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Bettie Cilliers-Barnard, SA painter and mother of actress Jana Celliers, is born in Rustenburg, Tvl.

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Gold is discovered in former Rhodesia, 320 km south of Salisbury (now Harare).

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Anglo-Boer War 2: a White Paper is published by the British government explaining the need for concentration camps in South Afr

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Prof. F.J. Labuschagne, Afrikaans linguist and lector at the Potchefstroom University, is born in Ventersdorp.

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Johanna Brandt, nurse and spy for the Boer forces during Anglo-Boer War 2 and also author of several books on the war and natur

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Sir Frederick Napier Broome, colonial secretary of Natal, is born in Montreal, Canada.

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African Statistics Day

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Cabinet approves the controversial Telkom share deal, saying it believes the Elephant Consortium will ensure broad-based Black

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The Congress of SA Trade Unions has urged its alliance partner, the ANC, to clarify its stance on political and human rights ab

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South Africa finally breaks the Nigerian jinx via a 2-1 well-deserved victory in an exciting Nelson Mandela Challenge clash at

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Breyton Paulse is included after first being omitted in the Springbok team for the test against England on 20 November, after a

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It is announced that French doctors have made a major break-through, which may lead to the invention of a HIV/Aids vaccine.

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Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa undergoes hip surgery.

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The National Arts Council (NAC) launches the National Craft Development Initiative as part of its National Development Strategy

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The United Nations urges Rwanda to co-operate with an international tribunal, after the release of genocide suspect Jean-Bosco

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Keith Alexander (52), SA painter, dies of cancer in Johannesburg.

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A complete skeleton of a gorgonop, one of the most dangerous predatory carnivores that had inhabited the earth, is found near B

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Six militants open fire at the Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor, Egypt, killing seventy-four people, sixty-one of them foreign tou

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Two ski boats are wrecked near Mossel Bay, and nine fishermen are drowned.

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125 people die and fifty are rescued when a hijacked Ethiopian Boeing plunges into the sea at the Great Comoro.

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Lehlohonolo Ledwaba, SA bantam-weight, wins the World Boxing Union (WBU) world champion title.

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Algeria’s military-installed president, Liamine Zeroual, is proclaimed winner of the November 16 election, boycotted by most ma

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The Restitution of Land Rights Bill is passed by President Mandela and signed into law.

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Military rule is re-imposed in Nigeria when General Sani Abacha ousts civilian leader Ernest Shonekan.

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Leaders of twenty political parties at the Multi-party Negotiating Process endorse an interim constitution and an electoral bil

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The OAU observer team led by Botswana Ambassador Legwaila arrives in Johannesburg.

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A SA woman, Olivia Forsyth, allegedly a spy for the SA government against the ANC, who has been holed up in the British Embassy

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Students at the University of Bophuthatswana win a Supreme Court application to have hostels reopened, but the court rejects th

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Amos Tshabalala, civic activist, is stabbed to death in Tsakana.

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Meshack Mogale (16), dies in police custody after being arrested at a night vigil for an unrest victim. He was allegedly kicked

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Bettie Cilliers-Barnard, SA painter and mother of actress Jana Celliers, is born in Rustenburg, Tvl.

Gold is discovered in former Rhodesia, 320 km south of Salisbury (now Harare).

Anglo-Boer War 2: a White Paper is published by the British government explaining the need for concentration camps in South Afr

Prof. F.J. Labuschagne, Afrikaans linguist and lector at the Potchefstroom University, is born in Ventersdorp.

Johanna Brandt, nurse and spy for the Boer forces during Anglo-Boer War 2 and also author of several books on the war and natur

Sir Frederick Napier Broome, colonial secretary of Natal, is born in Montreal, Canada.

African Statistics Day

Cabinet approves the controversial Telkom share deal, saying it believes the Elephant Consortium will ensure broad-based Black

The Congress of SA Trade Unions has urged its alliance partner, the ANC, to clarify its stance on political and human rights ab

South Africa finally breaks the Nigerian jinx via a 2-1 well-deserved victory in an exciting Nelson Mandela Challenge clash at

Breyton Paulse is included after first being omitted in the Springbok team for the test against England on 20 November, after a

It is announced that French doctors have made a major break-through, which may lead to the invention of a HIV/Aids vaccine.

Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa undergoes hip surgery.

The National Arts Council (NAC) launches the National Craft Development Initiative as part of its National Development Strategy

The United Nations urges Rwanda to co-operate with an international tribunal, after the release of genocide suspect Jean-Bosco

Keith Alexander (52), SA painter, dies of cancer in Johannesburg.

A complete skeleton of a gorgonop, one of the most dangerous predatory carnivores that had inhabited the earth, is found near B

Six militants open fire at the Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor, Egypt, killing seventy-four people, sixty-one of them foreign tou

Two ski boats are wrecked near Mossel Bay, and nine fishermen are drowned.

125 people die and fifty are rescued when a hijacked Ethiopian Boeing plunges into the sea at the Great Comoro.

Lehlohonolo Ledwaba, SA bantam-weight, wins the World Boxing Union (WBU) world champion title.

Algeria’s military-installed president, Liamine Zeroual, is proclaimed winner of the November 16 election, boycotted by most ma

The Restitution of Land Rights Bill is passed by President Mandela and signed into law.

Military rule is re-imposed in Nigeria when General Sani Abacha ousts civilian leader Ernest Shonekan.

Leaders of twenty political parties at the Multi-party Negotiating Process endorse an interim constitution and an electoral bil

The OAU observer team led by Botswana Ambassador Legwaila arrives in Johannesburg.

A SA woman, Olivia Forsyth, allegedly a spy for the SA government against the ANC, who has been holed up in the British Embassy

Students at the University of Bophuthatswana win a Supreme Court application to have hostels reopened, but the court rejects th

Amos Tshabalala, civic activist, is stabbed to death in Tsakana.

Meshack Mogale (16), dies in police custody after being arrested at a night vigil for an unrest victim. He was allegedly kicked