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… Prof. Charles Frederick Saint (86), the first professor in surgery at the medical school in Cape Town, dies in Sark, Channel Is …

… Abram (Bram) Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment on the charge of conspiracy with the ANC and Umkhonto we Sizwe to commit …

… News24 reports that Iraq is the most dangerous place to be a journalist, followed by Cuba and Zimbabwe, according to the Commit …

… Kenyans dominate the 106th Boston Marathon, winning both men’s and women’s titles and capturing the four top spots and six of t …

… Johannes van der Merwe, SA church leader and leader of the Afrikaner community, is born in the district of Calvinia, …

… Prime Minister P.W. Botha announces that three members of the staff of the United States Embassy in South Africa have been give …

… Johannes Jane Tane Kekana, a chief of the Lebelo clan of the Ndebele born c. 1840, dies and is buried at Wallmannstal, …

… Williams, I. (2004). 'Andre Coetzee: Playmaker of the Decade,' Kick Off 1994-2004, Special Edition, p. 19-20 … Ezra Coetzee, SA soccer player and lawyer who was awarded the accolade, ‘Playmaker of the Decade’ by Kick Off for …

… The European Union, South Africa’s greatest trading partner, says it plans to invest about US$ 210 million in the country in 19 …

… Frederick Logier, German music teacher at the Cape and composer of the first published music in Cape Town, is born in Ireland. …

… Frederick Logier, German music teacher at the Cape and composer of the first published music in Cape Town, is born in Ireland. …

… Gabriel François de Vos Hugo, judge president of the Northern Cape region and champion for the use of Afrikaans in Natal schoo …

… Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa. … For the next month, until May 25, a comet known only as “The Great Comet of 1901’ is visible over most of SA. …

… McCall Theal, historian and first archivist appointed by the Cape government, is born in Canada. He was the author of se …

… Prime Minister P.W. Botha announces that three members of the staff of the United States Embassy in South Africa have been give …

… Johannes Jane Tane Kekana, a chief of the Lebelo clan of the Ndebele born c. 1840, dies and is buried at Wallmannstal, …

… McCall Theal, historian and first archivist appointed by the Cape government, is born in Canada. He was the author of se …

… Health activists address the R13-million shortfall faced by the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. …

… Debarkation of the first British Settlers starts at Algoa Bay (now Port Elizabeth) in the Eastern Cape, from where they are gra …

… The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi are killed in a plane crash in Rwanda, setting off the slaughter of 500 000 Rwandans, most …

… The first company to be indicted under the US Anti-Apartheid Act pleads guilty to importing four …

… Congo) severs ties with Cuba when they are implicated in the rebellion in Shaba (was the Kata …

… Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa. … Rustenburg, Pres. Kruger reaffirms his intention to revise the Franchise Act of the ZAR and to make cert …

… The British ship Fairholine, en route from Calcutta to New York, runs ashore to the east of Buffels Bay, Cape south coast. …

… In a major move in the process of privatisation in South Africa, the Conversion of Iscor Bill is passed, enabling Iscor to be c …

… President Ahmed Ben Bella, of the republic of Algeria, returns home after a 25-day diplomatic tour to the Soviet Union and East …

… Hours after declaring its independence and the end of Britain’s 28-year-old Palestine mandate, the new state of Israel is attac …

… The first of more than 100 persons to die during the ‘Seven Day’s War’, is murdered outside Pietermaritzburg. …

… Cyprian Solomon, paramount chief of the Zulus, warns 20,000 of his people not to participate in the defiance campaign and says …

… South Africa is informed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that it may not re-apply to join the world sporting body. …