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An ordinance is issued whereby Dutch is allowed in courts in the Cape next to English.

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A newspaper reports in Mbabane that Swaziland’s King Mswati III has bought himself a luxury sedan worth about R3.5m while his d

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Lucas Radebe, SA born soccer star, is ruled out of the Bafana’s squad for the 2002 African Nations Cup finals by a twisted ankl

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A Zeerust family, Dr François Barnard, his wife and two sons are killed when their Piper Saratoga crashes during a storm near

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Three SA farmers from the Eastern Cape, who have crossed the border to Lesotho to search for stolen cattle, are shot and killed

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The ANC confirms it has forwarded 300 applications from its members to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and expects to s

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The first group of 120 exiles returning to South Africa under the agreement reached in August by UNHCR and the South African au

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Three anti-apartheid activists still in the British Consulate in Durban leave the building. A. Gumede and one other are immedia

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The United Nations General Assembly adopts two resolutions concerning South Africa’s nuclear capacity, requesting the Security

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A White extremist group, the ‘Wit Kommando’ claims responsibility for the bombing of the offices of Professor F.A. Maritz at th

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The interim state Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, created on 1 June 1979, returns to colonial status and becomes the colony of Zimbabwe-Rhod

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The Christian Institute appeals to the Prime Minister, John Vorster, asking him to reconsider the withdrawal or confiscation of

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A year after achieving independence from Britain, Kenya becomes a republic with Kenyatta, formerly prime minister, as president

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Mishack Mkhabela, S.A sculptor, is born in Ka-Bokweni, Transvaal.

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Kenya becomes an independent state within the Commonwealth with Jomo Kenyatta as prime minister. ,

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A police patrol, out to investigate an assassination attempt in the Transkei, are attacked by a gang of about sixty Poqo member

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Dr. Verwoerd tells the union Council of Coloured Affairs that the Council will be transformed into a Coloured ‘Parliament’ with

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Laurie Nathan, national organiser of the End Conscription Campaign, 1984-86, is born in Sea Point, Cape Town.

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Harry Stratford Caldecott (43), SA art painter, dies in Wynberg, Cape Town.

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Spanish troops are pushed out of Morocco by Abd el Krim. africanhistory.about.com

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Denis Warburton Begbie, SA cricket player in five tests (1947-1950), is born in Middelburg, Eastern Transvaal.

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Rosa Sophia Cornelia Nepgen, SA composer and wife of poet W.E.G. Louw, is born in Barkly-East, Eastern Cape.

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James Alexander Joseph Christy, SA cricket player in ten tests, is born in Pretoria.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Britain announces in London that more than 11 000 British soldiers have already been killed.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Winston Churchill climbs over the yard wall of the State Model School in Pretoria where he has been imprisone

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Magersfontein continues. At about midday the British retire to their camp at Modder River.

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Dr Sydney Arnold Skaife, founder member of the Cape Nature Conservation Association and author under the name of Hendrik Brand,

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Dr Geoffrey Hare Clayton, archbishop of Cape Town, is born in Leicester, England.

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Nicolaas Claassen Rautenbach, Boer soldier who was executed in 1901 by the British

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Prof. Jan Kamp, literary critic and editor of Het Westen, is born in the Netherlands.

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An ordinance is issued whereby Dutch is allowed in courts in the Cape next to English.

A newspaper reports in Mbabane that Swaziland’s King Mswati III has bought himself a luxury sedan worth about R3.5m while his d

Lucas Radebe, SA born soccer star, is ruled out of the Bafana’s squad for the 2002 African Nations Cup finals by a twisted ankl

A Zeerust family, Dr François Barnard, his wife and two sons are killed when their Piper Saratoga crashes during a storm near

Three SA farmers from the Eastern Cape, who have crossed the border to Lesotho to search for stolen cattle, are shot and killed

The ANC confirms it has forwarded 300 applications from its members to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and expects to s

The first group of 120 exiles returning to South Africa under the agreement reached in August by UNHCR and the South African au

Three anti-apartheid activists still in the British Consulate in Durban leave the building. A. Gumede and one other are immedia

The United Nations General Assembly adopts two resolutions concerning South Africa’s nuclear capacity, requesting the Security

A White extremist group, the ‘Wit Kommando’ claims responsibility for the bombing of the offices of Professor F.A. Maritz at th

The interim state Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, created on 1 June 1979, returns to colonial status and becomes the colony of Zimbabwe-Rhod

The Christian Institute appeals to the Prime Minister, John Vorster, asking him to reconsider the withdrawal or confiscation of

A year after achieving independence from Britain, Kenya becomes a republic with Kenyatta, formerly prime minister, as president

Mishack Mkhabela, S.A sculptor, is born in Ka-Bokweni, Transvaal.

Kenya becomes an independent state within the Commonwealth with Jomo Kenyatta as prime minister. ,

A police patrol, out to investigate an assassination attempt in the Transkei, are attacked by a gang of about sixty Poqo member

Dr. Verwoerd tells the union Council of Coloured Affairs that the Council will be transformed into a Coloured ‘Parliament’ with

Laurie Nathan, national organiser of the End Conscription Campaign, 1984-86, is born in Sea Point, Cape Town.

Harry Stratford Caldecott (43), SA art painter, dies in Wynberg, Cape Town.

Spanish troops are pushed out of Morocco by Abd el Krim. africanhistory.about.com

Denis Warburton Begbie, SA cricket player in five tests (1947-1950), is born in Middelburg, Eastern Transvaal.

Rosa Sophia Cornelia Nepgen, SA composer and wife of poet W.E.G. Louw, is born in Barkly-East, Eastern Cape.

James Alexander Joseph Christy, SA cricket player in ten tests, is born in Pretoria.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Britain announces in London that more than 11 000 British soldiers have already been killed.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Winston Churchill climbs over the yard wall of the State Model School in Pretoria where he has been imprisone

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Magersfontein continues. At about midday the British retire to their camp at Modder River.

Dr Sydney Arnold Skaife, founder member of the Cape Nature Conservation Association and author under the name of Hendrik Brand,

Dr Geoffrey Hare Clayton, archbishop of Cape Town, is born in Leicester, England.

Nicolaas Claassen Rautenbach, Boer soldier who was executed in 1901 by the British

Prof. Jan Kamp, literary critic and editor of Het Westen, is born in the Netherlands.