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The performance of Black drama and music by mushrooming township cultural groups becomes a significant factor in the propagatin

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The New Zealand government announces that it terminates all tariff preferences previously granted to South Africa, as from 1 Ja

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Wessel Johannes (Hansie) Cronjé, former SA cricket captain, is born in Bloemfontein.

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The appeal of the thirty-one members of SWAPO against their conviction for acts of terrorism is to be heard by the full bench o

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Hendrik Tshivhangwaho Nekhofe (also Nekhofhe), S.A sculptor, is born in Tshisahulu, Venda.

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The SA rugby team beats New Zealand 17-6 in the third test in Auckland and wins the series 2-1.

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Sir Ernest Oppenheimer establishes the Anglo American Corporation of SA with a capital of £1 million.

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The railway line between Cape Town and George is completed.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Captain R.D.C. Miers of the South African Constabulary is shot and killed under a flag of truce by Field-corn

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The attack on Fort Itala, occupied by the British, takes place with the British force retreating after fierce

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A total of 1 004 persons consisting of 849 burghers and boys, 152 women and girls, two Coloureds and one Black man, cross the b

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Anglo-Boer War 2 The British under Generals R. Pole-Carew and I.S.M. Hamilton occupy the deserted Komatipoort on the ZAR easter

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The ‘Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners’ (GRA), society founded as a direct outcome of the efforts by A. Pannevis to have the Bibl

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Elisabeth van Riebeeck, daughter of Jan van Riebeeck, is born at the Cape.

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Jan Hendrik Boom, gardener at the Cape, and his wife Annetjie (Annetjie de Boerin), receive permission to farm and keep dairy c

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World Heart Day.

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Breakthrough reached at peace talks in Kenya between Sudanese government and the SPLA over key issues.

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Sebastiaan Rothmann, SA cruiser-weigh, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Union (WBU).

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Thirty-four passengers and four crewmembers die when a Spanish plane crashes into a hill on the Moroccan coast.

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Following the slayings of hundreds of civilians in a series of incidents believed linked to upcoming elections and the long tho

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The women, Julia Fairbank-Smith and Gansie Louw and four-year-old Emma Wahl, is murdered on a guest farm near Niewoudtville.

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President Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel

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Exchange of notes with Swaziland to amend the extradition agreement of the 4th 5th September 1968.

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Addressing the United Nations, Nelson Mandela calls for a lifting of all existing economic sanctions against South Africa.

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Austria announces that it is lifting most of its economic sanctions, including ban on investments, for a year.

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Winnie Mandela is formally charged with four counts of kidnapping and of assault, and will stand trial with seven others in con

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A building housing several union offices, inter alia, the COSATO local branch, the head office of the Chemical Workers’ Industr

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In the homeland’s first general election, fifty-seven members are elected for the KaNgwane Legislative Assembly.

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Armed forces seize control of Transkei, ousting Prime Minister George Matanzima.

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Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa is launched to articulate the interests of tribal chiefs and act as an extra-pa

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The performance of Black drama and music by mushrooming township cultural groups becomes a significant factor in the propagatin

The New Zealand government announces that it terminates all tariff preferences previously granted to South Africa, as from 1 Ja

Wessel Johannes (Hansie) Cronjé, former SA cricket captain, is born in Bloemfontein.

The appeal of the thirty-one members of SWAPO against their conviction for acts of terrorism is to be heard by the full bench o

Hendrik Tshivhangwaho Nekhofe (also Nekhofhe), S.A sculptor, is born in Tshisahulu, Venda.

The SA rugby team beats New Zealand 17-6 in the third test in Auckland and wins the series 2-1.

Sir Ernest Oppenheimer establishes the Anglo American Corporation of SA with a capital of £1 million.

The railway line between Cape Town and George is completed.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Captain R.D.C. Miers of the South African Constabulary is shot and killed under a flag of truce by Field-corn

Anglo-Boer War 2: The attack on Fort Itala, occupied by the British, takes place with the British force retreating after fierce

A total of 1 004 persons consisting of 849 burghers and boys, 152 women and girls, two Coloureds and one Black man, cross the b

Anglo-Boer War 2 The British under Generals R. Pole-Carew and I.S.M. Hamilton occupy the deserted Komatipoort on the ZAR easter

The ‘Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners’ (GRA), society founded as a direct outcome of the efforts by A. Pannevis to have the Bibl

Elisabeth van Riebeeck, daughter of Jan van Riebeeck, is born at the Cape.

Jan Hendrik Boom, gardener at the Cape, and his wife Annetjie (Annetjie de Boerin), receive permission to farm and keep dairy c

World Heart Day.

Breakthrough reached at peace talks in Kenya between Sudanese government and the SPLA over key issues.

Sebastiaan Rothmann, SA cruiser-weigh, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Union (WBU).

Thirty-four passengers and four crewmembers die when a Spanish plane crashes into a hill on the Moroccan coast.

Following the slayings of hundreds of civilians in a series of incidents believed linked to upcoming elections and the long tho

The women, Julia Fairbank-Smith and Gansie Louw and four-year-old Emma Wahl, is murdered on a guest farm near Niewoudtville.

President Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel

Exchange of notes with Swaziland to amend the extradition agreement of the 4th 5th September 1968.

Addressing the United Nations, Nelson Mandela calls for a lifting of all existing economic sanctions against South Africa.

Austria announces that it is lifting most of its economic sanctions, including ban on investments, for a year.

Winnie Mandela is formally charged with four counts of kidnapping and of assault, and will stand trial with seven others in con

A building housing several union offices, inter alia, the COSATO local branch, the head office of the Chemical Workers’ Industr

In the homeland’s first general election, fifty-seven members are elected for the KaNgwane Legislative Assembly.

Armed forces seize control of Transkei, ousting Prime Minister George Matanzima.

Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa is launched to articulate the interests of tribal chiefs and act as an extra-pa