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… Dmitri Tsafendas (81), murderer of SA Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd in 1966, dies in the Sterkfontein psychiatric hospital on th …

… Government orders the slaughter of 30 000 ostriches in an effort to contain an outbreak of bird flu in SA. …

… Dr Bertha Stoneman, SA botanist and educationist and appointed principal of the Huguenot University College in 1916, is born in …

… Gregoire Boonzaier, SA landscape painter and son of caricaturist D.C. Boonzaier, is born in Cape Town. He died in 2005. …

… The SA defence force attacks alleged ANC homes and offices in Gaborone, Botswana, in Operation Plecksy. Twelve or thirteen peop …

… The SA cricket team beats Zimbabwe with an innings and thirteen runs in the first five-day test in Bloemfontein. …

… The SA cricket team beats the West Indies in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with 4 wickets in a one-day International Cricket Council Wills …

… Frans Lion Cachet (64), pastor in several parts of SA and various denominations, dies in Bergen-op-Zoom, the Netherlands. …

… soldier, educator and financier who emigrated to SA in 1913, dies in Johannesburg. He was the ‘f …

… Paulus (Fanie) Eloff (62), first notable sculptor born in SA and grandson of Paul Kruger, dies in Pretoria. …

… The SA cricket team beats the West Indies with nine wickets in Durban to lead 3-0 in the series of five. …

… J.F. (Tom) Naudé (80), member of cabinet and acting SA state president in 1967 and 1968, dies in Cape Town. …

… Moosa Motala, medical practitioner, political activist and SA ambassador in Morocco from 1996 to 1999, dies in Piet …

… (Jean) Welz, painter and architect who emigrated to SA in the 1930s, is born in Salzburg, Austria. …

… Michael Zondi, SA artist, is born in Msinga, Greytown, Natal.    He was trained in woodwork at the Swedish Lutheran Mission …

… Thomas Kgope, SA artist, is born in Rustenburg, Transvaal.   He is an electrician who received some instruction in basic art …

… (74), director of the London Mission Society and traveller in SA, dies in Kingsland, near London. …

… physician and first woman ophthalmic surgeon to practise in SA, is born in Zürich, Switzerland. Her parents emi …

… The SA 6th Division crosses Brenta River and is then redirected to Milan in Italy in World War II. …

… The discussion revolves around the the gap in student activism between the fifties and the seventies. A generation gap existed in terms of political activism. A division is also evident between white and Black students. … The contemporary Black Movement as it has developed from its forerunners …

… Minutes of the Black Sash Annual National Conference held at … workmen's compensation, policy for involvement of churches in social responsibility, Urban Areas Act, conditions in resettlement areas. … Minutes of the Black Sash Annual National Conference held at Pietermaritzburg …

… Minutes of the Black Sash Annual National Conference held on October 20 to 23 1964 in the supper room of the City Hall in Pietermaritzburg. Discussed were: Previous annual … Minutes of the Black Sash Annual National Conference held at Pietermaritzburg …

… Frances Rix Ames was born in Pretoria , Transvaal (now Gauteng ), on 20 April 1920. Her … Steve Biko , an anti-apartheid activist and leader of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) , died in detention on 12 …

… The statement was isued in reponse to an article in the Daily News dated 4th July 1973. In the article Chief … as a person committed to working with the oppressors of Black people and echoes Nationalist propaganda-type … Statement issued by The Black Peoples Convention 11th July 1973 …

… Fatima Meer was born in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of … with Winnie Mandela because of their involvement in the Black Women’s Federation ; they also also served six months … Congress colleagues – she began to embrace the Black Consciousness ideology of the South African Student …

… Class Consciousness, Non-racialism and Political Pragmatism: A …

… SA signs an agreement with India on cooperation in the fields …

… SA signs agreement with Namibia with a view to regulating certain taxation matters in Walvis Bay. …

… Duncan (72), first governor-general of the Union of SA, dies in Pretoria.  …

… Robert Gwelo Goodman, SA painter of war scenes, is born in Taplow-on-Thames, …