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Births and Deaths Registration Act No 51 commences.

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Value added Tax (VAT) replaces general sales tax.

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Telkom South Africa Limited officially comes into being and is incorporated as a company with the State as sole shareholder.

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Aliens Control Act No 96, replacing all previous legislation regarding foreigners entering, leaving or being resident in the co

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Chief Sabata Dalindyebo is reburied in the Transkei in a funeral attended by 40 000 people. He died in self-imposed exile in Za

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The South African Police (SAP) take over control of the municipal police. The aim is to render a better service to the communit

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President F.W. de Klerk vehemently denies any direct or indirect talks between the African National Congress (ANC) leaders and

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Coloured schools are re-opened as a result of parents and students having staged a re-occupation of the schools, closed since 6

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A report compiled by the Detainees’ Parents Support Committee provides detailed evidence of systematic torture as an integral f

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Civilian rule is restored in Nigeria.

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Industrial Conciliation Amendment Act No 94 commences, permitting certain Blacks, excluded under the 1953 Act, to join unions.

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Labour Relations Act, Labour Act No 14 setting out further requirements for labour in Transkei and Wage Act No 15, providing fo

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France confirms that it is selling two new combat submarines to South Africa, to help SA to protect the oil route round the Cap

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Dozens are crushed in crowded Cairo streets as millions of Egyptians mourn the death of President Abdel Nasser.

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Nigeria, which gained independence on October 1, 1960, becomes an independent republic within the Commonwealth.

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A unique referendum in British Cameroon is carried out with support from UN. The Northern part of British Cameroon votes to joi

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Nigeria is granted full independence as a federation of three regions (northern, western, and eastern) under a constitution tha

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Youssou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.

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Walter Sisulu attends a function (1-2 October) in Orlando in honour of Lillian Ngoyi, recently returned from Russia.

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The British colonial government in Kenya enact emergency measures to combat the growing threat from the Mau Mau.

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The separate Department of Social Welfare is created to take over the welfare functions of other state departments, a step advo

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The first number of Die Transvaler, with H.F. Verwoerd as editor, is published in Johannesburg.

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Prof. Christiaan Engelbertus (Chris) Lampbrecht, choir master and adaptor of SA folk music, is born in Bloemfontein.

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Southern Rhodesia becomes a self-governing colony.

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Prof Petrus Johannes Nienaber, author and expert in literature, and collector of two complete sets of Afrikaans books, is born

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Dr Albert Jan Jurie Wessels, author and founder of the Toyota motor company in SA, is born in the district of Boshof, OFS.

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Three people are injured on the railway line in Maitland, Cape Town, in what can be considered SA’s first serious motorcar acci

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The Town Council of Johannesburg is instituted.

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Pixley ka Isaka Seme (Pixley kaIsaka Seme, Isaac Seme), barrister and president of the ANC from 1930 to 1936, is born at a miss

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Fingoland and Indutywa are annexed to the Cape with Captain Matthew T. Blyth as first chief magistrate. The territory is called

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Births and Deaths Registration Act No 51 commences.

Value added Tax (VAT) replaces general sales tax.

Telkom South Africa Limited officially comes into being and is incorporated as a company with the State as sole shareholder.

Aliens Control Act No 96, replacing all previous legislation regarding foreigners entering, leaving or being resident in the co

Chief Sabata Dalindyebo is reburied in the Transkei in a funeral attended by 40 000 people. He died in self-imposed exile in Za

The South African Police (SAP) take over control of the municipal police. The aim is to render a better service to the communit

President F.W. de Klerk vehemently denies any direct or indirect talks between the African National Congress (ANC) leaders and

Coloured schools are re-opened as a result of parents and students having staged a re-occupation of the schools, closed since 6

A report compiled by the Detainees’ Parents Support Committee provides detailed evidence of systematic torture as an integral f

Civilian rule is restored in Nigeria.

Industrial Conciliation Amendment Act No 94 commences, permitting certain Blacks, excluded under the 1953 Act, to join unions.

Labour Relations Act, Labour Act No 14 setting out further requirements for labour in Transkei and Wage Act No 15, providing fo

France confirms that it is selling two new combat submarines to South Africa, to help SA to protect the oil route round the Cap

Dozens are crushed in crowded Cairo streets as millions of Egyptians mourn the death of President Abdel Nasser.

Nigeria, which gained independence on October 1, 1960, becomes an independent republic within the Commonwealth.

A unique referendum in British Cameroon is carried out with support from UN. The Northern part of British Cameroon votes to joi

Nigeria is granted full independence as a federation of three regions (northern, western, and eastern) under a constitution tha

Youssou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.

Walter Sisulu attends a function (1-2 October) in Orlando in honour of Lillian Ngoyi, recently returned from Russia.

The British colonial government in Kenya enact emergency measures to combat the growing threat from the Mau Mau.

The separate Department of Social Welfare is created to take over the welfare functions of other state departments, a step advo

The first number of Die Transvaler, with H.F. Verwoerd as editor, is published in Johannesburg.

Prof. Christiaan Engelbertus (Chris) Lampbrecht, choir master and adaptor of SA folk music, is born in Bloemfontein.

Southern Rhodesia becomes a self-governing colony.

Prof Petrus Johannes Nienaber, author and expert in literature, and collector of two complete sets of Afrikaans books, is born

Dr Albert Jan Jurie Wessels, author and founder of the Toyota motor company in SA, is born in the district of Boshof, OFS.

Three people are injured on the railway line in Maitland, Cape Town, in what can be considered SA’s first serious motorcar acci

The Town Council of Johannesburg is instituted.

Pixley ka Isaka Seme (Pixley kaIsaka Seme, Isaac Seme), barrister and president of the ANC from 1930 to 1936, is born at a miss

Fingoland and Indutywa are annexed to the Cape with Captain Matthew T. Blyth as first chief magistrate. The territory is called