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Bulelani Vukwana (29) shoots and kills his girlfriend and nine others before killing himself in Mdantsane suburb of East London

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President Mbeki spells out the Government’s envisaged economic programme in his State of the Nation address.

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An Ethiopian plane bombs an Eritrean village full of homeless people, killing at least five civilians and escalating a border d

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In Cape Town the heaviest possible sentence in the South African Justice system is imposed on the Niewoudtville murder gang –

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It is announced that a special party congress has been called for in Bloemfontein at Easter by the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC

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S’kumbumso Ngwenya, ANC official, is shot dead after leaving a restaurant in the centre of Pietermaritzburg.

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After two days of fighting between Islamic fundamentalists and security forces in Algeria, a state of emergency is declared.

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Oupa Gqozo, head of the Ciskei, claims to have put down the second coup attempt in the space of two weeks, with the assistance

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The Government sets up a quick reaction network of ninety-six police officers and twenty-nine ANC contact personnel to deal wit

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Kenyan Foreign Minister Robert Ouko is found slain at his family farm before he was to have presented a report on corruption. T

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The Health Ministry says carriers of Aids will be barred from entering South Africa.

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South Africa is to make its own missiles. Kentron (Pty) Ltd, a newly formed subsidiary of ARMSCOR (the South African Armaments

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Winnie Mandela, restricted to a Black township at Brandfort (Orange Free State), is sentenced to six months’ imprisonment (susp

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The Prime Ministers of South Africa and Rhodesia meet in Cape Town for talks on the Rhodesian problem and the possibilities for

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The Music Association of the Witwatersrand is founded.

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Mohammed Valli Moosa, former SA Minister of Environmental Affairs &amp; Tourism,is born in Lenasia, Johannesburg.

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R. Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria.

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Native Resettlement Board begins moving the first Africans from Sophiatown to their new homes in Meadowlands. It is strongly co

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Walter Sisulu acts as speaker at a meeting of the &quot;South African Society for Peace and Friendship with the Soviet Union&qu

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World War 2: The German troops of Gen. Erwin Rommel move from Italy to North Africa.

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Abraham H. de Vries is born at Winkelplaas close to Ladismith, CP.

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Lt. Tommy Rose arrives in Cape Town from England after a flight that lasted three days, seventeen hours and thirty-eight minute

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Nicolaas Marais Hoogenhout, founder of the “Afrikaanse Taalgenootskap” in 1905, principal of the Pretoria Normaalkollege, 1925-

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Spain and France begin talks on their respective ‘sphere of influence’ in Morocco.

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Dirk Meerkotter, SA painter and potter, is born in Pietersburg, Tvl.

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General Jan Christian Smuts is appointed commander of UK and South African troops in the East African campaign of World War I.

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The Cape Corps, consisting of thirty-two officers and 1022 soldiers, leaves for East Africa during the First World War.

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France and Germany reach agreement over Morocco, with Germany recognising French special interests there in return for economic

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Bambata Rebellion: Natal Governor Sir Henry McCallum proclaims martial law. Some 1 000 men are mobilised under command of Col D

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Anglo-Boer War 2: George Frederick Labram, mechanical engineer who built ‘Long Cecil’ for the defence of Kimberley during the s

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Bulelani Vukwana (29) shoots and kills his girlfriend and nine others before killing himself in Mdantsane suburb of East London

President Mbeki spells out the Government’s envisaged economic programme in his State of the Nation address.

An Ethiopian plane bombs an Eritrean village full of homeless people, killing at least five civilians and escalating a border d

In Cape Town the heaviest possible sentence in the South African Justice system is imposed on the Niewoudtville murder gang –

It is announced that a special party congress has been called for in Bloemfontein at Easter by the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC

S’kumbumso Ngwenya, ANC official, is shot dead after leaving a restaurant in the centre of Pietermaritzburg.

After two days of fighting between Islamic fundamentalists and security forces in Algeria, a state of emergency is declared.

Oupa Gqozo, head of the Ciskei, claims to have put down the second coup attempt in the space of two weeks, with the assistance

The Government sets up a quick reaction network of ninety-six police officers and twenty-nine ANC contact personnel to deal wit

Kenyan Foreign Minister Robert Ouko is found slain at his family farm before he was to have presented a report on corruption. T

The Health Ministry says carriers of Aids will be barred from entering South Africa.

South Africa is to make its own missiles. Kentron (Pty) Ltd, a newly formed subsidiary of ARMSCOR (the South African Armaments

Winnie Mandela, restricted to a Black township at Brandfort (Orange Free State), is sentenced to six months’ imprisonment (susp

The Prime Ministers of South Africa and Rhodesia meet in Cape Town for talks on the Rhodesian problem and the possibilities for

The Music Association of the Witwatersrand is founded.

Mohammed Valli Moosa, former SA Minister of Environmental Affairs &amp;amp; Tourism,is born in Lenasia, Johannesburg.

R. Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria.

Native Resettlement Board begins moving the first Africans from Sophiatown to their new homes in Meadowlands. It is strongly co

Walter Sisulu acts as speaker at a meeting of the &amp;quot;South African Society for Peace and Friendship with the Soviet Union&amp;qu

World War 2: The German troops of Gen. Erwin Rommel move from Italy to North Africa.

Abraham H. de Vries is born at Winkelplaas close to Ladismith, CP.

Lt. Tommy Rose arrives in Cape Town from England after a flight that lasted three days, seventeen hours and thirty-eight minute

Nicolaas Marais Hoogenhout, founder of the “Afrikaanse Taalgenootskap” in 1905, principal of the Pretoria Normaalkollege, 1925-

Spain and France begin talks on their respective ‘sphere of influence’ in Morocco.

Dirk Meerkotter, SA painter and potter, is born in Pietersburg, Tvl.

General Jan Christian Smuts is appointed commander of UK and South African troops in the East African campaign of World War I.

The Cape Corps, consisting of thirty-two officers and 1022 soldiers, leaves for East Africa during the First World War.

France and Germany reach agreement over Morocco, with Germany recognising French special interests there in return for economic

Bambata Rebellion: Natal Governor Sir Henry McCallum proclaims martial law. Some 1 000 men are mobilised under command of Col D

Anglo-Boer War 2: George Frederick Labram, mechanical engineer who built ‘Long Cecil’ for the defence of Kimberley during the s

Mohammed Valli Moosa, former SA Minister of Environmental Affairs & Tourism,is born in Lenasia, Johannesburg.

Walter Sisulu acts as speaker at a meeting of the "South African Society for Peace and Friendship with the Soviet Union&qu