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Helen Elizabeth Martins, artist known for her queer sculptures at the Owl House in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda, is born

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Pieter Cornelis Schoonees, lexicographer and member of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, is born in Uniondale

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Thomas Adolf Florin (32) is found guilty in Windhoek, Namibia, on the murder of his wife, Monika, in Swakopmund. He is sentence

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Zimbabwe and England draw in a Bulawayo Test Cricket match with England needing one to win.

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SA signs joint communiqué establishing diplomatic relations with Vietnam.

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South Africa’s White parliament, sitting probably for the last time, buries apartheid, voting 237 to 45 to adopt an interim con

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A Libyan Boeing 727 with 158 people aboard crashes near the town of Souk al-Sabt, near Tripoli, killing all 158 people. (Mail &

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The Secretary-General submitted a report to the Security Council on the efforts to establish peace and to promote multi-party n

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Chad adopts its constitution.

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Kevin Ruiters (22) dies in Belville South in police custody.

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Explosive, Public Security and Criminal Procedure Amendment Act No 10, controlling public activity and possession of contraband

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South Africa signs an accord granting independence to South-West Africa. Angola, Cuba, and South Africa end eight months of ne

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Egyptian President Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat.

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, H. Muller, defines the government’s policy of ending discrimination inside South Africa and of

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Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus, trade unionist and founder member of the Johannesburg Municipal Sports Club, dies in Johannesburg

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Second military coup in Dahomey (now Benin) is led by Colonel Christophe Soglo.

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Brian Mervin McMillan, Springbok cricket player, is born in Welkom, OFS.

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Adv. Mojankunyane Gumbi, Legal Advisor to the President’s Office (1999) and director of the Women’s Development Bank, is born i

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The last British/French troops leaves Egypt.

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Jayaseelen (Jay) Naidoo, political and labour activist and former Minister for Posts and Broadcasting is born in Durban.

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Twenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death in Kenya for their part in the Lari massacre.

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The SA rugby team beats Wales 6-3 in Cardiff.

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Louis Johannes Botha, administrator of the Orange Free State, is born in Reitz, OFS.

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Miss Marjorie Courtney-Latimer and Prof. J.L.B. Smith of Rhodes University identify the first coelacanth after it had been thou

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Mathys Michiel (Thys) van Lille, radio broadcaster at the Afrikaans radio station since 1935, is born.

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Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence). A three-month siege of Pretoria starts.

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Thomas Mokopu Mofolo, Basuto author who tried to capture the customs and spirit of the African people, is born in Khojane, Basu

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Sir Sydney Smith Bell, chief justice of the Cape, retires because of poor health.

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Christoffel Frederik Johannes Muller, theological professor at the theological seminary, Stellenbosch, is born in Graaff-Reinet

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Andries Hendrik Potgieter establishes the town now known as Potchefstroom, about 10 km from where the centre city now is.

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Helen Elizabeth Martins, artist known for her queer sculptures at the Owl House in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda, is born

Pieter Cornelis Schoonees, lexicographer and member of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, is born in Uniondale

Thomas Adolf Florin (32) is found guilty in Windhoek, Namibia, on the murder of his wife, Monika, in Swakopmund. He is sentence

Zimbabwe and England draw in a Bulawayo Test Cricket match with England needing one to win.

SA signs joint communiqué establishing diplomatic relations with Vietnam.

South Africa’s White parliament, sitting probably for the last time, buries apartheid, voting 237 to 45 to adopt an interim con

A Libyan Boeing 727 with 158 people aboard crashes near the town of Souk al-Sabt, near Tripoli, killing all 158 people. (Mail &amp;

The Secretary-General submitted a report to the Security Council on the efforts to establish peace and to promote multi-party n

Chad adopts its constitution.

Kevin Ruiters (22) dies in Belville South in police custody.

Explosive, Public Security and Criminal Procedure Amendment Act No 10, controlling public activity and possession of contraband

South Africa signs an accord granting independence to South-West Africa. Angola, Cuba, and South Africa end eight months of ne

Egyptian President Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, H. Muller, defines the government’s policy of ending discrimination inside South Africa and of

Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus, trade unionist and founder member of the Johannesburg Municipal Sports Club, dies in Johannesburg

Second military coup in Dahomey (now Benin) is led by Colonel Christophe Soglo.

Brian Mervin McMillan, Springbok cricket player, is born in Welkom, OFS.

Adv. Mojankunyane Gumbi, Legal Advisor to the President’s Office (1999) and director of the Women’s Development Bank, is born i

The last British/French troops leaves Egypt.

Jayaseelen (Jay) Naidoo, political and labour activist and former Minister for Posts and Broadcasting is born in Durban.

Twenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death in Kenya for their part in the Lari massacre.

The SA rugby team beats Wales 6-3 in Cardiff.

Louis Johannes Botha, administrator of the Orange Free State, is born in Reitz, OFS.

Miss Marjorie Courtney-Latimer and Prof. J.L.B. Smith of Rhodes University identify the first coelacanth after it had been thou

Mathys Michiel (Thys) van Lille, radio broadcaster at the Afrikaans radio station since 1935, is born.

Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence). A three-month siege of Pretoria starts.

Thomas Mokopu Mofolo, Basuto author who tried to capture the customs and spirit of the African people, is born in Khojane, Basu

Sir Sydney Smith Bell, chief justice of the Cape, retires because of poor health.

Christoffel Frederik Johannes Muller, theological professor at the theological seminary, Stellenbosch, is born in Graaff-Reinet

Andries Hendrik Potgieter establishes the town now known as Potchefstroom, about 10 km from where the centre city now is.

A Libyan Boeing 727 with 158 people aboard crashes near the town of Souk al-Sabt, near Tripoli, killing all 158 people. (Mail &