20 July 1969: South African invention lands on the moon!
21 July 1999: South African athlete, Motsoeneng, admits to cheating in Comrades Marathon.
22 July 1988: Senior UDF leaders released from detention for being part of the Mandela Birthday Celebrations Committee
23 July 1986: The obligatory carrying of passbooks by Blacks in SA is lifted.
24 July 1799: France’s Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Turks at Aboukir in Egypt.
25 July 1993: St James Church massacre.
26 July 2004: Sipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies.
You can also read a complete list of events during this specific week. For a list of events features in previous years, visit the archive page at South African History Online.
July 21, 2008
This Week in History