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Gunmen in Johannesburg kill twenty-one Black commuters.

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South Africa signs agreement with Israel on co-operation in the field of agriculture.

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A two-day follow-up conference on Educational Assistance to disadvantaged South Africans is organised in New York by the United

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Thirteen residents of Mofolo die in an attack by IFP members.

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Twenty-three IFP supporters die in Thokoza when three gunmen open fire on an IFP march.

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Twenty-six residents of Tladi, Soweto, die in a night attack by vigilantes.

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ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela warns that if the SA government fails to take effective steps to end the current violence i

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Margaret Mary Smith, artist and ichthyologist, dies in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. She illustrated the book of her husband, Prof

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Diplomatic office of ANC in Stockholm bombed.

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The Lesotho government announces that an undisclosed number of South African refugees have decided voluntarily to withdraw from

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Ruth Elizabeth Arndt, pre-school educationist, dies in Pretoria.

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Prime Minister B.J. Vorster announces the arrest of a fully trained KGB agent, Yuri N. Loginov, in Johannesburg. He is on a spe

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It is officially disclosed that South African police are in Rhodesia actively helping in the fight against Nationalist guerrill

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Zingile Alfred Dingane, MEC for Finance, Expenditure and Economic Affairs, Free State Provincial Government and leader of sever

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Thomas Mokopu Mofolo, Basuto author who tried to capture the customs and spirit of the African people, dies in Teyateyaneng, Ba

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Mario Schiess, SA playwright and director, is born.

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Samuel Cronwright-Schreiner, (73), husband of SA author Olive Schreiner, dies in Rondebosch, Cape Town.

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General Louis Botha announces the South African government’s decision to carry the war into German South West Africa.

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Count Sydney Charles Buxton becomes the second governor-general of the Union of South Africa.

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Kalie Heese, DRC minister and academic, is born.

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H.F. Verwoerd, future SA prime minister and architect of apartheid, is born in the Netherlands.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Buller, with 12,000 men and forty-eight guns, attack Gen. Botha’s position at Paardeplaats, near Lyden

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Digging for gold is officially authorised and fortune hunters flock to the Witwatersrand.

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William Storey Bridekirk, printer and publisher, dies in Cape Town.

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King William IV is crowned as king of Great Britain and the British Colonies.

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The first recorded appearance of Halley’s Comet in the southern hemisphere is entered in the diary of the Cape governor.

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International Literacy Day.

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Well-known Blue Bull rugby player, Ettienne Botha, is killed in an accident on the N1 freeway.

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Mark Thatcher is served with a subpoena by the SA government to answer questions, following Pretoria’s agreement to assist Equa

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President Thabo Mbeki leads a South African delegation in a two-day meeting with representatives of the Israeli Likud Party at

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Gunmen in Johannesburg kill twenty-one Black commuters.

South Africa signs agreement with Israel on co-operation in the field of agriculture.

A two-day follow-up conference on Educational Assistance to disadvantaged South Africans is organised in New York by the United

Thirteen residents of Mofolo die in an attack by IFP members.

Twenty-three IFP supporters die in Thokoza when three gunmen open fire on an IFP march.

Twenty-six residents of Tladi, Soweto, die in a night attack by vigilantes.

ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela warns that if the SA government fails to take effective steps to end the current violence i

Margaret Mary Smith, artist and ichthyologist, dies in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. She illustrated the book of her husband, Prof

Diplomatic office of ANC in Stockholm bombed.

The Lesotho government announces that an undisclosed number of South African refugees have decided voluntarily to withdraw from

Ruth Elizabeth Arndt, pre-school educationist, dies in Pretoria.

Prime Minister B.J. Vorster announces the arrest of a fully trained KGB agent, Yuri N. Loginov, in Johannesburg. He is on a spe

It is officially disclosed that South African police are in Rhodesia actively helping in the fight against Nationalist guerrill

Zingile Alfred Dingane, MEC for Finance, Expenditure and Economic Affairs, Free State Provincial Government and leader of sever

Thomas Mokopu Mofolo, Basuto author who tried to capture the customs and spirit of the African people, dies in Teyateyaneng, Ba

Mario Schiess, SA playwright and director, is born.

Samuel Cronwright-Schreiner, (73), husband of SA author Olive Schreiner, dies in Rondebosch, Cape Town.

General Louis Botha announces the South African government’s decision to carry the war into German South West Africa.

Count Sydney Charles Buxton becomes the second governor-general of the Union of South Africa.

Kalie Heese, DRC minister and academic, is born.

H.F. Verwoerd, future SA prime minister and architect of apartheid, is born in the Netherlands.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Buller, with 12,000 men and forty-eight guns, attack Gen. Botha’s position at Paardeplaats, near Lyden

Digging for gold is officially authorised and fortune hunters flock to the Witwatersrand.

William Storey Bridekirk, printer and publisher, dies in Cape Town.

King William IV is crowned as king of Great Britain and the British Colonies.

The first recorded appearance of Halley’s Comet in the southern hemisphere is entered in the diary of the Cape governor.

International Literacy Day.

Well-known Blue Bull rugby player, Ettienne Botha, is killed in an accident on the N1 freeway.

Mark Thatcher is served with a subpoena by the SA government to answer questions, following Pretoria’s agreement to assist Equa

President Thabo Mbeki leads a South African delegation in a two-day meeting with representatives of the Israeli Likud Party at