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In Mozambique, twelve people are charged over a massive banking fraud, a case that was being investigated by murdered journalis

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SA gains 180 medals during the 7th All Africa Games that ends in Johannesburg; followed by Egypt with 156 and Nigeria with 128.

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Kevin Williams, member of a gang, dies in the regional court in Stellenbosch when his throat is cut while the court is in sessi

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Muslim extremists fire on a bus outside a museum in Cairo, killing ten people, mostly German tourists.

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Dr Mark Erdman and his wife, Arnaz Mehta, discovers a coelacanth in a fish market in Manado on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesi

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General Ronnie van der Westhuizen, head of the South African special investigations unit on political violence, says that twent

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SA signs a trade agreement with the government of Poland.

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William Ledwaba (16) is killed during a bomb attack on his home in Atteridgeville, Pretoria. 18 September, given as the date of

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South Africa’s Black gold miners today called off their first legal strike, which lasted just one day but, according to mine ow

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Egypt and Israel exchange rocket fire across Suez Canal.

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During a meeting with representatives of the nine member churches of the World Council of Churches in South Africa, Prime Minis

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Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad are admitted to the United Nations (UN), 105th-108th countries.

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Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations (UN) Secretary General, dies when his plane crashes under mysterious circumstances near Ndola

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Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburi, Minister of Communications of the Republic of South Africa since 17 June 1999 and former premier of th

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George Walker, co-discoverer with George Harrison of the gold reef of the Witwatersrand, dies in poverty in Krugersdorp.

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The notorious Foster gang under leadership of William Foster, who stole and raided from 1912 to 1914, commit suicide in Johanne

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WWI: A body of Active Citizen Force (A.C.F.) troops of the Union of SA, nearly 1 800 strong, lands at Lüderitsbucht (Angra P

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Brigadier-General Stephenson occupies Nelspruit without opposition and Lord Roberts transfers his headquarter

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The first British Army contingent from India embarks at Bombay for South Africa.

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Fox Odendaal, first president of the Performing Arts Council Transvaal, is born.

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War is barely averted when a British expedition to establish a route through Africa reaches an obscure Sudanese fort and finds

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The explorer John Speke (37), first White man to reach the origin of the Nile River, kills himself in a shooting accident.

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Prince Alfred Ernest Albert (16), second son of Queen Victoria opens the new building for the SA Library and Museum.

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Joachim Nikolaus von Dessin (57), secretary of the Orphan Chamber in Cape Town and collector of books and paintings, dies in Ca

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The Paralympic Games open in Athens, with Amakrokokroko table tennis star Rosabelle Riese carrying the SA flag and leading the

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South African house prices have been growing at the second fastest pace in the world over the last few years, according to The

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The ANC has come out the biggest winner in the municipal councillor floor-crossing period, notching up at least 290 councillors

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The South African Weather Service is officially launched by the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism to provide public

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The South African Gymnastics Federation announces in Johannesburg that the first ever National Gymnastic Games will be taking p

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Breyten Breytenbach receives the Hertzog Prize for his two poetry volumes, ‘Oorblyfsels: ‘n roudig’ and ‘Papierblom’.

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In Mozambique, twelve people are charged over a massive banking fraud, a case that was being investigated by murdered journalis

SA gains 180 medals during the 7th All Africa Games that ends in Johannesburg; followed by Egypt with 156 and Nigeria with 128.

Kevin Williams, member of a gang, dies in the regional court in Stellenbosch when his throat is cut while the court is in sessi

Muslim extremists fire on a bus outside a museum in Cairo, killing ten people, mostly German tourists.

Dr Mark Erdman and his wife, Arnaz Mehta, discovers a coelacanth in a fish market in Manado on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesi

General Ronnie van der Westhuizen, head of the South African special investigations unit on political violence, says that twent

SA signs a trade agreement with the government of Poland.

William Ledwaba (16) is killed during a bomb attack on his home in Atteridgeville, Pretoria. 18 September, given as the date of

South Africa’s Black gold miners today called off their first legal strike, which lasted just one day but, according to mine ow

Egypt and Israel exchange rocket fire across Suez Canal.

During a meeting with representatives of the nine member churches of the World Council of Churches in South Africa, Prime Minis

Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad are admitted to the United Nations (UN), 105th-108th countries.

Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations (UN) Secretary General, dies when his plane crashes under mysterious circumstances near Ndola

Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburi, Minister of Communications of the Republic of South Africa since 17 June 1999 and former premier of th

George Walker, co-discoverer with George Harrison of the gold reef of the Witwatersrand, dies in poverty in Krugersdorp.

The notorious Foster gang under leadership of William Foster, who stole and raided from 1912 to 1914, commit suicide in Johanne

WWI: A body of Active Citizen Force (A.C.F.) troops of the Union of SA, nearly 1 800 strong, lands at Lüderitsbucht (Angra P

Anglo-Boer War 2: Brigadier-General Stephenson occupies Nelspruit without opposition and Lord Roberts transfers his headquarter

Anglo-Boer War 2: The first British Army contingent from India embarks at Bombay for South Africa.

Fox Odendaal, first president of the Performing Arts Council Transvaal, is born.

War is barely averted when a British expedition to establish a route through Africa reaches an obscure Sudanese fort and finds

The explorer John Speke (37), first White man to reach the origin of the Nile River, kills himself in a shooting accident.

Prince Alfred Ernest Albert (16), second son of Queen Victoria opens the new building for the SA Library and Museum.

Joachim Nikolaus von Dessin (57), secretary of the Orphan Chamber in Cape Town and collector of books and paintings, dies in Ca

The Paralympic Games open in Athens, with Amakrokokroko table tennis star Rosabelle Riese carrying the SA flag and leading the

South African house prices have been growing at the second fastest pace in the world over the last few years, according to The

The ANC has come out the biggest winner in the municipal councillor floor-crossing period, notching up at least 290 councillors

The South African Weather Service is officially launched by the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism to provide public

The South African Gymnastics Federation announces in Johannesburg that the first ever National Gymnastic Games will be taking p

Breyten Breytenbach receives the Hertzog Prize for his two poetry volumes, ‘Oorblyfsels: ‘n roudig’ and ‘Papierblom’.