SAHO global search
63,739 records
Event
Coert Steynberg, SA sculptor is born at Hennops River.
Event
The Boer generals report back in Pretoria after a campaign in Europe to procure aid for the reconstruction of the country after
Event
Fredericus (Frederik) Rompel, journalist and parliamentary reporter of De Volksstem in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) is
Event
At the great Xhosa gathering in King William’s Town, Xhosa chief Sandile pledges allegiance to the British crown in the presenc
Event
Phatho, chief of the mixed XhosaHottentot (Khoi-Khoi) people the Gqunukwebe and other Xhosa chiefs attend a great gathering of
Event
Twenty people drown when a strong north-westerly gale breaks the Frances Spaight loose from her anchors in Table Bay.
Event
The first independent newspaper, the South African Commercial Advertiser, is published in Cape Town, edited by Thomas Pringle a
Event
The Rev. Hendrik Willem Ballot (47), parson in Tulbach, dies and is buried in front of the pulpit of the Dutch Reformed Church.
Event
Basil Neo Sipho Bridgeman (Doc) Bikitsha (77), veteran journalist and story-teller who wrote for Drum and various newspapers, d
Event
News 24 reports that the Irish deputy premier, Mary Harney, from Dublin, has quietly been holidaying with family and friends in
Event
The South African Tsunami Relief Fund hands over a first bulk donation of R700 000 to the International Red Cross.
Event
Former president Nelson Mandela’s only surviving son Makgatho (54) dies in the Linksfield hospital in Johannesburg. President M
Event
SA signs agreement upgrading existing diplomatic relations with Ethiopia.
Event
Joe Slovo (69), national chairman of the Communist Party in South Africa and Minister of Housing in the Government of National
Event
The cockpit voice-recorder of the SAA Helderberg, which crashed into the Indian Ocean off Mauritius, is recovered from the airc
Event
General Bantu Holomisa, who ousted Stella Sigcau in a coup, appoints himself as the Transkei’s military and government chief.
Event
Impala Platinum fires 20,000 Black mine workers in Johannesburg.
Event
Joan Hoskyn Davies, archivist and the first woman to become head of an archives depot, dies in Cape Town.
Event
Donald Woods, banned editor of the Daily Dispatch (East London) reaches Britain with his family, having fled South Africa via L
Event
South Africa signs treaty with France on the installation of a scientific space tracking station in South Africa.
Event
The United Nations Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold, visits South Africa from 6-12 Jan.
Event
Aggrey Zola Klaaste, journalist and editor of the Sowetan, is born in Kimberley.
Event
Walter Whall Battiss, South African educationist, painter and specialist on the San art, is born in Somerset East, Eastern Cape
Event
The Battle of Wagon Hill (Platrand), south of Ladysmith, takes place, in which the Boer forces make an unsuccessful attempt to
Event
Death of Herman Albrecht, a South African soldier who fought on the side of the British during the S.A. War and who received th
Event
Cecil John Rhodes is forced to resign as prime minister of the Cape, because of his involvement in the Jameson Raid.
Event
”Die Vierkleur” (Four Colour), flag of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR), is hoisted for the first time in Potchefstroom at
"Die Vierkleur" (Four Colour), flag of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR), is hoisted for the first time in Potchefstroom at the inauguration of M.W…
Event
A Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots (Protestant refugees from France), leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands.
Event
Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern
Event