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Prof. Elize Botha, Afrikaans literary critic and former president of the SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (SA Academy of Scien

This day in history

Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, Herbert Hull and David Lewis, strikers during the revolt, are hung in the Central Prison in Pretori

This day in history

Sir Andrew Smith, explorer and founder of the museum now known as the South African Museum, is born in Roxburgshire, England.

This day in history

A proclamation by Commander R.C. Dryer is ratified by British Letters Patent, and the annexation of Walvis Bay to the Cape of

This day in history

It is announced that White, Coloured and Asian workers affiliated to the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) have voted

This day in history

Walter Sisulu, John Mavuso, Moses Kotane, Marks Ramitloa and Betty du Toit attend a Christmas party in aid of the high treason

This day in history

Cassim Mahomed Lakhi, lecturer and later head of the Department of History of Art in the University College for Indians (later

This day in history

President Nelson Mandela and Steve Tshwete are given leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court against the verdict on the SAR

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John Ayliff jr, missionary, private secretary of governor Sir George Grey and postmaster-general of Natal, dies on board the Da

This day in history

The poll tax of £1 per head on all adult male inhabitants of Natal, except indentured Indians and married Blacks, imposed by t

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E.S.J. van Graan, his son and three friends scale the flat-topped sandstone hill on the farm Greefswald, Messina (now Musina) d

This day in history

Stefan Meiring Naudé, i.a. president of the CSIR (1952) and scientific advisor of the premier (1971), is born in De Door

This day in history

Jean van der Poel, eminent historian and teacher who researched on the life of General Smuts, is born in Cape Town.

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Sir Laurens van der Post (90), SA born explorer, author and mentor of Britain’s Prince Charles, dies in Chelsea, England. The d

This day in history

The Women’s Memorial is unveiled in Bloemfontein, to commemorate 26 251 women and children who died during Anglo-Boer War 2, ma

This day in history

Former editor and publisher of Drum magazine, Jim Bailey, receives the award of Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his c

This day in history

The Law on National Parks is passed and the name of Sabie Game Reserve is changed to the Kruger National Park.

This day in history

Simon Hulumeni Gumede, Zulu chief and Minister of Works in the KwaZulu Government, 1983, is born in the Ubombo district, KwaZul

This day in history

Anglo-Boer War 2: The officially reported camp population of the White concentration camps is 116, 572 and the deaths for May a

This day in history

Percy Fisher, miner and unionist born in 1891 in Durham, England, is found dead inside Central Hall of Fordsburg with a bullet

This day in history

The former Prime Minister and President, John Vorster, re-emerges into public life with a speech in Bloemfontein in which he qu

This day in history

Commander R.C. Dyer of the vessel MHS Industry reads the document annexing Walvis Bay and the surrounding area for Britain, aft

This day in history

Ethiopia and Eritrea amass thousands of troops along their border, ready to fight over a 640-square km triangle of disputed lan

This day in history

A thirty-day cease-fire is declared as talks between Algerian Moslem leaders and the French government begin at Evian-les-Bains

This day in history

A bomb blast damages Melrose House in Pretoria, where the peace treaty between the two Boer Republics and Britain was signed in

This day in history

F.B. Deemin, a gold digger of Johannesburg, is hanged in Australia for murdering his first wife and casting her in a cement blo

This day in history

Capt. Smith attacks Andries Pretorius at Congella in Natal. Smith is defeated, seventeen men are killed and thirty-one are wo

This day in history

The new campus of the Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit (RAU) is opened by the SA state president and chancellor of the university

This day in history

Dr Carel de Wet, grandson of Gen. C.R. de Wet, former minister of health and diplomat, is born in Memel, OFS.

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SA sends troops to Ciskei to suppress mob attacks on factories and shops after military coup under Brigadier Gqozo ousted autho

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Prof. Elize Botha, Afrikaans literary critic and former president of the SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (SA Academy of Scien

Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, Herbert Hull and David Lewis, strikers during the revolt, are hung in the Central Prison in Pretori

Sir Andrew Smith, explorer and founder of the museum now known as the South African Museum, is born in Roxburgshire, England.

A proclamation by Commander R.C. Dryer is ratified by British Letters Patent, and the annexation of Walvis Bay to the Cape of

It is announced that White, Coloured and Asian workers affiliated to the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) have voted

Walter Sisulu, John Mavuso, Moses Kotane, Marks Ramitloa and Betty du Toit attend a Christmas party in aid of the high treason

Cassim Mahomed Lakhi, lecturer and later head of the Department of History of Art in the University College for Indians (later

President Nelson Mandela and Steve Tshwete are given leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court against the verdict on the SAR

John Ayliff jr, missionary, private secretary of governor Sir George Grey and postmaster-general of Natal, dies on board the Da

The poll tax of £1 per head on all adult male inhabitants of Natal, except indentured Indians and married Blacks, imposed by t

E.S.J. van Graan, his son and three friends scale the flat-topped sandstone hill on the farm Greefswald, Messina (now Musina) d

Stefan Meiring Naudé, i.a. president of the CSIR (1952) and scientific advisor of the premier (1971), is born in De Door

Jean van der Poel, eminent historian and teacher who researched on the life of General Smuts, is born in Cape Town.

Sir Laurens van der Post (90), SA born explorer, author and mentor of Britain’s Prince Charles, dies in Chelsea, England. The d

The Women’s Memorial is unveiled in Bloemfontein, to commemorate 26 251 women and children who died during Anglo-Boer War 2, ma

Former editor and publisher of Drum magazine, Jim Bailey, receives the award of Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his c

The Law on National Parks is passed and the name of Sabie Game Reserve is changed to the Kruger National Park.

Simon Hulumeni Gumede, Zulu chief and Minister of Works in the KwaZulu Government, 1983, is born in the Ubombo district, KwaZul

Anglo-Boer War 2: The officially reported camp population of the White concentration camps is 116, 572 and the deaths for May a

Percy Fisher, miner and unionist born in 1891 in Durham, England, is found dead inside Central Hall of Fordsburg with a bullet

The former Prime Minister and President, John Vorster, re-emerges into public life with a speech in Bloemfontein in which he qu

Commander R.C. Dyer of the vessel MHS Industry reads the document annexing Walvis Bay and the surrounding area for Britain, aft

Ethiopia and Eritrea amass thousands of troops along their border, ready to fight over a 640-square km triangle of disputed lan

A thirty-day cease-fire is declared as talks between Algerian Moslem leaders and the French government begin at Evian-les-Bains

A bomb blast damages Melrose House in Pretoria, where the peace treaty between the two Boer Republics and Britain was signed in

F.B. Deemin, a gold digger of Johannesburg, is hanged in Australia for murdering his first wife and casting her in a cement blo

Capt. Smith attacks Andries Pretorius at Congella in Natal. Smith is defeated, seventeen men are killed and thirty-one are wo

The new campus of the Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit (RAU) is opened by the SA state president and chancellor of the university

Dr Carel de Wet, grandson of Gen. C.R. de Wet, former minister of health and diplomat, is born in Memel, OFS.

SA sends troops to Ciskei to suppress mob attacks on factories and shops after military coup under Brigadier Gqozo ousted autho