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A three-day election for sixteen members for the KwaNdebele Legislative assembly starts, with fifty-four candidates. The remain

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The New Nation reports that Captain M. Hlela, state witness in the trial of six Ciskei police officers for the murder of Eric M

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Bophuthatswana’s minister of Health and Social Welfare, Mr L.G. Holela, resigns from the Mangope cabinet.

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Justice Kees van Dijkhorst of the Pretoria Supreme Court sentences the eleven &quot;Delmas Treason Trialists&quot; he had convi

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South Africa cricket players Eddie Barlow and Peter Pollock make their debut in a match vs New Zealand, in Durban.

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The All African People’s Conference is held in Accra, Ghana.

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The SA rugby team beats Ireland 17-5 in Dublin.

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The conference of the ANC rejects the Bantu Authorities Act, which, it is stated, was intended to prevent the development of th

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The General Assembly of the United Nations adopts resolution 44(I), expressing the opinion that the treatment of Indians in Sou

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WWII: The Union of SA, Australia and the US declare war on Japan.

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W. S. ‘Buster’ Farrer, cricketer (South African Test batsman 1962-64), is born.

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Eduard Amandus Lippert (72), founder of the Modderfontein dynamite factory near Johannesburg, dies in Hamburg, Germany. He obta

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George Fullerton, SA cricketer and keeper-batsman (1947-51), is born.

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General Christiaan Beyers, former Speaker of the Transvaal Parliament and Commandant-General of the Union Defence Force, drowns

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Sir De Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party opposition in SA, is born in Sea Point, Cape Town.

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Britain announces intention to intervene in the Congo Free State if Belgian and German atrocities against natives continues.

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The test between the SA rugby team and England in London ends in a tie with 3 each.

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Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri’s forces out.

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The ZAR government declares Kromdraai on the Witwatersrand as a digging by request of fifty-one diggers.

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Lady Ann Barnard, author of descriptions of early Cape life and wife of Colonial Secretary Andrew Barnard, is born in Scotland.

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Bartholomew Dias anchors for a few days at the present day Walvis Bay, and calls it Golfo de Santa Maria da Conceiçao. He was

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Giriyondo border post opens. Tourists can now travel through the Kruger National Park to Mozambique. The border post is part of

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Egypt brokers an understanding to halt Israeli-Palestinian violence and move toward a peace accord, announced just hours after

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The US’s deputy State Department spokesperson Adam Ereli praises the efforts of South African President Thabo Mbeki who, on the

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The Commonwealth extends Zimbabwe’s suspension, imposed in 2002. Mugabe announces the country’s withdrawal from the organisatio

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A consortium of philanthropic foundations announces an initiative to provide treatment for an estimated 2.5 million pregnant wo

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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, loses 1-2 against Brazil in a home game. (---(2004). ‘Footballer of the decade: Bafana Bafan

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President Houphouet-Boigny (88), of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies.

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Application in Transkei of Certain South African Laws Relating to Transitional Democracy, Decree No 13, giving recognition to t

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The Transitional Executive Council has its first meeting in Cape Town and adopts a resolution of the Multi-party Negotiating Co

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A three-day election for sixteen members for the KwaNdebele Legislative assembly starts, with fifty-four candidates. The remain

The New Nation reports that Captain M. Hlela, state witness in the trial of six Ciskei police officers for the murder of Eric M

Bophuthatswana’s minister of Health and Social Welfare, Mr L.G. Holela, resigns from the Mangope cabinet.

Justice Kees van Dijkhorst of the Pretoria Supreme Court sentences the eleven &amp;quot;Delmas Treason Trialists&amp;quot; he had convi

South Africa cricket players Eddie Barlow and Peter Pollock make their debut in a match vs New Zealand, in Durban.

The All African People’s Conference is held in Accra, Ghana.

The SA rugby team beats Ireland 17-5 in Dublin.

The conference of the ANC rejects the Bantu Authorities Act, which, it is stated, was intended to prevent the development of th

The General Assembly of the United Nations adopts resolution 44(I), expressing the opinion that the treatment of Indians in Sou

WWII: The Union of SA, Australia and the US declare war on Japan.

W. S. ‘Buster’ Farrer, cricketer (South African Test batsman 1962-64), is born.

Eduard Amandus Lippert (72), founder of the Modderfontein dynamite factory near Johannesburg, dies in Hamburg, Germany. He obta

George Fullerton, SA cricketer and keeper-batsman (1947-51), is born.

General Christiaan Beyers, former Speaker of the Transvaal Parliament and Commandant-General of the Union Defence Force, drowns

Sir De Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party opposition in SA, is born in Sea Point, Cape Town.

Britain announces intention to intervene in the Congo Free State if Belgian and German atrocities against natives continues.

The test between the SA rugby team and England in London ends in a tie with 3 each.

Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri’s forces out.

The ZAR government declares Kromdraai on the Witwatersrand as a digging by request of fifty-one diggers.

Lady Ann Barnard, author of descriptions of early Cape life and wife of Colonial Secretary Andrew Barnard, is born in Scotland.

Bartholomew Dias anchors for a few days at the present day Walvis Bay, and calls it Golfo de Santa Maria da Conceiçao. He was

Giriyondo border post opens. Tourists can now travel through the Kruger National Park to Mozambique. The border post is part of

Egypt brokers an understanding to halt Israeli-Palestinian violence and move toward a peace accord, announced just hours after

The US’s deputy State Department spokesperson Adam Ereli praises the efforts of South African President Thabo Mbeki who, on the

The Commonwealth extends Zimbabwe’s suspension, imposed in 2002. Mugabe announces the country’s withdrawal from the organisatio

A consortium of philanthropic foundations announces an initiative to provide treatment for an estimated 2.5 million pregnant wo

The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, loses 1-2 against Brazil in a home game. (---(2004). ‘Footballer of the decade: Bafana Bafan

President Houphouet-Boigny (88), of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies.

Application in Transkei of Certain South African Laws Relating to Transitional Democracy, Decree No 13, giving recognition to t

The Transitional Executive Council has its first meeting in Cape Town and adopts a resolution of the Multi-party Negotiating Co

Justice Kees van Dijkhorst of the Pretoria Supreme Court sentences the eleven "Delmas Treason Trialists" he had convi