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… The second rugby test in Kimberley between South Africa and the British Isles ends in a tie, like the first one. …

… politician who escaped through Botswana to England, dies in exile in London. …

… The Secretary of Health announces that all senior doctors in the Public Service, irrespective of race, will in future receive e …

… The Citizen reports there were two bomb blasts in Umtata, Transkei, in September. The first was when police detonated a limpet …

… Azapo (Azanian People’s Organisation) is established in Roodepoort for the second time, after the first founding in 1977 did no …

… Anglo-Boer War 2:  The position of Commander-In-Chief at the War Office in London is offered to Lord Roberts. …

… In reaction to an inquiry, officials in Pretoria reply that Johannesburg is named after Johann …

… The first recorded appearance of Halley’s Comet in the southern hemisphere is entered in the diary of the Cape governor. …

… The gold price falls to its lowest level in eighteen years when it is fixed on $278,50 in London. …

… An explosion takes place at the Ciskei consulate offices in the Carlton Centre, Johannesburg, in which one person is injured. I …

… In response to a question in parliament, the minister of education and development aid, …

… A spokesman for the Lutheran World Federation, meeting in emergency session in Geneva, says there are now twenty-one people det …

… Dr Sabera Bhamjee is stabbed more than sixty times in with a sharp object her consulting rooms in Pietermaritzburg.  Four of t …

… Guy Tachard, a French astronomer who set up an observatory in die Company Gardens in the Cape, makes his first observations. …

… A proclamation is published in the Government Gazette providing for the detention of offenders for up to three years in rehabil …

… Following violent student protests in Cape Town on 16 February, President Mandela warns in Parliament that he will not tolerate …

… General elections in South Africa. The Herenigde Nasionale Party (Re-united National Party) comes to power in coalition with th …

… of Zimbabwe is killed and six members of the ANC injured in a car bomb explosion in Bulawayo. …

… Minister B.J. Vorster and Chief Jonathan of Lesotho meet in Cape Town. A joint statement emphasises their belief in peace …

… South African Native National Congress (SANNC) is formed in Bloemfontein. The name of the organisation was changed in 1925 …

… The Acting General-Secretary of the Lutheran Church in South Africa claims that T. Muofhe, a Lutheran elder, has died in custod …

… and Development, Piet Koornhof, says that Blacks in urban areas will not have political rights in t …

… Allen Frances Gardiner, naval officer and missionary in inter alia Port Natal, is born in Berkshire, England.  His last post w …

… Keet, one of the first five translators of the Bible in Afrikaans, is born in Alice, Eastern Cape. …

… Renewed rioting occurs in the Cape (18-19 June). Criminal elements in the Coloured community are blamed. Official figures repor …

… team under Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 26-19 in Bloemfontein, to lead 2-0 in the series. …

… In the face of widespread protest the Prime Minister announces that provisions in the Advocate General Bill preventing the pres …

… American troops arrive in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, in advance of a multinational operation to feed and help send …

… Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Handbook, London: Cassell. … Over 600 people killed in Liberia in an unsuccessful military coup against President Samuel …

… to bring aid to a million Rwandan Hutu refugees engulfed in a rebellion in eastern Zair …