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Dr Hans Merensky, discoverer of tin near Pretoria, platinum near Lydenburg, diamonds at Alexander Bay, chromium at Pietersburg

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Sen. William (Willie) Angus Hofmeyr, businessman and cultural leader, is born in Montagu, CC.

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Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, the Prince Imperial of France is born in Paris, France. He was killed in Zululand in the Ang

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Hendrik Potgieter and Andries Pretorius are reconciled at a meeting of the Volksraad in Rustenburg.

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Ernst Frederik de Swart opens the first coffee house in the Cape when permission is granted to him to serve refreshments to pas

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25% of the White population in the Cape die of smallpox. Hardest hit are the indigenous Khoisan people.

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Jan Wouters is found guilty in court in the Cape for &quot;blasphemous libels on Cape ladies&quot; and is sentenced to beg thei

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The Jesuit, Gonçalo da Silveira, first missionary in Southern Africa and first martyr of the Christian faith, is murdered in t

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News 24 reports that four top SANDF commanders are being investigated for sexual charges in the DRC by either the United Nation

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Awards for Consumer Champions.

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Rebels led by ousted army chief General Francois Bozize capture the Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, and the interna

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The national department of transport launches the seven month Be Legal campaign at the Jack Mincer Taxi Rank in Johannesburg,

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Zairian rebels take control of Kisangani, the last government stronghold in the east and Zaire’s third largest city.

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The first provisional constitution is unanimously adopted by the KwaZulu-Natal legislature.

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African National Congress president Nelson Mandela addresses a freedom rally in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana, a week after the nomi

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Major cabinet portfolio changes are made to co-ordinate economic policy and constitutional negotiations.

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Business Day reports that in the wake of a decision by the Student Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Pretoria n

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Angola releases the bodies of two SA Defence Force commandos killed in a raid on Cabinda oil depots in 1985, and the SADF repat

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Internal Security Amendment Act No 2, amending the 1979 Internal Security Act (RRS 1988/89: 58), commences.

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SAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail at the end of April.

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Evidence of the government’s complicity in the abortive coup plot against the Seychelles’ Socialist government, is taken in cam

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The Prime Minister states that those who disagree with the government’s 12-point strategy, accepted by all four National Party

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Dr. Rhoodie reiterates that he possesses documentary evidence of secret projects involving the transfer of funds to major polit

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Four people, believed to be members of the ANC, are arrested in Gaborone, Botswana, and charged with the illegal possession of

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A Durban magistrate rules that no one is to blame for the death of a young Indian dentist, Dr. Hoosen Haffejee, who died in pol

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Percy Montgomery, Springbok rugby player of the Western Province, is born.

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Two Bills conferring wide new security powers on the government are passed by Parliament. The Affected Organisations Act is int

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The creation of a community of separate and sovereign states is laid down as the official policy of the National Party in its e

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The astronomical observatory at Sutherland in the Karoo is opened.

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The Defence Minister, J.J. Fouché, gives the Senate details of South Africa’s defence programme and replies to statement

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Dr Hans Merensky, discoverer of tin near Pretoria, platinum near Lydenburg, diamonds at Alexander Bay, chromium at Pietersburg

Sen. William (Willie) Angus Hofmeyr, businessman and cultural leader, is born in Montagu, CC.

Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, the Prince Imperial of France is born in Paris, France. He was killed in Zululand in the Ang

Hendrik Potgieter and Andries Pretorius are reconciled at a meeting of the Volksraad in Rustenburg.

Ernst Frederik de Swart opens the first coffee house in the Cape when permission is granted to him to serve refreshments to pas

25% of the White population in the Cape die of smallpox. Hardest hit are the indigenous Khoisan people.

Jan Wouters is found guilty in court in the Cape for &amp;quot;blasphemous libels on Cape ladies&amp;quot; and is sentenced to beg thei

The Jesuit, Gonçalo da Silveira, first missionary in Southern Africa and first martyr of the Christian faith, is murdered in t

News 24 reports that four top SANDF commanders are being investigated for sexual charges in the DRC by either the United Nation

Awards for Consumer Champions.

Rebels led by ousted army chief General Francois Bozize capture the Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, and the interna

The national department of transport launches the seven month Be Legal campaign at the Jack Mincer Taxi Rank in Johannesburg,

Zairian rebels take control of Kisangani, the last government stronghold in the east and Zaire’s third largest city.

The first provisional constitution is unanimously adopted by the KwaZulu-Natal legislature.

African National Congress president Nelson Mandela addresses a freedom rally in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana, a week after the nomi

Major cabinet portfolio changes are made to co-ordinate economic policy and constitutional negotiations.

Business Day reports that in the wake of a decision by the Student Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Pretoria n

Angola releases the bodies of two SA Defence Force commandos killed in a raid on Cabinda oil depots in 1985, and the SADF repat

Internal Security Amendment Act No 2, amending the 1979 Internal Security Act (RRS 1988/89: 58), commences.

SAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail at the end of April.

Evidence of the government’s complicity in the abortive coup plot against the Seychelles’ Socialist government, is taken in cam

The Prime Minister states that those who disagree with the government’s 12-point strategy, accepted by all four National Party

Dr. Rhoodie reiterates that he possesses documentary evidence of secret projects involving the transfer of funds to major polit

Four people, believed to be members of the ANC, are arrested in Gaborone, Botswana, and charged with the illegal possession of

A Durban magistrate rules that no one is to blame for the death of a young Indian dentist, Dr. Hoosen Haffejee, who died in pol

Percy Montgomery, Springbok rugby player of the Western Province, is born.

Two Bills conferring wide new security powers on the government are passed by Parliament. The Affected Organisations Act is int

The creation of a community of separate and sovereign states is laid down as the official policy of the National Party in its e

The astronomical observatory at Sutherland in the Karoo is opened.

The Defence Minister, J.J. Fouché, gives the Senate details of South Africa’s defence programme and replies to statement

Jan Wouters is found guilty in court in the Cape for "blasphemous libels on Cape ladies" and is sentenced to beg thei