Flag of Botswana

30 September 1966

Botswana gains independence from Britain

Winnie Mandela

30 September 1975

Winnie Mandela released from banning order and house arrest

30 September 1949

The Berlin Airlift comes to an end

30 September 1949

The Berlin Airlift, which delivered food and fuel to West Berliners during a Soviet blockade, and in which the SAA took part, comes to an end

30 September 1979

AZAPO is re-launched in Roodepoort

30 September 1986

First Black US ambassador is sent to South Africa

30 September 2004

A blaze destroys Wanderers Cricket Club

30 September 1941

Stephen Gray, SA writer and academic, is born

30 September 1963

Tanganyika formally ends all trade ties with South Africa

30 September 1926

Commencement of the Immorality Act

30 September 1982

The Appeal Court in Bloemfontein restores Ingwavuma to South Africa