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Italy signs a twenty-year treaty of friendship with Ethiopia.

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John Xavier Merriman (85), SA statesman and prime minister of the Cape Colony, dies in Stellenbosch.

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John Xavier Merriman (85), SA statesman and prime minister of the Cape Colony, dies in Stellenbosch.

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Death of Maria Koopmans-De Wet

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Joseph Chamberlain, British Secretary of State for the Colonies, tells the House of Commons, “The reasons w

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Mr Chamberlain, British Secretary of State for the Colonies, outlines the system of government he envisag

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Roberts sends his Chief of Staff, Lord Kitchener, to take overall command of the forces engaged agains

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The control of the Dutch East India Company is ceded to Britain.

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Muhammad Ali Pasha (80), who ruled Egypt for forty-four years, dies in Alexandria.

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Charles Bowyer Adderley, firm adversary to the proposal of the British Colonial ministry to establish a penal colony at the Cap

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Carl Ludwig Phillip Zeyher, SA botanist and collector of plants, is born in Dillenburg, Hesse.

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Erasmus Smit, controversial preacher of the Voortrekkers, is born in Buiksloot, the Netherlands.

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The Dutch expel Portuguese from Gold Coast in Africa.

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Top Cyclist Ryan Cox (28) passes away during the early hours, following complications suffered from a vascular lesion operation

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Southern Sudanese riot in Khartoum, smashing cars and shops and blaming the government for the death in a helicopter crash of t

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Dr Allan Boesak, minister to the Piketberg congregation of the World Congregation of Reformed Churches and former anti-aparthei

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Captain Piletji Sebola says in Pretoria they are investigating a charge of murder and about ten of assault in connection with t

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Start of World Breast Feeding Week.

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Mzukisi Sikali (Skali), SA junior bantamweight, wins the World Boxing Union (WBU) title.

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The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA) is established.

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Mohammed Farah Aidid, who has controlled much of Somalia during its civil war, dies of wounds suffered during a skirmish with a

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The ANC strongly denies Holomisa’s charge of accepting payments from Sol Kerzner, made by Bantu Holomisa in May 1996.

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Deputy President F.W. de Klerk issues a statement that he does not intend to leave the Government of National Unity.

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Fourteen hostel dwellers and residents are killed in clashes between Tokoza hostel dwellers and Phola Park residents.

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ANC/MK suspends armed actions after twenty-nine years.

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Hundreds of KwaNdebele women flee their homes to seek legal assistance to stop the tribal authority from assaulting or arrestin

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Chief Buthelezi chief minister of KwaZulu and Mr Ramodike chief minister of Lebowa, boycott a meeting between non-independent h

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Elite Unit Act No 18, establishing an intelligence organisation, which could investigate almost anything, commences.

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Alexander John (Sandy) Bell (79), SA cricket player in sixteen tests (1929-1935), dies in Cape Town.

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Victoria Mxenge, civic rights activist and wife of murdered Griffiths Mxenge, is shot dead outside her home in Umlazi, near Dur

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Italy signs a twenty-year treaty of friendship with Ethiopia.

John Xavier Merriman (85), SA statesman and prime minister of the Cape Colony, dies in Stellenbosch.

John Xavier Merriman (85), SA statesman and prime minister of the Cape Colony, dies in Stellenbosch.

Death of Maria Koopmans-De Wet

Anglo-Boer War 2: Joseph Chamberlain, British Secretary of State for the Colonies, tells the House of Commons, “The reasons w

Anglo-Boer War 2: Mr Chamberlain, British Secretary of State for the Colonies, outlines the system of government he envisag

Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Roberts sends his Chief of Staff, Lord Kitchener, to take overall command of the forces engaged agains

The control of the Dutch East India Company is ceded to Britain.

Muhammad Ali Pasha (80), who ruled Egypt for forty-four years, dies in Alexandria.

Charles Bowyer Adderley, firm adversary to the proposal of the British Colonial ministry to establish a penal colony at the Cap

Carl Ludwig Phillip Zeyher, SA botanist and collector of plants, is born in Dillenburg, Hesse.

Erasmus Smit, controversial preacher of the Voortrekkers, is born in Buiksloot, the Netherlands.

The Dutch expel Portuguese from Gold Coast in Africa.

Top Cyclist Ryan Cox (28) passes away during the early hours, following complications suffered from a vascular lesion operation

Southern Sudanese riot in Khartoum, smashing cars and shops and blaming the government for the death in a helicopter crash of t

Dr Allan Boesak, minister to the Piketberg congregation of the World Congregation of Reformed Churches and former anti-aparthei

Captain Piletji Sebola says in Pretoria they are investigating a charge of murder and about ten of assault in connection with t

Start of World Breast Feeding Week.

Mzukisi Sikali (Skali), SA junior bantamweight, wins the World Boxing Union (WBU) title.

The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA) is established.

Mohammed Farah Aidid, who has controlled much of Somalia during its civil war, dies of wounds suffered during a skirmish with a

The ANC strongly denies Holomisa’s charge of accepting payments from Sol Kerzner, made by Bantu Holomisa in May 1996.

Deputy President F.W. de Klerk issues a statement that he does not intend to leave the Government of National Unity.

Fourteen hostel dwellers and residents are killed in clashes between Tokoza hostel dwellers and Phola Park residents.

ANC/MK suspends armed actions after twenty-nine years.

Hundreds of KwaNdebele women flee their homes to seek legal assistance to stop the tribal authority from assaulting or arrestin

Chief Buthelezi chief minister of KwaZulu and Mr Ramodike chief minister of Lebowa, boycott a meeting between non-independent h

Elite Unit Act No 18, establishing an intelligence organisation, which could investigate almost anything, commences.

Alexander John (Sandy) Bell (79), SA cricket player in sixteen tests (1929-1935), dies in Cape Town.

Victoria Mxenge, civic rights activist and wife of murdered Griffiths Mxenge, is shot dead outside her home in Umlazi, near Dur