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… jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau | Pakenham, T. (1991). The Scramble for Africa 1879-1912, Johannesburg: Jonathan … The Battle of Ulundi, decisive battle during the Zulu War, takes place with the British forces gaining the …

… Father Guy Tachard (61), astronomer who erected the observatory in the garden of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape, dies …

… The Special Service Battalion of the defence force of the Union of South Africa is dissolved, and gymnasiums for …

… In the by-elections at East London North, the seat is won by the conservative NRP, defeating the PFP’s candidate D. John …

… Anglo-Boer War 2: The war between the British Empire and the two Boer republics, the Transvaal and Orange Free State, …

… Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC delivered by President Jacob Zuma at the 100th anniversary of the ANC …

… The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, wins the home game, the first qualifying game for the African Nations Cup later …

… The SA cricket team beats England in the second test in Nottingham, thereby scoring the first victory over the English in ten y …

… The Star, 7 August 2003, Milestones … In a joint statement released by the ANC and the government, the ANC announces the suspension of its thirty-year-old armed …

… Hundreds of Burundians and a few foreigners pack the airport to catch the last commercial flights out of the country as the wor …

… The British fleet under Lord Nelson defeats the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile, at Aboukir Bay, Egypt, thus thwarting …

… Petition to the Governor of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, from the Traskeian Territories General …

… The Namibian soccer team beats the SA Bafana Bafana 4-1 in Windhoek, thereby entering the semi-final round of the Cosafa Cup Se …

… The Namibian soccer team beats the SA Bafana Bafana 4-1 in Windhoek, thereby entering the semi-final round of the Cosafa Cup Se …

… Anglo-Boer War 2: The young Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands puts the Gelderland at the disposal of Pres. Paul Kruger to jou …

… The SA rugby team loses the third test against the British Isles in Newlands and also the series without scoring a single point …

… The SA rugby team loses the third test against the British Isles in Newlands and also the series without scoring a single point …

… Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu presents the new plan of the government, accepted by the cabinet on the 1st, to obliterate info …

… The South African Police (SAP) take over control of the municipal police. The aim is to render a better service to the communit …

… The chairman of the Central Road Board of the Cape Colony, P.B. Borcherds, opens Bain’s Kloof Pass to traffic.  The pass was d …

… The bill for setting free the slaves in the British dominions receives the royal assent. Slavery is to cease at a certain date, …

… The Minister of the Interior informs the Argus Printing and Publishing Company that if it applied for re-registration of the Po …

… The State President commutes the death sentences on three Black men, for their part in the attack on the Soekmekaar Police Stat …

… The Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation Act is accepted by the SA parliament, thereby paving the way for the founding of ISCO …

… The first copy of the FAK-volksangbundel is handed in Bloemfontein to the chairman of the FAK, Dr N.J. van der Merwe. …

… Report of Emergency Meeting of the National Executive of the ANC. Issued by the Secretary-General of the ANC, 26 July 1950 …

… The Star reports that the two biggest unions in the financial sector, the 34 000-strong South African Society of Bank Officials …

… A deal is proposed between the IFP and the ANC in Kwazulu-Natal aimed at stopping the conflict. The initiative has brought a de …

… On the thirteenth day of the continuing public servants strike tens of thousands of other workers join the strike for the day a …

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