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SAA inaugurates the first direct weekly flight between Johannesburg and New York, via Rio de Janeiro.
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Britain recognises President Abdul Amari Karume’s regime in Zanzibar.
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At the annual conference of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Leopoldville, fifteen African states table a d
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Kwame Nkrumah, first prime minister and later president of Ghana, becomes the Leader of Government Business in the Gold Coast A
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Mabelindile Archie Luhlabo, chair of SA Teemane Co., Johannesburg, director of the Mineworkers Investment Co. and also of Globa
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Allan Boesak, clergyman and prominent political figure, is born.
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Fietas, Johannesburg: The area is officially named Pageview in honour of the then Mayor of Johannesburg, Mr. J.J. Page. Up to t
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Keith Sandile Kunene, attorney Supreme Court of SA and chair or vice-chair of numerous companies and commissions, is born.
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Johannes van der Walt, member of the Ossewa-Brandwag (O.B.)and world renowned wrestler, who escaped from police detention after
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Die Week, predecessor of the Afrikaans newspaper Die Vaderland, appears for the first time.
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George Charles Gunn (Anton de Waal), composer of Afrikaans songs, co-worker of Danie Bosman and Nico Carstens, is born.
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Dr. Josias Hendrik du Plessis, Administrator of the Cape, is born in Vanrhynsdorp, Namaqualand.
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Herero Revolt: Leutwein warns against a policy of exterminating of the Ovaherero.
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Britain and Germany agree on boundary between German East Africa and Nyasaland.
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The Free Sate anthem, composed by the Dutchman Willem Nicolai, is sung for the first time.
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The Orange Free State Vierkleur is hoisted for the first time and the coat of arms of the republic is unveiled.
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The Bloemfontein Convention for the establishment of the Orange Free State is signed in Green Lodge.
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George Rex, allegedly the son of King George III and Hannah Lightfoot, auctions his house in Cape Town and settles at Melkhoutk
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Cyclone Favio, a powerful tropical cyclone with winds of up to 270km/p surges ashore in southern Mozambique. In Vilanculos, abo
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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, beats Morocco 2-1.
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Fleeing fighting, 30 000 refugees from Rwanda and Burundi leave their refugee camp in eastern Zaire.
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Sixteen Black children arrive at the Potgietersrus Primary School to register, protected by police officers.
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SA signs agreement with the government of Namibia on co-operation in the policing of Walvis Bay.
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President F.W. de Klerk and ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela share a public platform for the first time as they jointly rece
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Walter Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada and other African National Congress officials arrive in Natal at the start of an ANC "peace
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The minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, says in the House of Assembly that no member of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (
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Mr Mxolisi Mswela, national organiser of the Azanian Students’ Movement (AZASM) is arrested at his home and held under the Inte
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The Minister of Manpower Utilisation warns that the government is planning to take a tougher line with the rapidly expanding an
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The South African Coloured Persons’ Council Bill is introduced into Parliament. A government memorandum released on the same da
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