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This day in history

British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria are established.

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Lord Lugard, leading the expedition of the Royal Niger Company in West Africa, claims a protectorate over Nikki and Bussa.

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C. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist who was commemorated in the botanical names Aloe lettae and Crassula lettae, is born in S

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The regular railway service between the capital of the ZAR, Pretoria, and Lourenço Marques starts.

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South African Amateur Athletic Union is founded in Johannesburg.

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The railway line from Germiston to Pretoria is opened to traffic.

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Sir Henry Bulwer, governor of Natal, turns the first sod of the Durban-Pietermaritzburg railway line.

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Johann Franz (Hans) Endler, composer, director and co-founder of the Stellenbosch music conservatory, is born in Mohrau, Austri

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President Thabo Mbeki joins several African leaders in Nairobi, Kenya, to witness the final signing of a peace accord between t

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Sudanese President Omar al Bashir and First Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamad Taha arrive with their National Party Secretary Ge

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Eight British tourists, five men and three women, are killed on their way to the Royal Natal National Park when their bus swer

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There are 194 infants with their mothers in prison.

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The Public Service employs 1 042 392 people – a decrease of 23 607 from December 1999. Seventy-one per cent of employees are

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Ernie Els, SA champion golfer, weds Liezl Wehmeyer in Stellenbosch.

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Algerian President Liamine Zeroual appoints Ahmed Ouyahia as prime minister to replace Mokdad Sifi.

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Frederick and Clifford Nissen, brothers of the ANC assistant secretary of the Western Cape, the Rev. Chris Nissen, is shot dead

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SA ratifies International Sugar Agreement.

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A total of twenty-one people are serving life sentences for offences against the security of the state, according to the minist

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Up to this date 5 483 187ha have been bought in terms of the Development Trust and Land Act of 1936 at a cost of R1,27bn for th

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The Esso oil company withdraws from South Africa.

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Government extended orders, in force since March, prohibiting anti-government groups from holding meetings, for another six mon

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The Nigerian civil government of President Shehu Shagari is overthrown in a fourth, bloodless, military coup led by Major-Gener

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In his second military coup, Jerry Rawlings overthrows the government of President Hilla Limann in Ghana.

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Léopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.

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Winnie Mandela is elected to the Black Parents Committee.

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In his New Year’s Eve address the prime minister warns the country that South Africa will have to face the Communist onslaught

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Dr Albertus J.R. van Rhijn (81), newspaper editor, member of parliament and minister of Economic Affairs, dies.

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Prime Minister B.J. Vorster warns that the government would re-assess the Simonstown agreement during 1968. This reaction follo

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The government’s attitude to Rhodesia’s unilateral declaration of independence is defined by the Prime Minister, Dr. Verwoerd,

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The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, called The Central African Federation, is dissolved.

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British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria are established.

Lord Lugard, leading the expedition of the Royal Niger Company in West Africa, claims a protectorate over Nikki and Bussa.

C. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist who was commemorated in the botanical names Aloe lettae and Crassula lettae, is born in S

The regular railway service between the capital of the ZAR, Pretoria, and Lourenço Marques starts.

South African Amateur Athletic Union is founded in Johannesburg.

The railway line from Germiston to Pretoria is opened to traffic.

Sir Henry Bulwer, governor of Natal, turns the first sod of the Durban-Pietermaritzburg railway line.

Johann Franz (Hans) Endler, composer, director and co-founder of the Stellenbosch music conservatory, is born in Mohrau, Austri

President Thabo Mbeki joins several African leaders in Nairobi, Kenya, to witness the final signing of a peace accord between t

Sudanese President Omar al Bashir and First Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamad Taha arrive with their National Party Secretary Ge

Eight British tourists, five men and three women, are killed on their way to the Royal Natal National Park when their bus swer

There are 194 infants with their mothers in prison.

The Public Service employs 1 042 392 people – a decrease of 23 607 from December 1999. Seventy-one per cent of employees are

Ernie Els, SA champion golfer, weds Liezl Wehmeyer in Stellenbosch.

Algerian President Liamine Zeroual appoints Ahmed Ouyahia as prime minister to replace Mokdad Sifi.

Frederick and Clifford Nissen, brothers of the ANC assistant secretary of the Western Cape, the Rev. Chris Nissen, is shot dead

SA ratifies International Sugar Agreement.

A total of twenty-one people are serving life sentences for offences against the security of the state, according to the minist

Up to this date 5 483 187ha have been bought in terms of the Development Trust and Land Act of 1936 at a cost of R1,27bn for th

The Esso oil company withdraws from South Africa.

Government extended orders, in force since March, prohibiting anti-government groups from holding meetings, for another six mon

The Nigerian civil government of President Shehu Shagari is overthrown in a fourth, bloodless, military coup led by Major-Gener

In his second military coup, Jerry Rawlings overthrows the government of President Hilla Limann in Ghana.

Léopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.

Winnie Mandela is elected to the Black Parents Committee.

In his New Year’s Eve address the prime minister warns the country that South Africa will have to face the Communist onslaught

Dr Albertus J.R. van Rhijn (81), newspaper editor, member of parliament and minister of Economic Affairs, dies.

Prime Minister B.J. Vorster warns that the government would re-assess the Simonstown agreement during 1968. This reaction follo

The government’s attitude to Rhodesia’s unilateral declaration of independence is defined by the Prime Minister, Dr. Verwoerd,

The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, called The Central African Federation, is dissolved.