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Albert John Luthuli is elected president-general of the ANC. scnc.udw.ac.za/doc/TEXTS/dcc

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The Voortrekker Monument is inaugurated, exactly eleven years after the laying of the corner stone.

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The Blood River Monument is inaugurated.

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ANC annual conference presents the African Claims in South Africa.

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WWII: Dan Pienaar gains distinction in an attack on the Italian outpost of El Wak and is awarded the Distinguished Service Orde

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The foundation stone of the Voortrekker Monument is laid.

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Johannes Nkosi is seriously injured by police during a campaign to burn passbooks. He dies on the 19th. Three other activists a

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The Communist Party calls for a united front in a pass burning campaign on Dingaan’s Day.

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Jopie Fourie and his brother Hannes are captured at Nooitgedacht, district of Rustenburg, Tvl.

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The Women’s Memorial is unveiled in Bloemfontein, to commemorate 26 251 women and children who died during Anglo-Boer War 2, ma

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General Schalk Burger opens the Voortrekker Museum in the Church of the Covenant in Pietermaritzburg.

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Thomas Selema Masekela, SA artist, Chief Health Inspector in Alexandra and later health inspector in Germiston and Sharpeville,

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A secret exchange of letters between the leaders of France and Italy commits both countries to respect each other’s rights in N

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The second Republican invasion of the Cape Colony starts under Commandant P.H. Kritzinger and General J.B.M.

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SA cricket player Jacobus Petrus Duminy, who played in three tests for South Africa (1927-29), is born.

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Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia, is born.

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Prof. John William Bews, SA botanist and expert on different species of grass, is born on the Orkney Islands.

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Anglo-Boer War 1: The first shots in this war are fired in Potchefstroom. The war ended with the defeat of the British in the b

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Andries Hendrik Potgieter (59), Voortrekker leader and founder of Potchefstroom, dies at Schoemansdal.

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In the Battle of Blood River, a Voortrekker commando of 470 men, under leadership of Andries Pretorius, is attacked at Ncome Ri

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Gerhard (Spiekeries) Viviers (72), former popular radio and TV sport commentator and actor, dies of cancer.

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Storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape, especially Umtata, and unleash tornados, hailstorms, rain squalls and lightning which

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The SA rugby team beats Wales 37-20 in Cardiff.

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The European Community signs an agreement establishing diplomatic ties with South Africa.

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South African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states of Transkei, Bophuthatswana,

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SA signs agreement with Namibia relating to the administration of the judicial system after the incorporation of Walvis Bay int

Lydia Kompe: Fighting for rural rights by SPEAK, April 1994, Johannesburg

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Albert John Luthuli is elected president-general of the ANC. scnc.udw.ac.za/doc/TEXTS/dcc

The Voortrekker Monument is inaugurated, exactly eleven years after the laying of the corner stone.

The Blood River Monument is inaugurated.

ANC annual conference presents the African Claims in South Africa.

WWII: Dan Pienaar gains distinction in an attack on the Italian outpost of El Wak and is awarded the Distinguished Service Orde

The foundation stone of the Voortrekker Monument is laid.

Johannes Nkosi is seriously injured by police during a campaign to burn passbooks. He dies on the 19th. Three other activists a

The Communist Party calls for a united front in a pass burning campaign on Dingaan’s Day.

Jopie Fourie and his brother Hannes are captured at Nooitgedacht, district of Rustenburg, Tvl.

The Women’s Memorial is unveiled in Bloemfontein, to commemorate 26 251 women and children who died during Anglo-Boer War 2, ma

General Schalk Burger opens the Voortrekker Museum in the Church of the Covenant in Pietermaritzburg.

Thomas Selema Masekela, SA artist, Chief Health Inspector in Alexandra and later health inspector in Germiston and Sharpeville,

SA cricket player Syd Curnow, batsman in seven tests (1930-32), is born.

Wolf Kibel, SA painter, is born in Grodzisk, Poland.

Pres. Paul Kruger is interred in what is now the Heroes’ Acre in Pretoria.

A secret exchange of letters between the leaders of France and Italy commits both countries to respect each other’s rights in N

Anglo-Boer War 2: The second Republican invasion of the Cape Colony starts under Commandant P.H. Kritzinger and General J.B.M.

SA cricket player Jacobus Petrus Duminy, who played in three tests for South Africa (1927-29), is born.

Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia, is born.

Prof. John William Bews, SA botanist and expert on different species of grass, is born on the Orkney Islands.

Anglo-Boer War 1: The first shots in this war are fired in Potchefstroom. The war ended with the defeat of the British in the b

Andries Hendrik Potgieter (59), Voortrekker leader and founder of Potchefstroom, dies at Schoemansdal.

In the Battle of Blood River, a Voortrekker commando of 470 men, under leadership of Andries Pretorius, is attacked at Ncome Ri

Gerhard (Spiekeries) Viviers (72), former popular radio and TV sport commentator and actor, dies of cancer.

Storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape, especially Umtata, and unleash tornados, hailstorms, rain squalls and lightning which

The SA rugby team beats Wales 37-20 in Cardiff.

The European Community signs an agreement establishing diplomatic ties with South Africa.

South African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states of Transkei, Bophuthatswana,

SA signs agreement with Namibia relating to the administration of the judicial system after the incorporation of Walvis Bay int

Lydia Kompe: Fighting for rural rights by SPEAK, April 1994, Johannesburg