Emily Hobhouse

27 July 1901

Emily Hobhouse receives a reply to her request to be included in the Ladies Commission

27 July 1971

SA Prime Minister completes a tour of homelands in the Northern Transvaal

27 July 1975

The British government closes its consulate in Angola

27 July 1985

Smiso Zwane, South African hip hop artist is born

27 July 1969

South African cricket player Jonathan ‘Jonty’ Rhodes is born

27 July 1953

The Korean War ends

27 July 1999

Natal Law society apologises to Gandhi

27 July 1996

Terror strikes the Olympics Games in Atlanta

27 July 1992

Nelson Mandela says general strike will go ahead

27 July 1976

Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with Uganda

27 July 2004

Alleged mercenaries plead guilty to lesser charges in Zimbabwe