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The largest three-day stay-away (5-7 June) in SA’s labour history up to this time starts, because of Black opposition to the La

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Nkosinathi S. Shabangu, SOSCO and Senoane Secondary School pupil, is shot dead in Soweto.

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Electoral Amendment Act No 7 commences.

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SA signs treaty with Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe relative to the establishment of the Limpopo Basin Permanent Technical C

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The Commissioner of Police reports a wave of bomb attacks on major government installations.

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Prime Minister P.W. Botha persuades a combined gathering of the Provincial and Parliamentary caucuses of the National Party to

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Constance Annie Nothard, nursing sister and recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, highest award of the International Red

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The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five gay men in California are suffering from a rare pneumonia found

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The Cape Supreme Court, sitting in Port Elizabeth, sets aside the 1973 election of Lennox Sebe and three other members of the C

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The Suez Canal is re-opened after eight years.

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A Bill is tabled in Parliament banning henceforth any merger between newspapers published in South Africa, unless authorised by

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SA signs a multilateral treaty on wheat trade.

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The Six Day War between Israel and its neighbouring countries Egypt, Jordan and Syria breaks out with Israel launching air stri

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The Constitution Amendment Bill of South Africa provides for an increase in the number of members of Parliament from 160 to 170

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A resolution to expel South Africa from the Universal Postal Union is approved by the Union’s congress in Vienna, by fifty-eigh

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Dr. Verwoerd says that the government has no intention of trying to incorporate Bechuanaland, Basutoland or Swaziland into Sout

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SA signs treaty with Great Britain on the release from the bound margin of preference of ten percent ad valorem on certain pres

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The monument at Delville Wood, unveiled on 10 October 1926 to honour the thousands of SA soldiers who were killed there during

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David Nthubu Koloane, SA artist, is born in Alexandra, Johannesburg. He received his art training at the Bill Ainslie Studi

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Sir James Hulett (90), politician and sugar magnate, dies in Berea, Durban.

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The Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation Act is accepted by the SA parliament, thereby paving the way for the founding of ISCO

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The Afrikaner-Broederbond, a confidential cultural organisation, is founded in Johannesburg by a group of young Afrikaners.

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Lord Kitchener drowns when the SS Hampshire sinks after being hit by a German mine near the Orkney Islands.

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Responsible government is promulgated in the Orange River Colony. News 24 gives the date self-government was granted as 1 July

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Anglo-Boer War 2: British troops enter Pretoria and Lord Roberts captures the capital of the ZAR.

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Negotiations at the Bloemfontein Conference between Sir Alfred Milner and President Paul Kruger end unsuccessfully.

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Under pressure from the British, the sultan of Zanzibar signs a treaty abolishing slavery.

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The name of De Beer’s New Rush is changed to Kimberley, in honour of the Earl of Kimberley, the British minister of colonies.

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Sir John Charles Molteno, first premier of the Cape Colony, is born in London.

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The expedition of August F. Beutler, who left the Castle in the Cape on 29 February, reaches the Keiskamma, near Lyndrift, East

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The largest three-day stay-away (5-7 June) in SA’s labour history up to this time starts, because of Black opposition to the La

Nkosinathi S. Shabangu, SOSCO and Senoane Secondary School pupil, is shot dead in Soweto.

Electoral Amendment Act No 7 commences.

SA signs treaty with Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe relative to the establishment of the Limpopo Basin Permanent Technical C

The Commissioner of Police reports a wave of bomb attacks on major government installations.

Prime Minister P.W. Botha persuades a combined gathering of the Provincial and Parliamentary caucuses of the National Party to

Constance Annie Nothard, nursing sister and recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, highest award of the International Red

The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five gay men in California are suffering from a rare pneumonia found

The Cape Supreme Court, sitting in Port Elizabeth, sets aside the 1973 election of Lennox Sebe and three other members of the C

The Suez Canal is re-opened after eight years.

A Bill is tabled in Parliament banning henceforth any merger between newspapers published in South Africa, unless authorised by

SA signs a multilateral treaty on wheat trade.

The Six Day War between Israel and its neighbouring countries Egypt, Jordan and Syria breaks out with Israel launching air stri

The Constitution Amendment Bill of South Africa provides for an increase in the number of members of Parliament from 160 to 170

A resolution to expel South Africa from the Universal Postal Union is approved by the Union’s congress in Vienna, by fifty-eigh

Dr. Verwoerd says that the government has no intention of trying to incorporate Bechuanaland, Basutoland or Swaziland into Sout

SA signs treaty with Great Britain on the release from the bound margin of preference of ten percent ad valorem on certain pres

The monument at Delville Wood, unveiled on 10 October 1926 to honour the thousands of SA soldiers who were killed there during

David Nthubu Koloane, SA artist, is born in Alexandra, Johannesburg. He received his art training at the Bill Ainslie Studi

Sir James Hulett (90), politician and sugar magnate, dies in Berea, Durban.

The Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation Act is accepted by the SA parliament, thereby paving the way for the founding of ISCO

The Afrikaner-Broederbond, a confidential cultural organisation, is founded in Johannesburg by a group of young Afrikaners.

Lord Kitchener drowns when the SS Hampshire sinks after being hit by a German mine near the Orkney Islands.

Responsible government is promulgated in the Orange River Colony. News 24 gives the date self-government was granted as 1 July

Anglo-Boer War 2: British troops enter Pretoria and Lord Roberts captures the capital of the ZAR.

Negotiations at the Bloemfontein Conference between Sir Alfred Milner and President Paul Kruger end unsuccessfully.

Under pressure from the British, the sultan of Zanzibar signs a treaty abolishing slavery.

The name of De Beer’s New Rush is changed to Kimberley, in honour of the Earl of Kimberley, the British minister of colonies.

Sir John Charles Molteno, first premier of the Cape Colony, is born in London.

The expedition of August F. Beutler, who left the Castle in the Cape on 29 February, reaches the Keiskamma, near Lyndrift, East