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Blacks (Urban Areas) Amendment Act No 97, introducing a ninety-nine-year leasehold system, commences. Full ownership was not at

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Prime Minister P.W. Botha gives evidence before the Erasmus Commission, at his own request.

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Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts an invitation to visit Israel. The Egyptian foreign minister and his deputy resign ov

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The P.K. le Roux Dam (now Vanderkloof Dam), an integral part of the Orange River development project to provide electric power,

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A Black high school student, Sipho Malaza, dies while in Security Police custody. His death is the twenty-first in detention si

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A ban on the publication of military involvements in Angola is imposed on South African newspapers.

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The Democratic Party officially comes into being at a one-day conference in Johannesburg attended by some 200 delegates from th

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Prof. T.H. le Roux (86), Afrikaans linguist, dies.

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Harold Wilson, the British Prime Minister, announces in the House of Commons that the British government has decided to impose

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The civilian government of Sudan is overthrown by the military; Ibrahim Abboud becomes prime minister.

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General Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes Egyptian head of state following the fall of President Mohamed Naguib.

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Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, businessman and former secretary-general of the ANC and head of the Constitutional Assembly, is born

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Christopher J. Bird (66), SA historian, dies in Pietermaritzburg.

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Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, Herbert Hull and David Lewis, strikers during the revolt, are hung in the Central Prison in Pretori

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Prof. Richard Ernest van der Ross, rector of the University of Western Cape, is born in Plumstead, Cape Town.

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Prince Arthur of Connaught, the grandson of Queen Victoria, arrives in SA as governor-general. (2004). Yesterdays, Pretoria New

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Governor Bruno von Schuckmann of German South-West Africa is succeeded by Dr Theodor Zeits, who occupied the post until 1915.

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The SA rugby team loses 0-6 against Scotland in Glasgow.

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Dr Nicolaas Diederichs, SA politician and state president (1975 – 1978), is born in Ladybrand, OFS.

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Dr Theo Schumann, director of the Fuel Research Institute and the Weather Bureau, is born.

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The first gas lamp in Johannesburg is installed outside the landdros office on the Market Square.

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Harold Vane Baumgartner, SA cricket player in one test (1913/1914), is born in Henley-on-Thames, England.

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The Midge (61 tons) is stranded near Plettenberg Bay. The captain is accused of negligence because the anchor was rusted.

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The Suez Canal in Egypt, which has taken ten years to build, is formally opened. Date is given as 16th in some sources.

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The ANC suspends national assembly chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing into sexual harassm

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The controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality at Beaufort West, Truman Prince, is suspended with imm

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The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to impose an immediate arms embargo on Ivory Coast.

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The first church council in the Orange Free State is ordained, probably in Thaba ‘Nchu.

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Britain seizes the islands of Reunion and Mauritius from French control.

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Sir Andrew Smith, explorer and founder of the museum now known as the South African Museum, is born in Roxburgshire, England.

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Blacks (Urban Areas) Amendment Act No 97, introducing a ninety-nine-year leasehold system, commences. Full ownership was not at

Prime Minister P.W. Botha gives evidence before the Erasmus Commission, at his own request.

Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts an invitation to visit Israel. The Egyptian foreign minister and his deputy resign ov

The P.K. le Roux Dam (now Vanderkloof Dam), an integral part of the Orange River development project to provide electric power,

A Black high school student, Sipho Malaza, dies while in Security Police custody. His death is the twenty-first in detention si

A ban on the publication of military involvements in Angola is imposed on South African newspapers.

The Democratic Party officially comes into being at a one-day conference in Johannesburg attended by some 200 delegates from th

Prof. T.H. le Roux (86), Afrikaans linguist, dies.

Harold Wilson, the British Prime Minister, announces in the House of Commons that the British government has decided to impose

The civilian government of Sudan is overthrown by the military; Ibrahim Abboud becomes prime minister.

General Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes Egyptian head of state following the fall of President Mohamed Naguib.

Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, businessman and former secretary-general of the ANC and head of the Constitutional Assembly, is born

Christopher J. Bird (66), SA historian, dies in Pietermaritzburg.

Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, Herbert Hull and David Lewis, strikers during the revolt, are hung in the Central Prison in Pretori

Prof. Richard Ernest van der Ross, rector of the University of Western Cape, is born in Plumstead, Cape Town.

Prince Arthur of Connaught, the grandson of Queen Victoria, arrives in SA as governor-general. (2004). Yesterdays, Pretoria New

Governor Bruno von Schuckmann of German South-West Africa is succeeded by Dr Theodor Zeits, who occupied the post until 1915.

The SA rugby team loses 0-6 against Scotland in Glasgow.

Dr Nicolaas Diederichs, SA politician and state president (1975 – 1978), is born in Ladybrand, OFS.

Dr Theo Schumann, director of the Fuel Research Institute and the Weather Bureau, is born.

The first gas lamp in Johannesburg is installed outside the landdros office on the Market Square.

Harold Vane Baumgartner, SA cricket player in one test (1913/1914), is born in Henley-on-Thames, England.

The Midge (61 tons) is stranded near Plettenberg Bay. The captain is accused of negligence because the anchor was rusted.

The Suez Canal in Egypt, which has taken ten years to build, is formally opened. Date is given as 16th in some sources.

The ANC suspends national assembly chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing into sexual harassm

The controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality at Beaufort West, Truman Prince, is suspended with imm

The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to impose an immediate arms embargo on Ivory Coast.

The first church council in the Orange Free State is ordained, probably in Thaba ‘Nchu.

Britain seizes the islands of Reunion and Mauritius from French control.

Sir Andrew Smith, explorer and founder of the museum now known as the South African Museum, is born in Roxburgshire, England.