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… The United States tells Sudan that it has been placed on the list of nations accused of sponsoring terrorism. …

… The Orange River is named in honour of Prince William V of Orange by the Dutch discoverer Col. Robert Gordon. …

… The ‘Committee of 81’, representing all Coloured schools and colleges in the Western Cape, decides to end class boycotts. …

… The office of a member of the Prime Ministers’ team, responsible for drawing up plans …

… Addressing the National Party’s Natal Provincial Congress in Durban, the Prime Minister puts forward a twelve-point plan for ac …

… The United Democratic Front (UDF), having decided in March 1991 that the organisation should disband, holds its final meeting i …

… Sam de Beer, former leader of the National Party in Gauteng, resigns and joins the United Democratic Movement (UDM). …

… The third rugby test of the series between SA and New Zealand ends in a tie with 11 …

… Sydney Smith Bell, judge in the Cape Colony, is appointed as chief justice and president of the legislative assembly. …

… Rosalind Ballingall, drama student of the University of Cape Town, disappears mysteriously from the house she rents with friend …

… The fourth rugby test match between SA and France ends in a draw with 6 points each. SA wins the series 2-1. …

… Petition to the Prime Minister, from the Rev. John L. Dube, President, South African Native …

… The Secretary-General announces, after consultation with the South African Government and others, that he will send a …

… The Star, 30 July 2004. Milestones. … President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwandan President Paul Kagame sign a peace …

… The former Minister of the Interior, Theo Gerdener, announces details of his scheme …

… Recruitment of Indians into the South African Defence Force (SADF) begins under Colonel Morris. Another source gives the date a …

… The municipality of Pretoria announces that the eleven autonomous city councils are going to merge to …

… The Deputy Minister of Bantu Administration and Education, Punt Janson, invites guidance in humanising the pass laws and influx …

… There is further unrest (27-31 July) in the townships throughout the country including those of Alexandra (Northern Johannesbur …

… Samuel Vernon Collins, pioneer in the reclaiming of off shore diamonds on the West Coast, is born in Texas. …

… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … Chief Commandant C.R. De Wet, operating in the Bethlehem district, issues instructions to Commandant Willem D. Fouche in the Ea …

… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … Anglo-Boer War 2: In a diplomatic note to the ZAR Milner states that the new Aliens Act includes unacceptable regulations. …

… The annual conference of the South African Council of Churches decides that some …

… The Rev. Stephanus Johannes Gerhardus Hofmeyr, missionary in the Soutpansberg and Rhodesia and later amongst Whites, dies …

… The African Republic of Upper Volta changes its named to Burkina Faso, which means ‘the land of upright men’. …

… The Klementie Beweging (Clemency Movement) organises a march of 4,000 Afrikaner women to the Union Buildings to hand a petition …

… Following the National Party (NP)’s first federal congress since its withdrawal from the Government of National Unity, its poli …

… SA signs agreement with Namibia regarding the provision of technical and administrative personnel by the government of South Af …

… The US tells the UN it will halt all sales of military equipment to South …

… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … War 2:   Mr Chamberlain, British Secretary of State for the Colonies, outlines the system of government he envisag …