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| 1900 | Kruger, Paulus |  |
| 6th Oct Denied an audience by Wihelm II of Germany |
| 1929 | Hertzog, James | |
| Pretoria Africa Sth Africa begins sending diplomats broad |
| 11th Sep Portuguese treaty with Sth Africa regulates transport & labour recruitment |
| 1939 | Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| 6th Sep Sth Africa severs relations with Germany |
| 1947 | Smuts | |
| 1st Feb Portsmouth Africa George V departs to Sth Africa to help Smuts against the Nationalist Party |
| 1947 | Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Visited by the British Royal family |
| 21st Jan Pretoria Africa Refuses to place Namibia under UN trusteeship |
| 1956 | Louw, Eric | |
| 1st Feb Pretoria Africa Closes the Russian consulate |
| 1957 | Strijdom, Johennes Gerhardus | |
| Simons Town Africa The Union takes over the British naval base at Simon's Town |
| 1960 | Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch | |
| Feb MacMillan makes a speech before the Sth African Parliament, the "winds of change" |
| 1964 | Swart, Charles Robberts | |
| The OAU Banda decides in favour of relations with Sth Africa |
| 1967 | Naude, Jozua Francois | |
| Sth Africa & Malawi establish diplomatic relations |
| 1967 | Vorster, Balthazar Johannes | |
| Jan Sth Africa & Malawi establish formal diplomatic ties |
| Jan Vorster receives the Prime Minister of Lesotho |
| Jan Vorster receives the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Chief Leabua Jonathan |
| 1970 | Vorster, Balthazar Johannes | |
| Lesotho pledges its support to the liberation strugle in Sth Africa |
| May Vorster pays an official visit to Malawi |
| 1971 | Vorster, Balthazar Johannes | |
| Vorster exposes Zambia's secret relations with Sth Africa |
| 1974 | Vorster, Balthazar Johannes | |
| 23rd Oct Declares in the Senate Sth Africa is prepared to enter into non-aggression pacts |
| 23rd Oct Vorster declares in the Senate Sth Africa will not interfere in other African nations |
| 1983 | Botha, Pieter | |
| Sth Africa & Lesotho agree not to harbour each other's subversives |
| 1984 | Botha, Pieter | |
| 14th Dec The UN General Assembly condems Sth Africa |
| 1985 | Botha, Pieter | |
| 24th July France recalls its Ambassador from Sth Africa & suspends investment |