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Ethiopia asks League of Nations to guarantee peace with Italy.

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Henry Mutile Fazzie, vice-president, Eastern Cape Region of the United Democratic Front, 1983, and member of the Port Elizabeth

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English archaeologist Howard Carter discovers the grave of Tutankamen, Egyptian king who died 3 276 years ago. In some sources

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Emperor Wilhelm of Germany congratulates President Paul Kruger of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR or Transvaal Republic)on

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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, is born in Bloemfontein, OFS.

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B.H. Darnell and R.W. Murray found The Cape Argus in Cape Town.

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The weekly newspaper Het Volksblad is published in Cape Town.

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James Archbell, retired missionary, prints the first edition of the weekly newspaper The Natal Independent and General Advertis

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Wilhelmina ten Damme, wife of Governor Hendrik Swellengrebel, dies at the age of forty. Swellendam was named in honour of them.

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Right-wing guerrillas ambush a train near Mozambique’s western border, killing at least twenty-two people and injuring seventy-

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Major General Bantu Holomisa, who became head of a military state in Transkei after a coup in December 1987, lifts martial law

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Moses Josiah Madiba, author, educationist and first African chancellor of the University of the North, dies in Seshego, Pieters

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Major-General Muhammadu Buhari is declared Head of State in Nigeria, following a military coup.

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Several ANC members detained in Swaziland decide to leave the country voluntarily for Mozambique. A further group of seventeen

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Richard Maxwell (Dick) Haldane, trade union leader, dies in Cape Town. He was honoured with the Award of Merit from TUCSA in 19

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Second heart transplant in South Africa is performed by Dr Chris Barnard on Dr Philip Blaiberg. He lived one year and seven mon

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Francois Pienaar, former Springbok captain, is born.

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Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer, linguist and academic and outspoken critic of the National Party government’s

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The SA. rugby team beats England on Twickenham 7-0.

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South Africa plays for the first time on the Wanderers in a cricket test against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and wins wit

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Johannes Jacob van Tonder, founder of the FAK (Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge) is born in Venterstad in the Karoo.

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Sir Leander Starr Jameson and about 500 Rhodesian police surrender at Doornkop, near Krugersdorp, after the failure of the Jame

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Frederick William Barber (78), frontier pioneer and scientist, dies in Grahamstown.

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Battle of Boschberg during the Mapoch War takes place.

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Phatho, chief of the mixed XhosaHottentot (Khoi-Khoi) people the Gqunukwebe and his brother Kobe, sign a new treaty with Col. J

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Voortrekker leaders Andries Hendrik Potgieter and Gerrit (Gert) Maritz, each with his own men, leave for Western Transvaal to p

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The four corner stones of the castle (Kasteel de Goede Hoop) at the Cape are laid by Zacharias Wagenaer, Johan van Arckel, Gabb

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Six injured South African survivors of the tsunami in Thailand arrive at Lanseria airport on board a rescue flight from Bangkok

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A new award scheme for miners is implemented. The Inspectorate administers the scheme on behalf of the Mine Health and Safety C

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The Defence Special Tribunal Act, 1998, providing for the expeditious adjudication of disputes concerning military institutions

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Ethiopia asks League of Nations to guarantee peace with Italy.

Henry Mutile Fazzie, vice-president, Eastern Cape Region of the United Democratic Front, 1983, and member of the Port Elizabeth

English archaeologist Howard Carter discovers the grave of Tutankamen, Egyptian king who died 3 276 years ago. In some sources

Emperor Wilhelm of Germany congratulates President Paul Kruger of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR or Transvaal Republic)on

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, is born in Bloemfontein, OFS.

B.H. Darnell and R.W. Murray found The Cape Argus in Cape Town.

The weekly newspaper Het Volksblad is published in Cape Town.

James Archbell, retired missionary, prints the first edition of the weekly newspaper The Natal Independent and General Advertis

Wilhelmina ten Damme, wife of Governor Hendrik Swellengrebel, dies at the age of forty. Swellendam was named in honour of them.

Right-wing guerrillas ambush a train near Mozambique’s western border, killing at least twenty-two people and injuring seventy-

Major General Bantu Holomisa, who became head of a military state in Transkei after a coup in December 1987, lifts martial law

Moses Josiah Madiba, author, educationist and first African chancellor of the University of the North, dies in Seshego, Pieters

Major-General Muhammadu Buhari is declared Head of State in Nigeria, following a military coup.

Several ANC members detained in Swaziland decide to leave the country voluntarily for Mozambique. A further group of seventeen

Richard Maxwell (Dick) Haldane, trade union leader, dies in Cape Town. He was honoured with the Award of Merit from TUCSA in 19

Second heart transplant in South Africa is performed by Dr Chris Barnard on Dr Philip Blaiberg. He lived one year and seven mon

Francois Pienaar, former Springbok captain, is born.

Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer, linguist and academic and outspoken critic of the National Party government’s

The SA. rugby team beats England on Twickenham 7-0.

South Africa plays for the first time on the Wanderers in a cricket test against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and wins wit

Johannes Jacob van Tonder, founder of the FAK (Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge) is born in Venterstad in the Karoo.

Sir Leander Starr Jameson and about 500 Rhodesian police surrender at Doornkop, near Krugersdorp, after the failure of the Jame

Frederick William Barber (78), frontier pioneer and scientist, dies in Grahamstown.

Battle of Boschberg during the Mapoch War takes place.

Phatho, chief of the mixed XhosaHottentot (Khoi-Khoi) people the Gqunukwebe and his brother Kobe, sign a new treaty with Col. J

Voortrekker leaders Andries Hendrik Potgieter and Gerrit (Gert) Maritz, each with his own men, leave for Western Transvaal to p

The four corner stones of the castle (Kasteel de Goede Hoop) at the Cape are laid by Zacharias Wagenaer, Johan van Arckel, Gabb

Six injured South African survivors of the tsunami in Thailand arrive at Lanseria airport on board a rescue flight from Bangkok

A new award scheme for miners is implemented. The Inspectorate administers the scheme on behalf of the Mine Health and Safety C

The Defence Special Tribunal Act, 1998, providing for the expeditious adjudication of disputes concerning military institutions