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President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on media to provid

This day in history

President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on media to provid

This day in history

Anglo-Boer War 2: Pres. M.T. Steyn, too weak to leave his tent, resigns because of poor health and Gen. C.R. de Wet is appointe

This day in history

Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern

This day in history

Sir David Baird, British general in command of the force sent to occupy the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and later acting governor

This day in history

For the first time in SA history White, Coloured and Indian voters go to the polls on the same day to vote for representatives

This day in history

WWI: The first Battle of the Somme begins. It lasted five months and the death toll of more than 1 million resulted in an allie

This day in history

The first grant of land in Table Valley is registered in the surveyor’s office in Table Bay in the name and favour of Hieronymo

This day in history

World War II: SA armoured cars are in pursuit of the German forces and re-enter Tobruk, continuing as far as Benghazi, east Lib

This day in history

The bodies of world-famous South African opera star Deon van der Walt and his father have been found on their wine estate near

This day in history

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Modder River or Tweerivieren takes place, in which both Gen. Methuen and Gen. De la Rey are wou

This day in history

Vlermuisklip near Vredendal on the West Coast is used as stay-over for the first time by Pieter Everaerts and his group on an e

This day in history

Dr Robert Smit, National Party MP for Springs, and his wife, Jean-Cora, are murdered in their home in Springs. The TRC found in

This day in history

Jan Jacobus van der Post, SA author who lived as a boy with the San for several years where he learned their language and custo

This day in history

Former first-lady of SA and ex-wife of FW de Klerk, Marike de Klerk, is found murdered at her home in Cape Town.

This day in history

Kwame Nkrumah, first premier and later president of Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) is born. He is seen by many as the father of Pa

This day in history

Sir David Baird, British general in command of the force sent to occupy the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and later acting governor

This day in history

A volcano erupts in eastern Zaire, spewing a plume of ash and lava into the air about 40km north of the border crossing at Goma

This day in history

Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) is formed to &quot;hit back by all means within our power in defence of our people, our future and our fr

This day in history

Mzolisi Goodman Diliza, businessman and Chief Executive of the Chamber of Mines of SA, is born. He was the first Black to be ap

This day in history

Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, the 22 year old Prince Imperial of France, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War when he and a Bri

This day in history

P.W. Botha, the Minister of Defence, reports to the Senate on the progress of the Arms Industry and defines the main aims of So

This day in history

An Afrikaans poem of thirteen verses in near perfect Afrikaans by H.C. van de Berg and P.P. Hugo is published in De Vriend of B

This day in history

South Africa agrees to negotiate the future of the control of the enclave of Walvis Bay and several islands off the coast of Na

This day in history

Two serving members of the army and a third man are arrested in connection with the attack on St James’s Church in Cape Town in

This day in history

Up to 200 Somali youths hurl rocks at US forces and set tyre barricades ablaze in the belief that American troops shot to death

This day in history

Merchant Jan van Riebeeck is appointed commander at the Cape at a salary of 90 Dutch guilder per year and not 150, as was his r

This day in history

Mr Justice P.J. van der Walt acquits Moses Mayekiso and his four co-accused of all charges. They were arrested on 28 June 1986

This day in history

Makhaya Ntini, bowler of the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team by A

This day in history

Eugenie, Empress of the French and wife of Emperor Napoleon III, arrives in Durban to visit the grave of her son, the Prince Im

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President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on media to provid

President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on media to provid

Anglo-Boer War 2: Pres. M.T. Steyn, too weak to leave his tent, resigns because of poor health and Gen. C.R. de Wet is appointe

Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern

Sir David Baird, British general in command of the force sent to occupy the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and later acting governor

For the first time in SA history White, Coloured and Indian voters go to the polls on the same day to vote for representatives

WWI: The first Battle of the Somme begins. It lasted five months and the death toll of more than 1 million resulted in an allie

The first grant of land in Table Valley is registered in the surveyor’s office in Table Bay in the name and favour of Hieronymo

World War II: SA armoured cars are in pursuit of the German forces and re-enter Tobruk, continuing as far as Benghazi, east Lib

The bodies of world-famous South African opera star Deon van der Walt and his father have been found on their wine estate near

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Modder River or Tweerivieren takes place, in which both Gen. Methuen and Gen. De la Rey are wou

Vlermuisklip near Vredendal on the West Coast is used as stay-over for the first time by Pieter Everaerts and his group on an e

Dr Robert Smit, National Party MP for Springs, and his wife, Jean-Cora, are murdered in their home in Springs. The TRC found in

Jan Jacobus van der Post, SA author who lived as a boy with the San for several years where he learned their language and custo

Former first-lady of SA and ex-wife of FW de Klerk, Marike de Klerk, is found murdered at her home in Cape Town.

Kwame Nkrumah, first premier and later president of Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) is born. He is seen by many as the father of Pa

Sir David Baird, British general in command of the force sent to occupy the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and later acting governor

A volcano erupts in eastern Zaire, spewing a plume of ash and lava into the air about 40km north of the border crossing at Goma

Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) is formed to &amp;quot;hit back by all means within our power in defence of our people, our future and our fr

Mzolisi Goodman Diliza, businessman and Chief Executive of the Chamber of Mines of SA, is born. He was the first Black to be ap

Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, the 22 year old Prince Imperial of France, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War when he and a Bri

P.W. Botha, the Minister of Defence, reports to the Senate on the progress of the Arms Industry and defines the main aims of So

An Afrikaans poem of thirteen verses in near perfect Afrikaans by H.C. van de Berg and P.P. Hugo is published in De Vriend of B

South Africa agrees to negotiate the future of the control of the enclave of Walvis Bay and several islands off the coast of Na

Two serving members of the army and a third man are arrested in connection with the attack on St James’s Church in Cape Town in

Up to 200 Somali youths hurl rocks at US forces and set tyre barricades ablaze in the belief that American troops shot to death

Merchant Jan van Riebeeck is appointed commander at the Cape at a salary of 90 Dutch guilder per year and not 150, as was his r

Mr Justice P.J. van der Walt acquits Moses Mayekiso and his four co-accused of all charges. They were arrested on 28 June 1986

Makhaya Ntini, bowler of the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team by A

Eugenie, Empress of the French and wife of Emperor Napoleon III, arrives in Durban to visit the grave of her son, the Prince Im

Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) is formed to "hit back by all means within our power in defence of our people, our future and our fr