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Seven street children are burnt to death and eleven seriously injured in a fire in Elim church, Sunnyside, Pretoria. The culpri

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Citrusdal in the southwestern Cape becomes SA’s first officially recognised non-racial local authority.

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SA government tables a white paper to end racial discrimination in landownership and occupation.

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About 10 000 people march to the president’s office in Thohoyandou, carrying a human skull believed to be that of a ritual murd

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ANC president Oliver Tambo and vice-president Nelson Mandela meet for the first time in twenty-eight years in Sweden.

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SA government bans church-led opposition group headed by Desmond Tutu as “threat to public safety”.

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Sweden announces a total boycott on trade with South Africa effective from October.

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The Eminent Persons Group meets imprisoned ANC leader, Nelson Mandela.

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Esther Masuku, mother of youth activist and SACC member Oupa Masuku, is killed in a hand grenade attack on their house in Atter

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A court in Pretoria sentences nine Blacks to terms of imprisonment from five to seven years on charges of training as guerrilla

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The Nederduitse Gereformerde Kerk (NGK) together with its sister church for Blacks (the NGK in Afrika), Coloureds (the NG Sendi

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Lilian Masediba Ngoyi, born in Gamatlala near Pretoria in 1911, dressmaker, political activist and trade unionist who spent sev

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In the wake of strikes in Natal in February, The Guardian publishes a documented report on the low wages paid to Black workers

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Arno Carstens, lead singer of the rock group Springbok Nude Girls, is born in Worcester, Western Cape.

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Mauritius officially achieves independence from Britain.

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P.W. Botha, the Minister of Defence, reports to the Senate on the progress of the Arms Industry and defines the main aims of So

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Defence Minister J.J. Fouche outlines the basic principles of South Africa’s defence policy and gives details of measures being

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The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions submits a memorandum to the UN General Assembly calling for economic sanct

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A Diaz bust is unveiled in the garden of the art gallery in Cape Town.

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The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) delegation is received by the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, in Delhi, submitting a petition dr

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Gen. H. C. Muller unveils a memorial for nine Boers who were killed in Anglo-Boer War 2. The memorial includes the name of Salm

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Christoffel Cornelis Froneman, commandant of the Free State and founder of Marquard, dies.

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Juliette Gordon founds the Girl Guides (later Scouts), a world-wide organisation active also in SA.

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Andries Dreyer, archivist of the Dutch Reformed Church, is ordained as missionary of the congregation in Cape Town for the Hano

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Gen. Piet Joubert, commander-in-chief of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, lays the cornerstone of the Dutch Reformed Mother Chu

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Willem Lambertus van Warmelo, compiler of Afrikaanse Liedjies, is born in the Netherlands.

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Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.

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A convoy of the British 80th Regt. is over-run at Ntombe River, northern Zululand by a force of 2 000 Zulus. Of the sixty m

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Commander R.C. Dyer of the vessel MHS Industry reads the document annexing Walvis Bay and the surrounding area for Britain, aft

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Sen. François S. Malan, editor of Die Patriot and founder of the FAK, is born at Bovlei near Wellington.

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Seven street children are burnt to death and eleven seriously injured in a fire in Elim church, Sunnyside, Pretoria. The culpri

Citrusdal in the southwestern Cape becomes SA’s first officially recognised non-racial local authority.

SA government tables a white paper to end racial discrimination in landownership and occupation.

About 10 000 people march to the president’s office in Thohoyandou, carrying a human skull believed to be that of a ritual murd

ANC president Oliver Tambo and vice-president Nelson Mandela meet for the first time in twenty-eight years in Sweden.

SA government bans church-led opposition group headed by Desmond Tutu as “threat to public safety”.

Sweden announces a total boycott on trade with South Africa effective from October.

The Eminent Persons Group meets imprisoned ANC leader, Nelson Mandela.

Esther Masuku, mother of youth activist and SACC member Oupa Masuku, is killed in a hand grenade attack on their house in Atter

A court in Pretoria sentences nine Blacks to terms of imprisonment from five to seven years on charges of training as guerrilla

The Nederduitse Gereformerde Kerk (NGK) together with its sister church for Blacks (the NGK in Afrika), Coloureds (the NG Sendi

Lilian Masediba Ngoyi, born in Gamatlala near Pretoria in 1911, dressmaker, political activist and trade unionist who spent sev

In the wake of strikes in Natal in February, The Guardian publishes a documented report on the low wages paid to Black workers

Arno Carstens, lead singer of the rock group Springbok Nude Girls, is born in Worcester, Western Cape.

Mauritius officially achieves independence from Britain.

P.W. Botha, the Minister of Defence, reports to the Senate on the progress of the Arms Industry and defines the main aims of So

Defence Minister J.J. Fouche outlines the basic principles of South Africa’s defence policy and gives details of measures being

The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions submits a memorandum to the UN General Assembly calling for economic sanct

A Diaz bust is unveiled in the garden of the art gallery in Cape Town.

The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) delegation is received by the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, in Delhi, submitting a petition dr

Gen. H. C. Muller unveils a memorial for nine Boers who were killed in Anglo-Boer War 2. The memorial includes the name of Salm

Christoffel Cornelis Froneman, commandant of the Free State and founder of Marquard, dies.

Juliette Gordon founds the Girl Guides (later Scouts), a world-wide organisation active also in SA.

Andries Dreyer, archivist of the Dutch Reformed Church, is ordained as missionary of the congregation in Cape Town for the Hano

Gen. Piet Joubert, commander-in-chief of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, lays the cornerstone of the Dutch Reformed Mother Chu

Willem Lambertus van Warmelo, compiler of Afrikaanse Liedjies, is born in the Netherlands.

Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.

A convoy of the British 80th Regt. is over-run at Ntombe River, northern Zululand by a force of 2 000 Zulus. Of the sixty m

Commander R.C. Dyer of the vessel MHS Industry reads the document annexing Walvis Bay and the surrounding area for Britain, aft

Sen. François S. Malan, editor of Die Patriot and founder of the FAK, is born at Bovlei near Wellington.