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SA’s first national news Agency, the South African Press Association (Sapa), is established from what was the Reuters South Afr

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Sir W. Clark is appointed as British high commissioner in South Africa.

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Founding of the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa. Leader: Clements Kadalie.

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ANC organises a campaign against pass laws.

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Sarel J. Pretorius (Sarel Jacob), SA poet, is born in Postmasburg, Northern Cape.

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Thelma Gutsche, author, biographer and film critic, is born in Somerset West, Cape Province.

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Frederick Dalberg, SA opera singer, is born in England.

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Cecilia Makiwane, first Black woman to become a professional nurse in South Africa, is registered.

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Coert Steynberg, SA sculptor is born at Hennops River.

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The Boer generals report back in Pretoria after a campaign in Europe to procure aid for the reconstruction of the country after

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Fredericus (Frederik) Rompel, journalist and parliamentary reporter of De Volksstem in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) is

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At the great Xhosa gathering in King William’s Town, Xhosa chief Sandile pledges allegiance to the British crown in the presenc

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Phatho, chief of the mixed XhosaHottentot (Khoi-Khoi) people the Gqunukwebe and other Xhosa chiefs attend a great gathering of

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Twenty people drown when a strong north-westerly gale breaks the Frances Spaight loose from her anchors in Table Bay.

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The first independent newspaper, the South African Commercial Advertiser, is published in Cape Town, edited by Thomas Pringle a

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The Rev. Hendrik Willem Ballot (47), parson in Tulbach, dies and is buried in front of the pulpit of the Dutch Reformed Church.

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Basil Neo Sipho Bridgeman (Doc) Bikitsha (77), veteran journalist and story-teller who wrote for Drum and various newspapers, d

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News 24 reports that the Irish deputy premier, Mary Harney, from Dublin, has quietly been holidaying with family and friends in

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The South African Tsunami Relief Fund hands over a first bulk donation of R700 000 to the International Red Cross.

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Former president Nelson Mandela’s only surviving son Makgatho (54) dies in the Linksfield hospital in Johannesburg. President M

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SA signs agreement upgrading existing diplomatic relations with Ethiopia.

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Joe Slovo (69), national chairman of the Communist Party in South Africa and Minister of Housing in the Government of National

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The cockpit voice-recorder of the SAA Helderberg, which crashed into the Indian Ocean off Mauritius, is recovered from the airc

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General Bantu Holomisa, who ousted Stella Sigcau in a coup, appoints himself as the Transkei’s military and government chief.

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Impala Platinum fires 20,000 Black mine workers in Johannesburg.

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Joan Hoskyn Davies, archivist and the first woman to become head of an archives depot, dies in Cape Town.

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Donald Woods, banned editor of the Daily Dispatch (East London) reaches Britain with his family, having fled South Africa via L

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South Africa signs treaty with France on the installation of a scientific space tracking station in South Africa.

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The United Nations Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold, visits South Africa from 6-12 Jan.

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Aggrey Zola Klaaste, journalist and editor of the Sowetan, is born in Kimberley.

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SA’s first national news Agency, the South African Press Association (Sapa), is established from what was the Reuters South Afr

Sir W. Clark is appointed as British high commissioner in South Africa.

Founding of the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa. Leader: Clements Kadalie.

ANC organises a campaign against pass laws.

Sarel J. Pretorius (Sarel Jacob), SA poet, is born in Postmasburg, Northern Cape.

Thelma Gutsche, author, biographer and film critic, is born in Somerset West, Cape Province.

Frederick Dalberg, SA opera singer, is born in England.

Cecilia Makiwane, first Black woman to become a professional nurse in South Africa, is registered.

Coert Steynberg, SA sculptor is born at Hennops River.

The Boer generals report back in Pretoria after a campaign in Europe to procure aid for the reconstruction of the country after

Fredericus (Frederik) Rompel, journalist and parliamentary reporter of De Volksstem in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) is

At the great Xhosa gathering in King William’s Town, Xhosa chief Sandile pledges allegiance to the British crown in the presenc

Phatho, chief of the mixed XhosaHottentot (Khoi-Khoi) people the Gqunukwebe and other Xhosa chiefs attend a great gathering of

Twenty people drown when a strong north-westerly gale breaks the Frances Spaight loose from her anchors in Table Bay.

The first independent newspaper, the South African Commercial Advertiser, is published in Cape Town, edited by Thomas Pringle a

The Rev. Hendrik Willem Ballot (47), parson in Tulbach, dies and is buried in front of the pulpit of the Dutch Reformed Church.

Basil Neo Sipho Bridgeman (Doc) Bikitsha (77), veteran journalist and story-teller who wrote for Drum and various newspapers, d

News 24 reports that the Irish deputy premier, Mary Harney, from Dublin, has quietly been holidaying with family and friends in

The South African Tsunami Relief Fund hands over a first bulk donation of R700 000 to the International Red Cross.

Former president Nelson Mandela’s only surviving son Makgatho (54) dies in the Linksfield hospital in Johannesburg. President M

SA signs agreement upgrading existing diplomatic relations with Ethiopia.

Joe Slovo (69), national chairman of the Communist Party in South Africa and Minister of Housing in the Government of National

The cockpit voice-recorder of the SAA Helderberg, which crashed into the Indian Ocean off Mauritius, is recovered from the airc

General Bantu Holomisa, who ousted Stella Sigcau in a coup, appoints himself as the Transkei’s military and government chief.

Impala Platinum fires 20,000 Black mine workers in Johannesburg.

Joan Hoskyn Davies, archivist and the first woman to become head of an archives depot, dies in Cape Town.

Donald Woods, banned editor of the Daily Dispatch (East London) reaches Britain with his family, having fled South Africa via L

South Africa signs treaty with France on the installation of a scientific space tracking station in South Africa.

The United Nations Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold, visits South Africa from 6-12 Jan.

Aggrey Zola Klaaste, journalist and editor of the Sowetan, is born in Kimberley.