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See also: 1966 in South Africa, other events of 1967, 1968 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 July 1.3 December 1.4 Unknown date 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• January - The African National Congress and the Zimbabwe African People's Union form an alliance for armed struggle against South Africa and Rhodesia

[edit] July

• 14-15 July - Snow falls in the Transvaal. The Northern Transvaal records its first snowfall.

[edit] December

• 3 December - Professor Christiaan Barnard carries out the world's first heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town

[edit] Unknown date

• The Terrorism Act No 83 is passed
• The South African Police starts with counter-insurgency training
• Jozua François Naudé becomes the 2nd State President of South Africa
• Nine months conscription for all white males start
• Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, members conduct their first military actions in north-western Rhodesia in campaigns known as Wankie and Sepolilo
• The South African Police units deploy in Rhodesia to counter Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress

[edit] Births

• January 9 — Gary Teichmann, rugby player
• June 10 — Karen Roberts, field hockey player

[edit] Deaths

• 20 May - Jan Gysbert Hugo Bosman (aka Bosman de Ravelli), concert pianist and composer, dies in Somerset West at the age of 85
• 2 July - Professor I.W. van der Merwe (Boerneef), writer and poet, dies in Cape Town at the age of 70
• 21 July - Albert John Lutuli, a teacher and politician (president of the African National Congress), is fatally injured at the age of 69 in an accident near his home