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Wolf Kibel, SA painter, dies in Cape Town.

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The Southern Rhodesian government buys the British South Africa Company’s mineral rights for two million pounds.

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Fabian Defu Ribeiro, medical doctor and community worker who fought for equality for all races, is born in Bantule, Pretoria.

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The Unevangelised Fields Mission is founded in England. UFM missionaries today work primarily in Latin America, Europe and Afri

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Alfred (Gogga) Brown, SA amateur palaeontologist and archaeologist, dies in Aliwal North.

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Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo, ANC politician and noted writer of Call me Woman (winner of CNA Award 1985 and translated into s

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A committee of twelve delegates meets to draw up a concept for the establishing of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap e

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Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, bishop of Zululand and later president of the World Council of Churches (WCC), is born in Nquthu, Natal

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Pres. Kruger signs his well-known Laaste boodskap (Last message) to the SA people in Clarens, Switzerland.

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Expedition under Major Marchand leaves France to advance on Fashoda and claim Sudan.

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The Transvaal Volksraad passes a resolution deploring the decision of the Orange Free State Volksraad to reject proposals for a

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Francis Brett Young, SA novelist, is born in Worcestershire, England.

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Samuel Crowther, bishop of Niger, becomes the first Black bishop of the Church of England.

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Adriaan van Jaarsveld (56), Eastern Cape resistance leader, dies as prisoner in the Cape Castle.

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Johanna Duminy, writer of the well-known Duminy journal in which she gives a vivid description of life at the Cape, is born in

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Johan Bax (Van Herenthals), governor of the Cape, dies in Cape Town.

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Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki says the deadline for the new constitution will slip again, which leads to a new unity government

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Cosatu and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) are to table a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan in the National Economic, Develo

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Dr Desmond Tutu receives the Officer of the French Legion of Honour award from Pres. Jacques Chirac in Cape Town.

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The SA rugby team loses the second test against the British Lions 15-18, after having lost the first one too.

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Verwoerdburg is renamed Centurion.

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Name changes to three of South Africa’s nine provinces are announced: PWV becomes Gauteng; Orange Free State becomes the Free S

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The Council of Ministers of the OAU issues a resolution calling for an urgent meeting of the Security Council to examine the is

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Population Registration Act Repeal Act No 114 commences.

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South Africa decides to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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West European leaders, meeting in the Netherlands, delay indefinitely imposing economic sanctions against SA.

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Moses Mayekiso, general secretary of NUMSA, and four others, are arrested for allegedly running ‘people’s courts’ in Alexandra,

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SACTU member Jeanette Schoon and her daughter are killed by a letter bomb in Lubango, Angola.

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The Springbok rugby team lead by Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 12-10 in Port Elizabeth to lead 3-0 in the ser

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Dr. C. Mulder, together with two other former National Party members, Cas Greyling and Sarel Reinecke, and four other men, anno

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Wolf Kibel, SA painter, dies in Cape Town.

The Southern Rhodesian government buys the British South Africa Company’s mineral rights for two million pounds.

Fabian Defu Ribeiro, medical doctor and community worker who fought for equality for all races, is born in Bantule, Pretoria.

The Unevangelised Fields Mission is founded in England. UFM missionaries today work primarily in Latin America, Europe and Afri

Alfred (Gogga) Brown, SA amateur palaeontologist and archaeologist, dies in Aliwal North.

Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo, ANC politician and noted writer of Call me Woman (winner of CNA Award 1985 and translated into s

A committee of twelve delegates meets to draw up a concept for the establishing of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap e

Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, bishop of Zululand and later president of the World Council of Churches (WCC), is born in Nquthu, Natal

Pres. Kruger signs his well-known Laaste boodskap (Last message) to the SA people in Clarens, Switzerland.

Expedition under Major Marchand leaves France to advance on Fashoda and claim Sudan.

The Transvaal Volksraad passes a resolution deploring the decision of the Orange Free State Volksraad to reject proposals for a

Francis Brett Young, SA novelist, is born in Worcestershire, England.

Samuel Crowther, bishop of Niger, becomes the first Black bishop of the Church of England.

Adriaan van Jaarsveld (56), Eastern Cape resistance leader, dies as prisoner in the Cape Castle.

Johanna Duminy, writer of the well-known Duminy journal in which she gives a vivid description of life at the Cape, is born in

Johan Bax (Van Herenthals), governor of the Cape, dies in Cape Town.

Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki says the deadline for the new constitution will slip again, which leads to a new unity government

Cosatu and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) are to table a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan in the National Economic, Develo

Dr Desmond Tutu receives the Officer of the French Legion of Honour award from Pres. Jacques Chirac in Cape Town.

The SA rugby team loses the second test against the British Lions 15-18, after having lost the first one too.

Verwoerdburg is renamed Centurion.

Name changes to three of South Africa’s nine provinces are announced: PWV becomes Gauteng; Orange Free State becomes the Free S

The Council of Ministers of the OAU issues a resolution calling for an urgent meeting of the Security Council to examine the is

Population Registration Act Repeal Act No 114 commences.

South Africa decides to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

West European leaders, meeting in the Netherlands, delay indefinitely imposing economic sanctions against SA.

Moses Mayekiso, general secretary of NUMSA, and four others, are arrested for allegedly running ‘people’s courts’ in Alexandra,

SACTU member Jeanette Schoon and her daughter are killed by a letter bomb in Lubango, Angola.

The Springbok rugby team lead by Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 12-10 in Port Elizabeth to lead 3-0 in the ser

Dr. C. Mulder, together with two other former National Party members, Cas Greyling and Sarel Reinecke, and four other men, anno