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Owing to a national oil shortage, speed limits of 50 km per hour in built-up areas and 80 km per hour on other roads are declar

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Dr. Beyers Naudé, Director of the Christian Institute, is found guilty by a Pretoria regional court of refusing to testi

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The SA rugby team beats France 16-11 in Paris.

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Siamese twins are separated in Cape Town, the first successful operation of that kind in SA.

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British Parliament draws up sanctions against Ian Smith’s regime in Rhodesia. Sir Humphrey Gibbs, the British Governor of Rhode

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4,000 Black postal workers have refused to give oaths of loyalty to Ian Smith’s government in Rhodesia.

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Joshua Nkomo and sixteen supporters are released from jail in Southern Rhodesia.

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A list of 437 persons said to have been office-bearers, officers, members or active supporters of the banned Communist Party of South Africa is published

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After the bodies of thirteen Italian UN soldiers are &quot;sold&quot; in a Congo market, UN Secretary-General U Thant orders UN

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Pretoria celebrates its centenary in lavish fashion, under mayoralty of Dr Hilgard Muller, later SA Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Egypt agrees to a UN supervised referendum in Sudan to determine its future.

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King Farouk, Egypt, demands the &quot;total and immediate evacuation&quot; of all British troops from the Suez Canal Zone.

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Chinua Achebe, Nigerian (Igbo) novelist, whose first novel Things Fall Apart was published in 1958, is born.

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Elsa Fouché, SA actress, is born at Kommissiedrift, district of Rustenburg, Tvl.

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Abraham Jacobus (Kootjie) van den Heever, journalist and author and younger brother of C.M. van den Heever, is born on the farm

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Albert Nzula, teacher, journalist and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), is born in Rouxville, OFS.

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Pretoria celebrates its golden jubilee.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Sprinkaansnek is fought, with General Philip Botha forcing a passage through the neck.

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Comdt-Gen. Piet Joubert attacks Venda Chief Mpefu’s main kraal during the Mpefu War (also called Magato War). The sub-chiefs su

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Pretoria is officially selected as the capital of the ZAR. The seat of government was transferred from Potchefstroom to Pretori

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Machtelt Smit (72), founder of the first private welfare organisation, dies in Cape Town.

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Carl August Pacalt, missionary of the London Missionary Society dies at his mission station Hoogekraal, George. After his death

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Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Joseph Kabila wins a presidential election with 58.05% of the votes, according to prov

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Dr Jurgens van Olselen, a clinical psychologist testifying in the Pretoria High Court, describes Pretoria’s high security C-Max

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In a move set to keep SA and Africa on the European Union’s (EU’s) radar screen, President Thabo Mbeki leads a top delegation o

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Rwanda militia leader Paul Rwarakabije gives himself up.

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Owing to a national oil shortage, speed limits of 50 km per hour in built-up areas and 80 km per hour on other roads are declar

Dr. Beyers Naudé, Director of the Christian Institute, is found guilty by a Pretoria regional court of refusing to testi

The SA rugby team beats France 16-11 in Paris.

Siamese twins are separated in Cape Town, the first successful operation of that kind in SA.

British Parliament draws up sanctions against Ian Smith’s regime in Rhodesia. Sir Humphrey Gibbs, the British Governor of Rhode

4,000 Black postal workers have refused to give oaths of loyalty to Ian Smith’s government in Rhodesia.

Joshua Nkomo and sixteen supporters are released from jail in Southern Rhodesia.

A list of 437 persons said to have been office-bearers, officers, members or active supporters of the banned Communist Party of South Africa is published

After the bodies of thirteen Italian UN soldiers are &amp;quot;sold&amp;quot; in a Congo market, UN Secretary-General U Thant orders UN

Pretoria celebrates its centenary in lavish fashion, under mayoralty of Dr Hilgard Muller, later SA Minister of Foreign Affairs

Egypt agrees to a UN supervised referendum in Sudan to determine its future.

King Farouk, Egypt, demands the &amp;quot;total and immediate evacuation&amp;quot; of all British troops from the Suez Canal Zone.

Chinua Achebe, Nigerian (Igbo) novelist, whose first novel Things Fall Apart was published in 1958, is born.

Elsa Fouché, SA actress, is born at Kommissiedrift, district of Rustenburg, Tvl.

Abraham Jacobus (Kootjie) van den Heever, journalist and author and younger brother of C.M. van den Heever, is born on the farm

Albert Nzula, teacher, journalist and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), is born in Rouxville, OFS.

Pretoria celebrates its golden jubilee.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Sprinkaansnek is fought, with General Philip Botha forcing a passage through the neck.

Comdt-Gen. Piet Joubert attacks Venda Chief Mpefu’s main kraal during the Mpefu War (also called Magato War). The sub-chiefs su

Rouxville is founded in the OFS.

The first Indian people, 197 men, 89 women and 54 children, arrive in Natal

Dr David Livingstone reaches the Victoria Falls and names it after his queen.

Pretoria is officially selected as the capital of the ZAR. The seat of government was transferred from Potchefstroom to Pretori

Machtelt Smit (72), founder of the first private welfare organisation, dies in Cape Town.

Carl August Pacalt, missionary of the London Missionary Society dies at his mission station Hoogekraal, George. After his death

International Day of Tolerance. =

Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Joseph Kabila wins a presidential election with 58.05% of the votes, according to prov

Dr Jurgens van Olselen, a clinical psychologist testifying in the Pretoria High Court, describes Pretoria’s high security C-Max

In a move set to keep SA and Africa on the European Union’s (EU’s) radar screen, President Thabo Mbeki leads a top delegation o

Rwanda militia leader Paul Rwarakabije gives himself up.

After the bodies of thirteen Italian UN soldiers are "sold" in a Congo market, UN Secretary-General U Thant orders UN

King Farouk, Egypt, demands the "total and immediate evacuation" of all British troops from the Suez Canal Zone.