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Clarence Mlami Makwetu, former president of the Pan Africanist Congress, is born in Hoyita, in the Cofimvaba district, Transke

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Gé Korsten, popular SA singer, is born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He came to SA at the age of nine years.

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Italy, Britain and Egypt sign the Jaghbub accord (Italy).

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Frontier between Uganda and East Africa is defined.

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Britain grants self-government to the Transvaal Colony in South Africa. Several sources state that the Orange River Colony was

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The Battle of Platberg is fought during the Orange Free Sate-Basotho War.

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The Transvaal Volksraad appoints Pieter J. Marais as official gold seeker in the Transvaal, after his discoveries in California

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Johannes Henricus Brand, fourth president of the Orange Free State, is born in Cape Town.

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Sir David Baird, British general in command of the force sent to occupy the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and later acting governor

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Municipal elections are held in SA.

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Edward William Stephen Hammond (55), SA poet, dies in Kimberley.

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Ernie Els wins the Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City with a record of 263, five less that Colin Montgomery of

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England beats SA 13-7 at the Twickenham Rugby Stadium, thereby preventing the SA team from achieving a record eighteenth consec

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The Taiwanese foreign minister announces the recall of the Taiwanese ambassador and the immediate suspension of most Taiwanese

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Sifiso Mahlangu (10), who was sent back from England to his parents in SA in January, returns to Salome Stopforth, the lady who

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SA signs the following four agreements with the US: economic, technical and related assistance; the program of the Peace Corps

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Aid agencies are stripped by gunmen in Somalia on the eve of US troop arrival.

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Nhlalayenza Ngcobo, chairman of the Inkatha Youth Brigade, is shot dead during an attack on his home.

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Lungisa Livingstone Matutu, son of the Transkei’s minister of finance, is acquitted in the Umtata Regional Court on terrorism-r

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Mr Mhleli and Dr Warren Zolile Nombe are acquitted in the Umtata regional court of charges relating to terrorism and the ANC on

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Chief George Matanzima and former Transkei minister of finance, Mr Sidney Qaba, appear together in the Transkei Supreme Court.

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Government Notice No 149, authorising the arrest and conviction of people found loitering within a municipal area, commences.

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The General Assembly adopts a new programme of action against apartheid.

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A bomb explosion, shattering the Johannesburg office of the Department of Foreign Affairs, is the forty-second attack by ANC sa

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Chief Lennox Sebe is unanimously elected as Ciskei’s president, and the Rev. W.M. Xaba becomes vice-president.

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South Africa is expelled from the annual General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, meeting in New Delhi.

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The Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by

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Egypt breaks off relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen, all opponents of its peace moves with Israel.

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A comprehensive monetary agreement is signed between South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland.

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It is announced that White, Coloured and Asian workers affiliated to the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) have voted

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Clarence Mlami Makwetu, former president of the Pan Africanist Congress, is born in Hoyita, in the Cofimvaba district, Transke

Gé Korsten, popular SA singer, is born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He came to SA at the age of nine years.

Italy, Britain and Egypt sign the Jaghbub accord (Italy).

Frontier between Uganda and East Africa is defined.

Britain grants self-government to the Transvaal Colony in South Africa. Several sources state that the Orange River Colony was

The Battle of Platberg is fought during the Orange Free Sate-Basotho War.

The Transvaal Volksraad appoints Pieter J. Marais as official gold seeker in the Transvaal, after his discoveries in California

Johannes Henricus Brand, fourth president of the Orange Free State, is born in Cape Town.

Sir David Baird, British general in command of the force sent to occupy the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and later acting governor

Municipal elections are held in SA.

Edward William Stephen Hammond (55), SA poet, dies in Kimberley.

Ernie Els wins the Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City with a record of 263, five less that Colin Montgomery of

England beats SA 13-7 at the Twickenham Rugby Stadium, thereby preventing the SA team from achieving a record eighteenth consec

The Taiwanese foreign minister announces the recall of the Taiwanese ambassador and the immediate suspension of most Taiwanese

Sifiso Mahlangu (10), who was sent back from England to his parents in SA in January, returns to Salome Stopforth, the lady who

SA signs the following four agreements with the US: economic, technical and related assistance; the program of the Peace Corps

Aid agencies are stripped by gunmen in Somalia on the eve of US troop arrival.

Nhlalayenza Ngcobo, chairman of the Inkatha Youth Brigade, is shot dead during an attack on his home.

Lungisa Livingstone Matutu, son of the Transkei’s minister of finance, is acquitted in the Umtata Regional Court on terrorism-r

Mr Mhleli and Dr Warren Zolile Nombe are acquitted in the Umtata regional court of charges relating to terrorism and the ANC on

Chief George Matanzima and former Transkei minister of finance, Mr Sidney Qaba, appear together in the Transkei Supreme Court.

Government Notice No 149, authorising the arrest and conviction of people found loitering within a municipal area, commences.

The General Assembly adopts a new programme of action against apartheid.

A bomb explosion, shattering the Johannesburg office of the Department of Foreign Affairs, is the forty-second attack by ANC sa

Chief Lennox Sebe is unanimously elected as Ciskei’s president, and the Rev. W.M. Xaba becomes vice-president.

South Africa is expelled from the annual General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, meeting in New Delhi.

The Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by

Egypt breaks off relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen, all opponents of its peace moves with Israel.

A comprehensive monetary agreement is signed between South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland.

It is announced that White, Coloured and Asian workers affiliated to the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) have voted