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Prime Minister Vorster flies to Zurich for talks (3-6 September) with the United States Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger

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Dr Petrus S.Z. Coetzee (90), first assessor of the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church, who inaugurated two of South Afr

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Joint routine exercises are held between the British Royal Navy and the South African Navy, under the Simonstown Agreement, and

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Dr. Verwoerd suggests that the three Protectorates might develop to independence under South Africa’s guidance rather than unde

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Premier H.F. Verwoerd assumes duty as Prime Minister and announces an intensification of the apartheids policy in parliament.

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Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser begins talks in Cairo on proposed negotiations for international control of the Suez Cana

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Melt Jacobus Brink (83), scriptwriter and poet, dies in Cape Town.

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The Freedom Deputation under Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog arrives in Durban from Europe after a fruitless effort to secure self-determin

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General Jan Smuts becomes prime minister of South Africa. This date is given as 31 August by Keesing’s Events of World Records.

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Johannes Nkosi, martyr for the Communist Party of South Africa, is born in Natal. His death is annually commemorated by the ANC

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Anglo-Boer War 2: General Smuts invades the Cape Colony through Kiba Drift, after fighting all night against armed Blacks.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: President Kruger issues a counter-proclamation from Nelspruit, declaring Lord Robert’s annexation proclamat

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The annexation of the Transvaal is announced in the House of Assembly in Cape Town.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Princess Wilhelmina of the Netherlands writes to her aunt, Queen Victoria, imploring her to use her influence

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The Rev. John Daniel Lindley (80), missionary and clergyman of the Voortrekkers, dies in Morristown, New Jersey.

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Dr Martin Heinrich (Hinrich) Karl Lichtenstein (77), physician, naturalist and explorer of the interior of South Africa, dies o

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Cape Governor Sir George Napier refuses to acknowledge the independence of Natalia.

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Carolus Johannes (Karel) Trichardt (Trechardt), son of Voortrekker leader Louis Trichardt and explorer of Mozambique, Zanzibar

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Two rebels of the Graaff-Reinet Rebellion five years previously, Marthinus Prinsloo and Adriaan van Jaarsveld, are sentenced to

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The Rev. Meent Borcherds, moderator of the synod of the Dutch Reformed Church in 1826, is born in Jengum, Lower Saxony.

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Central African Republic’s President Francois Bozize dissolves the government of his impoverished country. An official says a n

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A Gauteng businessman, who is believed to be linked to an international nuclear weapons smuggling organisation, has been arrest

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Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu presents the new plan of the government, accepted by the cabinet on the 1st, to obliterate info

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The Sudanese government suspends peace talks with the country’s main rebel group, the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army, or SPL

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Christiaan Neethling Barnard, medical pioneer who performed the first heart transplant, dies of an acute asthma attack in his h

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The SA rugby team beats Wales 40-11 in Johannesburg.

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South Africa signs agreement with the United Kingdom concerning mutual assistance in relation to drug trafficking.

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The SA rugby team beats the World-15 team 22-16 in Johannesburg.

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Riot police arrest more than 400 anti-apartheid protesters in downtown Cape Town, South Africa.

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Tinashe Washington Nengomasha, Zimbabwean international football player who played for Kaizer Chiefs and was winner of the Kick

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Prime Minister Vorster flies to Zurich for talks (3-6 September) with the United States Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger

Dr Petrus S.Z. Coetzee (90), first assessor of the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church, who inaugurated two of South Afr

Joint routine exercises are held between the British Royal Navy and the South African Navy, under the Simonstown Agreement, and

Dr. Verwoerd suggests that the three Protectorates might develop to independence under South Africa’s guidance rather than unde

Premier H.F. Verwoerd assumes duty as Prime Minister and announces an intensification of the apartheids policy in parliament.

Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser begins talks in Cairo on proposed negotiations for international control of the Suez Cana

Melt Jacobus Brink (83), scriptwriter and poet, dies in Cape Town.

The Freedom Deputation under Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog arrives in Durban from Europe after a fruitless effort to secure self-determin

General Jan Smuts becomes prime minister of South Africa. This date is given as 31 August by Keesing’s Events of World Records.

Johannes Nkosi, martyr for the Communist Party of South Africa, is born in Natal. His death is annually commemorated by the ANC

Anglo-Boer War 2: General Smuts invades the Cape Colony through Kiba Drift, after fighting all night against armed Blacks.

Anglo-Boer War 2: President Kruger issues a counter-proclamation from Nelspruit, declaring Lord Robert’s annexation proclamat

The annexation of the Transvaal is announced in the House of Assembly in Cape Town.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Princess Wilhelmina of the Netherlands writes to her aunt, Queen Victoria, imploring her to use her influence

The Rev. John Daniel Lindley (80), missionary and clergyman of the Voortrekkers, dies in Morristown, New Jersey.

Dr Martin Heinrich (Hinrich) Karl Lichtenstein (77), physician, naturalist and explorer of the interior of South Africa, dies o

Cape Governor Sir George Napier refuses to acknowledge the independence of Natalia.

Carolus Johannes (Karel) Trichardt (Trechardt), son of Voortrekker leader Louis Trichardt and explorer of Mozambique, Zanzibar

Two rebels of the Graaff-Reinet Rebellion five years previously, Marthinus Prinsloo and Adriaan van Jaarsveld, are sentenced to

The Rev. Meent Borcherds, moderator of the synod of the Dutch Reformed Church in 1826, is born in Jengum, Lower Saxony.

Central African Republic’s President Francois Bozize dissolves the government of his impoverished country. An official says a n

A Gauteng businessman, who is believed to be linked to an international nuclear weapons smuggling organisation, has been arrest

Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu presents the new plan of the government, accepted by the cabinet on the 1st, to obliterate info

The Sudanese government suspends peace talks with the country’s main rebel group, the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army, or SPL

Christiaan Neethling Barnard, medical pioneer who performed the first heart transplant, dies of an acute asthma attack in his h

The SA rugby team beats Wales 40-11 in Johannesburg.

South Africa signs agreement with the United Kingdom concerning mutual assistance in relation to drug trafficking.

The SA rugby team beats the World-15 team 22-16 in Johannesburg.

Riot police arrest more than 400 anti-apartheid protesters in downtown Cape Town, South Africa.

Tinashe Washington Nengomasha, Zimbabwean international football player who played for Kaizer Chiefs and was winner of the Kick