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The University of Transkei Amendment Act No 17, empowering the Transkei Minister of Education to veto, without giving reasons,

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The National Key Points Act No 26, aimed at tightening up security following sabotage in Umtata, commences.

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Security police today raid the offices of the United Democratic Front.

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Louise (Lulu) Latsky, SA author of children’s books and zoologist, dies in Stellenbosch.

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The SA rugby team beats France 37-15 in Pretoria.

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Dr C.P. Mulder resigns as Minister of Plural Relations and Development on instruction of the prime minister because of irregula

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The French Ministry of Defence will no longer permit delivery of two escort vessels (corvettes) and two submarines under constr

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Penny Heyns, SA swimming star, is born in Springs, Transvaal. Her parents later moved to the Natal South Coast. She represented

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A meeting convened by Chief Lucas Mangope, Chief Minister of Bophuthatswana, held in Umtata in camera and attended by eight ‘ho

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Johannes van Melle, SA author, dies in Johannesburg. A different date, 18 November 1953, probably not correct, is given in P

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South African police open fire on Black rioters, killing fourteen and wounding thirty-nine, after a beer-hall brawl got out of

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Allied forces under Lieutenant-General Dwight D. Eisenhower begin landings in North Africa, starting the Algeria-Morocco Campai

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The multilateral Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in Their Natural State, to which SA is a party, is

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The Rev. Daniël Stephanus Botha (75), moderator of the Cape Dutch Reformed Church, dies in Stellenbosch.

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Christiaan Neethling Barnard, medical pioneer who performed the first heart transplant, is born in Beaufort West, CP.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: President Steyn takes General Snyman to task for a cattle raid against Chief Montshiwa in which 203 head of c

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Dr Ernst Gideon Malherbe, SA educationist, is born in Luckhoff, OFS.

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The British government protests at the closing by President Paul Kruger of the Vaal River drifts.

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The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is established.

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The Natal Independent and General Advertiser, closed down in February, reappears as The Times.

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Andries Pretorius, Voortrekker leader, and father of M.W. Pretorius, first president of the ZAR, marries Christina de Wet. --

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Mutiny breaks out in Table Bay.

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Commander Simon van der Stel camps on the bank of the Eerste River and calls the place Stellenbosch.

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Egypt denies it has a secret nuclear weapons programme in an angry response to reports that the UN atomic watchdog agency is in

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South African President Thabo Mbeki was to arrive today in Abidjan to help with peace negotiations, but the visit was postponed

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A prisoner of Pretoria’s C-Max prison manages to obtain a gun, which he uses to shoot dead another inmate and two warders befor

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Hendrik Ramaala, SA athlete, wins the men’s title at the New York Marathon in an unofficial time of 2hr 9min 24sec, becoming th

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Tiger Woods squanders a lead on the final round of a PGA event for only the third time in his career, allowing South Africa’s R

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Famous South African playwright Gibson Kente (72), who told the world he had HIV/Aids in early 2003, dies.

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The Namibian farm workers union backs down on threat to occupy fifteen commercial farms.

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The University of Transkei Amendment Act No 17, empowering the Transkei Minister of Education to veto, without giving reasons,

The National Key Points Act No 26, aimed at tightening up security following sabotage in Umtata, commences.

Security police today raid the offices of the United Democratic Front.

Louise (Lulu) Latsky, SA author of children’s books and zoologist, dies in Stellenbosch.

The SA rugby team beats France 37-15 in Pretoria.

Dr C.P. Mulder resigns as Minister of Plural Relations and Development on instruction of the prime minister because of irregula

The French Ministry of Defence will no longer permit delivery of two escort vessels (corvettes) and two submarines under constr

Penny Heyns, SA swimming star, is born in Springs, Transvaal. Her parents later moved to the Natal South Coast. She represented

A meeting convened by Chief Lucas Mangope, Chief Minister of Bophuthatswana, held in Umtata in camera and attended by eight ‘ho

Johannes van Melle, SA author, dies in Johannesburg. A different date, 18 November 1953, probably not correct, is given in P

South African police open fire on Black rioters, killing fourteen and wounding thirty-nine, after a beer-hall brawl got out of

Allied forces under Lieutenant-General Dwight D. Eisenhower begin landings in North Africa, starting the Algeria-Morocco Campai

The multilateral Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in Their Natural State, to which SA is a party, is

The Rev. Daniël Stephanus Botha (75), moderator of the Cape Dutch Reformed Church, dies in Stellenbosch.

Christiaan Neethling Barnard, medical pioneer who performed the first heart transplant, is born in Beaufort West, CP.

Anglo-Boer War 2: President Steyn takes General Snyman to task for a cattle raid against Chief Montshiwa in which 203 head of c

Dr Ernst Gideon Malherbe, SA educationist, is born in Luckhoff, OFS.

The British government protests at the closing by President Paul Kruger of the Vaal River drifts.

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is established.

The Natal Independent and General Advertiser, closed down in February, reappears as The Times.

Andries Pretorius, Voortrekker leader, and father of M.W. Pretorius, first president of the ZAR, marries Christina de Wet. --

Mutiny breaks out in Table Bay.

Commander Simon van der Stel camps on the bank of the Eerste River and calls the place Stellenbosch.

Egypt denies it has a secret nuclear weapons programme in an angry response to reports that the UN atomic watchdog agency is in

South African President Thabo Mbeki was to arrive today in Abidjan to help with peace negotiations, but the visit was postponed

A prisoner of Pretoria’s C-Max prison manages to obtain a gun, which he uses to shoot dead another inmate and two warders befor

Hendrik Ramaala, SA athlete, wins the men’s title at the New York Marathon in an unofficial time of 2hr 9min 24sec, becoming th

Tiger Woods squanders a lead on the final round of a PGA event for only the third time in his career, allowing South Africa’s R

Famous South African playwright Gibson Kente (72), who told the world he had HIV/Aids in early 2003, dies.

The Namibian farm workers union backs down on threat to occupy fifteen commercial farms.