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Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, CONTRALESA, ANC, is shot dead in Pietermaritzburg while getting into his car.

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Anglican bishops in Southern Africa urge liberation movements to suspend the armed struggle.

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More than 100,000 persons attend a rally in Durban addressed by Nelson Mandela, who urges his followers to end the factional wa

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South Africa and Botswana agree to take steps preventing ANC operatives from using Botswana as a transit base into South Africa

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Hansard reports that on this date 289 servicemen of the SADF are in detention, of which 137 are being punished for reasons of c

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Signs extradition agreement with Malawi.

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A newspaper reports that the government has refused a visa application from the American Negro tennis player, Arthur Ashe, to v

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Seven Africans are detained in the Transkei on an allegation of conspiracy to commit murder. Five are opposition members of the

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Archbishop Owen McCann of Cape Town becomes South Africa’s first Cardinal when he is invested by Pope Paul in St Peter’s Basili

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Anneli van Rooyen, SA singer, is born.

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Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes premier of Egypt following a coup.

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Dr Alexander Logie du Toit (69), surveyor of large areas in the Karoo, dies in Cape Town.

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Daniel Sefundi (Dan) Rakgoathe, SA artist, is born in Randfontein, Transvaal. He was the first full-time student in the fin

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Arrie Paulus (Petrus Jacobus), appointed as General Secretary of the Mineworkers’ Union in 1967, is born in Pretoria.

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The great diamond rush to Grootfontein, near Lichtenburg, western Transvaal, starts.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: At least fifty-three British soldiers die, 130 are wounded and 500 captured in a surprise attack by Boer tr

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David H.S. Annecke, pioneer in the field of tropical diseases who helped to bring malaria under control, is born in Aliwal Nort

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Germany annexes Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

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Hjalmar Reitz, eldest son of Pres. F.W. Reitz and MP for Brits and Jeppe, is born in Bloemfontein.

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The Rev. Charles Murray, fifth child of the Rev. Andrew Murray and compiler of the Hallelujaboek, is born.

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George Christopher Cato, Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, is born in London. He comes from a Huguenot family, origi

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Pieter Gijsbert van Noodt (also Noot or Van Nood) assumes his duties as governor at the Cape.

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US scientists announce at the 12th annual Conference on Retrovirus and Opportunistic Infections in Boston the discovery of a ke

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The Indigenous Games Project, aiming to promote activities that have a popular appeal to rural communities in SA in particular,

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Nine army officers in Zaire declare that they will join the rebels under Laurent Kabila who seek to topple Mobuto Sese Seko.

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The ANC submits its constitutional blueprint to CODESA. It suggests a two-phase transitional period of multiparty rule for fift

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The National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industries (Nafcoc) commits itself to the promotion of a free-market sys

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Two people are killed and scores injured when 300 taxi operators clash in Katlehong.

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Rival taxi groups attack each other at the Natalspruit Hospital taxi rank, starting a conflict that later spread to other parts

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The National Education Union of South Africa (NEUSA) and the National Education Crisis Committee are banned.

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Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, CONTRALESA, ANC, is shot dead in Pietermaritzburg while getting into his car.

Anglican bishops in Southern Africa urge liberation movements to suspend the armed struggle.

More than 100,000 persons attend a rally in Durban addressed by Nelson Mandela, who urges his followers to end the factional wa

South Africa and Botswana agree to take steps preventing ANC operatives from using Botswana as a transit base into South Africa

Hansard reports that on this date 289 servicemen of the SADF are in detention, of which 137 are being punished for reasons of c

Signs extradition agreement with Malawi.

A newspaper reports that the government has refused a visa application from the American Negro tennis player, Arthur Ashe, to v

Seven Africans are detained in the Transkei on an allegation of conspiracy to commit murder. Five are opposition members of the

Archbishop Owen McCann of Cape Town becomes South Africa’s first Cardinal when he is invested by Pope Paul in St Peter’s Basili

Anneli van Rooyen, SA singer, is born.

Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes premier of Egypt following a coup.

Dr Alexander Logie du Toit (69), surveyor of large areas in the Karoo, dies in Cape Town.

Daniel Sefundi (Dan) Rakgoathe, SA artist, is born in Randfontein, Transvaal. He was the first full-time student in the fin

Arrie Paulus (Petrus Jacobus), appointed as General Secretary of the Mineworkers’ Union in 1967, is born in Pretoria.

The great diamond rush to Grootfontein, near Lichtenburg, western Transvaal, starts.

Anglo-Boer War 2: At least fifty-three British soldiers die, 130 are wounded and 500 captured in a surprise attack by Boer tr

David H.S. Annecke, pioneer in the field of tropical diseases who helped to bring malaria under control, is born in Aliwal Nort

Germany annexes Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

Hjalmar Reitz, eldest son of Pres. F.W. Reitz and MP for Brits and Jeppe, is born in Bloemfontein.

The Rev. Charles Murray, fifth child of the Rev. Andrew Murray and compiler of the Hallelujaboek, is born.

George Christopher Cato, Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, is born in London. He comes from a Huguenot family, origi

Pieter Gijsbert van Noodt (also Noot or Van Nood) assumes his duties as governor at the Cape.

US scientists announce at the 12th annual Conference on Retrovirus and Opportunistic Infections in Boston the discovery of a ke

The Indigenous Games Project, aiming to promote activities that have a popular appeal to rural communities in SA in particular,

Nine army officers in Zaire declare that they will join the rebels under Laurent Kabila who seek to topple Mobuto Sese Seko.

The ANC submits its constitutional blueprint to CODESA. It suggests a two-phase transitional period of multiparty rule for fift

The National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industries (Nafcoc) commits itself to the promotion of a free-market sys

Two people are killed and scores injured when 300 taxi operators clash in Katlehong.

Rival taxi groups attack each other at the Natalspruit Hospital taxi rank, starting a conflict that later spread to other parts

The National Education Union of South Africa (NEUSA) and the National Education Crisis Committee are banned.