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David Hume (66), explorer and big-game hunter, dies in Grahamstown. He came to the Cape with Benjamin Moodie’s Scotch settlers

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Allan Hendrickse, leader of the Labour Party, replaces Carter Ebrahim as Minister of Education and Culture in the House of Repr

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City Press reports that (White) matriculants of the Menlo Park High School held a sit-in protest and handed a petition to the p

This day in history

A car bomb explodes in Algiers, killing at least twenty people and injuring about sixty in the worst bombing during a three-yea

This day in history

The government of South Africa and the African National Congress announce an agreement on terms of the ANC’s decision to suspen

This day in history

President Botha announces that his offer of release to Nelson Mandela still stands and that government is prepared to talk to t

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Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal, journalist and campaigner for Indian rights in SA, dies in Ajmer, India. Dayal was one of the organise

This day in history

Stella Sigcau, South African minister of Public Works since 1999 and third prime minister of the former Transkei, dies at Durba

This day in history

Israel Isaac (Lippy) Lipshitz, SA sculptor is born in Plungian, Lithuania. His father emigrated to SA in 1904 and was joined

This day in history

Ms Stella Sigcau, Xhosa princess, third premier of Transkei for three months and minister of Public Works, dies of heart failur

This day in history

A White Paper of the Departments of Justice and of Correctional Services says South Africa has one of the highest prison popula

This day in history

The government announces that its aim is to provide all Black children with free and compulsory education as soon as possible.

This day in history

Lady Anne Barnard (75), wife of colonial secretary Andrew Barnard and a chronicler of daily life in the colony in a series of l

This day in history

The terms under which the alliance between COSATU, the SACP and the ANC should work together to dismantle apartheid, decided on

This day in history

Tallal Khaled Kaddourah and Safik Hussein el-Anda, under death sentence in Greece for their part in the 5 August terrorist atta

This day in history

High Commissioner of South Africa and governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, sends his famous ‘helots’ telegram to Mr Joseph

This day in history

Defence legislation is amended to enable use of the armed forces for the suppression of internal disorder and reorganise the po

This day in history

Anglo-Boer War 2: General Lord Roberts departs from Bloemfontein and begins the ‘March to Pretoria’ with almost 44,000 men, 18,

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The National Party of Dr D.F. Malan wins 94 of the 156 seats and the opposition 62 in the general election.

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Jozua Francois (Tom) Naudé, first president of the senate of the Republic of South Africa in 1961 and acting state presi

This day in history

The appeal by the Anglican Dean, the Very Rev. Gonville Aubie ffrench-Beytagh, against his conviction and sentence under the Te

This day in history

S.G. Sekano Ntoane, church moderator and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), is born in Hebron, Pretoria. The

This day in history

A Swedish Government official said the ANC would lose $14.5 million a year in Swedish aid as soon as it starts campaigning in S

This day in history

Anglo-Boer War 2: In answer to a question by St John Brodrick, Lord Kitchener admits providing firearms to 10 053 Africans and

This day in history

Sir Robert Nelson Kotzé, mining engineer who did much to promote safety in mines and who became vice-chancellor of the U

This day in history

Anglo-Boer War 2: Emily Hobhouse witnesses the clearing of Warrenton and the dispatch of people in open coal trucks. The people

This day in history

The Australian Government announces that it would give an extra 8 million Australian Dollars in aid to South Africa over the ne

This day in history

In preparation for the next general election, two anti-Malan parties are formed: the Federal Union Party and the Liberals (led

This day in history

Senior ANC leaders such as Joe Slovo, Thabo Mbeki and others, return to South African after a quarter of a century in exile. ]

This day in history

Johannes Burman, botanist and physician who wrote one of the first works entirely devoted to Cape flora, is born in Amsterdam,

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David Hume (66), explorer and big-game hunter, dies in Grahamstown. He came to the Cape with Benjamin Moodie’s Scotch settlers

Allan Hendrickse, leader of the Labour Party, replaces Carter Ebrahim as Minister of Education and Culture in the House of Repr

City Press reports that (White) matriculants of the Menlo Park High School held a sit-in protest and handed a petition to the p

A car bomb explodes in Algiers, killing at least twenty people and injuring about sixty in the worst bombing during a three-yea

The government of South Africa and the African National Congress announce an agreement on terms of the ANC’s decision to suspen

President Botha announces that his offer of release to Nelson Mandela still stands and that government is prepared to talk to t

Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal, journalist and campaigner for Indian rights in SA, dies in Ajmer, India. Dayal was one of the organise

Stella Sigcau, South African minister of Public Works since 1999 and third prime minister of the former Transkei, dies at Durba

Israel Isaac (Lippy) Lipshitz, SA sculptor is born in Plungian, Lithuania. His father emigrated to SA in 1904 and was joined

Ms Stella Sigcau, Xhosa princess, third premier of Transkei for three months and minister of Public Works, dies of heart failur

A White Paper of the Departments of Justice and of Correctional Services says South Africa has one of the highest prison popula

The government announces that its aim is to provide all Black children with free and compulsory education as soon as possible.

Lady Anne Barnard (75), wife of colonial secretary Andrew Barnard and a chronicler of daily life in the colony in a series of l

The terms under which the alliance between COSATU, the SACP and the ANC should work together to dismantle apartheid, decided on

Tallal Khaled Kaddourah and Safik Hussein el-Anda, under death sentence in Greece for their part in the 5 August terrorist atta

High Commissioner of South Africa and governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, sends his famous ‘helots’ telegram to Mr Joseph

Defence legislation is amended to enable use of the armed forces for the suppression of internal disorder and reorganise the po

Anglo-Boer War 2: General Lord Roberts departs from Bloemfontein and begins the ‘March to Pretoria’ with almost 44,000 men, 18,

The National Party of Dr D.F. Malan wins 94 of the 156 seats and the opposition 62 in the general election.

Jozua Francois (Tom) Naudé, first president of the senate of the Republic of South Africa in 1961 and acting state presi

The appeal by the Anglican Dean, the Very Rev. Gonville Aubie ffrench-Beytagh, against his conviction and sentence under the Te

S.G. Sekano Ntoane, church moderator and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), is born in Hebron, Pretoria. The

A Swedish Government official said the ANC would lose $14.5 million a year in Swedish aid as soon as it starts campaigning in S

Anglo-Boer War 2: In answer to a question by St John Brodrick, Lord Kitchener admits providing firearms to 10 053 Africans and

Sir Robert Nelson Kotzé, mining engineer who did much to promote safety in mines and who became vice-chancellor of the U

Anglo-Boer War 2: Emily Hobhouse witnesses the clearing of Warrenton and the dispatch of people in open coal trucks. The people

The Australian Government announces that it would give an extra 8 million Australian Dollars in aid to South Africa over the ne

In preparation for the next general election, two anti-Malan parties are formed: the Federal Union Party and the Liberals (led

Senior ANC leaders such as Joe Slovo, Thabo Mbeki and others, return to South African after a quarter of a century in exile. ]

Johannes Burman, botanist and physician who wrote one of the first works entirely devoted to Cape flora, is born in Amsterdam,