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Sir Sydney Smith Bell (74), chief justice of the Cape Colony, dies in London.

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The St Helena of 142 tons is wrecked at Plettenberg Bay.

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During a three-day trip to Cuba, Mugabe says in Havana the amendments he signed into law on 9 September, marked &quot;the liber

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Local media in Harare report another nine people have died of hunger in Bulawayo, despite President Robert Mugabe’s assertion t

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Rachel Alexander (Ray) Simons, legendary communist and trade unionist born in Latvia in 1914, dies in Cape Town.

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Local elections in Morocco takes place. The two governing coalition parties win with 30% of the vote.

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Rwanda leader Paul Kagame is sworn in as first elected president since the 1994 genocide.

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The UN Security Council votes to lift sanctions against Libya that had been in place for eleven years as a response to the 1988

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The SA High Commission in Botswana, in collaboration with the business community of the area, hosts the first-ever South Africa

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Lindi Memani, SA straw-weight champion, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Union.

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Jacob Mofokeng, cruiserweight boxer of SA, wins the World Boxing Union world champion title.

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Iranian President Rafsanjani arrives in South Africa as part of a six-nation tour of Sub-Saharan Africa amid opposition to it w

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Hilda Postma, daughter of the Rev. S. Postma and author of books for children, is born in Burgersdorp, Cape Colony.

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Lydia van Niekerk, professor of literature and first woman to be appointed to the chair at the University of Stellenbosch, is b

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Gen. Benjamin (Ben) Johannes Viljoen, Boer general, war hero and author, is born in Wodehouse district, Cape Colony.

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Sarel Arnoldus Celliers, Voortrekker leader, is born in Klein Drakenstein, CC.

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Johannes de Wet, lawyer, historian and leader in public affairs, also a fervent anti-convict agitator, is born in Cape Town.

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Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes (70), governor of the Cape (1714-1724), dies in Cape Town.

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The Queen Mother of Lesotho, Mamohato Bereng Seeiso dies.

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Vice President Michael Wamalwa of Kenya is buried.

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The biggest gathering of world leaders in history takes place at the United Nations Millennium Summit in New York 150 heads of

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Army troops drive Hutu rebels from their hillside positions outside Burundi’s capital after three days of fighting.

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The bitter debate over the power of central government in relation to the provinces is reopened when the Constitutional Court r

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Seven Nigerian United Nations peacekeepers are killed in an ambush by Somalis in Mogadishu.

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Prof. Pothinus Carl Matsiri Mokgokong, academic, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of the North, dies in Mankweng

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Chris Hani is reported as saying that the ANC alliance is “preparing for a battle in the Ciskei” to remove parasites, obviously

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Venda Reincorporation Forum Act No 5, providing for the re-incorporation of Venda into South Africa, commences.

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Two gunmen open fire on a crowd of commuters in Jeppe railway station, Johannesburg, killing five persons and injuring fourteen

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Twenty-nine (numbers differ, according to the police nineteen) people are killed in an attack by police on election protestors

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For the first time in SA history White, Coloured and Indian voters go to the polls on the same day to vote for representatives

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Sir Sydney Smith Bell (74), chief justice of the Cape Colony, dies in London.

The St Helena of 142 tons is wrecked at Plettenberg Bay.

During a three-day trip to Cuba, Mugabe says in Havana the amendments he signed into law on 9 September, marked &amp;quot;the liber

Local media in Harare report another nine people have died of hunger in Bulawayo, despite President Robert Mugabe’s assertion t

Rachel Alexander (Ray) Simons, legendary communist and trade unionist born in Latvia in 1914, dies in Cape Town.

Local elections in Morocco takes place. The two governing coalition parties win with 30% of the vote.

Rwanda leader Paul Kagame is sworn in as first elected president since the 1994 genocide.

The UN Security Council votes to lift sanctions against Libya that had been in place for eleven years as a response to the 1988

The SA High Commission in Botswana, in collaboration with the business community of the area, hosts the first-ever South Africa

Lindi Memani, SA straw-weight champion, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Union.

Jacob Mofokeng, cruiserweight boxer of SA, wins the World Boxing Union world champion title.

Iranian President Rafsanjani arrives in South Africa as part of a six-nation tour of Sub-Saharan Africa amid opposition to it w

Hilda Postma, daughter of the Rev. S. Postma and author of books for children, is born in Burgersdorp, Cape Colony.

Lydia van Niekerk, professor of literature and first woman to be appointed to the chair at the University of Stellenbosch, is b

Gen. Benjamin (Ben) Johannes Viljoen, Boer general, war hero and author, is born in Wodehouse district, Cape Colony.

Sarel Arnoldus Celliers, Voortrekker leader, is born in Klein Drakenstein, CC.

Johannes de Wet, lawyer, historian and leader in public affairs, also a fervent anti-convict agitator, is born in Cape Town.

Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes (70), governor of the Cape (1714-1724), dies in Cape Town.

The Queen Mother of Lesotho, Mamohato Bereng Seeiso dies.

Vice President Michael Wamalwa of Kenya is buried.

The biggest gathering of world leaders in history takes place at the United Nations Millennium Summit in New York 150 heads of

Army troops drive Hutu rebels from their hillside positions outside Burundi’s capital after three days of fighting.

The bitter debate over the power of central government in relation to the provinces is reopened when the Constitutional Court r

Seven Nigerian United Nations peacekeepers are killed in an ambush by Somalis in Mogadishu.

Prof. Pothinus Carl Matsiri Mokgokong, academic, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of the North, dies in Mankweng

Chris Hani is reported as saying that the ANC alliance is “preparing for a battle in the Ciskei” to remove parasites, obviously

Venda Reincorporation Forum Act No 5, providing for the re-incorporation of Venda into South Africa, commences.

Two gunmen open fire on a crowd of commuters in Jeppe railway station, Johannesburg, killing five persons and injuring fourteen

Twenty-nine (numbers differ, according to the police nineteen) people are killed in an attack by police on election protestors

For the first time in SA history White, Coloured and Indian voters go to the polls on the same day to vote for representatives

During a three-day trip to Cuba, Mugabe says in Havana the amendments he signed into law on 9 September, marked "the liber