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In an address to the Foreign Correspondents Association, minister of cooperation and development, Dr Gerrit Viljoen , announces
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission confirms newspaper reports that five former security police officers have confessed to
A group of dissatisfied members of the AWB (Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging) break away and start the BVB (Boere-Vryheidsbeweging)
Mlungisi Hlongwane, national president of the SA National Civic Association (SANCO) and director of SANCO Investment Holdings s
A group of clergymen of seven Christian churches including the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Methodist churches calling themselv
At a meeting between the Prime Minister and a liaison committee of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC), important decisio
Joseph Jacobus Bosman, founder and first general manager of Volkskas, is born at Naauwpoort, district of Rustenburg.
King Moshoeshoe II is given legislative and executive powers by the newly established Military Council of Lesotho.
SA signs joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Peter Allan, physician, health administrator and founder of the Nelspoort Sanatorium, first tuberculosis hospital in SA, dies i
Britain bans airlines from Albania, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Liberia Tajikistan, Congo and the Cameroons from f
Fredericus (Frederik) Rompel, journalist and parliamentary reporter of De Volksstem in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) is
Ismail Mahomed Ayob, attorney, notary, economist and recipient of various awards, is born in Mafeking (now Mafikeng).
Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge, civil rights lawyer and political activist, is born in King William’s Town, Eastern Cape.
Dr Albertus J.R. van Rhijn (81), newspaper editor, member of parliament and minister of Economic Affairs, dies.
Anna Margaretha Louw, Afrikaans author and recipient of various wards, is born in the district of Calvinia.
Sidney Mendelssohn, compiler of the South African Bibliography and collector of Africana, is born in Exeter, England.
Robert Mugabe succeeds Canaan Banana and becomes Zimbabwe’s first executive president after reforming the constitution to usher
Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus, trade unionist and unselfish fighter for the underprivileged, is born in Vredefort, OFS.
Landdros Anders Stockenström (father of Sir Andries Stockenström), seven or eight burghers and an interpreter are att
James Chapman, photographer and pioneer explorer in many regions of the Zambezi, is born in Cape Town.
A C-130 Hercules with ten passengers and a crew of four, under which a SA pilot, disappears near Huambo, Angola.
Richard John Maponya, leading race-horse breeder and businessperson, is born in Pietersburg (Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (no
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
… on the frontier was an indication of how important land conflict had become in the region. Both the Xhosa and Afrikaner farmers needed land to support…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… first, the Khoikhoi and later the Xhosa people into whose land they were encroaching. This marked the beginning of the … with the Zulu King, Dingaan (Shaka…
PlaceChintsa
… includes a mix of residential settlement, agricultural land and indigenous vegetation that supports hiking and …
PlaceNairobi National Museum, East Africa
… was not until 1929 that the colonial government set aside land at the Museum Hill and construction work started at the …
PlaceNatures Valley, Garden Route
… Later, Hendrik Barnardo became the sole owner of all the Land, which he then farmed. He allowed the first holiday …
PlacePearston, Eastern Cape-Karoo
… remainder for sale to defray the cost of purchasing the Land and the building of a Church. Although the Pear tree was …
PlaceGrootvaderbosch Farm, Heidelberg
… late 1800’s by Thomas Dunbar. Thomas Dunbar was a renowned land surveyor of the time who was responsible for the layout … late 1800’s by Thomas Dunbar…