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