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Mary Eveline Fincken, singer, teacher of singing, educationist and choirmaster, dies in Cape Town.

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Thozamile Botha, Chief Executive Officer of the telecommunications company Ikwezi Group and chief negotiator for the ANC on Loc

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The Working Committee of the Indian National Congress adopts a resolution expressing full sympathy for the Resisters in their b

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The first legislative assembly of South-West Africa is held in Windhoek.

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After the 1914 Rebellion, General Christiaan de Wet is found guilty of high treason in the High Court, Bloemfontein, and senten

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Anglo-Boer War 2: the British at Cradock execute J.P. Coetzee, a Cape rebel, by hanging.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Sergeant J. Rogers of the SA Constabulary earns a Victoria Cross near Thaba Nchu.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Department of Native Refugees is established in the ‘Transvaal Colony’.

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Prof. Willem Blommaert, chairman of the senate of the University of Stellenbosch, historian and educationist, is born in Belgiu

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School regulations in the Cape Colony altered to leave the decision on the language of instruction to schools. This meant tha

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The Boadicea, which left Durban on June 11 carrying the remains of the Prince Imperial of France, killed in the Anglo-Zulu War,

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The Volksraad of the South African Republic (ZAR) passes a resolution protesting against the Executive Council contravening its

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Johannes de Wet (80), champion for freedom of the press against Lord Charles Somerset and member of the Cape legislative assemb

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Florence Nightingale, doyen of the modern nursing profession, also in SA, opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas h

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The Rev. A.J. Begemann, first pastor in Pretoria, is born in the Netherlands.

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Madalitso Muthiya is the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament.

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Pretoria regional court magistrate Len Kotze finds the Waterkloof Four guilty of murder and announces another guilty verdict on

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President Thabo Mbeki sacks Deputy President Jacob Zuma. Mbeki makes the announcement during a special joint sitting of the two

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South African parliament elects Thabo Mbeki to succeed President Nelson Mandela.

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Finance Minister Trevor Manuel unveils the government’s macro-economic strategy in a framework document entitled Growth, Employ

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SA signs a declaration of intent on cooperation with the Russian Federation in the field of arts and culture.

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Special Committee against Apartheid adopts its final report to the General Assembly and the Security Council.

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At a meeting between President Nelson Mandela and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation Yasser Arafat, the two lead

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Children playing on a local beach find the bodies of Ewert Mzimela and Stanley Mabaso, ANC activists.

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Three people die and sixty-nine are injured in a bomb explosion in Magoo’s Bar on the Durban beach. ANC member Robert McBri

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Thamsanqwa (Thami) ka Mnyele, SA artist who went into exile in Botswana in 1979 and became an active member of Umkhonto we Sezw

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The SA defence force attacks alleged ANC homes and offices in Gaborone, Botswana, in Operation Plecksy. Twelve or thirteen peop

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The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces in the KwaZulu Legislative Assembly in Ulundi, that t

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Albertina Sisulu, wife of ANC leader, Walter Sisulu is placed under a banning order for the fifth time since 1963.

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The Springbok team under Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 26-19 in Bloemfontein, to lead 2-0 in the series.

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Mary Eveline Fincken, singer, teacher of singing, educationist and choirmaster, dies in Cape Town.

Thozamile Botha, Chief Executive Officer of the telecommunications company Ikwezi Group and chief negotiator for the ANC on Loc

The Working Committee of the Indian National Congress adopts a resolution expressing full sympathy for the Resisters in their b

The first legislative assembly of South-West Africa is held in Windhoek.

After the 1914 Rebellion, General Christiaan de Wet is found guilty of high treason in the High Court, Bloemfontein, and senten

Anglo-Boer War 2: the British at Cradock execute J.P. Coetzee, a Cape rebel, by hanging.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Sergeant J. Rogers of the SA Constabulary earns a Victoria Cross near Thaba Nchu.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Department of Native Refugees is established in the ‘Transvaal Colony’.

Prof. Willem Blommaert, chairman of the senate of the University of Stellenbosch, historian and educationist, is born in Belgiu

School regulations in the Cape Colony altered to leave the decision on the language of instruction to schools. This meant tha

The Boadicea, which left Durban on June 11 carrying the remains of the Prince Imperial of France, killed in the Anglo-Zulu War,

The Volksraad of the South African Republic (ZAR) passes a resolution protesting against the Executive Council contravening its

Johannes de Wet (80), champion for freedom of the press against Lord Charles Somerset and member of the Cape legislative assemb

Florence Nightingale, doyen of the modern nursing profession, also in SA, opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas h

The Rev. A.J. Begemann, first pastor in Pretoria, is born in the Netherlands.

Madalitso Muthiya is the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament.

Pretoria regional court magistrate Len Kotze finds the Waterkloof Four guilty of murder and announces another guilty verdict on

President Thabo Mbeki sacks Deputy President Jacob Zuma. Mbeki makes the announcement during a special joint sitting of the two

South African parliament elects Thabo Mbeki to succeed President Nelson Mandela.

Finance Minister Trevor Manuel unveils the government’s macro-economic strategy in a framework document entitled Growth, Employ

SA signs a declaration of intent on cooperation with the Russian Federation in the field of arts and culture.

Special Committee against Apartheid adopts its final report to the General Assembly and the Security Council.

At a meeting between President Nelson Mandela and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation Yasser Arafat, the two lead

Children playing on a local beach find the bodies of Ewert Mzimela and Stanley Mabaso, ANC activists.

Three people die and sixty-nine are injured in a bomb explosion in Magoo’s Bar on the Durban beach. ANC member Robert McBri

Thamsanqwa (Thami) ka Mnyele, SA artist who went into exile in Botswana in 1979 and became an active member of Umkhonto we Sezw

The SA defence force attacks alleged ANC homes and offices in Gaborone, Botswana, in Operation Plecksy. Twelve or thirteen peop

The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces in the KwaZulu Legislative Assembly in Ulundi, that t

Albertina Sisulu, wife of ANC leader, Walter Sisulu is placed under a banning order for the fifth time since 1963.

The Springbok team under Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 26-19 in Bloemfontein, to lead 2-0 in the series.