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Egypt agrees to a British plan to dam the White Nile in Uganda.

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White women are enfranchised in South Africa.

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Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (81), first president of the ZAR, dies in Potchefstroom.

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On behalf of the British government Sir Arthur Havelock, the Natal governor, annexes Zululand. The date is respectively giv

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Sir Christoffel Joseph Brand (77), first speaker of the Cape parliament, dies in Cape Town.

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The Rev. Willem Johannes Conradie, author of the first Afrikaans Bible retold for children, is born in Murraysburg, CC.

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Prof. Chris Barnard divorces his second wife, Barbara, after twelve years of marriage.

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The government is reported to have frozen the South African assets of the former Information Secretary, Dr. Eschel Roodie, and

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A clash between police and suspected guerrillas is reported near the Botswana border. Botswana denies that it is being used as

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The conference of the Organisation of African Unity ends in Addis Ababa, divided over the Angolan civil war.

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A group of junior officers overthrows civilian government of Ghana in West Africa.

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President Nicolas Grunitzky of Togo is ousted in a military coup led by Lieutenant-Colonel Gnassingbe Eyadema on the anniversar

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Sgt Gnassingbe Eyadema murders West African Republic of Togo’s President Sylvanus Olympio in a military coup.

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The South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (Sanroc), which later under Denis Brutus played an important role in isolating S

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Fighting erupts between UN troops and supporters of Patrice Lumumba in the Congo.

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Belgium grants reforms in Belgian Congo following disturbances. King Boudouin promises independence.

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Derek Hanekom, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004 and former ministe

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A De Havilland Dove of United Airways crashes near Ixopo, Natal, killing twelve occupants.

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Zulus attack Indians in Durban. At least 137 people are killed and a thousand or more injured. The government complains abo

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Joseph Matthew Seshego Latakgomo, journalist and editor of several newspapers in the past, is born in Pretoria.

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WW2: General Philippe Leclerc’s Free French troops merge with the British army under the command of Montgomery.

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C.P. Hoogenhout (78), founder member of the Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (GRA), dies in Wellington, CP.

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WW1: South African troops occupy Swakopmund, German South-West Africa.

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A commission of public safety is appointed in Cape Town after industrial upheaval breaks out.

Tryna du Toit, source: Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel, Hier is ons skrywers, 1949

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Tryna du Toit, Afrikaans novelist, is born in De Aar, Karoo

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Jacob de Villiers, justice of the Appeal Court, is born in Bloemfontein.

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Die Kerkbode, official organ of the Dutch Reformed Church, is published for the first time.

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Albert van de Sandt Centlivres, chief justice of SA and chancellor of the University of Cape Town, is born in Cape Town.

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The village Roossenekal is proclaimed. It is named after Field-cornet Stephanus Johannes Roos and Comdt. Frederik Senekal, who

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William John Cormack Brebner, senator of the Union of South Africa and life-long chairman of the Afrikaner Party, is born in Bu

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Egypt agrees to a British plan to dam the White Nile in Uganda.

White women are enfranchised in South Africa.

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (81), first president of the ZAR, dies in Potchefstroom.

On behalf of the British government Sir Arthur Havelock, the Natal governor, annexes Zululand. The date is respectively giv

Sir Christoffel Joseph Brand (77), first speaker of the Cape parliament, dies in Cape Town.

The Rev. Willem Johannes Conradie, author of the first Afrikaans Bible retold for children, is born in Murraysburg, CC.

Prof. Chris Barnard divorces his second wife, Barbara, after twelve years of marriage.

The government is reported to have frozen the South African assets of the former Information Secretary, Dr. Eschel Roodie, and

A clash between police and suspected guerrillas is reported near the Botswana border. Botswana denies that it is being used as

The conference of the Organisation of African Unity ends in Addis Ababa, divided over the Angolan civil war.

A group of junior officers overthrows civilian government of Ghana in West Africa.

President Nicolas Grunitzky of Togo is ousted in a military coup led by Lieutenant-Colonel Gnassingbe Eyadema on the anniversar

Sgt Gnassingbe Eyadema murders West African Republic of Togo’s President Sylvanus Olympio in a military coup.

The South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (Sanroc), which later under Denis Brutus played an important role in isolating S

Fighting erupts between UN troops and supporters of Patrice Lumumba in the Congo.

Belgium grants reforms in Belgian Congo following disturbances. King Boudouin promises independence.

Derek Hanekom, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004 and former ministe

A De Havilland Dove of United Airways crashes near Ixopo, Natal, killing twelve occupants.

Zulus attack Indians in Durban. At least 137 people are killed and a thousand or more injured. The government complains abo

Joseph Matthew Seshego Latakgomo, journalist and editor of several newspapers in the past, is born in Pretoria.

WW2: General Philippe Leclerc’s Free French troops merge with the British army under the command of Montgomery.

C.P. Hoogenhout (78), founder member of the Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (GRA), dies in Wellington, CP.

WW1: South African troops occupy Swakopmund, German South-West Africa.

A commission of public safety is appointed in Cape Town after industrial upheaval breaks out.

Tryna du Toit, Afrikaans novelist, is born in De Aar, Karoo

Jacob de Villiers, justice of the Appeal Court, is born in Bloemfontein.

Die Kerkbode, official organ of the Dutch Reformed Church, is published for the first time.

Albert van de Sandt Centlivres, chief justice of SA and chancellor of the University of Cape Town, is born in Cape Town.

The village Roossenekal is proclaimed. It is named after Field-cornet Stephanus Johannes Roos and Comdt. Frederik Senekal, who

William John Cormack Brebner, senator of the Union of South Africa and life-long chairman of the Afrikaner Party, is born in Bu