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Walter Sisulu, together with a number of listed persons and members of the ANC, attend a secret meeting where plans are discuss

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Asiatic Land Tenure (and Indian Representation) Act No 28, granting Indians separate representation by three White members of P

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The Allied Forces land on the beach of Normandy in the largest sea and air operation in the military history of the world.

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Duke Ketye, SA artist, is born in Orlando East, Soweto. After matriculation he studied art with Sister Pientia Selhorst and Sis

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Anthony Mnoneleli Bam, current professor of economic development studies and member of several Black empowerment boards, is bor

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Nganani Enos John Mabuza, Chief Executive Councillor of KaNgwane, 1977, is born at Sheba Gold Mine, Barberton.

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Joyce Barker, SA soprano, is born in Mooi River, Natal.

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Winston Joseph Field, Rhodesian premier in 1962, is born in Bromsgrove, England.

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Sir Henry Binns (61), sugar cane farmer, founder of the Umhlanga Valley Sugar Estate Company and Natal politician, dies in Piet

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The Orange Free State Volksraad adopts a motion supporting President Kruger’s franchise proposals at the Bloemfontein Conferenc

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Jacobus Johannes (Jim) Fouché is born in Wepener in the OFS.

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The first church meeting of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk takes place. The Rev. Dirk van der Hoff is appointed as first minis

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Bernert Willemsz Wijlant, the first White baby, is born at the Cape.

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Bartolomeu Dias erects the second padrão, that of St. Philip, at Cape Maclear, west of Cape Point, on his return journey. v.

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The SABC launches Africa’s first news channel, aimed at providing an African perspective on domestic and international stories.

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During a sitting in Boksburg, the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) reaches a compromise regarding the position of gays.

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A human leg falls from a South African Airways plane on to a suburban New York home as the aircraft prepares to land at John F

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News 24 announces that SA broke the Zimbabwean boycott in March this year. Armscor has sold spare parts to the value of more th

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Pasteur Bizimungu, Rwanda’s post-genocide president, is sentenced to fifteen years in jail for embezzlement and inciting violen

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The ANC (266 seats) wins the second democratic election. The Democratic Party (38 seats) is the new official opposition, fo

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Hundreds of foreigners, including three SA businessmen, flee from Eritrea after a frontier dispute with Ethiopia leads to bombi

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Foreigners flee heavy fighting between rival militias in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.

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After two months of genocide, the United States agrees to a UN peacekeeping mission to Rwanda after receiving assurances that U

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Zahi Hawass and fellow Egyptologists announce the discovery of a workers’ cemetery and village just beyond Heit el-Shorab (the

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Several Lesotho army officers are arrested after attempting a counter-coup to reinstate Major-General Metsing Lekhanya, ousted

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Phanuel Molaudzi, Rose Kota and Darkmore Tshabalala, members of the ANC and SACP, are gunned down on a train in Soweto.

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Abel Molokwane (31), executive member of Brits Action Committee, is shot dead in Oukasie, Western Transvaal by unknown gunmen.

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Pres. F.W. de Klerk lifts the state of emergency in SA.

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The young girl Joan Horn disappears mysteriously in Pretoria. It is believed that her disappearance is connected to the activit

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US company Goodyear, South Africa’s biggest tyre manufacturer, sells its local operations for R178-million. The operation will

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Walter Sisulu, together with a number of listed persons and members of the ANC, attend a secret meeting where plans are discuss

Asiatic Land Tenure (and Indian Representation) Act No 28, granting Indians separate representation by three White members of P

The Allied Forces land on the beach of Normandy in the largest sea and air operation in the military history of the world.

Duke Ketye, SA artist, is born in Orlando East, Soweto. After matriculation he studied art with Sister Pientia Selhorst and Sis

Anthony Mnoneleli Bam, current professor of economic development studies and member of several Black empowerment boards, is bor

Nganani Enos John Mabuza, Chief Executive Councillor of KaNgwane, 1977, is born at Sheba Gold Mine, Barberton.

Joyce Barker, SA soprano, is born in Mooi River, Natal.

Winston Joseph Field, Rhodesian premier in 1962, is born in Bromsgrove, England.

Sir Henry Binns (61), sugar cane farmer, founder of the Umhlanga Valley Sugar Estate Company and Natal politician, dies in Piet

The Orange Free State Volksraad adopts a motion supporting President Kruger’s franchise proposals at the Bloemfontein Conferenc

Jacobus Johannes (Jim) Fouché is born in Wepener in the OFS.

The first church meeting of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk takes place. The Rev. Dirk van der Hoff is appointed as first minis

Bernert Willemsz Wijlant, the first White baby, is born at the Cape.

Bartolomeu Dias erects the second padrão, that of St. Philip, at Cape Maclear, west of Cape Point, on his return journey. v.

The SABC launches Africa’s first news channel, aimed at providing an African perspective on domestic and international stories.

During a sitting in Boksburg, the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) reaches a compromise regarding the position of gays.

A human leg falls from a South African Airways plane on to a suburban New York home as the aircraft prepares to land at John F

News 24 announces that SA broke the Zimbabwean boycott in March this year. Armscor has sold spare parts to the value of more th

Pasteur Bizimungu, Rwanda’s post-genocide president, is sentenced to fifteen years in jail for embezzlement and inciting violen

The ANC (266 seats) wins the second democratic election. The Democratic Party (38 seats) is the new official opposition, fo

Hundreds of foreigners, including three SA businessmen, flee from Eritrea after a frontier dispute with Ethiopia leads to bombi

Foreigners flee heavy fighting between rival militias in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.

After two months of genocide, the United States agrees to a UN peacekeeping mission to Rwanda after receiving assurances that U

Zahi Hawass and fellow Egyptologists announce the discovery of a workers’ cemetery and village just beyond Heit el-Shorab (the

Several Lesotho army officers are arrested after attempting a counter-coup to reinstate Major-General Metsing Lekhanya, ousted

Phanuel Molaudzi, Rose Kota and Darkmore Tshabalala, members of the ANC and SACP, are gunned down on a train in Soweto.

Abel Molokwane (31), executive member of Brits Action Committee, is shot dead in Oukasie, Western Transvaal by unknown gunmen.

Pres. F.W. de Klerk lifts the state of emergency in SA.

The young girl Joan Horn disappears mysteriously in Pretoria. It is believed that her disappearance is connected to the activit

US company Goodyear, South Africa’s biggest tyre manufacturer, sells its local operations for R178-million. The operation will