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Olof Martin(i) Bergh, secretary of the Political Council and acting fiscal and auctioneer, is born in Cape Town.
… Olof Martin(i) Bergh, secretary of the Political Council and acting fiscal and auctioneer, is …
The government for the first time allows twenty local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two o
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … time allows twenty local journalists, five…
Olof Martin(i) Bergh, secretary of the Political Council and acting fiscal and auctioneer, is born in Cape Town.
… Olof Martin(i) Bergh, secretary of the Political Council and acting fiscal and auctioneer, is …
The Director of Education in the Transvaal, Dr John Adamson, opens the Potchefstroom Teachers’ College with 131 students.
… The Director of Education in the Transvaal, Dr John Adamson, opens the …
Dr Jonas Salk develops a vaccine against polio. With the help of this vaccine, polio was obliterated from SA.
… Jonas Salk develops a vaccine against polio. With the help of this vaccine, polio was obliterated from SA. …
Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan, Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service and former ANC MP, is born in Durban.
… Hayes, S. (ed)(2000). Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball. … Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan, Commissioner of the South African Revenue…
C. Louis Leipoldt (66), SA author, poet, physician and connoisseur of the SA culinary art, dies in Cape Town.
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 6, p. 576. … Leipoldt (66), SA author, poet, physician…
Anglo-Boer War 2: Peace negotiations commence in Pretoria between delegations of the Boer Republics and General Lord Kitchener
… negotiations commence in Pretoria between delegations of the Boer Republics and General Lord Kitchener …
Pfizer Inc. agrees to supply AIDS patients attending public hospitals with an unlimited two-year supply of fluconozale.
… public hospitals with an unlimited two-year supply of fluconozale. …
Anglo-Boer War 2: General Kemp, in charge of the Lemmer, Du Toit, Liebenberg, Celliers, and Potgieter commandos (approximately
… Anglo-Boer War 2: General Kemp, in charge of the Lemmer, Du Toit, Liebenberg, Celliers, and Potgieter …
Leaders of the Neo-Destour (New Constitutional) Party, the Tunisian nationalist movement, are arrested after riots in Tunis.
… Leaders of the Neo-Destour (New Constitutional) Party, the Tunisian …
Hester Elizabeth Cornelius, national organiser and branch secretary of the Garment Workers’ Union, is born in Lichtenburg, Tran
… Verwey: New Dictionary of South African Biography … Cornelius, national organiser and branch secretary of the Garment Workers’ Union, is born in Lichtenburg,…
Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood, teacher and founder of the South African Library for the Blind, dies in Grahamstown.
… Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC. … Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood, teacher and founder of the South…
UN troops defending an airfield in Katanga province, Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), are attacked by ‘mobs’.
… in Katanga province, Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), are attacked by ‘mobs’. …
A summit meeting of nine southern African countries in Lusaka decide to form the Southern African Development Coordination Conf
… A summit meeting of nine southern African countries in Lusaka decide to form …
The Union Weather Service is established in Pretoria under the department of irrigation. C.M. Stewart becomes chief meteorologi
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 360. … Service is established in Pretoria under the…
Speaking after the publication of a report on the Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA) by the Goldstone Commission, Presiden
… (Keesing's Record of World Events: News Digest for March 1994 , p 39350. … Speaking after the publication of a report on the Azanian People’s Liberation Army…
Bantu Homelands Constitution Act (National States Constitutional Act) No 21, providing for the granting of increased powers to
… Constitutional Act) No 21, providing for the granting of increased powers to …
Four more regiments of the Citizens’ Force are mobilised. Legal authorities in Johannesburg state the emergency regulations cre
… Four more regiments of the Citizens’ Force are mobilised. Legal authorities in …
Sir James Rose-Innes retires as Chief Justice of the Union and is succeeded by Sir William Solomon.
… Sir James Rose-Innes retires as Chief Justice of the Union and is succeeded by Sir William Solomon. …
Gustav Bernhard August Gerdener, professor at the Theological Seminary in Stellenbosch and founder member of SABRA (South A Afr
… Theological Seminary in Stellenbosch and founder member of SABRA (South A Afr …
Martin West, lieutenant-governor of Natal, appoints a location commission to investigate into the problems caused by about 100
… Muller (ed).: 500 Years: a history of South Africa, p. 214. … Martin West, lieutenant-governor of Natal, appoints a location commission to investigate into …
Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp, controversial missionary and physician of the London Missionary Society, arrives at the Cape.
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 135. … van der Kemp, controversial missionary and…
From 1 June 1981, holders of Zimbabwean passports will require visas to enter South Africa. The Zimbabwean government reciproca
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … From 1 June 1981, holders of Zimbabwean passports…
Chief Minister Cedric Phatudi of Lebowa signs the ‘Seshego Declaration’ with the United Party Transvaal leader, Harry Schwarz a
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … Chief Minister Cedric Phatudi of Lebowa signs the …
O. R. Tambo leaves South Africa illegally on the instruction of the ANC to carry on work outside the country.
… R. Tambo leaves South Africa illegally on the instruction of the ANC to carry on work outside the country. …
A major detailed Administration statement is made by the United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, David
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … statement is made by the United States Assistant…
Winnie Mandela announces that she had instituted legal proceedings against the Minister of Safety and Security Sydney Mufamadi
… Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for March 1995, p 40438 … she had instituted legal proceedings against the Minister of Safety and Security…
Press statement, released by Nelson R. Mandela, Honorary Secretary of the All-in African National Council, June 26, 1961
… released by Nelson R. Mandela, Honorary Secretary of the All-in African National Council, June 26, 1961 …
In a hearing before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, leaders of the UDF distance themselves from Winnie Madikizela-Mand
… before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, leaders of the UDF distance themselves from Winnie Madikizela-Mand …