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… The rugby match between SA and France ends in a tie with 20 each.  It is François …

… first broadcast on “Radio Freedom” from a secret hideout in SA. He urges the youth to join forces and continue …

… Allan Lewis (66), first official SA war artist and portrait painter of Sir Winston Churchill and Gen. J.C. Smuts, dies in Stell …

… The first Chinese arrive in SA to relieve the shortage of unskilled mineworkers.  Within …

… Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town.  He was a political prisoner …

… Jonathan Ayliff, SA lawyer and politician, brother of John and son of the Rev. John Ayliff, is born in Salem, Cape Province. …

… SA boxer Vic Toweel loses his world bantamweight title when he is knocked out by Australian Jimmy Carruthers in the first round …

… Robert Koch, German scientist who visited SA to investigate the causes of rinderpest, is born in Germany. He was awarded the No …

… John William Burchell arrives in England from an expedition to SA and St Helena, with 60 000 natural-historical samples and …

… SA signs declaration of intent with Flanders; signs agreement with the government of France on co-operation in the fields of ed …

… Dr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in …

… The SA government decides to abolish price control on petrol and other liquid fuel, which means that these products can in futu …

… The crew of a SA helicopter, which were arrested in Mozambique on their way …

… Sir John George Fraser, SA statesman and private secretary of Pres. J.H. Brand of the OFS, is born in Beaufort West, Karoo. …

… Sir Robert N. Kotze (82), SA mining engineer who did much for the promotion of safety in mines and who was mainly responsible f …

… SA golf player and world number three, Ernie Els, scores his second victory in seven days after his third Dubai Desert Classic …

… Joe Slovo, former secretary of the SA Communist Party and minister of housing, is born in Lithuania.  He died on 6 Jan. 1995. …

… At least fourteen children have contracted HIV in SA hospitals and researchers say it should be a ‘wake-up’ …

… Justice Sfiso Mkame, SA artist, is born in Durban.   As a child he drew on sand …

… Dr Abraham Johannes van der Merwe, SA church leader and leader of the Afrikaner community, is born in the district of Calvinia, …

… Brenda Fassi, SA diva, dies in her sleep. She was admitted to the …

… Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), died of pneumonia in Moscow, USSR. He left SA in 1931 to study in Moscow. The date of his death varies in … to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 |Political Profiles 1882 - …

… WWII:  The 1st SA Infantry Brigade is called up for continuous training, to be followed by other units, including the SA Artil …

… SA Air Force operation, Car bomb carnage in SA's worst-ever urban terror attack, Rand Daily Mail, 21 May …

… Turning points in modern South African History since 1948& In 1948 South … by Cecil John Rhodes), which the dominating notion that Black labour was cheaper to use in mines and on farms. It is … as transcending all barriers of race because the infinite consciousness has no colour, and that black and white people …

… 3: Ahmed Kathrada and Arun Gandhi - Gandhi Satyagraha Tour SA …

… De Kock alleges that SA secret agent shot Olaf Palme …

… SA signs agreement on co-operation with the Russian …

… Dr Stanley Makhosi Bhebhe, SA theologian and sociologist, is born. …