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29 March 1879
The Battle of Kambula takes place
29 March 2020
Khayelitsha becomes the first township in the Western Cape to confirm a COVID-19 case
29 March 1933
Dr Stanley Mogoba is born in Polokwane
29 March 1979
Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
29 March 1982
Journalist and political activist Selby Msimang dies
29 March 1990
ANC and IFP joint peace rally is called off
29 March 1998
British Airways prohibits smoking on all flights
29 March 2005
Mannetjies Coetzer is killed by a crocodile in the Kunene River
29 March 2005
Third Pan African Parliament session begins in Midrand
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