Wilson, the British Prime Minister, announces in the House of Commons that the British government has decided to impose …

… The Midge (61 tons) is stranded near Plettenberg Bay. The captain is accused of negligence because the anchor was rusted. …

… The US’s deputy State Department spokesperson Adam Ereli praises the efforts of South African President Thabo Mbeki who, on the …

… The Star reports that a Group Areas Bill, which sought to increase drastically the penalties for contravention of the Group Are …

… A bomb explosion, shattering the Johannesburg office of the Department of Foreign Affairs, is the forty-second attack by ANC sa …

… The Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by …

… The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) joined the offices of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in South Africa …

… A new award scheme for miners is implemented. The Inspectorate administers the scheme on behalf of the Mine Health and Safety C …

… The first edition of the Graham’s Town Journal, mouthpiece of the Eastern Frontier settlers,is published. It soon becomes …

… The SA cricket team beats the West Indies with nine wickets in Durban to lead 3-0 in the series of five. …

… The first private broadcasting station in South Africa is put up by the South African Railways in Johannesburg. The Scientific …

… Prof. Dirk Postma, founder of the “Gereformeerde Kerk van Suid-Afrika” (GKSA, nicknamed ‘Doppers’) and head of the reformed the …

… In the Battle of the White Umfolozi, the Voortrekker commando is ambushed and nearly overpowered …

… The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, to which SA is a party, is signed in Montego Bay. …

… (2004). Milestones, The Star , 23 Dec … SA’s new constitution is enacted by parliament, signalling the end of apartheid and the birth of the new South Africa. …

… The Secretary-General submitted a report to the Security Council on the efforts to establish peace and to promote multi-party n …

… The first peace conference with Israel and her Arab neighbours opens in Geneva. Jordan, Israel, Egypt, the United States, the S …

… Justice John Foxcroft rejects the plea for acquittal of Allan Boesak’s defence and postpones the case until the following year. …

… Prof. Christian Gustav Waldemar Schumann, dean of the faculty for economy at the University of Stellenbosch and member of the h …

… SA signs agreement with Namibia relating to the administration of the judicial system after the incorporation of Walvis Bay int …

… The terms of reference of the Erasmus Commission are extended to investigate and evaluate, by 31 March 1979, the government’s p …

… The Head of the Security Police, General Venter, reports that nobody is still being held incommunicado under the Terrorism Act, …

… The national department of transport launches the seven month Be Legal  campaign at the Jack Mincer Taxi Rank in Johannesburg, …

… Business Day reports that in the wake of a decision by the Student Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Pretoria n …