Today in history

26 May 1948

Apartheid becomes official policy

26 May 1980

Demonstrating Clergymen are arrested in central Johannesburg

26 May 1994

President Nelson Mandela announces his intentions to promote national unity

26 May 1966

Zola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born

26 May 1977

Shaba War in Zaire comes to an end

26 May 1941

Cliff Drysdale, the tennis star is born

26 May 1962

South Africa is exonerated by the UN delegation