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The government gives limited powers of internal self-government to ‘homeland’, Damaraland, in Namibia.
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The Defence Amendment Act comes into force, under which every young White male will be liable for military service.
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Fred Vusi Khumalo, journalist and assistant editor of the Sunday paper Rapport, is born in Chesterville Township, Durban.
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The SA rugby team wins the third test against the British Lions 8-3 in Newlands, Cape Town.
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The SA rugby team wins the second test against New Zealand 8-3 in Wellington.
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Passive Resister reports that over 300 Passive Resisters were serving sentences ranging from twenty days to six months.
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WW 2 Italy invades British Somaliland and occupies some towns in Sudan and Kenya. General Godwin-Austin and his small garrison
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Cyprian Bhekuzulu Nyangayezizwe KaDinuzulu, fourth son of Solomon KaDinuzulu and Paramount Chief of the Zulus for twenty years,
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The Klementie Beweging (Clemency Movement) organises a march of 4,000 Afrikaner women to the Union Buildings to hand a petition
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Work is stopped at the Kimberley mine after forty-three years when it becomes uneconomical to operate at a depth of 1 083 m.
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WWI: Germany invades Belgium and when London’s ultimatum to Berlin to withdraw expires at midnight, Britain declares war on G
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French fleet bombards Casablanca, northwest Morocco, following anti-foreign outbreaks.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen, British general, destroys the village of Schweizer-Reneke, burning every building, leaving
EventThe Queen mother Elizabeth is born.
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was born on 4 August 1900. Queen Elizabeth Angela was the ninth child and daughter of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, father…
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Elands River (Brakfontein), near present-day Swartruggens, that lasted several days, starts
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Dr Willem Johannes Leyds, the ZAR special diplomatic representative in Europe, warns his government not to expect any assistanc
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Arnoldus Pannevis (46), champion for Afrikaans language rights and educationist, is born in Paarl, Cape.
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Newton Adams, first physician in Natal, is born in Bloomfield, USA.
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The Grosvenor of the English East India Company runs aground in bad weather near the mouth of the Umzimvubu River. Althou
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Cornelis de Houtman reaches the bay of São Bras (now Mossel Bay), the first contact of the Dutch with the South African coast.
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A Portuguese attempt at an invasion against the Moors of Morocco is thwarted at the Battle of Alcazar-el-Kebir. King Sebastian
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Dimensions Of The Struggle Against Apartheid: A Tribute to Paul Robeson
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Flooding in the Southern Cape causes severe damage to roads and homes.
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The Military Council for Justice and Democracy overthrows President Taya of Mauritania in a coup, while he is in Saudi Ara
EventGeneral Muhamed Lamari, head of Algeria’s army, resigns for health reasons.
General Muhamed Lamari, the head of Algeria's army, resigned for non-specific health reasons. Lamari had played a key role in the fight against Islamic…
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Swaziland’s King Mswati III has summoned his 1 million subjects to a gathering at Ludzidzi on August 10, at which he is expecte
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Helen Bland, wife of SA golfer John Bland, dies.
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Relations between SA and the USA becomes strained by SA’s announcement that it is going to normalise full diplomatic ties with
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The SA rugby team beats Australia 25-19 in Bloemfontein.
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