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The Casbah area of Algiers is sealed off as French troops search for weapons caches

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Danie Bosman, SA composer, dies in Muizenberg, Cape Town.

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WWII: North Africa. General Erwin Rommel, now reinforced with the 15th Panzer Division, recaptures Halfaya Pass.

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Prof. Johan Heyns, well-known professor of theology at the University of Pretoria and moderator of the General Synod of the DRC

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Lamar Crowson, later professor at the South African College of Music, is born in Florida, USA.

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The Hertzog Prize is instituted by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Ar

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Dr Cedric Namedi Phatudi, chief minister of Lebowa (1973), is born in the district of Pietersburg (now Polokwane).

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Prof. Abel Jacobus Coetzee, SA anthropologist, is born on a farm near Lichtenburg.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The peace proposals, as approved by the British Cabinet, are wired to Lord Milner and Lord Kitchener.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Lord Roberts crosses the Vaal River and occupies the town of Vereeniging.

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Harry Stratford Caldecott, SA painter, is born in Kimberley.

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The first group of Dorslandtrekkers (Thirstland trekkers), under leadership of Gert Alberts, leaves Pretoria.

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Robert Moffat, of the London Missionary Society, arrives with his wife at Maruping, Northern Cape, to assist with missionary wo

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Craig Bishop of News 24 reports that Zimbabwe opposition party treasurer Roy Bennett has been denied asylum in South Africa, de

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Sibusiso Vilane, a game ranger with dual South African and Swazi nationality reaches the summit of Mount Everest, where he plan

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The African Union replaces the 38-year-old Organisation of African Unity.

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A week after sweeping into the city, President Laurent Kabila bans political activity and demonstrations in Kinshasa, the DRC c

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President Nelson Mandela says that in order to promote national unity he was willing to bring into government those who remain

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South African Air Force pioneer Major-General Ken van der Spuy, veteran of both world wars and holder of fourteen decorations f

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The mutilated body of Sidwell Nonno (32), SARHWU shop steward, victim of an alleged political assassination, is find in Langa,

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Justice J. Basson hands down death sentences on fourteen Blacks (Upington 14) for the murder of Lucas Sethwala, a Black police

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Two bomb blasts in central Pretoria injure three women. The bombs were placed under a car outside a police housing project. htt

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South Africa and Mozambique agree to revive the Nkomati Accord.

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Fifty-two demonstrating church leaders are arrested in South Africa.

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Israel formally returns sovereignty of Sinai capital of El Arish to Egypt after a dozen years of occupation.

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The Transkei Minister of Justice orders the Methodist Church of South Africa to cease all activities, and cede its property wit

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Betty Pack, cellist and music teacher who started several youth orchestras, dies in Johannesburg.

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A comprehensive policy statement on South Africa’s new multi-national sports concessions is made by Sports Minister Dr. P. Koor

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The hijack drama involving an SA Airways Boeing 727 the Letaba ends at Blantyre’s Chileka Airport in Malawi when the two hijack

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SA signs multilateral articles of agreement on the Southern African Regional Tourism Council.

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The Casbah area of Algiers is sealed off as French troops search for weapons caches

Danie Bosman, SA composer, dies in Muizenberg, Cape Town.

WWII: North Africa. General Erwin Rommel, now reinforced with the 15th Panzer Division, recaptures Halfaya Pass.

Prof. Johan Heyns, well-known professor of theology at the University of Pretoria and moderator of the General Synod of the DRC

Lamar Crowson, later professor at the South African College of Music, is born in Florida, USA.

The Hertzog Prize is instituted by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Ar

Dr Cedric Namedi Phatudi, chief minister of Lebowa (1973), is born in the district of Pietersburg (now Polokwane).

Prof. Abel Jacobus Coetzee, SA anthropologist, is born on a farm near Lichtenburg.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The peace proposals, as approved by the British Cabinet, are wired to Lord Milner and Lord Kitchener.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Lord Roberts crosses the Vaal River and occupies the town of Vereeniging.

Harry Stratford Caldecott, SA painter, is born in Kimberley.

The first group of Dorslandtrekkers (Thirstland trekkers), under leadership of Gert Alberts, leaves Pretoria.

Robert Moffat, of the London Missionary Society, arrives with his wife at Maruping, Northern Cape, to assist with missionary wo

Craig Bishop of News 24 reports that Zimbabwe opposition party treasurer Roy Bennett has been denied asylum in South Africa, de

Sibusiso Vilane, a game ranger with dual South African and Swazi nationality reaches the summit of Mount Everest, where he plan

The African Union replaces the 38-year-old Organisation of African Unity.

A week after sweeping into the city, President Laurent Kabila bans political activity and demonstrations in Kinshasa, the DRC c

President Nelson Mandela says that in order to promote national unity he was willing to bring into government those who remain

South African Air Force pioneer Major-General Ken van der Spuy, veteran of both world wars and holder of fourteen decorations f

The mutilated body of Sidwell Nonno (32), SARHWU shop steward, victim of an alleged political assassination, is find in Langa,

Justice J. Basson hands down death sentences on fourteen Blacks (Upington 14) for the murder of Lucas Sethwala, a Black police

Two bomb blasts in central Pretoria injure three women. The bombs were placed under a car outside a police housing project. htt

South Africa and Mozambique agree to revive the Nkomati Accord.

Fifty-two demonstrating church leaders are arrested in South Africa.

Israel formally returns sovereignty of Sinai capital of El Arish to Egypt after a dozen years of occupation.

The Transkei Minister of Justice orders the Methodist Church of South Africa to cease all activities, and cede its property wit

Betty Pack, cellist and music teacher who started several youth orchestras, dies in Johannesburg.

A comprehensive policy statement on South Africa’s new multi-national sports concessions is made by Sports Minister Dr. P. Koor

The hijack drama involving an SA Airways Boeing 727 the Letaba ends at Blantyre’s Chileka Airport in Malawi when the two hijack

SA signs multilateral articles of agreement on the Southern African Regional Tourism Council.