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President Samora Machel of Mozambique declares solidarity with the plight of the South African people, as a reaction to the mas

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An Israeli fighter pilot shoots down a Libyan aircraft over the Sinai Desert. Seventy-four passengers and crewmembers die.

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Ouneas (Pakes) Dikgetsi, MEC for Housing and Local Government, Northern Cape Provincial Government and founder member of the Un

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South Africa’s currency is decimalised three years after approval by parliament.

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German 5th Light Division, Rommel’s Afrika Corps, arrive at Tripoli.

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Nationalists are stunned by the announcement of seven points according to which Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog is willing to cooperate wit

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King Faud is offered $10 million by John D. Rockerfeller for a museum in Egypt.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Buller starts his fourth attempt to relieve Ladysmith, Natal. The British withdraw from their positions

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Julius Louis Saks, optometrist who received several awards, including the award of Honorary Life Fellowship of the Academy by t

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Charles Shaw is appointed health inspector of the Johannesburg diggers community.

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Pres. Paul Kruger undertakes his first official visit of two days to Johannesburg.

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Henry Charles Christopher (Harry) Wolhuter, game ranger in the Sabi Game Reserve (later Kruger National Park) from 1902-1946, i

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Natal is proclaimed a Voortrekker Republic with the Umzimvubu River as southern border, the Black Mfolozi (including St. Lucia

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Dingane, stripped of his kingship after he and his Zulu warriors are vanquished at the battle of Magongo at the Umkuzi River, f

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Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff assumes governorship at the Cape. Graaff-Reinet is named after him and his wife.

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Anton Anreith, SA sculptor, is born in Riegel, the Netherlands.

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The Star reports the first human embryos were cloned by a team of South Korean researchers under leadership of Woo Suk Hwang.

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In a public repudiation of Mugabe’s designs on expanding his presidential powers and expropriating White-owned farms, Zimbabwea

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Osama bin Laden, the Saudi millionaire suspected of being behind the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, is reporte

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South African envoy, Parks Makahlana, mediating in the Lockerbie case, reports, “all issues have now been resolved”. UK Prime M

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Nigerian-led peacekeepers trying to oust Sierra Leone’s military government capture the parliament building in Freetown.

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A Pilate aeroplane crashes into a mountain close to Nairobi, Kenya. Nine South Africans, including the aviation photographer He

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The first test match between SA and Pakistan starts a day late after the alleged mugging of two Pakistani players in Sandton.

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Rebels under Laurent Kabila take Zairian town of Faradje while advancing on country’s third largest city, Kisangani.

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Finance Minister Chris Liebenberg announces that the 1995-96 Budget deficit will be R30.1 billion or 6 per cent of G.D.P.

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Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology and ANC Women’s League president Winnie Mandela is accused of misusing

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Somali gunmen kidnap two Italian aid workers and an Egyptian UN peacekeeper is killed.

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Angolan government troops break into Unita rebel-held highlands in an attempt to open a supply corridor to the embattled city o

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Newspapers headlines a revitalised, reconciliated ANC-NP emerging from its most recent bosberaad, with a format for a governmen

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Minister of Home Affairs Gene Louw announces that race classification for newborn babies and immigrants has ceased with immedia

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President Samora Machel of Mozambique declares solidarity with the plight of the South African people, as a reaction to the mas

An Israeli fighter pilot shoots down a Libyan aircraft over the Sinai Desert. Seventy-four passengers and crewmembers die.

Ouneas (Pakes) Dikgetsi, MEC for Housing and Local Government, Northern Cape Provincial Government and founder member of the Un

South Africa’s currency is decimalised three years after approval by parliament.

German 5th Light Division, Rommel’s Afrika Corps, arrive at Tripoli.

Nationalists are stunned by the announcement of seven points according to which Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog is willing to cooperate wit

King Faud is offered $10 million by John D. Rockerfeller for a museum in Egypt.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Buller starts his fourth attempt to relieve Ladysmith, Natal. The British withdraw from their positions

Julius Louis Saks, optometrist who received several awards, including the award of Honorary Life Fellowship of the Academy by t

Charles Shaw is appointed health inspector of the Johannesburg diggers community.

Pres. Paul Kruger undertakes his first official visit of two days to Johannesburg.

Henry Charles Christopher (Harry) Wolhuter, game ranger in the Sabi Game Reserve (later Kruger National Park) from 1902-1946, i

Natal is proclaimed a Voortrekker Republic with the Umzimvubu River as southern border, the Black Mfolozi (including St. Lucia

Dingane, stripped of his kingship after he and his Zulu warriors are vanquished at the battle of Magongo at the Umkuzi River, f

Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff assumes governorship at the Cape. Graaff-Reinet is named after him and his wife.

Anton Anreith, SA sculptor, is born in Riegel, the Netherlands.

The Star reports the first human embryos were cloned by a team of South Korean researchers under leadership of Woo Suk Hwang.

In a public repudiation of Mugabe’s designs on expanding his presidential powers and expropriating White-owned farms, Zimbabwea

Osama bin Laden, the Saudi millionaire suspected of being behind the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, is reporte

South African envoy, Parks Makahlana, mediating in the Lockerbie case, reports, “all issues have now been resolved”. UK Prime M

Nigerian-led peacekeepers trying to oust Sierra Leone’s military government capture the parliament building in Freetown.

A Pilate aeroplane crashes into a mountain close to Nairobi, Kenya. Nine South Africans, including the aviation photographer He

The first test match between SA and Pakistan starts a day late after the alleged mugging of two Pakistani players in Sandton.

Rebels under Laurent Kabila take Zairian town of Faradje while advancing on country’s third largest city, Kisangani.

Finance Minister Chris Liebenberg announces that the 1995-96 Budget deficit will be R30.1 billion or 6 per cent of G.D.P.

Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology and ANC Women’s League president Winnie Mandela is accused of misusing

Somali gunmen kidnap two Italian aid workers and an Egyptian UN peacekeeper is killed.

Angolan government troops break into Unita rebel-held highlands in an attempt to open a supply corridor to the embattled city o

Newspapers headlines a revitalised, reconciliated ANC-NP emerging from its most recent bosberaad, with a format for a governmen

Minister of Home Affairs Gene Louw announces that race classification for newborn babies and immigrants has ceased with immedia