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Nine French soldiers and an American aid consultant are killed in bombing attacks in Ivory Coast’s rebel-held north, after the

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National Children’s Day celebrations are scheduled for a number of locations across the country today. President Thabo Mbeki pr

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Eight people are shot in Chad’s first executions since 1991.

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Rodney Petersen (12) of Clanwilliam, Western Province, dies during a cricket game when struck by a ball.

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Felix Mvelase, son of IFP Transvaal chair Vitus Mvelasi, is killed by gunmen in Transvaal.

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Judicial Matters Amendment Act No 143 amending the Investigation of Serious Economic Offences Act No 117 of 1991 in order to re

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Jama Makhosi, ANC, SACP and Alexandra Civic Organisation activist and Fihlokwakhe Nxumalo, relative of chair of local IFP branc

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Sam Ramsamy, president of the (NOCSA), announced South Africa’s acceptance of an invitation to participate in the Olympic Game

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Voters in South-West Africa/Namibia go to the polls to vote for a constituent assembly, which is to draw up a new constitution

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Paul Biya becomes president of the Cameroon.

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Ellen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and leading executive member of the South African Institute of Race Relations (SA

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King Hassan launches the ‘Green March’ with 350,000 unarmed Moroccans waving flags and copies of the Koran, crossing into Weste

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White referendum in Southern Rhodesia is overwhelmingly in support of Ian Smith’s proposal for independence.

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Vuyisile Mini, Zinakile Mkaba and Wilson Khayinga, three prominent trade union leaders from the Eastern Cape, are executed in P

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The Special Committee against Apartheid is established by the General Assembly under resolution 1761 (XVII) of November 6, 1962

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Building starts on the Kariba Dam in the Zambezi River.

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SA quits the UN General Assembly and its committees for the rest of the 10th session after the Assembly adopts a resolution exp

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Egyptian government declares a state of emergency.

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Lindiwe Emmerentia Kuzwayo, successful fashion designer and judge at fashion shows in SA and overseas, is born in Durban.

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British Minister Resident in the Middle East, Lord Moyne (based in Cairo), is assassinated.

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The Herenigde Nasionale Party (Reunited National Party), joining the followers of Dr. D.F. Malan and General J.B.M. Hertzog, is

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Floors Duvenhage, Springbok centre (1949), is born.

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Mohandas K. Gandhi is arrested as he leads a march of Indian miners in South Africa. March includes 127 women, 57 children and

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Bothaville or Doornkraal is fought with Gen. De Wet surrendering

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Diamonds are first discovered at Kimberley, South Africa, leading to the construction of the world’s largest open mine, the Big

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Sir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, is born in Cradock, Cape Colony.

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Johannes Hermanus Grobler, first landdros of Potchefstroom and Ohrigstad and later acting president of the ZAR, is born in Geor

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Baron Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg, Cape governor, reaches a bay near Melkhoutkraal which he names Plettenberg Bay and where

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Pirates fire a rocket-propelled grenade and machine guns in an attack on the luxury cruise liner Seabourn Spirit off the coast

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Professor Johan Heyns, influential church leader and former moderator of the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church, is mur

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Nine French soldiers and an American aid consultant are killed in bombing attacks in Ivory Coast’s rebel-held north, after the

National Children’s Day celebrations are scheduled for a number of locations across the country today. President Thabo Mbeki pr

Eight people are shot in Chad’s first executions since 1991.

Rodney Petersen (12) of Clanwilliam, Western Province, dies during a cricket game when struck by a ball.

Felix Mvelase, son of IFP Transvaal chair Vitus Mvelasi, is killed by gunmen in Transvaal.

Judicial Matters Amendment Act No 143 amending the Investigation of Serious Economic Offences Act No 117 of 1991 in order to re

Jama Makhosi, ANC, SACP and Alexandra Civic Organisation activist and Fihlokwakhe Nxumalo, relative of chair of local IFP branc

Sam Ramsamy, president of the (NOCSA), announced South Africa’s acceptance of an invitation to participate in the Olympic Game

Voters in South-West Africa/Namibia go to the polls to vote for a constituent assembly, which is to draw up a new constitution

Paul Biya becomes president of the Cameroon.

Ellen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and leading executive member of the South African Institute of Race Relations (SA

King Hassan launches the ‘Green March’ with 350,000 unarmed Moroccans waving flags and copies of the Koran, crossing into Weste

White referendum in Southern Rhodesia is overwhelmingly in support of Ian Smith’s proposal for independence.

Vuyisile Mini, Zinakile Mkaba and Wilson Khayinga, three prominent trade union leaders from the Eastern Cape, are executed in P

The Special Committee against Apartheid is established by the General Assembly under resolution 1761 (XVII) of November 6, 1962

Building starts on the Kariba Dam in the Zambezi River.

SA quits the UN General Assembly and its committees for the rest of the 10th session after the Assembly adopts a resolution exp

Egyptian government declares a state of emergency.

Lindiwe Emmerentia Kuzwayo, successful fashion designer and judge at fashion shows in SA and overseas, is born in Durban.

British Minister Resident in the Middle East, Lord Moyne (based in Cairo), is assassinated.

The Herenigde Nasionale Party (Reunited National Party), joining the followers of Dr. D.F. Malan and General J.B.M. Hertzog, is

Floors Duvenhage, Springbok centre (1949), is born.

Mohandas K. Gandhi is arrested as he leads a march of Indian miners in South Africa. March includes 127 women, 57 children and

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Bothaville or Doornkraal is fought with Gen. De Wet surrendering

Diamonds are first discovered at Kimberley, South Africa, leading to the construction of the world’s largest open mine, the Big

Sir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, is born in Cradock, Cape Colony.

Johannes Hermanus Grobler, first landdros of Potchefstroom and Ohrigstad and later acting president of the ZAR, is born in Geor

Baron Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg, Cape governor, reaches a bay near Melkhoutkraal which he names Plettenberg Bay and where

Pirates fire a rocket-propelled grenade and machine guns in an attack on the luxury cruise liner Seabourn Spirit off the coast

Professor Johan Heyns, influential church leader and former moderator of the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church, is mur