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Acting Prime Minister P.W. Botha says in the House of Assembly that the government has no objection to 158 of the 178 recommend

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Mozambique becomes independent.

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Burundi government reportedly continues to execute Hutu tribe members, and about 25 000 Hutu refugees are reported fleeing to o

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Criminal Procedure Amendment Act No 96 (180-Day Detention Law) commences.

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The final report by Justice Snyman on the Paarl Riots is submitted to Parliament. It analyses the main causes of the riots.

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SA signs provincial air agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany.

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SA beats New Zealand 13-0 in the first rugby test of the series in Johannesburg.

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Bongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa, SA artist, is born in Vryheid, Natal. She grew up in Bergville, matriculated in Ladysmith a

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A two-day conference of the Congress of the People, sponsored by the Congress Alliance, a united front against the National Par

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Daniël Malan, SA long distance athlete, is born in Paarl.

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The Korean War breaks out. Nearly 90,000 North Korean soldiers and hundreds of Russian-built T-34 tanks cross the border into S

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Isaac Nkoana, S.A artist, is born in Lady Selborne, Transvaal.

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At 11 am forty-seven (Passive) Resisters appear in court. Dr G.M. Naicker, Dr Goonam and M.D. Naidoo are sentenced under the Ri

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British Air Force stages 1 000-bomber raid on Bremen, Germany, in World War II.

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WWII: General Sir Claude Auchinleck becomes commander of the British Eighth Army in North Africa.

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A Conference of Editors in Pretoria agrees to the terms for a voluntary censorship agreement with the government regarding mili

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The OK Bazaars opens on the corner of Eloff and President Street in Johannesburg.

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Anna Elvira Bliss (82), principal of the Huguenot College in Wellington, dies.

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Britain says it will not abandon the Sudan, despite Egyptian demands for complete withdrawal.

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Sir John W. Akerman (79), businessman and speaker of the Natal Parliament, dies in London.

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Dr Izak David du Plessis, author, poet and chancellor of the University of the Western Cape, is born in Philipstown.

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Pres. Paul Kruger meets the British High Commissioner, Sir Henry Loch, on Pretoria station and accompanies him to his hotel to

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Khedive Ismael (Ismael Pasha) is deposed and replaced by his son Tewfik Pasha due to the considerable international pressure ov

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The American president, Abraham Lincoln, extends official recognition to Liberia, who had declared itself independent on 26 Jul

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Ludwig Heinrich Beil, SA musician and botanist, dies in Keurbooms River.

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Financial stringency forces the government of the Cape to issue paper money.

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Huybert Dirck Campagne, SA satirist and author, is born in Tiel, the Netherlands.

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Governor Johan Bax of the Cape, who waged war against the Hottentot (Khoi-Khoi) Chief Gonnema from 1676, concludes ‘a good, las

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Gangsters turn out in force at the Winterveld Cemetery and disrupt the funeral of Dr Masuku, a former ANC activist and anti-cri

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Fourteen teachers, all from a primary school in Montsioa, near Mafikeng, are killed when their taxi burst a tyre and collide wi

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Acting Prime Minister P.W. Botha says in the House of Assembly that the government has no objection to 158 of the 178 recommend

Mozambique becomes independent.

Burundi government reportedly continues to execute Hutu tribe members, and about 25 000 Hutu refugees are reported fleeing to o

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act No 96 (180-Day Detention Law) commences.

The final report by Justice Snyman on the Paarl Riots is submitted to Parliament. It analyses the main causes of the riots.

SA signs provincial air agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany.

SA beats New Zealand 13-0 in the first rugby test of the series in Johannesburg.

Bongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa, SA artist, is born in Vryheid, Natal. She grew up in Bergville, matriculated in Ladysmith a

A two-day conference of the Congress of the People, sponsored by the Congress Alliance, a united front against the National Par

Daniël Malan, SA long distance athlete, is born in Paarl.

The Korean War breaks out. Nearly 90,000 North Korean soldiers and hundreds of Russian-built T-34 tanks cross the border into S

Isaac Nkoana, S.A artist, is born in Lady Selborne, Transvaal.

At 11 am forty-seven (Passive) Resisters appear in court. Dr G.M. Naicker, Dr Goonam and M.D. Naidoo are sentenced under the Ri

British Air Force stages 1 000-bomber raid on Bremen, Germany, in World War II.

WWII: General Sir Claude Auchinleck becomes commander of the British Eighth Army in North Africa.

A Conference of Editors in Pretoria agrees to the terms for a voluntary censorship agreement with the government regarding mili

The OK Bazaars opens on the corner of Eloff and President Street in Johannesburg.

Anna Elvira Bliss (82), principal of the Huguenot College in Wellington, dies.

Britain says it will not abandon the Sudan, despite Egyptian demands for complete withdrawal.

Sir John W. Akerman (79), businessman and speaker of the Natal Parliament, dies in London.

Dr Izak David du Plessis, author, poet and chancellor of the University of the Western Cape, is born in Philipstown.

Pres. Paul Kruger meets the British High Commissioner, Sir Henry Loch, on Pretoria station and accompanies him to his hotel to

Khedive Ismael (Ismael Pasha) is deposed and replaced by his son Tewfik Pasha due to the considerable international pressure ov

The American president, Abraham Lincoln, extends official recognition to Liberia, who had declared itself independent on 26 Jul

Ludwig Heinrich Beil, SA musician and botanist, dies in Keurbooms River.

Financial stringency forces the government of the Cape to issue paper money.

Huybert Dirck Campagne, SA satirist and author, is born in Tiel, the Netherlands.

Governor Johan Bax of the Cape, who waged war against the Hottentot (Khoi-Khoi) Chief Gonnema from 1676, concludes ‘a good, las

Gangsters turn out in force at the Winterveld Cemetery and disrupt the funeral of Dr Masuku, a former ANC activist and anti-cri

Fourteen teachers, all from a primary school in Montsioa, near Mafikeng, are killed when their taxi burst a tyre and collide wi