8 June 1860: Street post boxes are introduced in the Cape.
9 June 1967: Bill passed making military service compulsory for White men.
10 June 1906: Chief Bambatha is killed and his men are defeated at a battle at Mome Gorge during the Bambatha Rebellion
11 June 1988: the British Anti-Apartheid Movement holds rock concert in tribute to Nelson Mandela.
12 June 1948: The Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa and the first Rembrandt cigarettes were manufactured.
13 June 1923: Reginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born.
14 June 2005: President Thabo Mbeki sacks Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
You can read a full list of events this week in South African history here.
June 13, 2008
This Week in History