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The President’s Council says 3.3 million workers in the country are unemployed and urges the government to embark on a developm

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Four policemen are killed in a bomb attack on the Johannesburg magistrate office. Nine civilians are injured. Two ANC membe

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British prime minister Margaret Thatcher still refuses to impose sanctions on South Africa despite reports of yesterday’s raids

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A car bomb, placed outside the SAAF headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, claims twenty-one lives.

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International Conference on Sanctions against South Africa organised by the United Nations, in cooperation with the OAU, at UNE

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SA signs multilateral Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources in Canberra.

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The light aeroplane, in which the young singer Gwynneth Ashley Robin and five orchestra members are travelling to a concert, cr

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The Foreign Minister, Dr. Muller, confirms that the government will continue to co-operate with Rhodesia, whatever solution is

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Libya and Soviet Union conclude agreement for increased trade and Soviet-weapons aid to Tripoli.

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A referendum in the Cameroons approves the country’s change from a federation into a unitary state, the United Republic of Came

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Jan Gysbert Hugo Bosman (85), composer of the first Afrikaans lieder (art songs), dies.

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After the State President assents to the Transkei Flag Bill, the new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is h

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A Boeing 720-B of Pakistan comes down at the airport of Cairo, Egypt, killing 121 people.

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A thirty-day cease-fire is declared as talks between Algerian Moslem leaders and the French government begin at Evian-les-Bains

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Frew McMillan, doubles player with Bob Hewitt and Wimbledon tennis champion, is born in Springs.

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WWII: The 1st SA Infantry Brigade is called up for continuous training, to be followed by other units, including the SA Artil

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The newly founded Northern Transvaal Rugby Union plays its first Currie Cup match on the new Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.

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A special meeting of the League of Nations is called for by Abyssinia, requesting aid in defence against Italian aggression.

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Die Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger, and is the second publication of

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Halley’s comet reaches the closest point to the earth since 1837, only 22 million km off.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: A squadron of Col. E.C. Bethune, under Capt. Geoff, runs into a well-placed ambush under Com. Blignaut at Sch

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Adolphe Mabille, Swiss missionary, Sotho philologist and Bible translator, dies at Morija, Basutoland (Lesotho) where he was st

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Florence Josephine Zerffi, SA still life and landscape painter, is born in London, England.

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Frederick William Barber, SA border pioneer and scientist, is born in Nottingham, England.

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France again introduces slave trade in its colonies.

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The expedition under August F. Beutler, which left the Cape at the end of February, reaches Boesmans River according to his jou

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Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama, on board the Saint Gabriel, and tasked with finding a sea route to India and the Orient, dr

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National Education Minister Naledi Pandor launches the redesigned and updated South African History Online website.

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A protest meeting and march against the proposed name change of the city of Pretoria to Tshwane is held on Church Square, Preto

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An earthquake measuring 6.8 strikes Algeria’s northern coast, 70 km east of Algiers. At least 2 200 people are killed in the in

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The President’s Council says 3.3 million workers in the country are unemployed and urges the government to embark on a developm

Four policemen are killed in a bomb attack on the Johannesburg magistrate office. Nine civilians are injured. Two ANC membe

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher still refuses to impose sanctions on South Africa despite reports of yesterday’s raids

A car bomb, placed outside the SAAF headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, claims twenty-one lives.

International Conference on Sanctions against South Africa organised by the United Nations, in cooperation with the OAU, at UNE

SA signs multilateral Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources in Canberra.

The light aeroplane, in which the young singer Gwynneth Ashley Robin and five orchestra members are travelling to a concert, cr

The Foreign Minister, Dr. Muller, confirms that the government will continue to co-operate with Rhodesia, whatever solution is

Libya and Soviet Union conclude agreement for increased trade and Soviet-weapons aid to Tripoli.

A referendum in the Cameroons approves the country’s change from a federation into a unitary state, the United Republic of Came

Jan Gysbert Hugo Bosman (85), composer of the first Afrikaans lieder (art songs), dies.

After the State President assents to the Transkei Flag Bill, the new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is h

A Boeing 720-B of Pakistan comes down at the airport of Cairo, Egypt, killing 121 people.

A thirty-day cease-fire is declared as talks between Algerian Moslem leaders and the French government begin at Evian-les-Bains

Frew McMillan, doubles player with Bob Hewitt and Wimbledon tennis champion, is born in Springs.

WWII: The 1st SA Infantry Brigade is called up for continuous training, to be followed by other units, including the SA Artil

The newly founded Northern Transvaal Rugby Union plays its first Currie Cup match on the new Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.

A special meeting of the League of Nations is called for by Abyssinia, requesting aid in defence against Italian aggression.

Die Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger, and is the second publication of

Halley’s comet reaches the closest point to the earth since 1837, only 22 million km off.

Anglo-Boer War 2: A squadron of Col. E.C. Bethune, under Capt. Geoff, runs into a well-placed ambush under Com. Blignaut at Sch

Adolphe Mabille, Swiss missionary, Sotho philologist and Bible translator, dies at Morija, Basutoland (Lesotho) where he was st

Florence Josephine Zerffi, SA still life and landscape painter, is born in London, England.

Frederick William Barber, SA border pioneer and scientist, is born in Nottingham, England.

France again introduces slave trade in its colonies.

The expedition under August F. Beutler, which left the Cape at the end of February, reaches Boesmans River according to his jou

Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama, on board the Saint Gabriel, and tasked with finding a sea route to India and the Orient, dr

National Education Minister Naledi Pandor launches the redesigned and updated South African History Online website.

A protest meeting and march against the proposed name change of the city of Pretoria to Tshwane is held on Church Square, Preto

An earthquake measuring 6.8 strikes Algeria’s northern coast, 70 km east of Algiers. At least 2 200 people are killed in the in