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The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

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Gerrit Bon, organist and music lecturer in SA and Rhodesia, is born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Carl Louis Richard Müller, founder of the SA music shops R. Müller, is born in Lübben, Spreewald, near Berlin, Germany.

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Jacob Ludwig D&ouml;hne, missionary and translator of the Zulu Bible, is born in Zierenberg, Germany.

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Napoleon Bonaparte, newly returned from his disastrous expedition to Egypt, seizes power in France, making himself one of three

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President Thabo Mbeki leads a government delegation to the funeral of former state president, P.W. Botha, in George.

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Angry commuters in Vereeniging torch four carriages at the Residentia railway station after it was reported that there would be

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A two-hour meeting is held between a delegation of deputy ministers, led by President Mbeki, and a thirty-five member Afrikaans

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An audit report by PriceWaterhouseCoopers reveals the Mpumalanga education department has been defrauded of R26m for toilets an

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President Thabo Mbeki is consulting with west African leaders ahead of an emergency trip to Ivory Coast to settle the latest un

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South African Airways (SAA) announces that it will not fly to Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) due to disturbances in the c

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The International Committee of the Red Cross reports that more than 400 people were wounded in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, at the wee

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Mauritania’s ruling president Maaouiya Ould Taya wins the first round of the presidential elections. BBC gives date as 7 Nove

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Runner-up in Mauritanian presidential elections, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah, is arrested for allegedly inciting violence.

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A painting by SA painter Irma Stern is auctioned for the record price of R1.1 m in Johannesburg.

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ANC leader Nelson Mandela meets with his Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) counterpart Jafta “Jeff” Masemola, who has just been rel

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The air search for thirteen crew members of a Greek fish trawler is suspended.

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The SA rugby team beats Italy 62-31 in Bologne.

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Dulcie van den Bergh (69), SA actress, dies in Johannesburg.

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Mzukisi Sikali (Skali), SA Junior flyweight, wins the World Boxing Union (WBU) world champion title.

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UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali calls for an international military force to aid and protect a million refugees caug

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Parliament adopts Restitution of Land Act by 212 to 26, with IFP and Freedom Front opposing it. South Africans forcibly removed

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Convention between the governments of South Africa and France for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal

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The South African cricket team arrive in Calcutta, to play in three one-day matches against the Indian team in South Africa’s f

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Minister of Law and Order Hernus Kriel announces the formation of a new police unit, which would have specific task of stabilis

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Sixteen people die in an attack by IFP supporters in Bruntville, Mooi River, Natal.

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The military government in the Transkei lifts the state of emergency and banning orders on fifteen organisations in the territo

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The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

Gerrit Bon, organist and music lecturer in SA and Rhodesia, is born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

W.H. Coetzer, SA painter, is born in Tarkastad, CP.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen arrives in Cape Town aboard the Moor.

Franco-British dual control of Egypt is established.

Carl Louis Richard Müller, founder of the SA music shops R. Müller, is born in Lübben, Spreewald, near Berlin, Germany.

Jacob Ludwig D&amp;ouml;hne, missionary and translator of the Zulu Bible, is born in Zierenberg, Germany.

Napoleon Bonaparte, newly returned from his disastrous expedition to Egypt, seizes power in France, making himself one of three

President Thabo Mbeki leads a government delegation to the funeral of former state president, P.W. Botha, in George.

Angry commuters in Vereeniging torch four carriages at the Residentia railway station after it was reported that there would be

A two-hour meeting is held between a delegation of deputy ministers, led by President Mbeki, and a thirty-five member Afrikaans

An audit report by PriceWaterhouseCoopers reveals the Mpumalanga education department has been defrauded of R26m for toilets an

President Thabo Mbeki is consulting with west African leaders ahead of an emergency trip to Ivory Coast to settle the latest un

South African Airways (SAA) announces that it will not fly to Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) due to disturbances in the c

The International Committee of the Red Cross reports that more than 400 people were wounded in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, at the wee

Mauritania’s ruling president Maaouiya Ould Taya wins the first round of the presidential elections. BBC gives date as 7 Nove

Runner-up in Mauritanian presidential elections, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah, is arrested for allegedly inciting violence.

A painting by SA painter Irma Stern is auctioned for the record price of R1.1 m in Johannesburg.

ANC leader Nelson Mandela meets with his Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) counterpart Jafta “Jeff” Masemola, who has just been rel

The air search for thirteen crew members of a Greek fish trawler is suspended.

The SA rugby team beats Italy 62-31 in Bologne.

Dulcie van den Bergh (69), SA actress, dies in Johannesburg.

Mzukisi Sikali (Skali), SA Junior flyweight, wins the World Boxing Union (WBU) world champion title.

UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali calls for an international military force to aid and protect a million refugees caug

Parliament adopts Restitution of Land Act by 212 to 26, with IFP and Freedom Front opposing it. South Africans forcibly removed

Convention between the governments of South Africa and France for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal

The South African cricket team arrive in Calcutta, to play in three one-day matches against the Indian team in South Africa’s f

Minister of Law and Order Hernus Kriel announces the formation of a new police unit, which would have specific task of stabilis

Sixteen people die in an attack by IFP supporters in Bruntville, Mooi River, Natal.

The military government in the Transkei lifts the state of emergency and banning orders on fifteen organisations in the territo

Jacob Ludwig Döhne, missionary and translator of the Zulu Bible, is born in Zierenberg, Germany.