2 August 1894

Transvaal Republic tries Chief Malebogo

2 August 1926

Former Colonial Prime Minister John Merriman dies

2 August 1928

Italo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928 is signed

2 August 1962

Assassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah

2 August 1976

UWC students convene a meeting to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decide to embark on a boycott of classes

2 August 1982

One person killed by bomb meant for Chris Hani

2 August 1977

Ethiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province

2 August 1906

Death of Maria Koopmans-De Wet

2 August 1963

The UN is informed by the United States that it will suspend sale of arms to South Africa.

2 August 1799

Karl Ludwig Phillip Zeyher, SA botanist and collector of plants, is born in Germany

2 August 1992

Eleven people are killed in eSikhawini township