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Adriaan Johannes Begemann, clergyman, librarian and first permanent minister of the Nederduitsche Hervormde Kerk in Pretoria, d

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The General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time. The headquarters of the League of Nations has

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Babu Bodasing, also known as Dulel Sing Boodasing, prominent sugar cane farmer on the Natal north coast who arrived in Port Nat

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Winston Churchill, war correspondent of The Morning Post, is captured near Chieveley, Natal, when the Boers a

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Anna E. Bliss and Abbie P. Ferguson arrive in Cape Town by boat from New York to start the Huguenot College in Paarl, CC.

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The first residential sites in Bloemfontein are sold for £900.

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Frederick Timpson l’Ons, SA painter, is born in Islington, England.

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Augusta de Mist, daughter of Commissioner Abraham de Mist who, with a friend Mietje Versfeld, accompanied her father on a journ

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Parliament approves the controversial Civil Unions Bill, which provides for same-sex marriage, making South Africa the first Af

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Twelve children, aged 13-15, are trampled to death as panicked pupils flee what they think is a fire in their northern Nigerian

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The house approves the Constitution Twelfth Amendment Bill by a two-thirds majority in parliament. Deputy justice minister John

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Former defence minister Magnus Malan joins former SA Defence Force chief Constand Viljoen in denying any knowledge of mass grav

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At an African Union summit six African leaders send a tough message to Ivory Coast’s President Laurent Gbagbo, supporting a pro

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The Swazi king appoints businessman Themba Dlamini as the new prime minister.

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The SA cricket team beats Zimbabwe in Harare with an innings and 219 runs, having won the previous test in Bloemfontein also wi

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The SA rugby team wins its fifteenth consecutive test match by beating Wales 28-20 in Wembley.

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Delegates at the summit of the Afrikaner Unity Movement (AUM), held in Pretoria, voted to transform the AUM into a political pa

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American troops arrive in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, in advance of a multinational operation to feed and help send home more tha

This day in history

Having been dismissed from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for their illegal strike about poor living standard

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The SA rugby team loses 33-16 against England at the Twickenham rugby stadium.

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Two Libyans, Al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah and Abdel Baset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi are named as Lockerbie bombers.

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Swapo wins the five-day-long election (7-11 November) in Namibia, the first national election. Martti Ahtisaari, the Secretary-

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Mr Mtosana, executive member of the Western Cape Civic Organisation, is found shot dead.

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A youth dies after being assaulted by a vigilante group in the Ciskei, allegedly led by an MP for Zwelitsha, Mr Kolisile Willia

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N. Magala is necklaced by a mob in the eastern Cape.

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Prime Minister Botha announces an important Cabinet reshuffle, involving the promotion of moderate (’verligte’) members, the mo

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The inquest into the death of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko, opens in Pretoria. Evidence given concerning the autopsy

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Colonel Gaddafi nationalises all foreign banks in Libya.

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The Ciskei ‘homeland’ is established.

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George Finlay Bissett (60), SA cricket player in four tests, dies at Botha’s Hill, Natal.

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Adriaan Johannes Begemann, clergyman, librarian and first permanent minister of the Nederduitsche Hervormde Kerk in Pretoria, d

The General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time. The headquarters of the League of Nations has

Babu Bodasing, also known as Dulel Sing Boodasing, prominent sugar cane farmer on the Natal north coast who arrived in Port Nat

Anglo-Boer War 2: Winston Churchill, war correspondent of The Morning Post, is captured near Chieveley, Natal, when the Boers a

Anna E. Bliss and Abbie P. Ferguson arrive in Cape Town by boat from New York to start the Huguenot College in Paarl, CC.

The first residential sites in Bloemfontein are sold for £900.

Frederick Timpson l’Ons, SA painter, is born in Islington, England.

Augusta de Mist, daughter of Commissioner Abraham de Mist who, with a friend Mietje Versfeld, accompanied her father on a journ

Parliament approves the controversial Civil Unions Bill, which provides for same-sex marriage, making South Africa the first Af

Twelve children, aged 13-15, are trampled to death as panicked pupils flee what they think is a fire in their northern Nigerian

The house approves the Constitution Twelfth Amendment Bill by a two-thirds majority in parliament. Deputy justice minister John

Former defence minister Magnus Malan joins former SA Defence Force chief Constand Viljoen in denying any knowledge of mass grav

At an African Union summit six African leaders send a tough message to Ivory Coast’s President Laurent Gbagbo, supporting a pro

The Swazi king appoints businessman Themba Dlamini as the new prime minister.

The SA cricket team beats Zimbabwe in Harare with an innings and 219 runs, having won the previous test in Bloemfontein also wi

The SA rugby team wins its fifteenth consecutive test match by beating Wales 28-20 in Wembley.

Delegates at the summit of the Afrikaner Unity Movement (AUM), held in Pretoria, voted to transform the AUM into a political pa

American troops arrive in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, in advance of a multinational operation to feed and help send home more tha

Having been dismissed from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for their illegal strike about poor living standard

The SA rugby team loses 33-16 against England at the Twickenham rugby stadium.

Two Libyans, Al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah and Abdel Baset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi are named as Lockerbie bombers.

Swapo wins the five-day-long election (7-11 November) in Namibia, the first national election. Martti Ahtisaari, the Secretary-

Mr Mtosana, executive member of the Western Cape Civic Organisation, is found shot dead.

A youth dies after being assaulted by a vigilante group in the Ciskei, allegedly led by an MP for Zwelitsha, Mr Kolisile Willia

N. Magala is necklaced by a mob in the eastern Cape.

Prime Minister Botha announces an important Cabinet reshuffle, involving the promotion of moderate (’verligte’) members, the mo

The inquest into the death of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko, opens in Pretoria. Evidence given concerning the autopsy

Colonel Gaddafi nationalises all foreign banks in Libya.

The Ciskei ‘homeland’ is established.

George Finlay Bissett (60), SA cricket player in four tests, dies at Botha’s Hill, Natal.