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Sir Henry Bale, chief justice of Natal and later minister of education, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
Johan (Joan) van Arkel (26), first resident clergyman at the Cape, dies four months after his arrival.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses amnesty to Gideon Nieuwoudt, former police officer, for the death of Steve Biko
An armed gang attacks two villages outside Algiers, Algeria, slaughtering 120 people.
The away game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Zambia ends in a tie with no goals scored.
First Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki announces the establishment of an independent judicial inquiry to investigate alle
Paul Simon starts his tour in South Africa.
The United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid launches the International Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against So
Birth of the Rosenkowitz sextuplet in Cape Town, the first in the world where all six babies survive.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-bed and th
The 32-month-old secessionist Biafran regime collapses under onslaughts by Nigerian military.
Sisulu attends a secret meeting at the house of George Xarile together with F. Van Rensburg (a shift boss from Vlakfontein mine
The South African rugby team scores 9 tries and beats France in Bordeaux 38-5.
A devastating storm hits Pretoria – five inches of rain falls within four hours and the Apies River flows 100m wide.
Samuel Maharero orders all Ovaherero chiefs to take up arms against the Germans. He orders them to "refrain from touching
1,000 dervishes are massacred by British troops in Somaliland
1,000 dervishes are massacred by British troops in Somaliland.
Alan Paton, author of Cry the Beloved Country, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
British invade Zululand in three columns. Date is given as 10 January in another source.
John Tengo Jabavu, the second Black matriculant in South Africa and well-known journalist, is born near Healdtown.
Dr Jan Schutte (79), author and former director-general of the SABC, dies in Johannesburg.
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin
An Appreciation By Sir Evelyn Baring, High Commissioner For The United Kingdom I first met Abdulla Kajee on the quay at Durban in July 1929, when I stepped…
Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson In the more liberal climate of Cape Town Johnny Gomas seemed…
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson The decade after 1935 can quite justifiably be called a…
Chapter Four - The Years with the CPSA: 1925 - 1935
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson The existence of a large number of unskilled and unemployed …
Chapter eight - Conclusion
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson Gomas died on the morning of Wednesday 25 April 1979 two weeks…
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson South African history can legitimately be described as the…
Chapter Three - The Black Republic Question and the Third Period
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson The South African struggle received little attention from the…
Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson The years between 1930 and the 1940s were ones of profound…
Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson Although out of active politics, Gomas observed with keen…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1950 Jamiatul Ulama Natal, Durban 82 The Jamiatul Ulama Natal was founded in 1950…