Natal Coat of Arms

28 September 1843

Britain proclaims Natal a British colonial territory

Pieter Dirk Uys (Evita Bezuidenhout)

28 September 1945

Pieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town

28 September 1902

15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg

28 September 1975

A.W.G. Champion, outspoken opponent of apartheid dies

28 September 1978

P.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister

28 September 1984

South Africa is told by IAEA to open all nuclear plants to international inspection

28 September 2003

Pope John Paul II appoints 31 cardinals, three from Africa

28 September 1970

Egyptian President, Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack

28 September 2002

Peter Lindenberg, South Africa’s powerboat champion

28 September 1992

150 political prisoners are released