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Zimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.

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Foreign Minister ‘Pik’ Botha pays a two-day (2-3 September) visit to Israel where Southern African issues are discussed with Pr

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The Bophuthatswana electoral office publishes the results of the general election giving Chief Lucas Mangope’s Democratic Party

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Johannes Jacob Kruger (68), first president of the Publication Board, dies.

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The ban on public gatherings throughout the country is re-imposed until 31 October 1976.

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Dr. H.F. Verwoerd is elected as prime minister in succession of Adv. J.G. Strijdom.

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Dr Sidney Read Welsch (85), researcher on SA explorers, dies in Cape Town.

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Regardt van den Bergh, SA actor and director, is born.

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Ramola Makan, freelance consultant, writer of several cookery books and recipient of inter alia the Silwood Kitchen Honorary Gr

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Japan officially signs the act of unconditional surrender to the Allied nations on board the American battleship Missouri in To

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David Phaswane Mogano, SA artist, is born in Pietersburg (Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (Limpopo).

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Sir Julius Jeppe (70), founder of the Witwatersrand Township Estate and Finance Corporation, dies in London.

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Prof. Dr N.J. Hofmeyr (82), clergyman and theologian, dies in Stellenbosch.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Milner leaves for Bloemfontein via East London, taking this circuitous route because of the security sit

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In the Anglo-Egyptian War Lord [Sir Herbert] Kitchener’s force of 25,000 decisively defeats the Dervishes at the Battle of Omdu

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Britain signs a peace treaty with the Zulus, banishing Cetshwayo and dividing Zululand in thirteen separate chiefdoms under a B

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Sir Harry Smith proclaims the territory between the Orange and Vaal Rivers British territory, discounting protests by Voortrekk

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The Rev. Dirk van der Hoff, pioneer minister of religion, designer of the ‘Transvaalse Vierkleur’ and friend of Commandant-Gene

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A.J. Sluysken is appointed Commissioner-General of the Cape.

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The Independent Democrats welcomes eighteen municipal councillors mainly from the New National Party to its ranks on the first

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The Independent Democrats welcomes eighteen municipal councillors mainly from the New National Party to its ranks on the first

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Bloodshed, looting and destruction ensue when thousands of street hawkers, marching through central Johannesburg protesting aga

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Bloodshed, looting and destruction ensue when thousands of street hawkers, marching through central Johannesburg protesting aga

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At least six people die and more than 100 are injured in a giant gas explosion at Sasol in Secunda.

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A new UN force with a wider mandate takes over from the French-led force in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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A new UN force with a wider mandate takes over from the French-led force in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Tony Blair flies into the Mozambique capital, Maputo, warning fellow world leaders there could be &quot;no back-sliding&quot; a

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Zimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.

Foreign Minister ‘Pik’ Botha pays a two-day (2-3 September) visit to Israel where Southern African issues are discussed with Pr

The Bophuthatswana electoral office publishes the results of the general election giving Chief Lucas Mangope’s Democratic Party

Johannes Jacob Kruger (68), first president of the Publication Board, dies.

The ban on public gatherings throughout the country is re-imposed until 31 October 1976.

Langa, Nyanga and Gugulethu students march through the Cape Town CBD

The United Arab Republic reverts to its former name, Egypt.

Botha announces third naval base

Dr. H.F. Verwoerd is elected as prime minister in succession of Adv. J.G. Strijdom.

Dr Sidney Read Welsch (85), researcher on SA explorers, dies in Cape Town.

Regardt van den Bergh, SA actor and director, is born.

Ramola Makan, freelance consultant, writer of several cookery books and recipient of inter alia the Silwood Kitchen Honorary Gr

Japan officially signs the act of unconditional surrender to the Allied nations on board the American battleship Missouri in To

David Phaswane Mogano, SA artist, is born in Pietersburg (Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (Limpopo).

Sir Julius Jeppe (70), founder of the Witwatersrand Township Estate and Finance Corporation, dies in London.

Prof. Dr N.J. Hofmeyr (82), clergyman and theologian, dies in Stellenbosch.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Milner leaves for Bloemfontein via East London, taking this circuitous route because of the security sit

In the Anglo-Egyptian War Lord [Sir Herbert] Kitchener’s force of 25,000 decisively defeats the Dervishes at the Battle of Omdu

Britain signs a peace treaty with the Zulus, banishing Cetshwayo and dividing Zululand in thirteen separate chiefdoms under a B

Sir Harry Smith proclaims the territory between the Orange and Vaal Rivers British territory, discounting protests by Voortrekk

The Rev. Dirk van der Hoff, pioneer minister of religion, designer of the ‘Transvaalse Vierkleur’ and friend of Commandant-Gene

A.J. Sluysken is appointed Commissioner-General of the Cape.

The Independent Democrats welcomes eighteen municipal councillors mainly from the New National Party to its ranks on the first

The Independent Democrats welcomes eighteen municipal councillors mainly from the New National Party to its ranks on the first

Bloodshed, looting and destruction ensue when thousands of street hawkers, marching through central Johannesburg protesting aga

Bloodshed, looting and destruction ensue when thousands of street hawkers, marching through central Johannesburg protesting aga

At least six people die and more than 100 are injured in a giant gas explosion at Sasol in Secunda.

A new UN force with a wider mandate takes over from the French-led force in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

A new UN force with a wider mandate takes over from the French-led force in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Tony Blair flies into the Mozambique capital, Maputo, warning fellow world leaders there could be &amp;quot;no back-sliding&amp;quot; a

Tony Blair flies into the Mozambique capital, Maputo, warning fellow world leaders there could be "no back-sliding" a