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Prof. Johan Franken, writer of cultural historical works and expert on the history of the French Huguenots at the Cape, dies in

This day in history

Martin Melck, donator of the stand and builder of the Lutheran church on it, now a national monument, is born in Eastern Prussi

This day in history

The Special Service Battalion of the defence force of the Union of South Africa is dissolved, and gymnasiums for the army, air

This day in history

Herbert Hayton Castens, first SA rugby captain and also captain of the first SA cricket team to tour overseas, dies in London.

This day in history

Mpande, king of the Zulu people and half-brother of Dingane, dies in Zululand. Another source gives the date as 19 November

This day in history

The Star reports that twenty-two charges of rape were laid against police officers between April 2005 and March this year, the

This day in history

South African Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer is assaulted at home in Johannesburg by three men who lock her in a store room and

This day in history

Air services is inaugurated in SA with the amalgamation of a London-based company and a SA-based company under the name of the

This day in history

At least twenty-five people are reported to have died in violence between members of the United Democratic Party and Inkatha in

This day in history

Commander Simon van der Stel, accompanied by his six children and his wife’s sister, is welcomed at the Cape by Hendrik Crudop,

This day in history

The PAC appoints V. Make as its new chairman and H. Isaacs to replace the assassinated Mr. Sibeko as its Director of Foreign Af

This day in history

Samuel Samson Tema, minister of religion and pioneer in the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), is born in Molepo, east of

This day in history

The demand to the United Nations by four Caprivi chiefs and officials of the newly formed Caprivi African National Union for th

This day in history

United Nations (UN) forces, led by the First Cavalry Division, cross the 38th parallel in South Korea and begin attacking north

This day in history

Anglo-Boer War 2: Sir George White, who arrived in Cape Town on 3 October and in Durban on 7 October, proceeds to Ladysmith, wh

This day in history

Francis William Reitz, former president of the OFS and now Secretary of State in the ZAR, hands the ultimatum, which result in

This day in history

According to the Washington Post, South Africa is one of the countries most affected by HIV and AIDS. About 4.7 million people

This day in history

It is announced in Rawalpindi that the government of Pakistan has decided to ban all exports from Pakistan to South Africa and

Transcript Copy: Joint Press Conference on Conclusion of Discussions between Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Hugo Chavez, 2 September 2008, Media Centre, Union Buildings

This day in history

Gert van den Bergh, SA actor and first free-lance radio broadcaster who was honoured by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetens

This day in history

Rexon (Scotch) Mathebula, SA artist who held several menial jobs and sold his first artworks (images on pieces of glass made wi

This day in history

John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist and teacher, is born in Etunda lo Nghadi, Angola. He moved to South West Africa in 1956

This day in history

Andre George Ezra Coetzee, SA soccer player and lawyer who was awarded the accolade, ‘Playmaker of the Decade’ by Kick Off for

This day in history

Lieutenant FM Bekker and Lieutenant RM du Plooy, serving with the SAAF Cheetah Squadron in the Korean War, are killed in action

This day in history

The mutilated body of Toto Dweba, UDF and member of the Natal Freedom Charter Committee, is found at the Natal North Coast.

This day in history

Fana Nzimande, IFP supporting headman, his wife and four children between the ages of four to fifteen, are shot dead in their h

This day in history

The British settlement in Sierra Leone is founded. Britain says it is to provide a home in Africa for freed slaves and homeless

This day in history

Gas belching from the volcanic Lake Nyos in the remote mountains of Cameroon kills more than 1,200 people and injures 500.

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Dr. K.G. Abrahams is arrested in Gobabis area of South West Africa, and subsequently charged with being the chairman of the Yu

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Four men die instantly when a car swerves to avoid a second which was spinning on the Odi race track and ploughed into spectato

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Prof. Johan Franken, writer of cultural historical works and expert on the history of the French Huguenots at the Cape, dies in

Martin Melck, donator of the stand and builder of the Lutheran church on it, now a national monument, is born in Eastern Prussi

The Special Service Battalion of the defence force of the Union of South Africa is dissolved, and gymnasiums for the army, air

Herbert Hayton Castens, first SA rugby captain and also captain of the first SA cricket team to tour overseas, dies in London.

Mpande, king of the Zulu people and half-brother of Dingane, dies in Zululand. Another source gives the date as 19 November

The Star reports that twenty-two charges of rape were laid against police officers between April 2005 and March this year, the

South African Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer is assaulted at home in Johannesburg by three men who lock her in a store room and

Air services is inaugurated in SA with the amalgamation of a London-based company and a SA-based company under the name of the

At least twenty-five people are reported to have died in violence between members of the United Democratic Party and Inkatha in

Commander Simon van der Stel, accompanied by his six children and his wife’s sister, is welcomed at the Cape by Hendrik Crudop,

The PAC appoints V. Make as its new chairman and H. Isaacs to replace the assassinated Mr. Sibeko as its Director of Foreign Af

Samuel Samson Tema, minister of religion and pioneer in the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), is born in Molepo, east of

The demand to the United Nations by four Caprivi chiefs and officials of the newly formed Caprivi African National Union for th

United Nations (UN) forces, led by the First Cavalry Division, cross the 38th parallel in South Korea and begin attacking north

Anglo-Boer War 2: Sir George White, who arrived in Cape Town on 3 October and in Durban on 7 October, proceeds to Ladysmith, wh

Francis William Reitz, former president of the OFS and now Secretary of State in the ZAR, hands the ultimatum, which result in

According to the Washington Post, South Africa is one of the countries most affected by HIV and AIDS. About 4.7 million people

It is announced in Rawalpindi that the government of Pakistan has decided to ban all exports from Pakistan to South Africa and

Transcript Copy: Joint Press Conference on Conclusion of Discussions between Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Hugo Chavez, 2 September 2008, Media Centre, Union Buildings

Gert van den Bergh, SA actor and first free-lance radio broadcaster who was honoured by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetens

Rexon (Scotch) Mathebula, SA artist who held several menial jobs and sold his first artworks (images on pieces of glass made wi

John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist and teacher, is born in Etunda lo Nghadi, Angola. He moved to South West Africa in 1956

Andre George Ezra Coetzee, SA soccer player and lawyer who was awarded the accolade, ‘Playmaker of the Decade’ by Kick Off for

Lieutenant FM Bekker and Lieutenant RM du Plooy, serving with the SAAF Cheetah Squadron in the Korean War, are killed in action

The mutilated body of Toto Dweba, UDF and member of the Natal Freedom Charter Committee, is found at the Natal North Coast.

Fana Nzimande, IFP supporting headman, his wife and four children between the ages of four to fifteen, are shot dead in their h

The British settlement in Sierra Leone is founded. Britain says it is to provide a home in Africa for freed slaves and homeless

Gas belching from the volcanic Lake Nyos in the remote mountains of Cameroon kills more than 1,200 people and injures 500.

Dr. K.G. Abrahams is arrested in Gobabis area of South West Africa, and subsequently charged with being the chairman of the Yu

Four men die instantly when a car swerves to avoid a second which was spinning on the Odi race track and ploughed into spectato