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… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … Anglo-Boer War 2: Boer snipers suddenly open fire on the massed troops of the Canadians of Strathcona’s Horse, the first to ent …

… The Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (GRA) is founded in Paarl, as a direct outcome of the efforts by Pannevis to have the Bible …

… Under the London Convention, Britain agrees on this day to pay five million sterling to the United Netherlands for the Dutch po …

… The Star, Thursday August 12, 2004, p. 1 | BBC, (2004). 'Key … The Star reports that the Scorpions plan to investigate more MPs than the twenty-three named in connection with an estimated R1 …

… The name of the Mid-City Library (Sammy Marks), city library of Pretoria, is changed to Eskia Mphahlele Library and the Sammy M …

… Robert Van Tonder, founder of the Boerestaat Party in 1986 to fight for the restoration of the old Transvaal, Northern Natal an …

… Having held talks on the escalating crisis over control of the Suez Canal with France and the US, Britain mobilises its forces. …

… Having held talks on the escalating crisis over control of the Suez Canal with France and the US, Britain mobilises its forces. …

… The UN Security Council bans sales of arms and fuel to the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) because …

… The Rand Supreme Court rules that Blacks from the homelands can establish the right to reside permanently in towns in White Sou …

… Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling win the first gold medal for SA for the 4 x 100m relay at the …

… On the eve of the election in South West Africa (Namibia), the Swapo leader Sam Nujoma arrives in Windhoek, after nearly …

… On the eve of the election in South West Africa (Namibia), the Swapo leader Sam Nujoma arrives in Windhoek, after nearly …

… WWI: The first ships with SA soldiers on board leave for the ports of German South West Africa to invade the territory. …

… The Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor-General of SA, Dr E.G. Jansen during a concert by …

… Fear of civil war escalates in Lesotho on the second consecutive day of fighting between the police and soldiers in the streets …

… In the Anglo-Egyptian War Lord [Sir Herbert] Kitchener’s force of 25,000 decisively defeats the Dervishes at the Battle of Omdu …

… The Neptune, carrying 282 convicts, sails into Table Bay. SESA gives the date as 19 September 1849 and the harbour as Simon’s B …

… The first general election in the Union of South Africa takes place. General Louis Botha becomes first Prime Minister of the Un …

… The caucus of the National Party elects as party leader, and thereby as Prime Minister, Pieter Willem Botha, the Minister of De …

… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … Anglo-Boer War 2: At a joint secret meeting of the ZAR’s First and Second Volksrade, the motion to issue the ultimatum to Brita …

… On the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Steve Biko, police arrest sixteen people …

… The Suppression of Communism Act 44 of 1950 rears its ugly head. The predominantly White Congress of Democrats is banned by the …

… The Rev. J.F. Naudé (75), DRC minister and one of six delegates who voted against the signing of the peace agreement in …

… Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Bergendal or Dalmanutha on the Rand takes place, with the Republican forces falling back at nig …

… The SABC reports that former apartheid minister of law and order Adriaan Vlok has apologised to the director-general of the Pre …

… Elections for the Coloured and Indian Parliament under the new Constitution, to be held on 22 August 1984, are announced by the …

… The Anti-Convict Association in Cape Town dissolves as a result of an order-in-council rescinding the decision to make the Cape …

… On the afternoon of 17 January 1879 the Zulu king Cetshwayo (Cetewayo) addresses 20 000 of his warriors at the great military k …

… French troops are to be withdrawn from Madagascar at the request of Gabriel Ramanantsoa, the head of the rec …