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The Sowetan reports that Amos Boshomane, a shop steward of the Steel, Engineering and Allied Workers’ Union of South Africa, wa

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The US government approves a screening test for Aids that detects antibodies to the virus, allowing possibly contaminated blood

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Dr. Andries Treurnicht resigns as Minister of State Administration and of Statistics and announces the formation of the Conserv

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The inquest into Dr. Aggett’s death begins. It is immediately adjourned for six weeks, to allow further investigation.

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The United Nations General Assembly Credentials Committee rejects the credentials of the South African delegation, by six votes

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The United Party suffers reverses in municipal elections in the Transvaal and fails to contest the Randburg seats because of in

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Terrorist bombing of a bus in Nairobi, Kenya, kills twenty-seven people and injures about 100.

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André Snyman, Springbok rugby player, is born.

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It is announced in Johannesburg that restriction orders have been issued against six leaders of the South African Students’ Org

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Charles W. Engelhard (54), millionaire businessman and chairperson of Rand Mines, dies in Florida, USA.

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Rhodesia declares itself a republic and becomes the Republic of Rhodesia (not recognised internationally).

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Kwame Nkrumah, first prime minister and later president of Ghana, is welcomed in Guinea who grants him a honourable asylum af

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First meeting of the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa (later re

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The Bishop of Johannesburg, Ambrose Reeves, resigns after having been deported from South Africa in September 1960 for his stro

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South Africa Act Amendment Act No 9: Effectively revalidates the 1951 Separate Representation of Voters Act, which has been cha

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France recognises the independence of Morocco.

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Egypt and Syria sign a defensive alliance.

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Two pilots of the SA Air Force’s Cheetah Squadron, Lieutenant D.A. Ruiter and Captain W.J.J. Badenhorst, are killed in action w

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Dr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, politician and former leader of the Progressive Federal Party, is born in Pretoria.

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The SAA undertake its first flight between Cape Town and Durban.

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The first issue of the weekly periodical ‘TIME’ appeared on newsstands.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: A council of war at Poplar Grove, OFS, gives Danie Theron permission to form a Scout Corps consisting of abou

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Sir John Coode (75), planner of a seaward defence for Table Bay, which was built by prisoners, dies in Brighton, England.

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A Legislative Council is established in Natal.

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Sir Joseph Baynes, SA Minister of Land and Works, is born in Settle, Yorkshire, England.

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The first slave, Abraham, a stowaway from Batavia, arrives in Table Bay aboard the Malacca. He is made to work for the company

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The first return fleet from Batavia to receive fresh produce on its way to the Netherlands arrives in Table Bay. Van Riebeeck s

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A Dutch fleet under Cornelis Houtman sights the Cape while on a voyage to the East.

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Blood flows in the streets of Johannesburg as striking truck drivers turn violently on other truckers on the first day of a pay

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Exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide claims he was forced to leave Haiti by US military forces. He is currently resi

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The Sowetan reports that Amos Boshomane, a shop steward of the Steel, Engineering and Allied Workers’ Union of South Africa, wa

The US government approves a screening test for Aids that detects antibodies to the virus, allowing possibly contaminated blood

Dr. Andries Treurnicht resigns as Minister of State Administration and of Statistics and announces the formation of the Conserv

The inquest into Dr. Aggett’s death begins. It is immediately adjourned for six weeks, to allow further investigation.

The United Nations General Assembly Credentials Committee rejects the credentials of the South African delegation, by six votes

The United Party suffers reverses in municipal elections in the Transvaal and fails to contest the Randburg seats because of in

Terrorist bombing of a bus in Nairobi, Kenya, kills twenty-seven people and injures about 100.

André Snyman, Springbok rugby player, is born.

It is announced in Johannesburg that restriction orders have been issued against six leaders of the South African Students’ Org

Charles W. Engelhard (54), millionaire businessman and chairperson of Rand Mines, dies in Florida, USA.

Rhodesia declares itself a republic and becomes the Republic of Rhodesia (not recognised internationally).

Kwame Nkrumah, first prime minister and later president of Ghana, is welcomed in Guinea who grants him a honourable asylum af

First meeting of the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa (later re

The Bishop of Johannesburg, Ambrose Reeves, resigns after having been deported from South Africa in September 1960 for his stro

South Africa Act Amendment Act No 9: Effectively revalidates the 1951 Separate Representation of Voters Act, which has been cha

France recognises the independence of Morocco.

Egypt and Syria sign a defensive alliance.

Two pilots of the SA Air Force’s Cheetah Squadron, Lieutenant D.A. Ruiter and Captain W.J.J. Badenhorst, are killed in action w

Dr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, politician and former leader of the Progressive Federal Party, is born in Pretoria.

The SAA undertake its first flight between Cape Town and Durban.

The first issue of the weekly periodical ‘TIME’ appeared on newsstands.

Anglo-Boer War 2: A council of war at Poplar Grove, OFS, gives Danie Theron permission to form a Scout Corps consisting of abou

Sir John Coode (75), planner of a seaward defence for Table Bay, which was built by prisoners, dies in Brighton, England.

A Legislative Council is established in Natal.

Sir Joseph Baynes, SA Minister of Land and Works, is born in Settle, Yorkshire, England.

The first slave, Abraham, a stowaway from Batavia, arrives in Table Bay aboard the Malacca. He is made to work for the company

The first return fleet from Batavia to receive fresh produce on its way to the Netherlands arrives in Table Bay. Van Riebeeck s

A Dutch fleet under Cornelis Houtman sights the Cape while on a voyage to the East.

Blood flows in the streets of Johannesburg as striking truck drivers turn violently on other truckers on the first day of a pay

Exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide claims he was forced to leave Haiti by US military forces. He is currently resi