Burundi gains independence

1 June 1962

Burundi gains independence from Belgium

1 June 1773

Wolraad Woltemade drowns at sea after saving 14 people from a sinking ship

1 June 1998

Ferdi Barnard is found guilty of killing Webster

1 June 1983

An inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale finds no-one criminally liable for his death

1 June 1926

Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape

1 June 2001

Nkosi Johnson dies

1 June 1980

SASOL plant under attack

1 June 1937

Ezrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae is born