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The Star reports, after interviews with ANC leaders, that the ANC plans to increase military action to raise the sagging Black

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The moderator of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Professor Johan Heyns, tells a conference in Harare that the NGK no longer

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Train apartheid is scrapped in the Western Cape as the first part of a plan to eliminate discrimination on trains throughout th

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Dr. Piet Koornhof declares that, pending the implementation of the Orderly Movement and Settlement of Black Persons Bill, inter

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The South African Black Alliance (SABA) (7-8 June) condemns the proposed composition of the President’s Council and the nomin

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The Chief Executive Councillor of Kwazulu, Chief Buthelezi, condemns plans to consolidate Zululand in terms of the 1936 Trust a

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Israeli forces reach Suez Canal in Egypt, two days into Six-Day War.

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The Police Amendment Bill, passed unopposed, empowers the police to search without warrant any person or premises within one mi

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Phosphorous bombs are detonated at Algiers University by members of the Organisation de l’Armee Secrete (OAS), a secret (terror

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Pixley Seme (also called Pixley ka Isaka Seme), politician and co-founder of the African National Congress, dies in Johannesbur

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The first copy of the FAK-volksangbundel is handed in Bloemfontein to the chairman of the FAK, Dr N.J. van der Merwe.

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Hubert Lawrence du Plessis, SA composer, is born on the farm Groenrivier, near Malmesbury.

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Joshua Nkomo, president of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (Zapu) and a future vice-president of Zimbabwe, is born at a Lon

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Lt.-Gen. Sir William Francis Butler (71), commanding officer of the British forces in the Cape Province during Anglo-Boer War 2

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Charles Barter (83), author and Natal magistrate, dies in Pietermaritzburg.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: units under Gen. Hunter occupy Lichtenburg.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The battle of Roodewal Siding takes place near Koppies, OFS. Gen. De Wet and eighty men attack two comp

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F.W. Reitz, former president of the OFS, becomes state secretary of the ZAR in the place of Dr W.J. Leyds, who is appointed to

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Hyde Villiers Clarendon, governor-general of the Union of SA from 1931 to 1937, is born.

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Britain and United States sign treaty to suppress the slave trade.

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The Rev. Francis Owen, missionary in South Africa, is born in London.

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Adam Tas marries Elizabeth van Brakel, wealthy widow of Hans Jurgen Grimpe, and becomes the owner of the farm, which he later c

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President Thabo Mbeki distances himself in parliament from the controversial “Native Club” and criticise its racial exclusivity

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Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele breaks the 10 000m world record in 26 minutes 20.32 seconds.

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Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, beats Slovenia 1-0.

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Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha dies suddenly of a heart attack, opening the way for democracy in the country.

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The Cobra militia of former President Denis Sassou-Nguesso takes control of the centre of Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.

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Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, wins 3-0 against Zambia in a home game.

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Two months after the start of the carnage in Rwanda, the UN Security Council approves the dispatch of 5 500 peacekeepers with a

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Delegates at Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, approve new UN body, Agenda 21, to monitor compliance with environmental t

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The Star reports, after interviews with ANC leaders, that the ANC plans to increase military action to raise the sagging Black

The moderator of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Professor Johan Heyns, tells a conference in Harare that the NGK no longer

Train apartheid is scrapped in the Western Cape as the first part of a plan to eliminate discrimination on trains throughout th

Dr. Piet Koornhof declares that, pending the implementation of the Orderly Movement and Settlement of Black Persons Bill, inter

The South African Black Alliance (SABA) (7-8 June) condemns the proposed composition of the President’s Council and the nomin

The Chief Executive Councillor of Kwazulu, Chief Buthelezi, condemns plans to consolidate Zululand in terms of the 1936 Trust a

Israeli forces reach Suez Canal in Egypt, two days into Six-Day War.

The Police Amendment Bill, passed unopposed, empowers the police to search without warrant any person or premises within one mi

Phosphorous bombs are detonated at Algiers University by members of the Organisation de l’Armee Secrete (OAS), a secret (terror

Pixley Seme (also called Pixley ka Isaka Seme), politician and co-founder of the African National Congress, dies in Johannesbur

The first copy of the FAK-volksangbundel is handed in Bloemfontein to the chairman of the FAK, Dr N.J. van der Merwe.

Hubert Lawrence du Plessis, SA composer, is born on the farm Groenrivier, near Malmesbury.

Joshua Nkomo, president of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (Zapu) and a future vice-president of Zimbabwe, is born at a Lon

Lt.-Gen. Sir William Francis Butler (71), commanding officer of the British forces in the Cape Province during Anglo-Boer War 2

Charles Barter (83), author and Natal magistrate, dies in Pietermaritzburg.

Anglo-Boer War 2: units under Gen. Hunter occupy Lichtenburg.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The battle of Roodewal Siding takes place near Koppies, OFS. Gen. De Wet and eighty men attack two comp

F.W. Reitz, former president of the OFS, becomes state secretary of the ZAR in the place of Dr W.J. Leyds, who is appointed to

Hyde Villiers Clarendon, governor-general of the Union of SA from 1931 to 1937, is born.

Britain and United States sign treaty to suppress the slave trade.

The Rev. Francis Owen, missionary in South Africa, is born in London.

Adam Tas marries Elizabeth van Brakel, wealthy widow of Hans Jurgen Grimpe, and becomes the owner of the farm, which he later c

President Thabo Mbeki distances himself in parliament from the controversial “Native Club” and criticise its racial exclusivity

Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele breaks the 10 000m world record in 26 minutes 20.32 seconds.

Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, beats Slovenia 1-0.

Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha dies suddenly of a heart attack, opening the way for democracy in the country.

The Cobra militia of former President Denis Sassou-Nguesso takes control of the centre of Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.

Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, wins 3-0 against Zambia in a home game.

Two months after the start of the carnage in Rwanda, the UN Security Council approves the dispatch of 5 500 peacekeepers with a

Delegates at Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, approve new UN body, Agenda 21, to monitor compliance with environmental t