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At least 100 people drown and the town is devastated when the river at Laingsburg in the Karoo floods its banks.
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A bank and twenty-five hostages are seized in Silverton, Pretoria. Two of the hostages die; several are injured; all three ANC
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A group of clergymen of seven Christian churches including the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Methodist churches calling themselv
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General Idi Amin Dada takes power in Uganda by military coup while the existing president, Milton Obote, is at a Commonwealth m
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Abram Fischer, Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail and dis
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African heads of state of the Monrovia Group, which includes Liberia, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon, issue charter for Pan-African
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The Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) is established in Port Elizabeth.
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WWI: At the end of the war, the Paris Peace Conference accepts the proposal to create the League of Nations. The League was eve
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The ‘Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk’ starts its own training of ministers at the then Transvaal University College, with dr J.H.J.
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Mohandas Ghandi finally reaches an agreement with the South African Union government over rights of Indian nationals (voluntary
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Robey Leibbrandt, Olympic boxer and staunch supporter of the Ossewabrandwag (an Afrikaner patriotic movement), is born in Potch
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Three leaders from the IFP, Frank Malalose, national chairman and the Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, Ziba Jiyane, Secretary-General
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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, loses the Africa Cup of Nations Group A game versus Egypt 0-1at the FNB Stadium, Johannesbur
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President Mandela arrives in Delhi, India, as chief guest at Republic Day.
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Three Somalis are killed and at least five are wounded in clashes with troops of a US-led coalition trying to safeguard efforts
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Matilda Ndlela, ANC, is killed by alleged hit squads in Esikhaweni, Natal.
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President F.W. de Klerk opens parliament and suggests a referendum in which the vote of each race group be counted separately.
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Rev. Modisele, ANC, NECC, is killed in Heidelberg, Transvaal. His burnt body is found with a Bible on it.
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The International Cricket Conference (ICC), after meeting in London on 23 and 24 January, decided to suspend as from 1 April al
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The Sunday Times reports that, after trade unions, churches are considered to be the most respected organisations in the Black
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Prof. Chris Barnard (65), South African heart specialist, marries his third wife, Karin Setzkorn (24).
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Guerrillas advance into Ugandan capital of Kampala as army opposition crumbles, pushing military government to edge of collapse
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The former Minister of Information, Dr. Connie Mulder, resigns his seat in parliament at the insistence of the Prime Minister,
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Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith rejects British proposals for a Rhodesian settlement.
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Premier John Vorster decrees that in the future the ‘homelands’ will be allowed to accept direct foreign financial aid.
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The rugby match between South Africa and Wales in Cardiff ends in a draw. The South African team could not beat a single ho
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British troops are flown in to Uganda to suppress an army mutiny over low pay.
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It is announced that efforts by Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Mr. Butler and Glasgow University to obtain permission from the So
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Elsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson’s book Born Free, dies in Kenya.
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