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Speaking at a ceremony to mark his tenth anniversary as Prime Minister, John Vorster admits that the country has problems, inte

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The SA rugby team beats New Zealand 14-3 in Port Elizabeth.

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Steve Hofmeyer, SA singer, is born.

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Lady Mary Bailey, daughter of Derrick Warner William Westenra and later wife of Sir Abe Bailey, Rand magnate and politician, di

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Prof. Johannes Cornelis van Rooy (64), educationist, rector of the University of Potchefstroom and president of the Federasie v

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World War 2: North Africa. The Suez Canal is targeted by an Italian air raid.

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More than 9 000 Egyptians die of cholera.

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The mayor of Cape Town, Thomas Ball, lays the corner stone of the Cape Town city hall, designed by architects Reid and Green fr

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The SA rugby team loses 3-9 in the third test against the British Isles.

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The SA rugby team plays the second test ever against the British Isles and loses 0-3 in Kimberley.

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Ndamase, son of Pondo chief Faku and first paramount chief of Western Pondoland, dies. In 1869 Governor Sir Philip Wodehouse at

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The Battle of Boomplaats, where the British under Governor Harry Smith conquer the Voortrekkers under Commandant Andries W. Pre

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Sir David Baird (71), British general and acting governor of the Cape, dies in Scotland.

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Abraham Faure, clergyman and author moving spirit behind the convocation of the first DRC synod in 1824, is born in Stellenbosc

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Tories accuse the Government of allowing UK troops to become victims as negotiations continue to free eleven soldiers held host

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Following facilitation by former president Nelson Mandela, the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement for Burundi is signed

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Nearly 300 people are killed in a single late-night altercation between the government and Islamic militants in Algeria.

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The United States denies Black nationalist leader Louis Farrakhan permission to accept a promised $1bn gift from Libya to help

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An agreement is signed for the sale of Anglo America’s almost 48 percent shareholding in Johnnies Industrial Corporation to the

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Workers in Nigeria’s key oil industry, air traffic controllers and others launch a strike in a bid to force out the military-ba

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The first four planes carrying US food aid reach Balet Huen, Somalia, as hundreds cheer.

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Washington Duke Sosibo, traditional headman and local IFP organiser, is shot dead as he leaves a local supermarket in Richmond,

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Johannesburg Star reported that Algeria called for normal relations with SA.

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South African companies donate twelve tons of food worth R100 000 to &quot;the people of Moscow&quot;.

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During a meeting in Livingstone, Zambia, President Kenneth Kaunda supports acting South African President F.W. de Klerk’s moves

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More than 10 000 Namibians attend a Windhoek rally to mark the anniversary of the start of SWAPO’s independence struggle.

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Students at Ciskei’s Fort Hare University go on a six-day boycott of classes following the detention of a fellow student, Sicel

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Faced with an increasingly critical and protest media that support the democratisation of South Africa, the Minister of Home Af

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Rioting (28-31 August) start after a Mandela march in Cape Town, in which thirty-one residents are killed in police action.

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Elections to the House of Delegates among the Indian community are marked by a low poll, protests, boycotts and active oppositi

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Speaking at a ceremony to mark his tenth anniversary as Prime Minister, John Vorster admits that the country has problems, inte

The SA rugby team beats New Zealand 14-3 in Port Elizabeth.

Steve Hofmeyer, SA singer, is born.

Lady Mary Bailey, daughter of Derrick Warner William Westenra and later wife of Sir Abe Bailey, Rand magnate and politician, di

Prof. Johannes Cornelis van Rooy (64), educationist, rector of the University of Potchefstroom and president of the Federasie v

World War 2: North Africa. The Suez Canal is targeted by an Italian air raid.

More than 9 000 Egyptians die of cholera.

The mayor of Cape Town, Thomas Ball, lays the corner stone of the Cape Town city hall, designed by architects Reid and Green fr

The SA rugby team loses 3-9 in the third test against the British Isles.

The SA rugby team plays the second test ever against the British Isles and loses 0-3 in Kimberley.

Ndamase, son of Pondo chief Faku and first paramount chief of Western Pondoland, dies. In 1869 Governor Sir Philip Wodehouse at

The Battle of Boomplaats, where the British under Governor Harry Smith conquer the Voortrekkers under Commandant Andries W. Pre

Sir David Baird (71), British general and acting governor of the Cape, dies in Scotland.

Abraham Faure, clergyman and author moving spirit behind the convocation of the first DRC synod in 1824, is born in Stellenbosc

Tories accuse the Government of allowing UK troops to become victims as negotiations continue to free eleven soldiers held host

Following facilitation by former president Nelson Mandela, the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement for Burundi is signed

Nearly 300 people are killed in a single late-night altercation between the government and Islamic militants in Algeria.

The United States denies Black nationalist leader Louis Farrakhan permission to accept a promised $1bn gift from Libya to help

An agreement is signed for the sale of Anglo America’s almost 48 percent shareholding in Johnnies Industrial Corporation to the

Workers in Nigeria’s key oil industry, air traffic controllers and others launch a strike in a bid to force out the military-ba

The first four planes carrying US food aid reach Balet Huen, Somalia, as hundreds cheer.

Washington Duke Sosibo, traditional headman and local IFP organiser, is shot dead as he leaves a local supermarket in Richmond,

Johannesburg Star reported that Algeria called for normal relations with SA.

South African companies donate twelve tons of food worth R100 000 to &amp;quot;the people of Moscow&amp;quot;.

During a meeting in Livingstone, Zambia, President Kenneth Kaunda supports acting South African President F.W. de Klerk’s moves

More than 10 000 Namibians attend a Windhoek rally to mark the anniversary of the start of SWAPO’s independence struggle.

Students at Ciskei’s Fort Hare University go on a six-day boycott of classes following the detention of a fellow student, Sicel

Faced with an increasingly critical and protest media that support the democratisation of South Africa, the Minister of Home Af

Rioting (28-31 August) start after a Mandela march in Cape Town, in which thirty-one residents are killed in police action.

Elections to the House of Delegates among the Indian community are marked by a low poll, protests, boycotts and active oppositi

South African companies donate twelve tons of food worth R100 000 to "the people of Moscow".