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The Simonstown agreement on naval cooperation between Britain and South Africa is formally ended by mutual agreement after 169

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The government gives its details of proposals to consolidate 157 ‘Black spots’ and sixty-eight Zulu areas into a homeland. Kwaz

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The resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Theo Gerdener, is announced and will take effect from 31 July 1972.

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The Bloemfontein Teachers’ Training College is founded after the college was disassociated from the University of the Orange Fr

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Civil war starts in Chad.

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The Rt. Rev. Joost de Blank presents a petition to the Secretary-General on behalf of the World Campaign for the Release of Sou

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Federale Volksbeleggings Bpk. (F.V.B.) and Bonus Investment Corporation of South Africa Ltd. (Bonuscor) establish the mining an

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Richard Mangoma, SA artist, is born in Tshakuma, Venda.

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The first aircraft hijacking is attempted by Chinese on a flight of Cathay Pacific. The hijacking failed and the plane crashe

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White hooligans attack the resistance camp, while police stood by. Indian Passive Resisters continue to occupy the camp despi

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The City of Fez, Morocco, is occupied by the French army.

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Bambata Rebellion: Sigananda is taken to the jail at Nkandla.

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Elizabeth (Betsy) de la Porte, SA mezzo-soprano, is born in Wolmaransstad, Western Transvaal.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Start of the ‘scorched earth’ policy. Lord Roberts issues a proclamation warning the Republican forces th

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Julius Gottlieb Jeppe (72), seller of most of the original stands in Johannesburg, dies in Johannesburg.

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The Rev. Wilhelm A. Alheit is inducted in the DRC in Colesberg. He and his daughter drowned in 1910 at Kleinmond.

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Governor Sir Benjamin D’Urban proclaims a broad belt of land between the Keiskamma and Buffalo Rivers as the Province of Queen

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The American ship the Hercules is lost off the coast of Kaffraria in one of the worst storms in the history of navigation in th

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Start of National Epilepsy Week.

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Day of the African Child

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National Youth Day, commemorating the Soweto students march against government’s language policy on 16 June 1976.

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Former Cape Argus editor John O’Malley (82) dies in Cape Town after a long battle with cancer.

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Roman Catholic bishop Augustin Misago, accused of helping orchestrate the 1994 slaughter of more than a half-million Rwandans,

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The Simonstown agreement on naval cooperation between Britain and South Africa is formally ended by mutual agreement after 169

The government gives its details of proposals to consolidate 157 ‘Black spots’ and sixty-eight Zulu areas into a homeland. Kwaz

The resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Theo Gerdener, is announced and will take effect from 31 July 1972.

The Bloemfontein Teachers’ Training College is founded after the college was disassociated from the University of the Orange Fr

Civil war starts in Chad.

The Rt. Rev. Joost de Blank presents a petition to the Secretary-General on behalf of the World Campaign for the Release of Sou

Federale Volksbeleggings Bpk. (F.V.B.) and Bonus Investment Corporation of South Africa Ltd. (Bonuscor) establish the mining an

Richard Mangoma, SA artist, is born in Tshakuma, Venda.

The first aircraft hijacking is attempted by Chinese on a flight of Cathay Pacific. The hijacking failed and the plane crashe

White hooligans attack the resistance camp, while police stood by. Indian Passive Resisters continue to occupy the camp despi

The City of Fez, Morocco, is occupied by the French army.

Bambata Rebellion: Sigananda is taken to the jail at Nkandla.

Elizabeth (Betsy) de la Porte, SA mezzo-soprano, is born in Wolmaransstad, Western Transvaal.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Start of the ‘scorched earth’ policy. Lord Roberts issues a proclamation warning the Republican forces th

Julius Gottlieb Jeppe (72), seller of most of the original stands in Johannesburg, dies in Johannesburg.

The Rev. Wilhelm A. Alheit is inducted in the DRC in Colesberg. He and his daughter drowned in 1910 at Kleinmond.

Governor Sir Benjamin D’Urban proclaims a broad belt of land between the Keiskamma and Buffalo Rivers as the Province of Queen

The American ship the Hercules is lost off the coast of Kaffraria in one of the worst storms in the history of navigation in th

Start of National Epilepsy Week.

Day of the African Child

National Youth Day, commemorating the Soweto students march against government’s language policy on 16 June 1976.

Maxwell Mlilo, South African actor, dies of diabetes

Afrikaner nationalists rebel against a Union Jack in new South African flag

Kenya lifts ban on sports links with South Africa

General Secretary of the ANC, journalist and writer, Solomon Plaatje dies

Thabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei

Scores of people are killed in Boipatong, Vaal

Former Cape Argus editor, John O’Malley, dies in Cape Town

Former Cape Argus editor John O’Malley (82) dies in Cape Town after a long battle with cancer.

Roman Catholic bishop Augustin Misago, accused of helping orchestrate the 1994 slaughter of more than a half-million Rwandans,