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Security Police in Port Elizabeth, detain three black civil rights leaders after the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (P

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Ugandan diplomat Bernadette Olowo is the first female ambassador to the Vatican.

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Prime Minister B.J. Vorster and Chief Jonathan of Lesotho meet in Cape Town. A joint statement emphasises their belief in peace

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Abraham Jonker (60), Afrikaans novelist, dies.

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Sirr al-Khatim al-Khalifa, the Sudanese prime minister, admits to providing aid to Congolese rebels.

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Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser lays the foundation stone of the Aswan High Dam, Egypt.

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Peter Allan, physician, health administrator and founder of the Nelspoort Sanatorium, first tuberculosis hospital in SA, dies i

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Federal Council of Nigeria meets for the first time.

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The League of Nations dissolves after twenty-six years and is replaced by the United Nations, with its first meeting in London.

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The League of Nations, established in 1919, holds its first meeting in London.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Mafeking siege: Barolong chief Wessel Montshiwa advises his people not to assist the British.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Frederick S. Roberts arrives at the Cape, replacing Sir Redvers Buller as commander-in-chief of the Brit

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France establishes protectorate over Ivory Coast.

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British troops enter Zululand and the Anglo-Zulu war starts.

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Andries Dreyer, missionary, church historian and first archivist of the DRC in the Cape, is born in Cape Town.

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Prof. Dirk Postma, founder of the Reformed Church in South Africa in 1858, is born in the Netherlands. Together with the Re

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Signing of the second and final surrender of the Cape to the British under Gen. David Baird at Papendorp (presently Woodstock)

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Dr Heinrich Martin Lichtenstein, Cape explorer, is born in Hamburg, Germany.

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Britain’s King Charles II grants charter to Royal African Colony.

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The Sunday Times reports that FIFA president Sepp Blatter will receive the Order of the Companions of OR Tambo from President T

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After nearly three years of negotiations, Sudan’s government and main rebel group sign the final agreement to the Naivasha, Ken

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak inaugurates a pumping station designed to send Nile river waters west from Nasser Lake to crea

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The National Crime Information Management Centre releases figures confirming South Africa’s designation as the most violent cou

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Home Affairs Minister Buthelezi is appointed chairman of the KwaZulu Natal House of Traditional Leaders Executive Committee.

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Gunmen attack a delegation including African National Congress chairman Cyril Ramaphosa in a township in South Africa, killing

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In an historic victory, government troops capture the headquarters of UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi in central Angola. Savim

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Black children are admitted to 205 schools previously reserved for Whites only.

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The ANC proposes a major All Party Conference on Constitutional Negotiations, a step welcomed by the government.

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Seven people are killed and about sixty-seven injured when about 800 striking South African Transport Services (SATS) workers,

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A bomb explodes in a major departmental store in the centre of Johannesburg.

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Security Police in Port Elizabeth, detain three black civil rights leaders after the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (P

Ugandan diplomat Bernadette Olowo is the first female ambassador to the Vatican.

Prime Minister B.J. Vorster and Chief Jonathan of Lesotho meet in Cape Town. A joint statement emphasises their belief in peace

Abraham Jonker (60), Afrikaans novelist, dies.

Sirr al-Khatim al-Khalifa, the Sudanese prime minister, admits to providing aid to Congolese rebels.

Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser lays the foundation stone of the Aswan High Dam, Egypt.

Peter Allan, physician, health administrator and founder of the Nelspoort Sanatorium, first tuberculosis hospital in SA, dies i

Federal Council of Nigeria meets for the first time.

The League of Nations dissolves after twenty-six years and is replaced by the United Nations, with its first meeting in London.

The League of Nations, established in 1919, holds its first meeting in London.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Mafeking siege: Barolong chief Wessel Montshiwa advises his people not to assist the British.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Frederick S. Roberts arrives at the Cape, replacing Sir Redvers Buller as commander-in-chief of the Brit

France establishes protectorate over Ivory Coast.

British troops enter Zululand and the Anglo-Zulu war starts.

Andries Dreyer, missionary, church historian and first archivist of the DRC in the Cape, is born in Cape Town.

Prof. Dirk Postma, founder of the Reformed Church in South Africa in 1858, is born in the Netherlands. Together with the Re

Signing of the second and final surrender of the Cape to the British under Gen. David Baird at Papendorp (presently Woodstock)

Dr Heinrich Martin Lichtenstein, Cape explorer, is born in Hamburg, Germany.

Britain’s King Charles II grants charter to Royal African Colony.

The Sunday Times reports that FIFA president Sepp Blatter will receive the Order of the Companions of OR Tambo from President T

After nearly three years of negotiations, Sudan’s government and main rebel group sign the final agreement to the Naivasha, Ken

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak inaugurates a pumping station designed to send Nile river waters west from Nasser Lake to crea

The National Crime Information Management Centre releases figures confirming South Africa’s designation as the most violent cou

Home Affairs Minister Buthelezi is appointed chairman of the KwaZulu Natal House of Traditional Leaders Executive Committee.

Gunmen attack a delegation including African National Congress chairman Cyril Ramaphosa in a township in South Africa, killing

In an historic victory, government troops capture the headquarters of UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi in central Angola. Savim

Black children are admitted to 205 schools previously reserved for Whites only.

The ANC proposes a major All Party Conference on Constitutional Negotiations, a step welcomed by the government.

Seven people are killed and about sixty-seven injured when about 800 striking South African Transport Services (SATS) workers,

A bomb explodes in a major departmental store in the centre of Johannesburg.