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A Legislative Assembly is instituted in the Venda homeland, with partial self-government granted on 1 Feb. 1973.

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The government announces in a White Paper plans to re-organise the administration of South-West Africa, which will give Pretori

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The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) establishes Radio Bantu, consisting of Radio Zulu, Radio Xhosa and Radio Seso

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The constitution of Tunisia, independent since 20 March 1956, is promulgated. Now a National Day.

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Caswell Sipho Makama, advisor to the minister of public works and chair of Onderstepoort Biological products as well as directo

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Bantu (Black) Administration Amendment Act No 42 commences.

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Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian nationalist, returns from exile on Iles de Groix (off the Bretagne coast, France).

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Mzolisi Goodman Diliza, businessman and Chief Executive of the Chamber of Mines of SA, is born. He was the first Black to be ap

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Engenas Barnabas Lekganyane (also called Enginasi or Ignatius), ambitious and charismatic leader of the Zion Christian Church,

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Natives (Urban Areas) Consolidation Act No 25 commences.

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WWII: According to an entry in the squadron’s diary, 28 Squadron of the SA Air Force is formed as a transport squadron at the S

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Jan F.E. Cilliers (70), SA poet of “Die Vlakte” and other poems, dies in Harrismith, OFS.

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The South African Police takes over the tasks of the German South-West African police. 423 members of the disbanded police forc

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Ezrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae, SA artist, is born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg. He studied at the Polly Street and Jubilee Art

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Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes, S.A artist, is born in East London, Eastern Cape.

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E.J. Grobbelaar Versekering, first Afrikaans burial society, is founded.

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The so-called Adendorff trek to Banjailand (Southern Rhodesia) would have started on this day, but Pres. Paul Kruger imposed a

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Second sale of land in Johannesburg takes place, on the site of the now-abandoned mining claims in the central city area. See:

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Empress Eugenie keeps an all-night vigil at the spot in Zululand where her son, the Prince Imperial of France, was killed on th

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Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, the 22 year old Prince Imperial of France, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War when he and a Bri

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The name of Lord Charles Somerset, governor of the Cape, is linked to Dr James Barry (who performed the first caesarean in the

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Captain Robert Gordon, who named the Orange River after the Prince of Orange in 1779, arrives in South Africa.

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The Jonge Thomas, a Dutch East India ship, is wrecked in a gale near Salt River mouth in Table Bay. Wolraad Woltemade, passing

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National Day of Tunis.

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International Children’s Day.

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President Mbeki welcomes Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family in SA.

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Reigning champion France is beaten 1-0 by Senegal in the opening game of football’s World Cup in South Korea.

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Former editor and publisher of Drum magazine, Jim Bailey, receives the award of Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his c

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Mozambique’s southern province of Inhambane warns that 100 000 people in the province are at risk of starvation because poor ra

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South Africa joins the Non-Aligned Movement and signs an agreement establishing diplomatic relations with Iceland.

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A Legislative Assembly is instituted in the Venda homeland, with partial self-government granted on 1 Feb. 1973.

The government announces in a White Paper plans to re-organise the administration of South-West Africa, which will give Pretori

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) establishes Radio Bantu, consisting of Radio Zulu, Radio Xhosa and Radio Seso

The constitution of Tunisia, independent since 20 March 1956, is promulgated. Now a National Day.

Caswell Sipho Makama, advisor to the minister of public works and chair of Onderstepoort Biological products as well as directo

Bantu (Black) Administration Amendment Act No 42 commences.

Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian nationalist, returns from exile on Iles de Groix (off the Bretagne coast, France).

Mzolisi Goodman Diliza, businessman and Chief Executive of the Chamber of Mines of SA, is born. He was the first Black to be ap

Engenas Barnabas Lekganyane (also called Enginasi or Ignatius), ambitious and charismatic leader of the Zion Christian Church,

Natives (Urban Areas) Consolidation Act No 25 commences.

WWII: According to an entry in the squadron’s diary, 28 Squadron of the SA Air Force is formed as a transport squadron at the S

Jan F.E. Cilliers (70), SA poet of “Die Vlakte” and other poems, dies in Harrismith, OFS.

The South African Police takes over the tasks of the German South-West African police. 423 members of the disbanded police forc

Ezrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae, SA artist, is born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg. He studied at the Polly Street and Jubilee Art

Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes, S.A artist, is born in East London, Eastern Cape.

E.J. Grobbelaar Versekering, first Afrikaans burial society, is founded.

The so-called Adendorff trek to Banjailand (Southern Rhodesia) would have started on this day, but Pres. Paul Kruger imposed a

Second sale of land in Johannesburg takes place, on the site of the now-abandoned mining claims in the central city area. See:

Empress Eugenie keeps an all-night vigil at the spot in Zululand where her son, the Prince Imperial of France, was killed on th

Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, the 22 year old Prince Imperial of France, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War when he and a Bri

The name of Lord Charles Somerset, governor of the Cape, is linked to Dr James Barry (who performed the first caesarean in the

Captain Robert Gordon, who named the Orange River after the Prince of Orange in 1779, arrives in South Africa.

The Jonge Thomas, a Dutch East India ship, is wrecked in a gale near Salt River mouth in Table Bay. Wolraad Woltemade, passing

National Day of Tunis.

International Children’s Day.

President Mbeki welcomes Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family in SA.

Reigning champion France is beaten 1-0 by Senegal in the opening game of football’s World Cup in South Korea.

Former editor and publisher of Drum magazine, Jim Bailey, receives the award of Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his c

Mozambique’s southern province of Inhambane warns that 100 000 people in the province are at risk of starvation because poor ra

South Africa joins the Non-Aligned Movement and signs an agreement establishing diplomatic relations with Iceland.