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On his last voyage of discovery in the Resolution and the Discovery, Capt. James Cook finds a group of islands, which he named

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Lord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of the Cape, is born in Badminton, England.

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National Day of Kenya. ,

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The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) issues a catalogue of alleged human rights abuses it said were perpetrated in Zimbabwe

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Hours before US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in Rwanda, Hutu rebels attack a village with guns, grenades and m

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The first Regional Dispute Resolution Committee was established in Natal in terms of the National Peace Accord signed on 14 Sep

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SA Department of Justice announces that more than 1 000 ANC members have applied for amnesty.

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Fifty-two people are killed in large-scale attacks and counter-attacks in Tokoza, East Rand.

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Matthews Mapumolo, ANC member, dies in police custody after he was accosted at home in Swaziland by a group of armed men, shot,

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Cross-border abductions (11/12 December) of Shadrack Mzeni, Grace Cele and Danger Nyoni.

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The UN Security Council chooses Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru to be the fifth secretary-general of the world body.

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Dr Apollo Milton Obote is finally returned to power in Uganda. When it seemed like the opposition DP party might win, the chair

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Alexandre Moumbaris, convicted under the Terrorism Act, who was serving a twelve-year sentence, escapes from Pretoria Central p

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Moroccan officials in El Aiun proclaim Morocco’s annexation of the Spanish Sahara as some 5 000 Moroccan troops march into the

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Land consolidation proposals for the Transkei and Ciskei are announced, involving Black acquisition of Port St Johns and Indwe.

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A press release states that during this year losses totalling over R20 million were incurred through collisions, wrecks and sin

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South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland sign a new customs agreement in Pretoria, to come into operation on 1 March 1970.

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J.F. Wenzel presents his credentials to President Banda as South Africa’s first Chargé d’Affaires and head of legation i

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The first of the ‘Bantustans’ comes into existence when the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, De Wet Nel, opens

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Chief Albert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Lecture in Oslo after receiving the Peace Prize the previous day. The government issued

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Mofasi H. Lekota, managing director of Equal Access Consulting and chair of Seshego Investments is born in Pietersburg (Polokwa

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Lt.-Col. James Stevenson-Hamilton (Skukuza) (90), British soldier and one of the most famous nature conservationists in SA hist

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Sisulu, together with a number of members from the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and African National Congress (ANC), meet in

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Katinka Germishuis, Springbok swimmer, is born in Pretoria.

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The first edition of Standpunte, mouthpiece of Afrikaans poets in the ‘30s and ‘40s, is published.

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British capture Sidi Barrani, Egypt, from Italians. www.secondworldwar.co.ukk

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Matodzi Liphosa, community worker and director of several companies is born in Sibasa, Venda (now Limpopo). He was guest speake

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George Sammy Shane Maluleke, attorney and member of several law-related Boards and Commissions, is born in Wallmannstal, near P

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Adriaan Johannes Vlok, former SA law and order minister, is born in Sutherland, Cape Province.

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George VI becomes King of England following the abdication of Edward VIII. The Royal family visited South Africa in 1947.

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On his last voyage of discovery in the Resolution and the Discovery, Capt. James Cook finds a group of islands, which he named

Lord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of the Cape, is born in Badminton, England.

National Day of Kenya. ,

The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) issues a catalogue of alleged human rights abuses it said were perpetrated in Zimbabwe

Hours before US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in Rwanda, Hutu rebels attack a village with guns, grenades and m

The first Regional Dispute Resolution Committee was established in Natal in terms of the National Peace Accord signed on 14 Sep

SA Department of Justice announces that more than 1 000 ANC members have applied for amnesty.

Fifty-two people are killed in large-scale attacks and counter-attacks in Tokoza, East Rand.

Matthews Mapumolo, ANC member, dies in police custody after he was accosted at home in Swaziland by a group of armed men, shot,

Cross-border abductions (11/12 December) of Shadrack Mzeni, Grace Cele and Danger Nyoni.

The UN Security Council chooses Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru to be the fifth secretary-general of the world body.

Dr Apollo Milton Obote is finally returned to power in Uganda. When it seemed like the opposition DP party might win, the chair

Alexandre Moumbaris, convicted under the Terrorism Act, who was serving a twelve-year sentence, escapes from Pretoria Central p

Moroccan officials in El Aiun proclaim Morocco’s annexation of the Spanish Sahara as some 5 000 Moroccan troops march into the

Land consolidation proposals for the Transkei and Ciskei are announced, involving Black acquisition of Port St Johns and Indwe.

A press release states that during this year losses totalling over R20 million were incurred through collisions, wrecks and sin

South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland sign a new customs agreement in Pretoria, to come into operation on 1 March 1970.

J.F. Wenzel presents his credentials to President Banda as South Africa’s first Chargé d’Affaires and head of legation i

The first of the ‘Bantustans’ comes into existence when the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, De Wet Nel, opens

Chief Albert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Lecture in Oslo after receiving the Peace Prize the previous day. The government issued

Mofasi H. Lekota, managing director of Equal Access Consulting and chair of Seshego Investments is born in Pietersburg (Polokwa

Lt.-Col. James Stevenson-Hamilton (Skukuza) (90), British soldier and one of the most famous nature conservationists in SA hist

Sisulu, together with a number of members from the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and African National Congress (ANC), meet in

Katinka Germishuis, Springbok swimmer, is born in Pretoria.

The first edition of Standpunte, mouthpiece of Afrikaans poets in the ‘30s and ‘40s, is published.

British capture Sidi Barrani, Egypt, from Italians. www.secondworldwar.co.ukk

Matodzi Liphosa, community worker and director of several companies is born in Sibasa, Venda (now Limpopo). He was guest speake

George Sammy Shane Maluleke, attorney and member of several law-related Boards and Commissions, is born in Wallmannstal, near P

Adriaan Johannes Vlok, former SA law and order minister, is born in Sutherland, Cape Province.

George VI becomes King of England following the abdication of Edward VIII. The Royal family visited South Africa in 1947.