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Several ANC sabotage attacks take place: guerrillas attack an East London police station; sections of railway line are blown up

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S. le Roux Marais (82), one of the pioneers of Afrikaans lieder (art songs), dies in Graaff-Reinet.

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US raises concern over the presence of Cuban military advisers in Ethiopia.

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René de Villiers, member of parliament for Parktown, draws the attention of Deputy Minister of Bantu Education, Dr A.P.

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Final land consolidation proposals for Bophuthatswana are announced. They involve moving more than 120,000 Tswana people from t

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In Sudan Ja’far Muhammad an-Numeiry, the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council overthrows the government of Ismail al-A

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Heads of thirty or thirty-two African states sign the Charter of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa on Afri

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Tribal clashes continue to take place in Pondoland (Transkei) between supporters and opponents of the African territorial autho

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Rolland Beaumont, (74), SA cricket player in 5 test matches (1912-1914), dies in Berea, Durban.

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Sydney Percival Bunting (53), SA communist and labour union leader, dies in Johannesburg.

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Jacob Lub (58), SA author and school inspector, dies.

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Dr Carel de Wet, grandson of Gen. C.R. de Wet, former minister of health and diplomat, is born in Memel, OFS.

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French troops have occupied the bilad al-siba, an under-populated desert region in southern Morocco.

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Sir Christopher Joseph Quinton Brand, aviation pioneer who completed the first flight from London to Cape Town with Sir Pierre

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Joseph Langley Levy, editor of the Sunday Times and leading cultural figure in Johannesburg, is born in Liverpool, England.

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Johan Arnold Smellekamp (54), Free State member of parliament and landdros in Bloemfontein, dies.

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An Afrikaans poem of thirteen verses in near perfect Afrikaans by H.C. van de Berg and P.P. Hugo is published in De Vriend of B

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In an attempt to unite the two Boer republics, the commandoes of the Free State and Transvaal (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek) con

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Sir Benjamin D’Urban (72), governor of the Cape, dies in Canada.

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Dick King, a 29-year-old wagon driver, and his 16-year-old servant, Ndongeni, leave Durban on horseback for Grahamstown on an e

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Saul Solomon, printer who represented Cape Town in the Cape parliament, is born on St Helena.

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Director Zola Maseko becomes the first South African to win the top prize at Africa’s premier film festival for “Drum”, a film

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The Nigerian Immigration Service rescues sixty-two victims of human trafficking at Seme at the country’s border with Benin Repu

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The western wing of Munitoria burns down and 5 000 municipal workers are requested by authorities to stay away from work the ne

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President Mandela undergoes three days (5-7 March) of intensive medical checks to counter rumours concerning the state of his h

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Several ANC sabotage attacks take place: guerrillas attack an East London police station; sections of railway line are blown up

S. le Roux Marais (82), one of the pioneers of Afrikaans lieder (art songs), dies in Graaff-Reinet.

US raises concern over the presence of Cuban military advisers in Ethiopia.

René de Villiers, member of parliament for Parktown, draws the attention of Deputy Minister of Bantu Education, Dr A.P.

Final land consolidation proposals for Bophuthatswana are announced. They involve moving more than 120,000 Tswana people from t

In Sudan Ja’far Muhammad an-Numeiry, the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council overthrows the government of Ismail al-A

Heads of thirty or thirty-two African states sign the Charter of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa on Afri

Tribal clashes continue to take place in Pondoland (Transkei) between supporters and opponents of the African territorial autho

Rolland Beaumont, (74), SA cricket player in 5 test matches (1912-1914), dies in Berea, Durban.

Sydney Percival Bunting (53), SA communist and labour union leader, dies in Johannesburg.

Jacob Lub (58), SA author and school inspector, dies.

Dr Carel de Wet, grandson of Gen. C.R. de Wet, former minister of health and diplomat, is born in Memel, OFS.

French troops have occupied the bilad al-siba, an under-populated desert region in southern Morocco.

Sir Christopher Joseph Quinton Brand, aviation pioneer who completed the first flight from London to Cape Town with Sir Pierre

Joseph Langley Levy, editor of the Sunday Times and leading cultural figure in Johannesburg, is born in Liverpool, England.

Johan Arnold Smellekamp (54), Free State member of parliament and landdros in Bloemfontein, dies.

An Afrikaans poem of thirteen verses in near perfect Afrikaans by H.C. van de Berg and P.P. Hugo is published in De Vriend of B

In an attempt to unite the two Boer republics, the commandoes of the Free State and Transvaal (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek) con

Sir Benjamin D’Urban (72), governor of the Cape, dies in Canada.

Dick King, a 29-year-old wagon driver, and his 16-year-old servant, Ndongeni, leave Durban on horseback for Grahamstown on an e

Saul Solomon, printer who represented Cape Town in the Cape parliament, is born on St Helena.

Africa Day.

The Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared

Nearly 200 People are killed in the Bulhoek massacre in the Eastern Cape

The State Theatre in Pretoria opens

The South African War field doctor, Arthur Conan Doyle is born

Director Zola Maseko becomes the first South African to win the top prize at Africa’s premier film festival for “Drum”, a film

The Nigerian Immigration Service rescues sixty-two victims of human trafficking at Seme at the country’s border with Benin Repu

The western wing of Munitoria burns down and 5 000 municipal workers are requested by authorities to stay away from work the ne

President Mandela undergoes three days (5-7 March) of intensive medical checks to counter rumours concerning the state of his h