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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Goede Hoop takes place. Chief Commandant De Wet engages Col. Herbert at Goede Hoop, between Smi

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John Ayliff jr, missionary, private secretary of governor Sir George Grey and postmaster-general of Natal, dies on board the Da

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The Battle of Umzimtsani takes place during the Ninth Border War. Seventy men of the Prince Alfred’s Guard unit are attacked by

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Major William Jardine, one of the first collectors of Africana, is born in Cape Town.

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The Battle of Tugela (also Battle of Ndondakusuka) takes place in the war between Cetewayo, eldest son of the Zulu chief Mpande

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Charles Etienne Boniface (66), controversial journalist, translator and musician, dies in Durban.

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Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter is elected chief commandant of the Voortrekkers.

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International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.

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All speakers raise grave concern on World AIDS Day about the growing number of AIDS orphans in SA, many of whom who are raised

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Thirty-three people are killed when a military passenger plane crashes into market stalls at Boende, Democratic Republic of Con

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The General Assembly of the UN adopts a resolution, initiated by SA, on ‘The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict’ by consensu

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The Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) Act, (Act 15 of 1997), is implemented, regulating GMOs in South Africa.

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Unesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site.

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At least fourteen people are killed and twenty-four injured in a bomb explosion in a market in Algiers.

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The governing Swapo party retains a majority in the Namibian election.

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Three SA cabinet ministers, Dr Sibusiso Bengu, minister of education, Joe Modise, minister of defence and Mac Maharaj, minister

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The Ground-nut Advisory Committee, consisting of ten representatives of the main role-players in the industry, is established.

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A volcano erupts in eastern Zaire, spewing a plume of ash and lava into the air about 40km north of the border crossing at Goma

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South Africa officially starts celebrating World Aids Day, to be marked on the first of December each year, when the Department

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Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act No 34, providing for investigation towards the establishment of as complete

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Prosecutors in South Africa formally charge former Defence Minister Gen. Magnus Malan and nineteen others with the murders of t

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The head of the United Nations (UN) commission on Rwanda concludes that genocide in the country in this year cost 500,000 lives

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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) joined the offices of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in South Africa

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SA signs Protocol with Korea on the establishment of diplomatic relations.

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Robert Hector Catterall (60), SA cricket player in twenty-four test matches (1922-1933), dies in Kempton Park.

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Lindsay Kline takes a hat trick vs. South Africa in Cape Town.

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Frank Chikane, former secretary-general of the South African Council of Churches and current politician, is born in Johannesbur

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Winston Churchill Masakeng Saoli, SA artist, is born in Acornhoek, Eastern Transvaal. He was detained during the 1970s. Dur

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Ismail Mahomed Ayob, attorney, notary, economist and recipient of various awards, is born in Mafeking (now Mafikeng).

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World War 2: North Africa. Australian troops take 5,000 prisoners during a major assault on Italian forces at Bardia.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Goede Hoop takes place. Chief Commandant De Wet engages Col. Herbert at Goede Hoop, between Smi

John Ayliff jr, missionary, private secretary of governor Sir George Grey and postmaster-general of Natal, dies on board the Da

The Battle of Umzimtsani takes place during the Ninth Border War. Seventy men of the Prince Alfred’s Guard unit are attacked by

Major William Jardine, one of the first collectors of Africana, is born in Cape Town.

The Battle of Tugela (also Battle of Ndondakusuka) takes place in the war between Cetewayo, eldest son of the Zulu chief Mpande

Charles Etienne Boniface (66), controversial journalist, translator and musician, dies in Durban.

Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter is elected chief commandant of the Voortrekkers.

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.

All speakers raise grave concern on World AIDS Day about the growing number of AIDS orphans in SA, many of whom who are raised

Thirty-three people are killed when a military passenger plane crashes into market stalls at Boende, Democratic Republic of Con

The General Assembly of the UN adopts a resolution, initiated by SA, on ‘The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict’ by consensu

The Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) Act, (Act 15 of 1997), is implemented, regulating GMOs in South Africa.

Unesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site.

At least fourteen people are killed and twenty-four injured in a bomb explosion in a market in Algiers.

The governing Swapo party retains a majority in the Namibian election.

Three SA cabinet ministers, Dr Sibusiso Bengu, minister of education, Joe Modise, minister of defence and Mac Maharaj, minister

The Ground-nut Advisory Committee, consisting of ten representatives of the main role-players in the industry, is established.

A volcano erupts in eastern Zaire, spewing a plume of ash and lava into the air about 40km north of the border crossing at Goma

South Africa officially starts celebrating World Aids Day, to be marked on the first of December each year, when the Department

Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act No 34, providing for investigation towards the establishment of as complete

Prosecutors in South Africa formally charge former Defence Minister Gen. Magnus Malan and nineteen others with the murders of t

The head of the United Nations (UN) commission on Rwanda concludes that genocide in the country in this year cost 500,000 lives

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) joined the offices of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in South Africa

SA signs Protocol with Korea on the establishment of diplomatic relations.

Robert Hector Catterall (60), SA cricket player in twenty-four test matches (1922-1933), dies in Kempton Park.

Lindsay Kline takes a hat trick vs. South Africa in Cape Town.

Frank Chikane, former secretary-general of the South African Council of Churches and current politician, is born in Johannesbur

Winston Churchill Masakeng Saoli, SA artist, is born in Acornhoek, Eastern Transvaal. He was detained during the 1970s. Dur

Ismail Mahomed Ayob, attorney, notary, economist and recipient of various awards, is born in Mafeking (now Mafikeng).

World War 2: North Africa. Australian troops take 5,000 prisoners during a major assault on Italian forces at Bardia.