Today in history

1792 Simon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers. 1835 Port Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 37. 1946 A group of White men attack and assault Indian Passive Resisters. 1969 Twenty-four Africans from the GraaffReinet district appear in the Grahamstown Supreme Court on charges under the Sabotage Act. 1980 SA Prime Minister P W Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President’s Council fails. 1996 Archbishop Tutu retires as Archbishop of Cape Town and head of the Anglican Church in SA.