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Thembi Shange Nobadula portrait

Thembi Shange Nobadula

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Helen Joseph, who has been under a series of banning orders since she became the first South African to be placed under house a

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World War 2: North Africa. US Army Air Force planes see action for the first time in North Africa, bombing German military posi

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The United States withdraws the last of three C-130 transport planes sent to Congo in July to help the Kinshasa government airl

Abdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat portrait

Abdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat

Lewis Baker portrait

Lewis Baker

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Several attacks take place on IFP members in Nyaninga, near Table Mountain. Mr Mfasheni Mkhize (56), Ntinini Mkhize (41) and Vu

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Funeral service of Rivonia trialist and MK cadre Wilton Mkwayi takes place in King William’s Town. He was awarded this honour

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An ANC car bomb attack directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command, takes place in Quartz Street, Johannesburg. One pers

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The attack on Fort Itala, occupied by the British, takes place with the British force retreating after fierce

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The Battle of Blaauwberg takes place, and part of the defending force capitulates two days later. Cape Governor Janssens and th

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The Battle of Wagon Hill (Platrand), south of Ladysmith, takes place, in which the Boer forces make an unsuccessful attempt to

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Forces of the British South Africa Company force Matabele King Lobengula, son of Mzilikazi, to flee his Great Place in Bulawayo

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One-day general strike takes place in Port Elizabeth to protest police attacks in Kimberley and East London which resulted in t

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The first meeting of the League of Nations takes place in Paris, with Pres. Woodrow Wilson of the USA as chairman.

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The battles of Reddersburg, where the Boers under Gen. De Wet defeat the Royal Irish Rifles, and Mostertshoek, take place. Brit

Rodger Bosch portrait

Rodger Bosch

… of human rights, environmental, and other social issues in places as far afield as Chad, Angola, Ethiopia and India. …

Boy Seopa portrait

Boy Seopa

Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana) portrait

Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)

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The plight of an indigenous community in South Africa, the San, is placed in the spotlight with the launch of a report by the S

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News 24 reports that the all-girls choir of Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool in Pretoria won first place and gold in the folklore w

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The Battle of Ulundi, decisive battle during the Zulu War, takes place with the British forces gaining the upper hand and Cetsh

Speech of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Funeral of King Xolilizwe Sigcawu: Nqadu Great Place, 14 January 2006

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The first of the four Old Mutual Soweto Marathon Schools Challenge races takes place at Kagiso, in Soweto, with close to 1 500

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After years of bloody civil war the first multi-party elections in forty years takes place in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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The biggest gathering of world leaders in history takes place at the United Nations Millennium Summit in New York 150 heads of

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The first general election in the Union of South Africa takes place. General Louis Botha becomes first Prime Minister of the Un

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Bergendal or Dalmanutha on the Rand takes place, with the Republican forces falling back at nig

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The first church meeting of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk takes place. The Rev. Dirk van der Hoff is appointed as first minis

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The battle of Roodewal Siding takes place near Koppies, OFS. Gen. De Wet and eighty men attack two comp