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The Minister of Justice and Police, J.T. Kruger, announces his decision to appoint a one-man judicial commission in the person
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Parliament meets in an Extraordinary Session at the request of the leader of the Opposition, Colin Eglin. The resignation of th
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The second day of the Soweto protest is marked by uncontrollable fury. Fires rage in townships throughout the country. Pupils s
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The British Minister of State for Defence says that the ending of the Simonstown Agreements means an end to all the military co
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Mohammed Charles Ouseb, Namibian football player for Kaizer Chiefs who was winner of the Kick Off Footballer of the Season, 98/
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The United Nations General Assembly proclaims that South-West Africa shall henceforth be known as ‘Namibia’ and condemns South
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The Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and the looming forced removals. Some sources claim that the riots began on
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Bhekuyise Alfred Langa, deputy chief operating officer and managing executive of the Customer Service and Sales department of T
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SA signs an agreement with Southern Rhodesia for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with res
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ANC executive members meet their Indian counterparts to recommend a massive defiance campaign to their respective annual confer
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More than a hundred Whites raid the Indian Resisters’ camp, pull down tents and smash camp stretchers. Some Resisters are injur
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WWII: The first American expeditionary force lands in Africa.
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Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews, SA Deputy Minister of Safety and Security since 1994, is born.
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A general election is held after Gen. J.C. Smuts lost his seat in a by-election in April and resigned as premier without consul
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Anglo-Boer War 2: British politician David Lloyd George denounces the concentration camp policy.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Pres. M.T. Steyn appoints judge J.B.M. Hertzog as general.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: “Steinaecker’s Horse”, an irregular unit of about fifty mercenaries in British service, using Black armed t
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Hendrik Hanekom, Afrikaans actor, is born in Beaufort West, Cape Colony.
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A borehole on the Rand-Victoria mine near Germiston strikes the Main Reef of the Witwatersrand Gold Fields at 731 meters.
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Five soccer clubs in Natal – the first in SA, found the Natal Football Union.
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Sir George Herbert Farrar, founder and developer of the East Rand Proprietary Mines Ltd is born
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Jonathan Ayliff, SA lawyer and politician, brother of John and son of the Rev. John Ayliff, is born in Salem, Cape Province.
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Hendrik Hop (54), leader of the expedition to the north of the Orange River, dies in Paarl, CC.
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Sir John Barrow, SA explorer, is born in Dragley Beck, England.
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During a fierce gale in Table Bay, eleven ships are wrecked with severe loss of life.
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Maria van Riebeeck, daughter of Jan and his wife Maria, is born at the Cape.
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Sybrandis Abbema (Sibrand), who visited the Cape in 1660 as V.O.C. commissioner and instructed Simon van der Stel to do all he
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Up to 5 000 children still serve in the Ugandan armed forces even though they are officially banned from enlisting, a seni
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Sipho Ngomane (23) of South Africa wins the 80th Comrades Marathon in Durban. He is the second youngest ever to win the rac
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