Skip to main content
Home
Society and Politics
Art and Culture
Biographies
Africa
Classroom
Places
Timelines
Archives
Home
Society and Politics
Art and Culture
Biographies
Africa
Classroom
Places
Timelines
Archives
go
Today in history
Or choose a date:
Go
20 January 1981
The Minister of the Interior warns that re-registration of the Post newspapers would be banned
20 January 1990
General Lothar Neethling sues Vrye Weekblad and the Weekly Mail
20 January 1939
The highest temperature in the shade is recorded in the Cape
20 January 1879
British troops establish their camp at Isandlwana
20 January 1977
Paul Adams, former South African cricket player, is born
20 January 1987
The first hearing of Margo Commission commences
20 January 1986
Bishop Tutu receives Martin Luther King Award
20 January 1971
The Ruth Prowse Art Centre is opened
20 January 1697
Notorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
20 January 2005
Warlord Thomas Shabalala is shot
sfy39587stp16