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Robert Sobukwe, former leader of the banned Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC), although still under a banning order, is admitted to

This day in history

P.W. Botha announces that South Africa is establishing a new submarine base at Simonstown at a cost of $7.7m.

This day in history

At the Rand Criminal Sessions three Africans are imprisoned for twelve years and one for eight years on a charge of sabotage.

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In terms of a new General Laws Amendment Bill, the death penalty is extended to people who have undergone sabotage training wit

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Nelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to begin his life sentence, imposed the previous day.

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Mandla Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Soweto, Johannesburg. He studied at the Mofolo Arts Centre in Soweto and from 1984 to 1987

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Benjamin Pogrund, senior reporter on the Rand Daily Mail, is jailed for eight days for refusing to divulge the source of his st

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Last British troops leave Suez Canal base, turning the waterway over to Egypt after operating it for seventy-four years.

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Indian Passive Resistance campaign led by Y. M. Dadoo and Dr. G. M. Naicker against the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Represen

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World War II Britain loses 230 tanks in desert battles.

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Etienne Leroux (Stephanus Petrus Daniël le Roux), SA author of, inter alia, ‘Magersfontein, o Magersfontein!’ is born in Oudts

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Sir Bernard Oppenheimer (55), diamond buyer and brother of Sir Ernest, dies.

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Bambata Rebellion: Sigananda surrenders.

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Dr Werner W.M. Eiselen, co-founder of the South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (Sabra) and promoter of the concept of separat

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Basil Rathbone, SA born actor who played the role of Sherlock Holmes in fourteen movies, is born.

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Voortrekker leader Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter obtains the territory between the Vet and Vaal rivers from the Bataung

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The first preserved entry in the journal of Adam Tas carries this date.

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Joseph Kabila is inaugurated as president of the DRC. Kabila is the country’s first democratically elected president in over fo

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The health department slams the SA National Blood Service for revealing that Mbeki’s blood had been rejected because he decline

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Rebels of the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army spend the first day of their first-ever visit to Sudan’s capital since the civil wa

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Nine staff members of a training company and a pilot are killed when their plane crashes near the N17 freeway minutes after tak

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Swapo wins the third general election in Namibia and President Sam Nujoma is elected for his third term of office as president.

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Zimbabwean Nick Price, defending champion of the Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City, wins again when he beats T

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President Nelson Mandela arrives in the United Arabian Emirates as guest of honour at the annual conference of Arabian countrie

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Rouaz Lakhdar, Algerian supreme court justice, is murdered.

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Twelve people are killed in Kathlehong, East Rand, as a result of the bloody feud between ANC Youth League and SDU.

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Headman Tshabalala, SA singer and founder member of the group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed in a roadside argumen

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Marches are staged by the ANC in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Bloemfontein in the framework of the organisation’s &quot;mass mobi

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The Star reports that a Group Areas Bill, which sought to increase drastically the penalties for contravention of the Group Are

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The Prime Minister announces a reorganisation of the governmental administrative structure, under which the number of central e

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Robert Sobukwe, former leader of the banned Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC), although still under a banning order, is admitted to

P.W. Botha announces that South Africa is establishing a new submarine base at Simonstown at a cost of $7.7m.

At the Rand Criminal Sessions three Africans are imprisoned for twelve years and one for eight years on a charge of sabotage.

In terms of a new General Laws Amendment Bill, the death penalty is extended to people who have undergone sabotage training wit

Nelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to begin his life sentence, imposed the previous day.

Mandla Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Soweto, Johannesburg. He studied at the Mofolo Arts Centre in Soweto and from 1984 to 1987

Benjamin Pogrund, senior reporter on the Rand Daily Mail, is jailed for eight days for refusing to divulge the source of his st

Last British troops leave Suez Canal base, turning the waterway over to Egypt after operating it for seventy-four years.

Indian Passive Resistance campaign led by Y. M. Dadoo and Dr. G. M. Naicker against the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Represen

World War II Britain loses 230 tanks in desert battles.

Etienne Leroux (Stephanus Petrus Daniël le Roux), SA author of, inter alia, ‘Magersfontein, o Magersfontein!’ is born in Oudts

Sir Bernard Oppenheimer (55), diamond buyer and brother of Sir Ernest, dies.

Bambata Rebellion: Sigananda surrenders.

Dr Werner W.M. Eiselen, co-founder of the South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (Sabra) and promoter of the concept of separat

Basil Rathbone, SA born actor who played the role of Sherlock Holmes in fourteen movies, is born.

Voortrekker leader Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter obtains the territory between the Vet and Vaal rivers from the Bataung

The first preserved entry in the journal of Adam Tas carries this date.

Joseph Kabila is inaugurated as president of the DRC. Kabila is the country’s first democratically elected president in over fo

The health department slams the SA National Blood Service for revealing that Mbeki’s blood had been rejected because he decline

Rebels of the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army spend the first day of their first-ever visit to Sudan’s capital since the civil wa

Nine staff members of a training company and a pilot are killed when their plane crashes near the N17 freeway minutes after tak

Swapo wins the third general election in Namibia and President Sam Nujoma is elected for his third term of office as president.

Zimbabwean Nick Price, defending champion of the Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City, wins again when he beats T

President Nelson Mandela arrives in the United Arabian Emirates as guest of honour at the annual conference of Arabian countrie

Rouaz Lakhdar, Algerian supreme court justice, is murdered.

Twelve people are killed in Kathlehong, East Rand, as a result of the bloody feud between ANC Youth League and SDU.

Headman Tshabalala, SA singer and founder member of the group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed in a roadside argumen

Marches are staged by the ANC in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Bloemfontein in the framework of the organisation’s &amp;quot;mass mobi

The Star reports that a Group Areas Bill, which sought to increase drastically the penalties for contravention of the Group Are

The Prime Minister announces a reorganisation of the governmental administrative structure, under which the number of central e

Marches are staged by the ANC in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Bloemfontein in the framework of the organisation’s "mass mobi