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Deon Opperman, South African dramatist, is born.

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Following strong opposition in the Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, Dr. Verwoerd announces the withdrawal of South A

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The South African Indian Organisation is formed at a conference in Durban.

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The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill is introduced in House of Assembly

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Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, heralded by subsequent labour histories as one of SA’s greatest working-class martyrs, is arrested

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The artillery bombards the strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square during the Rand Revolt and it falls to the government. Befo

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Lord Alfred Milner lays the foundation stone of the Presbyterian Church St. Andrew in Germiston.

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Lord Selborne (William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selbourne) is appointed High Commissioner for South Africa in succession

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British conquest of northern Nigeria is complete.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Roberts issues his first proclamation, offering amnesty to burghers, except for the leaders.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Salisbury, British premier, rejects the offer of Pres. McKinley of America to act as mediator in the war

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France and Germany agree on boundaries between French Congo and Cameroons.

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P.J. van der Merwe, writer of the book “Ons halfeeu in Angola 1880-1928” is born on the farm Die Hoek near Humpata, Angola. (St

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Josephus Johannes Kuhn, versifier of the first Afrikaans Psalms, is born.

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Willem Postma (Dr O’Kullis), writer, teacher and minister of the Reformed Church, is born in Burgersdorp, CC.

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Diocesan College School (also known as Bishop’s) is founded by Bishop Robert Gray in Rondebosch, Cape Town, with six learners.

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De Natalier, Natal’s first newspaper, appears on this day.

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John X Merriman, future prime minister of the Cape Colony, is born in Somerset, England.

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The Church of the Vow in Pietermaritzburg is consecrated and Erasmus Smit is inducted as its first minister.

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Jan Stephanus de Villiers, organist and first South African composer of importance, is born in Paarl.

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Stephanus Schoeman, colourful figure in Transvaal history and commander-in-chief of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, is born ne

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Sir Joseph Banks, zoologist and botanist, describes the Kompanjiestuin and small zoo at the Cape in his diary.

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United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan addresses parliament in Cape Town. He urges African leaders to improve conditions i

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The Gauteng Academy of Sport, in conjunction with the universities of Johannesburg, Pretoria and the Witwatersrand and Vaal Uni

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A prison warder, Jacques Horne, 31, on escort duty is shot dead and another injured in an attack by gunmen at Cape Town’s Groot

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Between 30% and 45% of all agricultural workers are infected with HIV/Aids, Gretha Kostwinder, the agricultural attaché

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News 24 reports that South Africa’s ambitious HIV/Aids treatment plan is lagging as the government struggles to plug a shortage

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Yoweri Museveni is re-elected as Uganda’s president.

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Graham Armitage (63), SA actor and radio and TV personality, dies.

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While rebels advance rapidly in eastern Zaire, President Mobutu Sese Seko enters a Monaco hospital for complications from earli

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Deon Opperman, South African dramatist, is born.

Following strong opposition in the Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, Dr. Verwoerd announces the withdrawal of South A

The South African Indian Organisation is formed at a conference in Durban.

The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill is introduced in House of Assembly

Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, heralded by subsequent labour histories as one of SA’s greatest working-class martyrs, is arrested

The artillery bombards the strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square during the Rand Revolt and it falls to the government. Befo

Lord Alfred Milner lays the foundation stone of the Presbyterian Church St. Andrew in Germiston.

Lord Selborne (William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selbourne) is appointed High Commissioner for South Africa in succession

British conquest of northern Nigeria is complete.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Roberts issues his first proclamation, offering amnesty to burghers, except for the leaders.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Salisbury, British premier, rejects the offer of Pres. McKinley of America to act as mediator in the war

France and Germany agree on boundaries between French Congo and Cameroons.

P.J. van der Merwe, writer of the book “Ons halfeeu in Angola 1880-1928” is born on the farm Die Hoek near Humpata, Angola. (St

Josephus Johannes Kuhn, versifier of the first Afrikaans Psalms, is born.

Willem Postma (Dr O’Kullis), writer, teacher and minister of the Reformed Church, is born in Burgersdorp, CC.

Diocesan College School (also known as Bishop’s) is founded by Bishop Robert Gray in Rondebosch, Cape Town, with six learners.

De Natalier, Natal’s first newspaper, appears on this day.

John X Merriman, future prime minister of the Cape Colony, is born in Somerset, England.

The Church of the Vow in Pietermaritzburg is consecrated and Erasmus Smit is inducted as its first minister.

Jan Stephanus de Villiers, organist and first South African composer of importance, is born in Paarl.

Stephanus Schoeman, colourful figure in Transvaal history and commander-in-chief of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, is born ne

Sir Joseph Banks, zoologist and botanist, describes the Kompanjiestuin and small zoo at the Cape in his diary.

United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan addresses parliament in Cape Town. He urges African leaders to improve conditions i

The Gauteng Academy of Sport, in conjunction with the universities of Johannesburg, Pretoria and the Witwatersrand and Vaal Uni

A prison warder, Jacques Horne, 31, on escort duty is shot dead and another injured in an attack by gunmen at Cape Town’s Groot

Between 30% and 45% of all agricultural workers are infected with HIV/Aids, Gretha Kostwinder, the agricultural attaché

News 24 reports that South Africa’s ambitious HIV/Aids treatment plan is lagging as the government struggles to plug a shortage

Yoweri Museveni is re-elected as Uganda’s president.

Graham Armitage (63), SA actor and radio and TV personality, dies.

While rebels advance rapidly in eastern Zaire, President Mobutu Sese Seko enters a Monaco hospital for complications from earli