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Geoffrey Walter Ashton Chubb (71), SA cricket player in five test matches, dies in East London.

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Malawi switches over to a new decimal currency, with as unit the kwacha.

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Transkei Authorities Act No 6, setting in place mechanisms for the recognition of the Transkei government, commences.

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Full citizenship is conferred on all inhabitants of Portuguese territories, including Mozambique and Angola.

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Fathima Dada, publisher and Chief Executive of Maskew Miller Longman Education, is born in Pietermaritzburg.

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World War 2: East Africa. The South African Air Force flying out from Kenya bombs Italian bases in Somaliland.

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Sir Charles Patrick John Coghlan (64), first premier of Southern Rhodesia, dies.

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William (Bloke) Modisane, journalist, writer and actor is born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He died in 1986 in Dortmund, West G

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The second Pan-African Congress meets in London, Brussels &amp; Paris.

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Eli Weinberg, trade unionist and photographer, co-founder of i.a. The African Garment Workers’ Union in Cape Town, jailed and

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Dr Leander Starr Jameson announces the proposed colonial commission of inquiry into martial law in Cape Town.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: At a combined meeting of the Executive Councils of both Republics, President Steyn proposes that the 74-yea

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Presidents Steyn and Kruger move to Nelspruit.

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George Cary Hobson, SA author, is born in Graaff-Reinet district. Together with his brother, S.B. Hobson, they formed a uniqu

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Cetewayo (or Cetshwayo), last of the great Zulu kings, is captured by the British at the end of the Zulu wars.

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Maria Elizabeth Rothman (M.E.R.), South African author, is born in Swellendam, Cape.

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Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer arrives in Natal as lieutenant-governor.

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Victoria West is founded under the name Victoria after Queen Victoria.

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About 200 people drown when a north-western blows the Waterloo broadside on to the shore in Table Bay. Earlier on this day, the

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The bill for setting free the slaves in the British dominions receives the royal assent. Slavery is to cease at a certain date,

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Tjaart van der Walt, frontier farmer and field commandant who played an important role in the third frontier war against the co

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Explorer and navigator Vasco da Gama arrives in Lisbon after completing his voyage to India around the Cape of Good Hope.

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President Mbeki states at a media briefing in Cape Town, after a meeting of the African National Congress’s provincial executiv

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Zimbabwe acquits sixty-six of the suspected mercenaries of weapons offences charges but finds Simon Mann guilty of attempting t

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The Minister of Education, Prof. Kader Asmal, launches the South African History Project at the Old Fort in Johannesburg, aimin

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Nicolaas Georg (Klaas) Steytler (76), SA author and former editor of Die Huisgenoot, dies in Cape Town.

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The gold price falls to its lowest level in eighteen years when it is fixed on $278,50 in London.

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Seven armed Iraqi hijackers surrender aboard a Sudanese airliner at London’s Stansted Airport, ending a 16-hour drama that bega

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Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signs an agreement in Cairo to expand Palestinian autonomy from Gaza to the We

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Algeria closes its border with Morocco in an escalating dispute over the arrest of two Algerians accused of plotting to attack

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Geoffrey Walter Ashton Chubb (71), SA cricket player in five test matches, dies in East London.

Malawi switches over to a new decimal currency, with as unit the kwacha.

Transkei Authorities Act No 6, setting in place mechanisms for the recognition of the Transkei government, commences.

Full citizenship is conferred on all inhabitants of Portuguese territories, including Mozambique and Angola.

Fathima Dada, publisher and Chief Executive of Maskew Miller Longman Education, is born in Pietermaritzburg.

World War 2: East Africa. The South African Air Force flying out from Kenya bombs Italian bases in Somaliland.

Sir Charles Patrick John Coghlan (64), first premier of Southern Rhodesia, dies.

William (Bloke) Modisane, journalist, writer and actor is born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He died in 1986 in Dortmund, West G

The second Pan-African Congress meets in London, Brussels &amp;amp; Paris.

Eli Weinberg, trade unionist and photographer, co-founder of i.a. The African Garment Workers’ Union in Cape Town, jailed and

Dr Leander Starr Jameson announces the proposed colonial commission of inquiry into martial law in Cape Town.

Anglo-Boer War 2: At a combined meeting of the Executive Councils of both Republics, President Steyn proposes that the 74-yea

Anglo-Boer War 2: Presidents Steyn and Kruger move to Nelspruit.

George Cary Hobson, SA author, is born in Graaff-Reinet district. Together with his brother, S.B. Hobson, they formed a uniqu

Cetewayo (or Cetshwayo), last of the great Zulu kings, is captured by the British at the end of the Zulu wars.

Maria Elizabeth Rothman (M.E.R.), South African author, is born in Swellendam, Cape.

Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer arrives in Natal as lieutenant-governor.

Victoria West is founded under the name Victoria after Queen Victoria.

About 200 people drown when a north-western blows the Waterloo broadside on to the shore in Table Bay. Earlier on this day, the

The bill for setting free the slaves in the British dominions receives the royal assent. Slavery is to cease at a certain date,

Tjaart van der Walt, frontier farmer and field commandant who played an important role in the third frontier war against the co

Explorer and navigator Vasco da Gama arrives in Lisbon after completing his voyage to India around the Cape of Good Hope.

President Mbeki states at a media briefing in Cape Town, after a meeting of the African National Congress’s provincial executiv

Zimbabwe acquits sixty-six of the suspected mercenaries of weapons offences charges but finds Simon Mann guilty of attempting t

The Minister of Education, Prof. Kader Asmal, launches the South African History Project at the Old Fort in Johannesburg, aimin

Nicolaas Georg (Klaas) Steytler (76), SA author and former editor of Die Huisgenoot, dies in Cape Town.

The gold price falls to its lowest level in eighteen years when it is fixed on $278,50 in London.

Seven armed Iraqi hijackers surrender aboard a Sudanese airliner at London’s Stansted Airport, ending a 16-hour drama that bega

Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signs an agreement in Cairo to expand Palestinian autonomy from Gaza to the We

Algeria closes its border with Morocco in an escalating dispute over the arrest of two Algerians accused of plotting to attack

The second Pan-African Congress meets in London, Brussels & Paris.