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Miriam Makeba, first African artist to make name internationally is born in Johannesburg.

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Eight Whites are killed in Brakpan in fights between government forces and revolutionaries during the Rand revolt.

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Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Frederik), who was administrator of the Transvaal at the age of 29, is appointed principal of the South Af

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James Norval, SA actor, is born in Zastron, Free State.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The long-awaited report of the Ladies or Fawcett Commission Report on the concentration camps is discussed in

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Boers are defeated by Lord Roberts at Driefontein in the Free State.

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Johann Max Friedrich (Jean) Welz, painter and architect who emigrated to SA in the 1930s, is born in Salzburg, Austria.

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The Mount Nelson hotel opens in Cape Town.

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Marthinus Theunis Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State for the first time.

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Jean Welz, SA painter, is born in Salzburg, Austria.

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Sir William Owen Lanyon is sworn in as administrator of the Transvaal.

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South African sculptor Anton Anreith dies at the age of sixty-eight in Cape Town.

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The plight of an indigenous community in South Africa, the San, is placed in the spotlight with the launch of a report by the S

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Angered by the way President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was forced to flee his country, the 15-nation Caribbean Community says it w

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At least fourteen children have contracted HIV in SA hospitals and researchers say it should be a ‘wake-up’ call for the under-

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US officials announce the arrests of three members of Rwanda’s ethnic Hutu rebel movement for the 1999 murders of two American

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A nationwide strike shuts down most of Zimbabwe’s economy and the government threatens to punish those who encouraged the prote

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President Mandela visits Mali for two days. South Africa and Mali agree to establish diplomatic relations.

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Split looms for CP Cape Town as the Conservative Party is so racked by internal dissent that it could see a breakaway right-win

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An American soldier is killed by a land mine in Somalia and a second dies in a truck crash, bringing to six the number of Ameri

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Twenty-four people are killed in Meadowlands during an IFP take-over of the Mzimhlope hostel.

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It is announced at a Convention (2-3 March) that the United Democratic Front is to end its activities and will formally disband

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The SACP is formally launched in Natal at a rally held at Currie’s Fountain Stadium in Durban.

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Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) chief-of-staff Chris Hani says as long as the SADF continues recruitment and training, his organisation

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State President P.W. Botha confirms that he intends completing his full term of office as state president when he returns after

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The South West Africa Territory Force claims to have killed sixty Swapo insurgents in various skirmishes in the previous month,

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South Africa’s envoy to the United Nations, Les Manley, storms out of a Security Council meeting after accusing the council of

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UK students start a campaign to force British universities and colleges to divest up to R650m in South Africa.

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Norton, the giant US abrasives firm, sells off its South African subsidiary to local interests.

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Miriam Makeba, first African artist to make name internationally is born in Johannesburg.

Eight Whites are killed in Brakpan in fights between government forces and revolutionaries during the Rand revolt.

Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Frederik), who was administrator of the Transvaal at the age of 29, is appointed principal of the South Af

James Norval, SA actor, is born in Zastron, Free State.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The long-awaited report of the Ladies or Fawcett Commission Report on the concentration camps is discussed in

Anglo-Boer War 2: Boers are defeated by Lord Roberts at Driefontein in the Free State.

Johann Max Friedrich (Jean) Welz, painter and architect who emigrated to SA in the 1930s, is born in Salzburg, Austria.

The Mount Nelson hotel opens in Cape Town.

Marthinus Theunis Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State for the first time.

Jean Welz, SA painter, is born in Salzburg, Austria.

Sir William Owen Lanyon is sworn in as administrator of the Transvaal.

South African sculptor Anton Anreith dies at the age of sixty-eight in Cape Town.

The plight of an indigenous community in South Africa, the San, is placed in the spotlight with the launch of a report by the S

Angered by the way President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was forced to flee his country, the 15-nation Caribbean Community says it w

At least fourteen children have contracted HIV in SA hospitals and researchers say it should be a ‘wake-up’ call for the under-

US officials announce the arrests of three members of Rwanda’s ethnic Hutu rebel movement for the 1999 murders of two American

A nationwide strike shuts down most of Zimbabwe’s economy and the government threatens to punish those who encouraged the prote

President Mandela visits Mali for two days. South Africa and Mali agree to establish diplomatic relations.

Split looms for CP Cape Town as the Conservative Party is so racked by internal dissent that it could see a breakaway right-win

An American soldier is killed by a land mine in Somalia and a second dies in a truck crash, bringing to six the number of Ameri

Twenty-four people are killed in Meadowlands during an IFP take-over of the Mzimhlope hostel.

It is announced at a Convention (2-3 March) that the United Democratic Front is to end its activities and will formally disband

The SACP is formally launched in Natal at a rally held at Currie’s Fountain Stadium in Durban.

Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) chief-of-staff Chris Hani says as long as the SADF continues recruitment and training, his organisation

State President P.W. Botha confirms that he intends completing his full term of office as state president when he returns after

The South West Africa Territory Force claims to have killed sixty Swapo insurgents in various skirmishes in the previous month,

South Africa’s envoy to the United Nations, Les Manley, storms out of a Security Council meeting after accusing the council of

UK students start a campaign to force British universities and colleges to divest up to R650m in South Africa.

Norton, the giant US abrasives firm, sells off its South African subsidiary to local interests.