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Sir David Gill (70), royal astronomer at the Cape and first man in South Africa to photograph the moon, dies in Cape Town.

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The first Boy Scout troop is organised in England by Robert Baden-Powell. The Boy Scouts are active world wide, also in SA.

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Mashonaland and Matabeleland are united as Southern Rhodesia.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Emily Hobhouse, English nurse who visited the Transvaal and Orange Free Sate Republics during the South Afric

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The British, under General Warren, surrenders to General Botha at Spioenkop. At least 1 000 British and sixty

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Lugard, with Maxim gun, helps pro-British Protestants defeat pro-French Catholics in Buganda civil war. Kabaka Mwanga flees.

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Capt. Kurt von Francois arrives as leader of a small German regiment in South West Africa to suppress the Herero rebellion.

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Cable communication is established between England and the Cape.

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Presley Chweneyagae, 22, star of the Oscar-winning movie Tsotsi is arrested in Pretoria on a charge of fraud after being trap

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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, beats Gabon 3-1.

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Louis Schmidt (62), ex Springbok, captain of the Northern Transvaal rugby team and the original ‘Blou Bul’ (Blue Bull), dies in

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The away game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Mauritius ends in a tie with the score 1-1.

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Sifiso Nkabinde, secretary-general of the United Democratic Movement, is shot at Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal.

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Eleven ANC supporters are shot dead at Ndaleni in KwaZulu-Natal.

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Former State President P.W. Botha appears in court in George because of his refusal to testify before the Truth and Reconciliat

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The independent Human Rights Committee (HRC) reports that 837 people have been killed in political violence in 1995 compared to

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South Africa and Angola re-establish diplomatic ties after a seventeen-year break.

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Patrick Dakuse (36) is shot dead by police after he allegedly tried to prime a hand grenade from an arms cache that he had take

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In the House of Assembly, twelve new nominated members are sworn in. They include Professor Owen Horwood, former Leader of the

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At a meeting between the Prime Minister and a liaison committee of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC), important decisio

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Prime Minister John Vorster announces that a first-ever multi-racial commission will investigate the political and socio-econom

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After a compromise is reached at a Commonwealth Conference, Britain is allowed to sell weapons to South Africa, though African

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The Weather Bureau uses a modern piece of electronic equipment, a receiver for cloud pictures from satellites, for the first ti

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Army mutinies in Kenya and Uganda is put down with British assistance.

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Dr. Verwoerd announces his plan for the granting of ‘self-rule’ to the Transkei.

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Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjold, on implementation of Security Council resolution of 1

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Abyssinian tribesmen in Somaliland massacre French colonial troops.

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Colonel Arthur Alfred Lynch is found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death for leading the &quot;Irish Commando&quot; a

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Joseph Jacobus Bosman, founder and first general manager of Volkskas, is born at Naauwpoort, district of Rustenburg.

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South Zambesia is created from Mashonaland and the Matabeleland protectorates.

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Sir David Gill (70), royal astronomer at the Cape and first man in South Africa to photograph the moon, dies in Cape Town.

The first Boy Scout troop is organised in England by Robert Baden-Powell. The Boy Scouts are active world wide, also in SA.

Mashonaland and Matabeleland are united as Southern Rhodesia.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Emily Hobhouse, English nurse who visited the Transvaal and Orange Free Sate Republics during the South Afric

Anglo-Boer War 2: The British, under General Warren, surrenders to General Botha at Spioenkop. At least 1 000 British and sixty

Lugard, with Maxim gun, helps pro-British Protestants defeat pro-French Catholics in Buganda civil war. Kabaka Mwanga flees.

Capt. Kurt von Francois arrives as leader of a small German regiment in South West Africa to suppress the Herero rebellion.

Cable communication is established between England and the Cape.

Presley Chweneyagae, 22, star of the Oscar-winning movie Tsotsi is arrested in Pretoria on a charge of fraud after being trap

The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, beats Gabon 3-1.

Louis Schmidt (62), ex Springbok, captain of the Northern Transvaal rugby team and the original ‘Blou Bul’ (Blue Bull), dies in

The away game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Mauritius ends in a tie with the score 1-1.

Sifiso Nkabinde, secretary-general of the United Democratic Movement, is shot at Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal.

Eleven ANC supporters are shot dead at Ndaleni in KwaZulu-Natal.

Former State President P.W. Botha appears in court in George because of his refusal to testify before the Truth and Reconciliat

The independent Human Rights Committee (HRC) reports that 837 people have been killed in political violence in 1995 compared to

South Africa and Angola re-establish diplomatic ties after a seventeen-year break.

Patrick Dakuse (36) is shot dead by police after he allegedly tried to prime a hand grenade from an arms cache that he had take

In the House of Assembly, twelve new nominated members are sworn in. They include Professor Owen Horwood, former Leader of the

At a meeting between the Prime Minister and a liaison committee of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC), important decisio

Prime Minister John Vorster announces that a first-ever multi-racial commission will investigate the political and socio-econom

After a compromise is reached at a Commonwealth Conference, Britain is allowed to sell weapons to South Africa, though African

The Weather Bureau uses a modern piece of electronic equipment, a receiver for cloud pictures from satellites, for the first ti

Army mutinies in Kenya and Uganda is put down with British assistance.

Dr. Verwoerd announces his plan for the granting of ‘self-rule’ to the Transkei.

Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjold, on implementation of Security Council resolution of 1

Abyssinian tribesmen in Somaliland massacre French colonial troops.

Colonel Arthur Alfred Lynch is found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death for leading the &amp;quot;Irish Commando&amp;quot; a

Joseph Jacobus Bosman, founder and first general manager of Volkskas, is born at Naauwpoort, district of Rustenburg.

South Zambesia is created from Mashonaland and the Matabeleland protectorates.

Colonel Arthur Alfred Lynch is found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death for leading the "Irish Commando" a