SAHO global search
11,381 records
South Africa signs an air transport agreement with Austria.
Jackie Tindall, SA rugby Springbok is born in Stellenbosch.
The Narcotics Bureau of the SA Police is founded.
Solomon K. Sedibane, S.A sculptor, is born in Sekhukhuneland, Transvaal.
EventWelcome Ncita, junior featherweight of SA, wins the IBF
Mdantsane born Welcome Ncita became the first South African to win the International Boxing Federation (IBF) world bantam weight title on 10 March 1990, when…
Sarah Gertrude Millin, SA author, is born in Lithuania.
Michal Grobbelaar, SA actor and arts administrator, is born.
Hannes Harrs, S.A sculptor, is born in Eckernförde, Germany.
EventDaryll Cullinan, SA cricket player, is born in Kimberley.
Daryll John Cullinan is a former cricket player who played test cricket and One Day Internationals. He was an all-rounder with a right-hand batting style and a…
Jean Welz, SA painter, is born in Salzburg, Austria.
Sarah Gertrude Millin, SA author, is born in Lithuania.
EventSA Government spoil Chief Albert Luthuli’s chance of Rectorship
It is announced that efforts by Britain's Foreign Secretary, Mr. Butler and Glasgow University to obtain permission from the South African Government for…
EventThe UN Special Committee on Apartheid reports on SA
The final report of the United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid, released on this date, gave a detailed review of developments in South Africa's racial…
EventSA Sculptor Thomas Lehupela is born in Thaba ‘Nchu
Molatodi Thomas Lehupela, South African sculptor, was born in Paradys Location, Thaba 'Nchu in the Orange Free State (now Free State Province). In 1984…
EventThe UN ends SA mandate over South West Africa
The United Nations (UN) debated the South West Africa issue (now Namibia) year after year with increasing acrimony. On 18 July 1966 the International Court of…
EventSA signs investment incentive agreement with the United States
EventDjibouti and Cote d’ Ivore strengthen diplomatic ties with SA
Following a visit to Nigeria by the state president, F.W. de Klerk, and his foreign minister Roelof "Pik" Botha a number of other African countries announced…
EventSA writer, Nadine Gordimer, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
South African writer Nadine Gordimer won the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature. She was the first woman in 25 years to be awarded the honour and the seventh…
EventNegotiations between SA, Cuba and Angola start in London
Representatives of South Africa, the United States (US), Angola and Cuba met in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan war and independence…
EventFirst Black Test cricket captain in SA is announced
Ashwell Prince was appointed as South Africa's first Black Test cricket captain to lead the Protea team in Sri Lanka. This announcement was made by Cricket…
EventPhumizile Mlambo-Ngcuka is appointed as SA Deputy President
Former Minister of Minerals and Energy, Phumizile Mlambo - Ngcuka was appointed as first woman Deputy President in South Africa. She replaced Jacob Zuma, who…
EventMargaret Mary Smith, SA artist and ichthyologist, is born
On 26 September 1916 artist and ichthyologist, Margaret Mary Smith, was born in Indwe in the Eastern Cape. Ichthyology is the branch of zoology that deals with…
EventThe first rugby match that is played in SA
On 23 August 1862, the first rugby match heralded the start of what would become a hugely popular sport among White people in South Africa. The match took…
EventValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar, SA political activist dies from a fever
Born to Indian Emigrants from Tamil Nadu, India, Mudaliar grew up in Johannesburg. She was named after the village her mother came from in India, Thillaiyadi…
EventSA Artist, Andries Johannes Botha, is born in Durban
Andries Johannes Botha was born on 22 September 1952 in Durban. He studied Fine Arts at the University Of KwaZulu-Natal and later went on to teach the subject…
EventSA jazz singer, Letta Mbulu is born in Soweto
Letta Mbulu was born in Soweto on 23 August 1942. As a teenager she joined the cast of the play King Kong and toured the US with other artists like Miriam…
EventFour black newspapers are banned by the SA government
Four black newspapers, Post Transvaal, Saturday Post, Sunday Post and the Sowetan, were banned, technically on the same day that the eight week strike of black…
EventSharlto Copley, SA actor, producer and director is born
ArchiveDefend New Nation : free the press for a free S.A.
Yellow poster with black lettering. Poster for New Nation publication. New nation on red block with black and yellow lettering.