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… Minister of Justice, P.C. Pelser, announces that the attorney-general of the Transvaal is to prosecute thirty of the 357 people …

… Signing of the second and final surrender of the Cape to the British under Gen. David Baird at Papendorp (presently …

… The Sunday Times reports that FIFA president Sepp Blatter will receive the Order of the Companions of OR Tambo from President T …

… The Boer generals report back in Pretoria after a campaign in Europe to procure aid for the reconstruction of the country after …

… At the great Xhosa gathering in King William’s Town, Xhosa chief Sandile pledges allegiance to the British crown in the presenc …

… The leader of the United Party in the Transvaal, Harry Swartz, signs a five-point ‘declaration …

… State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa at the opening of Parliament, 2001, Cape Town, 9 February 2001 …

… (2004). Milestones, The Star, 11 June | https://www.andibradley.com/ … The UN negotiates a ceasefire between Israel and the defeated Egypt, Syria and Jordan, ending the Six-Day War, with Israel occu …

… Sir Henry Frere, governor of the Cape Colony, lays the corner stone of the present Dale College in King William’s Town. …

… Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Confederation of British industry London, 4 July 1990 …

… Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, to the party parliament group on South Africa London, 3 July 1990 …

… After the Court is told by the Head of Interrogation at John Vorster Square that the Security Police have withheld statements b …

… The charter of the United Nations is adopted in San Francisco, USA, with SA prime minister, Gen. Smuts, present. The preamble o …

… The Durban Supreme Court cancels the state’s announcement of 18 June 1982 that it has repossessed the Ingwavuma region of KwaZu …

… Defence Minister Joe Modise warns that the proposed R1, 4 bn. cut in the defence budget could seriously disrupt the defence for …

… Louis Ernst Brandt (65), minister of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk and champion of the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War 2, die …

… The government instructs its Ambassador to The Hague to inform the Dutch government of its displeasure over a grant of …

… Six South African members of the PAC are sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment, by the Tanzanian High Court, for the killing …

… School regulations in the Cape Colony altered to leave the decision on the language of instruction to schools.  This meant tha …

… Florence Nightingale, doyen of the modern nursing profession, also in SA, opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas h …

… In line with the Record of Understanding reached between the SAG and ANC, forty-two political prisoners are released. The Natio …

… Judgement starts in the Delmas trial. Mr Justice K. van Dijkhorst states that the state has proved that a dominant part of the …

… Delegates at the summit of the Afrikaner Unity Movement (AUM), held in Pretoria, voted to transform the AUM into a political pa …

… Canterbury Dr. Michael Ramsey’s visit to South Africa, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishm …

… The Minister for Coloured Relations, S.J.M. Steyn, states that no elections are planned after the current five-year term of the …

… Four other members of the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council resign. This is seen as the first step in the destruction of …

… The results of the White referendum held on the constitutional proposals are announced, showing that …

… Angolan government forces take the oil-producing town of Soyo from the rebel group Unita, which captured it the year before. …

… The UN General Assembly decides that the Indian complaint against South Africa should be considered jointly by the First and Si …

… Cabinet decides to replace the SAAF trainer Harvards by the Swiss-made Pilatus PC-7 MK2. The joint venture will include twelve …