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Louis Henri Meurant, editor, publisher, magistrate and Cape member of Parliament, is born in the Cape.

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Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.)

This day in history

Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.)

This day in history

Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki unveils a statue of Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi Waciuri, hanged by the colonial government more

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The body of seventeen year old stowaway, Samuel Benjamin, found in the wheel-well of a British Airways aircraft in Los Angeles

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The Xhosa musical, uCarmen in Khayelitsha, wins the Golden Bear award as the best film at the Berlin Film Festival in Germany.

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The telephone company, Telkom, announces that it will buy and distribute five million condoms to its employees in an effort to

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Kenneth Kaunda, the former president of Zambia, is charged with concealing information about a failed coup. In June, the ch

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Two car bombs explode near Algiers, killing twelve and wounding thirty-five during the final hours of Ramadan celebrations.

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SA signs bilateral air transport agreement with the government of Morocco.

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Fifteen people are killed in an attack on youth volunteers for an ANC voter education workshop in Mahlele, Creighton, Natal, pr

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The ANC national executive committee endorses the proposal of an interim government of national unity not more than five years

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Libya produces two men accused of blowing up an American jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, but insists they’ll never go to tri

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Foreign TV crews are prohibited from filming incidents of unrest in South Africa’s Black townships.

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Top leadership officials of the United Democratic Front (UDF) are arrested. Of the thirteen detained, six are to be charged for

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Eighteen people die in Crossroads, Cape Town, when police fire on protestors.

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A bomb explosion in an administrative building in the Batho township of Bloemfontein injures seventy-six Blacks seeking registr

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The Navy frigate SAS President Kruger sinks at Cape Point after colliding with the SAS Tafelberg, eighteen people die.

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In a joint statement the leaders of seven Black ‘homelands’ set out the basis of a possible consensus solution for South Africa

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The election of the first government sponsored Soweto Community Council is poorly supported.

This day in history

The space shuttle Enterprise, sitting atop a Boeing 747, goes on its maiden flight.

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All activities of the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) are suspended until further notice. The announcement is made

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The Lebanese government decides to break off diplomatic relations with South Africa.

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John Vorster formally opens a new submarine cable between Cape Town and Lisbon.

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The government drops two Bills, which were designed to enforce racial segregation on university campuses.

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Gambia becomes Africa’s 36th state when it gains independence from Britain.

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President Leon M’ba is restored to power in Gabon by French troops, following an attempted coup led by Jean-Hilaire Aubume.

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Rugby teams of SA and France play to a draw with no score in Paris.

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Jeffrey Thamsanqa (Jeff) Radebe, SA Minister of Transport (2004), is born.

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Dr Hasmukh Gajjar, medical practitioner, former chair of the Vodacom Group and managing director of various IT companies, is bo

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Louis Henri Meurant, editor, publisher, magistrate and Cape member of Parliament, is born in the Cape.

Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.)

Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.)

Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki unveils a statue of Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi Waciuri, hanged by the colonial government more

The body of seventeen year old stowaway, Samuel Benjamin, found in the wheel-well of a British Airways aircraft in Los Angeles

The Xhosa musical, uCarmen in Khayelitsha, wins the Golden Bear award as the best film at the Berlin Film Festival in Germany.

The telephone company, Telkom, announces that it will buy and distribute five million condoms to its employees in an effort to

Kenneth Kaunda, the former president of Zambia, is charged with concealing information about a failed coup. In June, the ch

Two car bombs explode near Algiers, killing twelve and wounding thirty-five during the final hours of Ramadan celebrations.

SA signs bilateral air transport agreement with the government of Morocco.

Fifteen people are killed in an attack on youth volunteers for an ANC voter education workshop in Mahlele, Creighton, Natal, pr

The ANC national executive committee endorses the proposal of an interim government of national unity not more than five years

Libya produces two men accused of blowing up an American jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, but insists they’ll never go to tri

Foreign TV crews are prohibited from filming incidents of unrest in South Africa’s Black townships.

Top leadership officials of the United Democratic Front (UDF) are arrested. Of the thirteen detained, six are to be charged for

Eighteen people die in Crossroads, Cape Town, when police fire on protestors.

A bomb explosion in an administrative building in the Batho township of Bloemfontein injures seventy-six Blacks seeking registr

The Navy frigate SAS President Kruger sinks at Cape Point after colliding with the SAS Tafelberg, eighteen people die.

In a joint statement the leaders of seven Black ‘homelands’ set out the basis of a possible consensus solution for South Africa

The election of the first government sponsored Soweto Community Council is poorly supported.

The space shuttle Enterprise, sitting atop a Boeing 747, goes on its maiden flight.

All activities of the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) are suspended until further notice. The announcement is made

The Lebanese government decides to break off diplomatic relations with South Africa.

John Vorster formally opens a new submarine cable between Cape Town and Lisbon.

The government drops two Bills, which were designed to enforce racial segregation on university campuses.

Gambia becomes Africa’s 36th state when it gains independence from Britain.

President Leon M’ba is restored to power in Gabon by French troops, following an attempted coup led by Jean-Hilaire Aubume.

Rugby teams of SA and France play to a draw with no score in Paris.

Jeffrey Thamsanqa (Jeff) Radebe, SA Minister of Transport (2004), is born.

Dr Hasmukh Gajjar, medical practitioner, former chair of the Vodacom Group and managing director of various IT companies, is bo