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The game between Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, and Saudi Arabia ends in a tie with the score 2-2.

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Defence Minister Joe Modise warns that the proposed R1, 4 bn. cut in the defence budget could seriously disrupt the defence for

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The SA rugby team, with François Pienaar as captain, wins the World Cup final match against New Zealand 15-12. Joel Stransky

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SA signs a joint communiqué establishing diplomatic relations with Uganda.

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The Harmful Business Practices Act of 1988 is gazetted ‘to provide for the prohibition or control of certain business practices

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Government Notice No 68 commences. Repeals curfew regulations.

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Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC, in Britain.

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The police confirm that three leading members of the Black journalist trade union, the Media Workers Association of South Afric

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Twelve missionaries are murdered in Rhodesia.

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Bishop Josiah Kirbira of Tanzania is the first African to preside over the Lutheran World Federation.

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The Principal’s office in Hlangisi Primary (Nyanga) is burnt down and the following day the same riot squad threaten officials

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Danie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m.

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Thabo Mngomeni, SA Bafana Bafana player who was awarded Kick Off’s accolade for the Goal of the Decade for his goal for Bush Bu

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A referendum in Zaire, in which women vote for the first time, approves a new constitution.

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General Law Amendment Act No 80 commences.

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As a step towards independence, Zanzibar is granted internal self-government by Britain.

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Carel du Plessis, SA rugby flank and trainer is born.

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Alleged date the Suppression of Communism Act, No 44 of 1950 is passed in parliament. 26 June is given in several sources, and

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WWI: The first Battle of the Somme begins. It lasted five months and the death toll of more than 1 million resulted in an allie

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The Rev. Andries A. Louw, first minister in Fauresmith, OFS, dies in Paarl, Cape Province.

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Godfrey Nakene, educationist and school principal in whose honour Orlando High School was renamed Nakene High School, is born i

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Charles Berman, mine medical officer and expert on primary liver cancer, is born in Poreveys, Lithuania.

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The Lutheran church in Kroondal, near Rustenburg, is consecrated.

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Dr Theodorus Wassenaar, Afrikaans poet, author and cultural leader, is born in Hendrina, Eastern Transvaal.

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Sir Leander Starr Jameson, in charge of affairs in Rhodesia, refuses entry to 110 Trekkers of the Adendorff trek, who congregat

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Horatio Isaiah Budlwana (Bud) Mbelle, interpreter, insurance agent, community leader and politician, is born in Burgersdorp, CC

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The Rev. Andrew Murray, one of the first Scottish ministers of the Dutch Reformed Church, dies in Graaff-Reinet.

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Sir Charles Patrick John Coghlan, first premier of Southern Rhodesia, is born in King William’s Town.

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Horatio Herbert Kitchener, commander of the British forces during Anglo-Boer War 2, is born.

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Dick King returns by boat to Natal after his ten-days horse-ride of 960km to Grahamstown.

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The game between Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, and Saudi Arabia ends in a tie with the score 2-2.

Defence Minister Joe Modise warns that the proposed R1, 4 bn. cut in the defence budget could seriously disrupt the defence for

The SA rugby team, with François Pienaar as captain, wins the World Cup final match against New Zealand 15-12. Joel Stransky

SA signs a joint communiqué establishing diplomatic relations with Uganda.

The Harmful Business Practices Act of 1988 is gazetted ‘to provide for the prohibition or control of certain business practices

Government Notice No 68 commences. Repeals curfew regulations.

Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC, in Britain.

The police confirm that three leading members of the Black journalist trade union, the Media Workers Association of South Afric

Twelve missionaries are murdered in Rhodesia.

Bishop Josiah Kirbira of Tanzania is the first African to preside over the Lutheran World Federation.

The Principal’s office in Hlangisi Primary (Nyanga) is burnt down and the following day the same riot squad threaten officials

Danie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m.

Thabo Mngomeni, SA Bafana Bafana player who was awarded Kick Off’s accolade for the Goal of the Decade for his goal for Bush Bu

A referendum in Zaire, in which women vote for the first time, approves a new constitution.

General Law Amendment Act No 80 commences.

As a step towards independence, Zanzibar is granted internal self-government by Britain.

Carel du Plessis, SA rugby flank and trainer is born.

Alleged date the Suppression of Communism Act, No 44 of 1950 is passed in parliament. 26 June is given in several sources, and

WWI: The first Battle of the Somme begins. It lasted five months and the death toll of more than 1 million resulted in an allie

The Rev. Andries A. Louw, first minister in Fauresmith, OFS, dies in Paarl, Cape Province.

Godfrey Nakene, educationist and school principal in whose honour Orlando High School was renamed Nakene High School, is born i

Charles Berman, mine medical officer and expert on primary liver cancer, is born in Poreveys, Lithuania.

The Lutheran church in Kroondal, near Rustenburg, is consecrated.

Dr Theodorus Wassenaar, Afrikaans poet, author and cultural leader, is born in Hendrina, Eastern Transvaal.

Sir Leander Starr Jameson, in charge of affairs in Rhodesia, refuses entry to 110 Trekkers of the Adendorff trek, who congregat

Horatio Isaiah Budlwana (Bud) Mbelle, interpreter, insurance agent, community leader and politician, is born in Burgersdorp, CC

The Rev. Andrew Murray, one of the first Scottish ministers of the Dutch Reformed Church, dies in Graaff-Reinet.

Sir Charles Patrick John Coghlan, first premier of Southern Rhodesia, is born in King William’s Town.

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, commander of the British forces during Anglo-Boer War 2, is born.

Dick King returns by boat to Natal after his ten-days horse-ride of 960km to Grahamstown.