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The French explorer, Marion du Fresne, discovers Marion Island and Prince Edward Island in the southern Indian Ocean.

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Joanna van Riebeeck, daughter of Jan and Maria van Riebeeck, is born at the Cape.

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Harvesting of the first wheat planted at the Cape by Jan van Riebeeck.

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Comet McNaught, reported to be the brightest comet visible from earth in the last thirty years, is seen at its brightest in d

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Steve Tshwete, Minister of Sport and Recreation, holds talks with representatives of nine national sports organisations, urging

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Algerian government cancels second round of voting in parliamentary elections that an Islamic party looks set to win. The Islam

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Leaders of South Africa’s major sports federations agree to work towards a blanket moratorium on all contact with international

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Forty-five (thirty-five?) ANC mourners are killed during an attack on a funeral vigil for an ANC member in Sebokeng.

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SA signs a medical co-operation treaty with the government of the Republic of China, providing advanced training for medical an

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Sithembele Zokwe, detained in terms of the Transkei Public Security Act of 1977, is shot dead at his home in Nqamakwe by police

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The South African Indian Council (SAIC) decides to give the government’s constitutional proposals ‘a reasonable chance’, provid

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Joshua Polumo Mohapeloa, regarded as Lesotho’s foremost composer and choral master, dies in Maseru, Lesotho.

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A British Sports Council team begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to investigate racial discrimination in spo

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Philemon (Duma) Pearce Dumasile Nokwe, first African advocate of the Supreme Court of Transvaal and a politician, dies.

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Gagathura (Monty) Mohambry Naicker, medical doctor and prominent politician, dies.

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North African nations of Libya and Tunisia announce agreement to merge as a new republic, the Islamic Arab Republic&quot;. The

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A notice providing for compulsory education for Indians is gazetted.

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The Paramount Chief of the Zulus, Prince Goodwill Zwelithini, is officially removed as a member of the Zulu Legislative Assembl

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After thirty months of fighting, Biafra capitulates to Nigeria. Biafra leader General Odumegwu Ojukwu flees with his family.

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Abeid Karume, leader of the Zanzibar Afro-Shrazi Party, seizes power from the Arab dominated Zanzibar National Party and procla

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Adv. C.R. Swart is appointed as the last Governor-General of South Africa.

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Darkey Ephraim Africa, political activist and MEC Local Government, Housing &amp; Development, North West Government since 1994

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Eileen KaNkosi-Shandu, South African educationist and leader of the Inkatha Women’s Brigade, is born.

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Daniël Hermanus (Dan) Pienaar is appointed to command the First South African Infantry Brigade.

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P.W. Botha, former state president, is born on the farm ‘Telegraaf’ in Paul Roux district, OFS.

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WWI: South African forces invade German South-West Africa at Ramansdrift.

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Several hundred mounted Herero invade Okahandja in the then German South-West Africa, setting fire to buildings and killing 123

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Prof. Matthys Stefanus Benjamin Kritzinger, Afrikaans literator and lexicographer, is born in the district of Carolina, Eastern

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War breaks out between the British and the Zulu. (Omer-Cooper: History of Southern Africa)

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Jan F.E. Celliers (Johannes Francois Elias, S.A. poet, writer and dramatist, is born. He died on 1 June 1940.

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The French explorer, Marion du Fresne, discovers Marion Island and Prince Edward Island in the southern Indian Ocean.

Joanna van Riebeeck, daughter of Jan and Maria van Riebeeck, is born at the Cape.

Harvesting of the first wheat planted at the Cape by Jan van Riebeeck.

Comet McNaught, reported to be the brightest comet visible from earth in the last thirty years, is seen at its brightest in d

Steve Tshwete, Minister of Sport and Recreation, holds talks with representatives of nine national sports organisations, urging

Algerian government cancels second round of voting in parliamentary elections that an Islamic party looks set to win. The Islam

Leaders of South Africa’s major sports federations agree to work towards a blanket moratorium on all contact with international

Forty-five (thirty-five?) ANC mourners are killed during an attack on a funeral vigil for an ANC member in Sebokeng.

SA signs a medical co-operation treaty with the government of the Republic of China, providing advanced training for medical an

Sithembele Zokwe, detained in terms of the Transkei Public Security Act of 1977, is shot dead at his home in Nqamakwe by police

The South African Indian Council (SAIC) decides to give the government’s constitutional proposals ‘a reasonable chance’, provid

Joshua Polumo Mohapeloa, regarded as Lesotho’s foremost composer and choral master, dies in Maseru, Lesotho.

A British Sports Council team begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to investigate racial discrimination in spo

Philemon (Duma) Pearce Dumasile Nokwe, first African advocate of the Supreme Court of Transvaal and a politician, dies.

Gagathura (Monty) Mohambry Naicker, medical doctor and prominent politician, dies.

North African nations of Libya and Tunisia announce agreement to merge as a new republic, the Islamic Arab Republic&amp;quot;. The

A notice providing for compulsory education for Indians is gazetted.

The Paramount Chief of the Zulus, Prince Goodwill Zwelithini, is officially removed as a member of the Zulu Legislative Assembl

After thirty months of fighting, Biafra capitulates to Nigeria. Biafra leader General Odumegwu Ojukwu flees with his family.

Abeid Karume, leader of the Zanzibar Afro-Shrazi Party, seizes power from the Arab dominated Zanzibar National Party and procla

Adv. C.R. Swart is appointed as the last Governor-General of South Africa.

Darkey Ephraim Africa, political activist and MEC Local Government, Housing &amp;amp; Development, North West Government since 1994

Eileen KaNkosi-Shandu, South African educationist and leader of the Inkatha Women’s Brigade, is born.

Daniël Hermanus (Dan) Pienaar is appointed to command the First South African Infantry Brigade.

P.W. Botha, former state president, is born on the farm ‘Telegraaf’ in Paul Roux district, OFS.

WWI: South African forces invade German South-West Africa at Ramansdrift.

Several hundred mounted Herero invade Okahandja in the then German South-West Africa, setting fire to buildings and killing 123

Prof. Matthys Stefanus Benjamin Kritzinger, Afrikaans literator and lexicographer, is born in the district of Carolina, Eastern

War breaks out between the British and the Zulu. (Omer-Cooper: History of Southern Africa)

Jan F.E. Celliers (Johannes Francois Elias, S.A. poet, writer and dramatist, is born. He died on 1 June 1940.

North African nations of Libya and Tunisia announce agreement to merge as a new republic, the Islamic Arab Republic". The

Darkey Ephraim Africa, political activist and MEC Local Government, Housing & Development, North West Government since 1994