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Britain and France recognise independence of Zanzibar.
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The farm Lang Leegte (of which the suburb Langlaagte now forms part) where the first gold was discovered, is registered in the
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Christoffel Coetzee, compiler of SA genealogies, is born.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. De la Rey defeats and captures Gen. Methuen in the Battle of Tweebosch (or De Klipdrift) in Western Tran
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Poplar Grove (or Modderrivierspoort) takes place. President Paul Kruger escapes with the help o
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During the second invasion of Abyssinia by Egypt, the Egyptian forces are defeated at Gura by the Ethiopians under King Yohanne
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Joseph Burt Davey, SA agrostologist and botanist, is born in Derbyshire, England.
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British Kafraria becomes a province with its own administration under Lt.-Col. John MacLean as lieutenant governor.
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The SA film Tsotsi, starring young actors Presley Chweneyagae and Terry Pheto and directed by Gavin Woods, receives the Oscar f
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Bertie van Zyl (72), biggest tomato farmer in the world and owner of tomato farm ZZ2, dies in a Pretoria hospital.
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South Africa’s Ernie Els sinks a magnificent 18-footer for eagle-three at the last to win the Dubai Desert Classic for the thir
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Twenty-five people are injured when 50 000 people attempt to squeeze into a 25 000-capacity soccer stadium in Antanan
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An Algerian passenger jet crashes in the Sahara Desert shortly after takeoff, killing 116 people.
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Lucas Radebe, SA born soccer star, twists his right knee in a Champions League game against Real Madrid, barring him from playi
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A Pretoria businessman Ian Macfarlane, his wife Francis and his father Boyd, disappear on a helicopter flight between Plettenbe
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Berna Ackerman from Bloemfontein is awarded the ATKV Prose Prize (R20 000) for her novel Liesbet Delport se oorlogsboek.
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Bruce Grobbelaar, a former SA coach, Hans Segers, and John Fashanu are exonerated on charges of manipulating soccer results, be
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The Commissioner for Correctional Services, Mr. K. Sithole, discusses the possibility of incarcerating the worst criminals in d
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Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid rejects a peace agreement reached by 12 other faction leaders in Cairo.
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Unita rebels capture Angola’s second largest city, Huambo, after a two-month battle with government troops.
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According to a report on violence published by the Black Sash Repression Monitoring Group, an estimated 11,000 persons have bee
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The Sowetan announces that a new union for health workers, the African Health Workers’ Congress was launched in Johannesburg.
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F.W. de Klerk, Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs, is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal National Party.
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The United Nations General Assembly resolution calls on the Security Council to impose comprehensive sanctions against South Af
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General Hendrik van den Bergh has a lengthy meeting (6-7 March) with Dr. E. Rhoodie in Paris and indicates afterwards that it h
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The trial of eighteen suspected PAC members which began in December 1977 and has already taken over 100 court sessions, resumes
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What is officially described as the first meeting of its kind, the Prime Minister holds a one-day conference with the Black ‘ho
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The British Parliamentary Report on Black Labour Conditions indicates that sixty-three of 141 British companies investigated ha
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The National Party manifesto reaffirms its belief in separate development programmes for the White, Black, Coloured and Indian
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