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Dr Danie Craven (Mr Rugby) dies at his home in Stellenbosch at the age of 82.

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Twenty-seven ANC supporters are killed in a large-scale attack on Emagcino area, Umgababa, Natal South Coast.

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Labour Party leader the Rev. Allan Hendrickse and150 supporters take to the waves off a ‘Whites only’ beach at Port Elizabeth.

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The (Coloured) Labour Party opts for an election for the eighty representatives to the Coloured House of Representatives, witho

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At its annual conference in Eshowe, Natal, the Labour Party overwhelmingly adopts a resolution stating that it seeks to represe

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The leader of the United Party in the Transvaal, Harry Swartz, signs a five-point ‘declaration of faith’ with Chief Gatsha Buth

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Ifni province is returned to Morocco by Spain.

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The conference at Aburi, Ghana (4-5 January), fails to prevent the secession of Biafra from Nigeria and the ensuing civil war.

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Lieutenant-Colonel Sangoulé Lamizana deposes President Maurice Yaméogo of Burkina Faso in a military coup.

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The South African flag is hoisted on Prince Edward Island after an agreement with Britain.

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Roger Henry Daller (Henry) Davies, SA sculptor, is born in Pietermaritzburg.

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Stella Sigcau, South African minister of Public Works since 1999 and third prime minister of the former Transkei, is born at Lu

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Tutankhamen’s sarcophagus is found inside a fifth shrine at Luxor, Egypt. Wallis gives date as 3 January.

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Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist dies in Beho-Beho, Tanganyika. He came to Southern Africa

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The South African rugby team beats England 3-0 at Twickenham, England.

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South Africa beats England by one wicket in SA’s first Test win.

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President Paul Kruger presents a medal to J.P. Hess, in commemoration of his introduction into South Africa of the first motor-

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Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo, Zulu choirmaster and composer, is born in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg.

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The SA department of foreign affairs announces that the bodies of two more South Africans have been found in Thailand, bringing

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What appears to be a power failure brings down a ten-year-old Boeing 737 shortly after take-off from the Red Sea resort of Shar

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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, on a visit to South Africa, asks President Nelson Mandela to intervene in the Lockerbie case.

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Restoration of SA citizenship, announced by parliament on 15 December 1993, becomes effective. More than seven million people i

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Sebokeng activist, Joseph Skosana, is shot and killed and Oupa Dlamini, an ANC activist, wounded at about 20h00 when unknown gu

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Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews.

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A police station at Soekmekaar, Northern Transvaal, is attacked.

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Joy Adamson, scientist and author of ‘Born Free’, is murdered in a game reserve in Kenya.

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Cave paintings, dated 6 000 BC, are discovered in the Uweinat Mountains, Egypt.

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Anton Ackerman (59), South African actor, dies.

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The state president-elect, Dr. Theophilus Ebenaeser (Eben) D&ouml;nges, dies after a long illness.

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Hamanth Chotoo Kasan, general manager, Scientific Services, Rand Water, is born in Durban.

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Dr Danie Craven (Mr Rugby) dies at his home in Stellenbosch at the age of 82.

Twenty-seven ANC supporters are killed in a large-scale attack on Emagcino area, Umgababa, Natal South Coast.

Labour Party leader the Rev. Allan Hendrickse and150 supporters take to the waves off a ‘Whites only’ beach at Port Elizabeth.

The (Coloured) Labour Party opts for an election for the eighty representatives to the Coloured House of Representatives, witho

At its annual conference in Eshowe, Natal, the Labour Party overwhelmingly adopts a resolution stating that it seeks to represe

The leader of the United Party in the Transvaal, Harry Swartz, signs a five-point ‘declaration of faith’ with Chief Gatsha Buth

Ifni province is returned to Morocco by Spain.

The conference at Aburi, Ghana (4-5 January), fails to prevent the secession of Biafra from Nigeria and the ensuing civil war.

Lieutenant-Colonel Sangoulé Lamizana deposes President Maurice Yaméogo of Burkina Faso in a military coup.

The South African flag is hoisted on Prince Edward Island after an agreement with Britain.

Roger Henry Daller (Henry) Davies, SA sculptor, is born in Pietermaritzburg.

Stella Sigcau, South African minister of Public Works since 1999 and third prime minister of the former Transkei, is born at Lu

Tutankhamen’s sarcophagus is found inside a fifth shrine at Luxor, Egypt. Wallis gives date as 3 January.

Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist dies in Beho-Beho, Tanganyika. He came to Southern Africa

The South African rugby team beats England 3-0 at Twickenham, England.

South Africa beats England by one wicket in SA’s first Test win.

President Paul Kruger presents a medal to J.P. Hess, in commemoration of his introduction into South Africa of the first motor-

Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo, Zulu choirmaster and composer, is born in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg.

The SA department of foreign affairs announces that the bodies of two more South Africans have been found in Thailand, bringing

What appears to be a power failure brings down a ten-year-old Boeing 737 shortly after take-off from the Red Sea resort of Shar

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, on a visit to South Africa, asks President Nelson Mandela to intervene in the Lockerbie case.

Restoration of SA citizenship, announced by parliament on 15 December 1993, becomes effective. More than seven million people i

Sebokeng activist, Joseph Skosana, is shot and killed and Oupa Dlamini, an ANC activist, wounded at about 20h00 when unknown gu

Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews.

A police station at Soekmekaar, Northern Transvaal, is attacked.

Joy Adamson, scientist and author of ‘Born Free’, is murdered in a game reserve in Kenya.

Cave paintings, dated 6 000 BC, are discovered in the Uweinat Mountains, Egypt.

Anton Ackerman (59), South African actor, dies.

The state president-elect, Dr. Theophilus Ebenaeser (Eben) D&amp;ouml;nges, dies after a long illness.

Hamanth Chotoo Kasan, general manager, Scientific Services, Rand Water, is born in Durban.

The state president-elect, Dr. Theophilus Ebenaeser (Eben) Dönges, dies after a long illness.