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The institution of the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) is announced.
The institution of the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) is announced.
The South African Cabinet decides to apply for membership of the Commonwealth.
South African Airways suspends regular commercial services because of World War II.
South African statesman Sir Abercrombie Smith is born at St Cyrus, Scotland.
The South African rugby team beats South America 50-18 in Pretoria.
Elizabeth H. (Rina) Venter, former South African minister of health care, is born.
South African, Angolan and Cuban representatives meet in Brazzaville for peace talks.
South African invasion of Angola begins on pretext of attacking SWAPO bases.
Jean-Bedel Bokassa (75), former emperor of the Central African Republic, dies.
ArchiveReport of the Commission of Enquiry into South African Council of Churches
ArchiveAfrican National Congress statement on the untimely death of Comrade Agostinho Neto
Nelson Mandela rejects South African president P.W. Botha’s offer of a conditional release.
Sir Robert Thorne Coryndon (54), South African born governor of Kenya, dies.
Jan Volsckenk (89), well-known South African painter, dies in Riversdal, CP.
Racially mixed marriages are banned by Italy in its North African colonies.
Presidential Address by SM Makgatho, South African Native National Congress, 6 May 1919
Ronald Draper, cricketer (South African batsman vs Australia 1949-50), is born.
EventApartheid minister of Law and Order opposes White radicalism in the South African police force
The minister of Law and Order, Adriaan Vlok, announced in the House of Assembly that no member of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) would be tolerated in…
EventSouth African born Charlize Theron wins an Oscar for best actress in the movie Monster
South African born Hollywood actress, Charlize Theron won an Oscar for her lead role in the movie “Monster” on 29 February 2004, making her the first African…
BiographyTennyson Xola Makiwane
… after his release from the Treason Trial, he left South Africa illegally to attend a youth conference in Cairo. From …
BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
… was born Adelaine Florence Stocks in Port Alfred, South Africa, on 16 February 1927 of British 1820 settlers. The … Hain whose Glasgow-born parents had…
BiographySusan Shabangu
… of Women in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa from 26 May 2014 until 26 February 2018. Shabangu was … of Women in the Presidency of the Republic…
EventJosephine Wood, founder of the South African Library for the Blind, is born in Grahamstown
… 2012]|Who’sWho, Josephine Wood , from Who’s Who Southern Africa ,[online], Available at www.whoswho.co.za [Accessed: …
Archive“A Black Rather Well-Known South African Recently Arrived in London”: Critical Responses to Todd Matshikiza’s Chocolates for My Wife
… friend” telling him, on his departure from South Africa, not to “say anything that will damage the chances of … celebrity, as a musician, composer and…
BiographyJan Celliers
… to Europe where he studied Literature. Back in South Africa in 1907 he was employed at the Department of Home …
Fenuel Mogatusi
… terms him as an awaiting-trial prisoner, the South Africa Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) kept him on their …
BiographyIsaac Osier Horvitch
… the various trialists which forms the basis of the Museum Africa's present exhibition. He drew the sketches during …
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu
… training. In 1988, she was ordered to return to South Africa through the Mozambique and Swaziland borders. On the … Cothoza and Makhosi Nyoka , set out on re…
EventThe South African Government orders the slaughter of 30 000 ostriches in an effort to contain an outbreak of bird flu
… In 2004, South Africa was hit by the H5N2 strain of the Avian Flu Virus. The … Asia. The devastation was so great that when it hit South Africa, the…