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Industrial Conciliation Further Amendment Act No 61, prohibiting strikes and lockouts for any purpose unconnected with the empl

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Liberia and Ethiopia institute legal proceedings against SA concerning the administration of South West Africa in the World Cou

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Mzi Khumalo, since 2000 non-executive chair of Mawenzi Resources Ltd and Board member of Mintek, is born in Durban. He was dire

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Professor Ferdinand Postma, educationist and rector of the Potchefstroom University, dies in Potchefstroom.

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During World War 2, Axis forces retreat from El Alamein in North Africa in a major victory for British forces commanded by Fiel

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British archaeologist Howard Carter discovers the steps that lead to the grave of Tutankhamen’s tomb in the Valley of the Tombs

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The first Union Parliament of SA opens, with James Molteno as speaker and F.W. Reitz as president of the Senate. The first Un

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At 4 p.m. a stone meteorite of 0,9kg makes a hole in a corrugated iron roof on the farm Hermitage, in Constantia, Cape, without

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The French evacuate Fashoda (in Sudan) after British protests.

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The Cape railway line reaches Bulawayo.

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Peter Clarence van Riet Lowe, archaeologist and civil engineer who built 109 bridges in SA, is born in Aliwal North, CC.

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The flag of the British South Africa Company or Chartered Company is hoisted in Bulawayo.

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Jan Eloff, son-in-law of President Paul Kruger, is appointed as commissioner of Johannesburg, replacing Carl von Brandis, who w

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The Battle of Bushman’s Pass (more correctly called Langalibalele Pass) takes place during the Langalibalele rebellion against

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The first railway line between two towns in SA, Cape Town and Wellington is officially opened.

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The Swellendam Republic accepts British rule.

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President Thabo Mbeki congratulates President George W. Bush on his election for a second term as president of the United State

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The Democratic Alliance and Inkatha Freedom Party form a coalition.

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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo sacks the dead of the state oil company, Jackson Gaius-Obaseki.

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Opposition parties in Guinea-Conakry announce they will boycott presidential elections scheduled for December 21.

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Brazilian President Lula da Silva begins weeklong five-nation trip to Africa, including SA.

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Relief officials scramble to find a way to bring aid to a million Rwandan Hutu refugees engulfed in a rebellion in eastern Zair

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Jean-Bedel Bokassa (75), former emperor of the Central African Republic, dies.

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People’s Republic of Mozambique becomes the Republic of Mozambique after a unanimous vote by the People’s Assembly. Mozambique’

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The independent Afrikaans newspaper Vrye Weekblad, critical of government policy, is published with Max du Preez as editor.

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David Mofokeng disappears from police custody. The police claim he escaped from custody after being arrested for a robbery in A

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Mozambique’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joaquim Chissano, succeeds Samora Machel as president following Machel’s death in an

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Four leading South African journalists are charged under the new Protection of Information Act. The charges relate to reports c

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The government appoints a judicial Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of Justice C.F. Eloff, to investigate the ince

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A nationwide strike is launched by Black journalists for increased pay and for recognition of their union, the Media Workers’ A

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Industrial Conciliation Further Amendment Act No 61, prohibiting strikes and lockouts for any purpose unconnected with the empl

Liberia and Ethiopia institute legal proceedings against SA concerning the administration of South West Africa in the World Cou

Mzi Khumalo, since 2000 non-executive chair of Mawenzi Resources Ltd and Board member of Mintek, is born in Durban. He was dire

Professor Ferdinand Postma, educationist and rector of the Potchefstroom University, dies in Potchefstroom.

During World War 2, Axis forces retreat from El Alamein in North Africa in a major victory for British forces commanded by Fiel

British archaeologist Howard Carter discovers the steps that lead to the grave of Tutankhamen’s tomb in the Valley of the Tombs

The first Union Parliament of SA opens, with James Molteno as speaker and F.W. Reitz as president of the Senate. The first Un

At 4 p.m. a stone meteorite of 0,9kg makes a hole in a corrugated iron roof on the farm Hermitage, in Constantia, Cape, without

The French evacuate Fashoda (in Sudan) after British protests.

The Cape railway line reaches Bulawayo.

Peter Clarence van Riet Lowe, archaeologist and civil engineer who built 109 bridges in SA, is born in Aliwal North, CC.

The flag of the British South Africa Company or Chartered Company is hoisted in Bulawayo.

Jan Eloff, son-in-law of President Paul Kruger, is appointed as commissioner of Johannesburg, replacing Carl von Brandis, who w

The Battle of Bushman’s Pass (more correctly called Langalibalele Pass) takes place during the Langalibalele rebellion against

The first railway line between two towns in SA, Cape Town and Wellington is officially opened.

The Swellendam Republic accepts British rule.

President Thabo Mbeki congratulates President George W. Bush on his election for a second term as president of the United State

The Democratic Alliance and Inkatha Freedom Party form a coalition.

Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo sacks the dead of the state oil company, Jackson Gaius-Obaseki.

Opposition parties in Guinea-Conakry announce they will boycott presidential elections scheduled for December 21.

Brazilian President Lula da Silva begins weeklong five-nation trip to Africa, including SA.

Relief officials scramble to find a way to bring aid to a million Rwandan Hutu refugees engulfed in a rebellion in eastern Zair

Jean-Bedel Bokassa (75), former emperor of the Central African Republic, dies.

People’s Republic of Mozambique becomes the Republic of Mozambique after a unanimous vote by the People’s Assembly. Mozambique’

The independent Afrikaans newspaper Vrye Weekblad, critical of government policy, is published with Max du Preez as editor.

David Mofokeng disappears from police custody. The police claim he escaped from custody after being arrested for a robbery in A

Mozambique’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joaquim Chissano, succeeds Samora Machel as president following Machel’s death in an

Four leading South African journalists are charged under the new Protection of Information Act. The charges relate to reports c

The government appoints a judicial Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of Justice C.F. Eloff, to investigate the ince

A nationwide strike is launched by Black journalists for increased pay and for recognition of their union, the Media Workers’ A