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Cornelis de Houtman rounds the Cape for the second time (the first was in 1595) and sets foot on shore in Table Bay to barter s

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A Pretoria biker is caught doing 284km/h on his Suzuki motorcycle on the R59. He earns the dubious honour of being the offender

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Pandemonium breaks out inside the Big Top Arena at Carnival City when angry boxing fans protest the dubious verdict, which favo

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Rugby world champion England beats Tri-Nations kings South Africa 32-16 at Twickenham to record its sixth successive victory.

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Presidential election campaigning officially gets underway in Guinea-Conakry.

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Ugandan MPs from north and east begin a parliamentary boycott until the security situation improves.

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Zimbabwean workers start a two-day general strike.

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The Angolan government and Unita rebel organisation again sign a peace treaty, the 1994 Lusaka Protocol, reaffirming agreements

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John Lawrence, Winnie Mandela’s bodyguard, dies after a shoot-out in the centre of Johannesburg.

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From this date the Bureau of State Security (BOSS) becomes a full portfolio of National Security under the Prime Minister who i

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President Anwar Sadat of Egypt addresses the Israeli parliament.

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The Bophuthatswana Legislative Assembly concludes a two-day Special Session during which it formally votes to open negotiations

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Jan Jacobus van der Post, SA author who lived as a boy with the San for several years where he learned their language and custo

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Natasha Kate Sutherland, actress in the SA soap opera Egoli, is born.

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The General Assembly, in resolution 2505 (XXIV), welcomes the Lusaka Manifesto on Southern Africa, agreed on by leaders of East

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The first session of the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council is officially opened in Bellville and immediately takes up th

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The Malawian pound is devaluated.

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Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia sign an agreement on regional defence co-operation.

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The first elections to the forty-five seats for elected members of the Transkei Legislative Assembly take place.

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Ben Bella is recognised as a political prisoner in Algeria following a hunger strike.

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Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Fanie) Eloff (62), first notable sculptor born in SA and grandson of Paul Kruger, dies in Pretoria.

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Nicolaas (Nico) Hofmeyr, clergyman, composer and author, is born in the Strand, Cape.

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The British parliament adopts the Balfour Declaration signed by delegates the previous day. This paves the way to self-govern

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Nadine Gordimer, SA author and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, is born in Springs.

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Arthur d’Arcy (Bobby) Locke, SA champion golf player, is born in Germiston, Tvl.

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Anton van Wouw, SA sculptor, is born in Driebergen, the Netherlands.

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Johan Frederik van Oordt (D’Arbez), early Afrikaans author of historical stories, is born in Cape Town.

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Cornelis de Houtman rounds the Cape for the second time (the first was in 1595) and sets foot on shore in Table Bay to barter s

A Pretoria biker is caught doing 284km/h on his Suzuki motorcycle on the R59. He earns the dubious honour of being the offender

Pandemonium breaks out inside the Big Top Arena at Carnival City when angry boxing fans protest the dubious verdict, which favo

Rugby world champion England beats Tri-Nations kings South Africa 32-16 at Twickenham to record its sixth successive victory.

Presidential election campaigning officially gets underway in Guinea-Conakry.

Ugandan MPs from north and east begin a parliamentary boycott until the security situation improves.

Zimbabwean workers start a two-day general strike.

The Angolan government and Unita rebel organisation again sign a peace treaty, the 1994 Lusaka Protocol, reaffirming agreements

John Lawrence, Winnie Mandela’s bodyguard, dies after a shoot-out in the centre of Johannesburg.

From this date the Bureau of State Security (BOSS) becomes a full portfolio of National Security under the Prime Minister who i

President Anwar Sadat of Egypt addresses the Israeli parliament.

The Bophuthatswana Legislative Assembly concludes a two-day Special Session during which it formally votes to open negotiations

Jan Jacobus van der Post, SA author who lived as a boy with the San for several years where he learned their language and custo

Natasha Kate Sutherland, actress in the SA soap opera Egoli, is born.

The General Assembly, in resolution 2505 (XXIV), welcomes the Lusaka Manifesto on Southern Africa, agreed on by leaders of East

The first session of the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council is officially opened in Bellville and immediately takes up th

The Malawian pound is devaluated.

Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia sign an agreement on regional defence co-operation.

The first elections to the forty-five seats for elected members of the Transkei Legislative Assembly take place.

Ben Bella is recognised as a political prisoner in Algeria following a hunger strike.

Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Fanie) Eloff (62), first notable sculptor born in SA and grandson of Paul Kruger, dies in Pretoria.

Nicolaas (Nico) Hofmeyr, clergyman, composer and author, is born in the Strand, Cape.

The British parliament adopts the Balfour Declaration signed by delegates the previous day. This paves the way to self-govern

Nadine Gordimer, SA author and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, is born in Springs.

Arthur d’Arcy (Bobby) Locke, SA champion golf player, is born in Germiston, Tvl.

Anton van Wouw, SA sculptor, is born in Driebergen, the Netherlands.

Johan Frederik van Oordt (D’Arbez), early Afrikaans author of historical stories, is born in Cape Town.

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