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Baron Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg, Cape governor, reaches a bay near Melkhoutkraal which he names Plettenberg Bay and where
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Ethiopian King Haile Selassie urges his countrymen to fight to the last man against the invading Italian army.
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Johannes Hendrikus (Jan) Stander, champion of Afrikaans, deputy director of education in Natal, founder of the Afrikaner Club a
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Prof. Maria van der Lingen Fismer (63), first full professor in music at the University of Stellenbosch, dies.
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Hjalmar Reitz, eldest son of Pres. F.W. Reitz and MP for Brits and Jeppe, is born in Bloemfontein.
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A young man on horseback races through the streets of Stellenbosch shouting “Victorie! Victorie!” – the sign that the burgher
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Seventh-Day Adventist Pastor Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, 78, and his son Gerard Ntakirutimana, 45, a doctor, are convicted of geno
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Robert Sobukwe, President of the Pan Africanist Congress, Kitchener Leballo, its national secretary, and 11 others are charged
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Jan Egeland, the United Nations’ relief co-ordinator, announces in Geneva that conflict and preventable disease have triggered
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Sen. François S. Malan, editor of Die Patriot and founder of the FAK, is born at Bovlei near Wellington.
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Dr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, politician and former leader of the Progressive Federal Party, is born in Pretoria.
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The Sand River Convention, under which Britain renounces all claims to authority beyond the Vaal River, is signed.
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Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg is appointed president of the ZAR, a position that he occupies for seven months.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The British War Office informs the White colonies that they can contribute volunteers, preferably infantry.
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Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, wins the Rhodesian general election with 80 percent of the overwhelmingly White electo
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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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Thomas Charles John Bain, road engineer and geologist and son of Andrew Bain, is born in Graaff-Reinet.
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Cyprian Bhekuzulu Nyangayezizwe KaDinuzulu, fourth son of Solomon KaDinuzulu and Paramount Chief of the Zulus for twenty years,
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Nicholaas (Nicolaas) Waterboer, Griqua chief of Griquatown and eldest son of Andries Waterboer and his wife Gertruida Pienaar,
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Foreign Minister Roelof (Pik) Botha said that the South African Government (SAG) had accepted "in principle" the repo
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Jan Christoffel Berrangé, Cape clergyman and first moderator of the Dutch Reformed Synod, is born in Cape Town.
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Holy Communion is served at the Cape by residing pastor Johan (Joan) van Arckel for the first time.
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Speaking at a special news conference the Rhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, welcomes the participation of the South African
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A limpet-mine explosion kills a man outside a crowded centre in Northcliff, Johannesburg. Police suspect that the victim was ca
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The Rev. Gottlieb Wilhelm Anthonie van der Lingen, founder of the Paarl Gymnasium, is born in Cape Town.
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The Sultan of Egypt and his son Ashraf take Acre, the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land.
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Dr. Jan Steytler, leader of the Progressive Party, launches a nationwide protest campaign against the General Laws Amendment Bill
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The Sultan of Egypt and his son Ashraf take Acre, the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land.
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Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu, daughter of African National Congress veterans, Walter and Albertina Sisulu and Minister of Housing sin
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