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General Constand Viljoen is appointed as Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and Lieutenant-General Jan Geldenhuys
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Two rebels of the Graaff-Reinet Rebellion five years previously, Marthinus Prinsloo and Adriaan van Jaarsveld, are sentenced to
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Theophilus Shepstone, son of British Settlers and appointed by the British government as Diplomatic Agent to the Native Tribes
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Nicolaas Pieter Johannes van Rensburg (”Siener”, Seer) is born in Western Transvaal. Many people implicitly believe in his visi
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Talks between Southern Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and Bishop Abel Muzorewa of the African National Council start in a r
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Prince Alfred Ernest Albert (16), second son of Queen Victoria, sails for England after travelling extensively through the East
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General Ronnie van der Westhuizen, head of the South African special investigations unit on political violence, says that twent
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Catharina Felicia van Rees, composer of the anthem of the Transvaal Republic (ZAR), is born in Zutphen, the Netherlands.
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Dr Bernabé Jan Gerard de la Bat (84), first principal of the Deaf and Blind Institute in Worcester, dies.
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Sam de Beer, former leader of the National Party in Gauteng, resigns and joins the United Democratic Movement (UDM).
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Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal, journalist and campaigner for Indian rights, is born in Johannesburg as son of Jariam Singh, a former
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Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal, journalist and campaigner for Indian rights, is born in Johannesburg as son of Jariam Singh, a former
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Daniël F. du Toit, (’oom Lokomotief’) (77), founder member of the ‘Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners’ and editor of ‘Die Afrikaa
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Rebels in a military complex in Monrovia, Liberia, release more foreigners while African peacekeeping troops fan out in the cap
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Dr Bernabé Jan Gerard de la Bat, first head of the deaf-and-dumb institute in Worcester, is born.
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The ‘White supremacist’ Rhodesian Front party names Ian Douglas Smith prime minister of Rhodesia. (2004). Today in History, Pre
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The Minister of Manpower Utilisation announces the removal of the ban on the employment of skilled Black construction workers i
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Fifty Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) members arrested by Swaziland government orders are to be expelled from Swaziland. They are
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SAA’s Boeing 707 "Windhoek" sets up a new record for the flight between Mauritius and Perth, covering the 3740-mile s
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Dr Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp, controversial missionary and physician of the London Missionary Society, is born in Rotterd
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The Minister of Justice announces that the former Pan-Africanist Congress leader, Robert M. Sobukwe, has been released from det
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The President of the National Union of South Africa (NUSAS), Ian Robertson, receives a banning order under the Suppression of C
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The Azanian People’s Organisation and the Pan Africanist Congress announce they are to work towards the formation of a patrioti
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Regional Services Councils are introduced giving Blacks increasing say in second-tier government. It is decided that Blacks in
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The ATKV (Afrikaanse Taal en Kultuurvereniging) withdraws its special award to Madeleine van Biljon, because she admitted to no
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The ATKV (Afrikaanse Taal en Kultuurvereniging) withdraws its special award to Madeleine van Biljon, because she admitted to no
EventTanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Han
Tanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the United Republic of Tanzania The East African country of Tanzania came into existence through the merger of two small…
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The Minister of Manpower Utilisation announces the removal of the ban on the employment of skilled Black construction workers i
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Fifty Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) members arrested by Swaziland government orders are to be expelled from Swaziland. They are
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