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Sir Alfred Milner arrives in Cape Town.

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Kaiser Wilhelm II refuses to meet with Boer leader Paul Kruger in Berlin.

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Zululand becomes part of the colony of Natal, after the initial annexation by the British in May 1887.

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The railway line between Durban and Pietermaritzburg is completed.

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Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet and prose writer, and a member of the Xhosa Bible revision board, is born in Gqumahashe

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The first Cape cabinet is formed, with John Molteno as premier.

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The British government officially abolishes slavery in the Cape Colony, but the slaves are apprenticed for four years to their

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Dr John Medley Wood, collector of mainly Natal plant species, is born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England.

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The two-year rule by Sir Rufane Donkin of the Cape Colony is abruptly ended when Lord Charles Somerset returns from home leave.

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News 24 announces that Chiliboy Ralepelle (real first name Mahlatse)will become the first Black player to lead the Springbok ru

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A group of forty German travel agents are robbed at gunpoint of their handbags in their bus at Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township

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De Beers SA, the world’s largest producer of diamonds, agrees to pay $250m to settle four US class-action lawsuits that accused

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Representatives of the Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa), the National Council of Trade Unions (Nactu), and the Con

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Four years after first raising the possibility of irregularities in South Africa’s multi-billion rand arms acquisition process,

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A lesbian couple’s appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal to have their marriage legally recognised and registered succeeds. Mar

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Egypt’s foreign minister urges America and other nations to help halt Mideast violence, and says the international community ha

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The SA cricket team wins the first test against the West Indies by four wickets. During the match Shaun Pollock takes his 100th

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Sanlam is listed as a public company on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange

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Judge John Myburgh, judge president of the Labour Court, resigns.

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The SA rugby team wins the second test against France 22-12 in Bordeaux, France.

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Flames roar through the cruise ship Achille Lauro off Somalia. The ship, which was hijacked by PLO terrorists in 1985, sinks tw

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SA signs investment incentive agreement with the United States.

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The Special Committee against Apartheid held two-day consultations with 56 participants from non-governmental organisations and

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At the end of a two-day preparatory meeting chaired by Judge Ismail Mohammed and Judge Petrus Schabort, nineteen political and

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Cape Times reports that the Cape Town City Council has voted to reject the Group Areas Act of 1966 and to request that the enti

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South African, Angolan and Cuban representatives meet in Brazzaville for peace talks.

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The town councils of Vosloorus and Reiger Park announce a consumer boycott of Boksburg. The boycott by Coloured and Black resid

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The search for survivors from the Helderberg SAA 747 crash into the Indian Ocean off Mauritius is called off. No survivors have

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A leader of the South West African People’s Union and former prisoner on Robben Island, Mr Immanuel Shifidi, is killed during v

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The Congress of South African Trade Unions is formed with a membership of 500 000.

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Sir Alfred Milner arrives in Cape Town.

Kaiser Wilhelm II refuses to meet with Boer leader Paul Kruger in Berlin.

Zululand becomes part of the colony of Natal, after the initial annexation by the British in May 1887.

The railway line between Durban and Pietermaritzburg is completed.

Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet and prose writer, and a member of the Xhosa Bible revision board, is born in Gqumahashe

The first Cape cabinet is formed, with John Molteno as premier.

The British government officially abolishes slavery in the Cape Colony, but the slaves are apprenticed for four years to their

Dr John Medley Wood, collector of mainly Natal plant species, is born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England.

The two-year rule by Sir Rufane Donkin of the Cape Colony is abruptly ended when Lord Charles Somerset returns from home leave.

News 24 announces that Chiliboy Ralepelle (real first name Mahlatse)will become the first Black player to lead the Springbok ru

A group of forty German travel agents are robbed at gunpoint of their handbags in their bus at Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township

De Beers SA, the world’s largest producer of diamonds, agrees to pay $250m to settle four US class-action lawsuits that accused

Representatives of the Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa), the National Council of Trade Unions (Nactu), and the Con

Four years after first raising the possibility of irregularities in South Africa’s multi-billion rand arms acquisition process,

A lesbian couple’s appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal to have their marriage legally recognised and registered succeeds. Mar

Egypt’s foreign minister urges America and other nations to help halt Mideast violence, and says the international community ha

The SA cricket team wins the first test against the West Indies by four wickets. During the match Shaun Pollock takes his 100th

Sanlam is listed as a public company on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Judge John Myburgh, judge president of the Labour Court, resigns.

The SA rugby team wins the second test against France 22-12 in Bordeaux, France.

Flames roar through the cruise ship Achille Lauro off Somalia. The ship, which was hijacked by PLO terrorists in 1985, sinks tw

SA signs investment incentive agreement with the United States.

The Special Committee against Apartheid held two-day consultations with 56 participants from non-governmental organisations and

At the end of a two-day preparatory meeting chaired by Judge Ismail Mohammed and Judge Petrus Schabort, nineteen political and

Cape Times reports that the Cape Town City Council has voted to reject the Group Areas Act of 1966 and to request that the enti

South African, Angolan and Cuban representatives meet in Brazzaville for peace talks.

The town councils of Vosloorus and Reiger Park announce a consumer boycott of Boksburg. The boycott by Coloured and Black resid

The search for survivors from the Helderberg SAA 747 crash into the Indian Ocean off Mauritius is called off. No survivors have

A leader of the South West African People’s Union and former prisoner on Robben Island, Mr Immanuel Shifidi, is killed during v

The Congress of South African Trade Unions is formed with a membership of 500 000.