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Minister of Coloured Affairs, J.J. Loots announces that larger Coloured group areas will gradually be transformed into full-fle

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Sasol (Die Suid-Afrikaanse Steenkool-, Olie- en Gaskorporasie) is registered.

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The SA rugby team beats Australia 22-9 in Port Elizabeth, winning the series 3-1.

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Personnel of the SA Air Force’s No 2 (Flying Cheetah) Squadron leave Durban to assist the United Nations in the Korean War.

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Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka establishes the African Democratic Party in conjunction with Senator Hyman Basner. The organisation had

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Hester Henriette Grove, born Venter, SA author and dramatist, is born in the Potchefstroom district, western Transvaal. She was

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Sidney Mendelssohn, collector of Africana and author of the South African Bibliography in 1910, dies in London.

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Margaret Mary Smith, artist and ichthyologist, is born in Indwe, Eastern Cape. She illustrated the book of her husband, Prof. J

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Young physicist of Switzerland, Einstein publishes his daring new theory, known as the special theory of relativity

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Fort Prospect, about fifteen kilometres east of Itala, is defended by about 80 men under Captain Rowley of

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The ZAR government formally requests military assistance from the Orange Free State in accordance with the

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Prof. James Leonard Brierly Smith, who identified the coelacanth caught near East London, is born in Graaff-Reinet.

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Schabir Shaik’s appeal against his June 2005 Durban High Court fraud and corruption conviction starts in the Supreme Court of A

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Allan Boesak, one of the participants in the Rainbow Debate at a heritage festival in Eersterus where a large part of the debat

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An Islamic appeals court in Nigeria frees Amina Lawal after she is acquitted on adultery charges.

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Moody Awori is appointed as Kenya’s vice president.

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The Star reports the death of Onicca Mashingo, ANC stalwart, after being attacked by a dog.

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Wele Maqolo, SA mini flyweight, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Federation (WBF).

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Nic Mallet is appointed as SA’s sixth rugby coach in five years.

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Mangosuthu Buthelezi, home affairs minister and president of the IFP interrupts a live studio broadcast of an interview with Pr

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The Commission of Inquiry into the 1986 Unrest and Alleged Mismanagement in KwaNdebele, originally to be headed by Mr Justice W

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Thirteen Inkatha Youth Brigade members, attending a meeting, are killed.

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Egypt and Jordan formally resume diplomatic relations. Jordan announces it will restore relations with Egypt, something no Arab

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The SA rugby team wins the first test against the USA in New York 38-7. Ray Mordt of SA scores in his second consecutive te

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The Minister of Manpower Utilisation, Fanie Botha, tells the Conference of the Federated Chamber of Industries that migrant wor

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The trial begins of eleven Soweto students charged under the Terrorism Act.

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Steven Biko’s funeral in King William’s Town is attended by some 15,000 people. Twelve Western diplomats are present, including

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Minister of Coloured Affairs, J.J. Loots announces that larger Coloured group areas will gradually be transformed into full-fle

Sasol (Die Suid-Afrikaanse Steenkool-, Olie- en Gaskorporasie) is registered.

The SA rugby team beats Australia 22-9 in Port Elizabeth, winning the series 3-1.

Personnel of the SA Air Force’s No 2 (Flying Cheetah) Squadron leave Durban to assist the United Nations in the Korean War.

Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka establishes the African Democratic Party in conjunction with Senator Hyman Basner. The organisation had

Hester Henriette Grove, born Venter, SA author and dramatist, is born in the Potchefstroom district, western Transvaal. She was

Sidney Mendelssohn, collector of Africana and author of the South African Bibliography in 1910, dies in London.

Margaret Mary Smith, artist and ichthyologist, is born in Indwe, Eastern Cape. She illustrated the book of her husband, Prof. J

Young physicist of Switzerland, Einstein publishes his daring new theory, known as the special theory of relativity

Anglo-Boer War 2: Fort Prospect, about fifteen kilometres east of Itala, is defended by about 80 men under Captain Rowley of

Anglo-Boer War 2: The ZAR government formally requests military assistance from the Orange Free State in accordance with the

Prof. James Leonard Brierly Smith, who identified the coelacanth caught near East London, is born in Graaff-Reinet.

Schabir Shaik’s appeal against his June 2005 Durban High Court fraud and corruption conviction starts in the Supreme Court of A

Allan Boesak, one of the participants in the Rainbow Debate at a heritage festival in Eersterus where a large part of the debat

An Islamic appeals court in Nigeria frees Amina Lawal after she is acquitted on adultery charges.

Moody Awori is appointed as Kenya’s vice president.

The Star reports the death of Onicca Mashingo, ANC stalwart, after being attacked by a dog.

Wele Maqolo, SA mini flyweight, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Federation (WBF).

Nic Mallet is appointed as SA’s sixth rugby coach in five years.

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, home affairs minister and president of the IFP interrupts a live studio broadcast of an interview with Pr

Three US soldiers are killed in Somalia when their helicopter is shot down.

Gazankulu Criminal Procedure Amendment Act No 9 commences.

French Trade and Industry Minister on week-long visit to SA.

The Commission of Inquiry into the 1986 Unrest and Alleged Mismanagement in KwaNdebele, originally to be headed by Mr Justice W

Thirteen Inkatha Youth Brigade members, attending a meeting, are killed.

Egypt and Jordan formally resume diplomatic relations. Jordan announces it will restore relations with Egypt, something no Arab

The SA rugby team wins the first test against the USA in New York 38-7. Ray Mordt of SA scores in his second consecutive te

The Minister of Manpower Utilisation, Fanie Botha, tells the Conference of the Federated Chamber of Industries that migrant wor

The trial begins of eleven Soweto students charged under the Terrorism Act.

Steven Biko’s funeral in King William’s Town is attended by some 15,000 people. Twelve Western diplomats are present, including