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Sourou-Migan Apithy is elected president of Dahomey (renamed Benin in 1975).

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Leonard Malatsi Kalane, past editor of several newspapers and current executive director of Rapport &amp; City Press Media in J

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Sudan joins Arab League as ninth member.

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A government commission is appointed to inquire into and report on all aspects of native education.

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Kassala, on the Sudan-Eritrean border, is retaken by the British as Major General William Platt begins an offensive against Ita

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WW2: The 1st SA Division enters Abyssinia from the south.

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Barend J. du Plessis, former South African minister of finance, is born in Johannesburg.

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General J.B.M. Hertzog, as leader of the Opposition, announces he will introduce a motion calling on the Union of South Africa

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The Teachers’ Training College in Oudtshoorn becomes an independent institution.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: A cannon, known as ‘Long Cecil’, and named after Cecil John Rhodes, is fired for the first time at Boer force

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Mafeking siege: Gen. J.P. Snyman sends a starving group of Black women, who have been encouraged by the Briti

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The Huguenot Seminary, well-known school for girls, opens in Wellington, CC.

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The Cape becomes British territory for the second time, when conditions of surrender at Blaauberg (11 days previously), is conf

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Anton Rupert, industrial giant of South Africa and founder of the Rembrandt group, dies at the age of 89 in Stellenbosch.

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President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is assassinated by a member of his bodyguard.

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South Africa beats the West Indian Cricket team with 346 runs on Centurion Park, Pretoria, and wins thereby the series 5-0. Jac

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Heated discussion occurs at a cabinet meeting and President Mandela casts doubt on the commitment of second Deputy President F.

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President P.W. Botha suffers a stroke.

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Troops in the Central African Republic suppress a youth led riot against the imposition of school uniforms.

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The KwaZulu government issues a document signed by all six Executive Councillors inviting the South African government to test

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The Lesotho government invites all South African political refugees to make formal application to leave the country, to indicat

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It is reported in New York that a fierce attack on South Africa’s apartheid policies and its control of South-West Africa has b

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Sir Evelyn Baring, Governor of Kenya, imposes a death penalty for all those who organise the taking of the Mau Mau oath.

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Dr Andrew Murray, noted South African clergyman and educationist, dies in Wellington at the age of 88.

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The German battleship &quot;Habicht&quot; lands at Swakopmund, bringing fresh German troops who proceed into the interior under

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Comdt Gideon Scheepers is executed by a firing squad near Graaff-Reinet after being found guilty by a British military court on

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Mafeking siege: Two Black cattle-herds are captured and summarily executed at Mafeking by burghers, in acco

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Janssens, governor of the Cape, capitulates with the last of the defending force, after which the second British occupation of

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Death of Abraham Josias Sluysken (62), commander at the Cape.

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Jan van Riebeeck (57) dies in Batavia.

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Sourou-Migan Apithy is elected president of Dahomey (renamed Benin in 1975).

Leonard Malatsi Kalane, past editor of several newspapers and current executive director of Rapport &amp;amp; City Press Media in J

Sudan joins Arab League as ninth member.

A government commission is appointed to inquire into and report on all aspects of native education.

Kassala, on the Sudan-Eritrean border, is retaken by the British as Major General William Platt begins an offensive against Ita

WW2: The 1st SA Division enters Abyssinia from the south.

Barend J. du Plessis, former South African minister of finance, is born in Johannesburg.

General J.B.M. Hertzog, as leader of the Opposition, announces he will introduce a motion calling on the Union of South Africa

The Teachers’ Training College in Oudtshoorn becomes an independent institution.

Anglo-Boer War 2: A cannon, known as ‘Long Cecil’, and named after Cecil John Rhodes, is fired for the first time at Boer force

Anglo-Boer War 2: Mafeking siege: Gen. J.P. Snyman sends a starving group of Black women, who have been encouraged by the Briti

The Huguenot Seminary, well-known school for girls, opens in Wellington, CC.

The Cape becomes British territory for the second time, when conditions of surrender at Blaauberg (11 days previously), is conf

Anton Rupert, industrial giant of South Africa and founder of the Rembrandt group, dies at the age of 89 in Stellenbosch.

President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is assassinated by a member of his bodyguard.

South Africa beats the West Indian Cricket team with 346 runs on Centurion Park, Pretoria, and wins thereby the series 5-0. Jac

Heated discussion occurs at a cabinet meeting and President Mandela casts doubt on the commitment of second Deputy President F.

President P.W. Botha suffers a stroke.

Troops in the Central African Republic suppress a youth led riot against the imposition of school uniforms.

The KwaZulu government issues a document signed by all six Executive Councillors inviting the South African government to test

The Lesotho government invites all South African political refugees to make formal application to leave the country, to indicat

It is reported in New York that a fierce attack on South Africa’s apartheid policies and its control of South-West Africa has b

Sir Evelyn Baring, Governor of Kenya, imposes a death penalty for all those who organise the taking of the Mau Mau oath.

Dr Andrew Murray, noted South African clergyman and educationist, dies in Wellington at the age of 88.

The German battleship &amp;quot;Habicht&amp;quot; lands at Swakopmund, bringing fresh German troops who proceed into the interior under

Comdt Gideon Scheepers is executed by a firing squad near Graaff-Reinet after being found guilty by a British military court on

Anglo-Boer War 2: Mafeking siege: Two Black cattle-herds are captured and summarily executed at Mafeking by burghers, in acco

Janssens, governor of the Cape, capitulates with the last of the defending force, after which the second British occupation of

Death of Abraham Josias Sluysken (62), commander at the Cape.

Jan van Riebeeck (57) dies in Batavia.

Leonard Malatsi Kalane, past editor of several newspapers and current executive director of Rapport & City Press Media in J

The German battleship "Habicht" lands at Swakopmund, bringing fresh German troops who proceed into the interior under