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Lydia van Niekerk, professor of literature and first woman to be appointed to the chair at the University of Stellenbosch, dies

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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says he will not surrender two Libyans accused of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotl

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According to press reports, the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) accused the ANC of being &quot;guilty of deceit and dup

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Vasco da Gama, on his way to the East, lands near present Mossel Bay, staying for a week. Aucklandpark: Federasie van Afri

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The South African Institute of Race Relations urges the lifting of a 24-year-old ban on the African National Congress (ANC).

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Shortly before midnight, a farmer, John Louis Steyn, 73, is found dead in his house on the Sand River smallholdings between Mak

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Giriyondo border post opens. Tourists can now travel through the Kruger National Park to Mozambique. The border post is part of

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President Nelson Mandela and Steve Tshwete are given leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court against the verdict on the SAR

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Jean van der Poel, eminent historian and teacher who researched on the life of General Smuts, is born in Cape Town.

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General Dan Pienaar is killed as his aircraft crashes into Lake Victoria at Kisumu while returning to South Africa. The suburbs

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Samuel Tshabalala wins the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades, the first Black person to win the race since the ban on their part

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Chief Lucas Mangope is deposed as leader of Bophuthatswana. Dr. Tjaart van der Walt is appointed as the territory’s new adminis

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General Jan Smuts declares martial law in the Transvaal after mobilising the active citizen force in a bid to quell the dispute

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Ethiopia and Eritrea amass thousands of troops along their border, ready to fight over a 640-square km triangle of disputed lan

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The Rev. Evert Jean Jacques van der Horst, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and member of parliament for Wolmaransstad, is

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Gov. Simon van der Stel sends Isak Schrijver with fifteen soldiers and three mineworkers to the north to look for copper.

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A second report by the Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of Justice Van Wyk de Vries, appointed in 1968 to investig

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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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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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Sen. Tommy Boydell, member of the Labour Party and ex-minister in the coalition cabinet of Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog, assaults J.S. M

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The African Union says the military in Togo has conducted a virtual coup by ignoring the constitution and appointing the son of

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Bosman de Ravelli (Jan Gysbert Hugo Bosman), concert pianist and composer of the first Afrikaans art song in 1908, is born. H

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The South African Air Force is established, the first of the Commonwealth air forces. Lt-Col. Pierre van Ryneveld is appointed

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’Die Stem van Suid-Afrika’ (The Call of South Africa) is unanimously accepted as only official anthem in Parliament. The Englis

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Anglo-Boer War 2: General Jan Christiaan Smuts surrenders to the British under a flag of truce. Deneys Reitz who agrees to act

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Anglo-Boer War 2: General Jan Christiaan Smuts surrenders to the British under a flag of truce. Deneys Reitz who agrees to act

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Bram Fischer, son of a Judge President of the Orange Free State, grandson of a Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony, lawye

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Bram Fischer, son of a Judge President of the Orange Free State, grandson of a Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony, lawye

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The PAC announces in Dan es Salaam that it has reinstated seventy-two members expelled from the movement in July 1978.

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Two days of meetings start in Cape Town between Prime Ministers Vorster and Ian Smith, with discussions focusing on the d&eacut

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Lydia van Niekerk, professor of literature and first woman to be appointed to the chair at the University of Stellenbosch, dies

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says he will not surrender two Libyans accused of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotl

According to press reports, the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) accused the ANC of being &amp;quot;guilty of deceit and dup

Vasco da Gama, on his way to the East, lands near present Mossel Bay, staying for a week. Aucklandpark: Federasie van Afri

The South African Institute of Race Relations urges the lifting of a 24-year-old ban on the African National Congress (ANC).

Shortly before midnight, a farmer, John Louis Steyn, 73, is found dead in his house on the Sand River smallholdings between Mak

Giriyondo border post opens. Tourists can now travel through the Kruger National Park to Mozambique. The border post is part of

President Nelson Mandela and Steve Tshwete are given leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court against the verdict on the SAR

Jean van der Poel, eminent historian and teacher who researched on the life of General Smuts, is born in Cape Town.

General Dan Pienaar is killed as his aircraft crashes into Lake Victoria at Kisumu while returning to South Africa. The suburbs

Samuel Tshabalala wins the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades, the first Black person to win the race since the ban on their part

Chief Lucas Mangope is deposed as leader of Bophuthatswana. Dr. Tjaart van der Walt is appointed as the territory’s new adminis

General Jan Smuts declares martial law in the Transvaal after mobilising the active citizen force in a bid to quell the dispute

Ethiopia and Eritrea amass thousands of troops along their border, ready to fight over a 640-square km triangle of disputed lan

The Rev. Evert Jean Jacques van der Horst, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and member of parliament for Wolmaransstad, is

Gov. Simon van der Stel sends Isak Schrijver with fifteen soldiers and three mineworkers to the north to look for copper.

A second report by the Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of Justice Van Wyk de Vries, appointed in 1968 to investig

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

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

Sen. Tommy Boydell, member of the Labour Party and ex-minister in the coalition cabinet of Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog, assaults J.S. M

The African Union says the military in Togo has conducted a virtual coup by ignoring the constitution and appointing the son of

Bosman de Ravelli (Jan Gysbert Hugo Bosman), concert pianist and composer of the first Afrikaans art song in 1908, is born. H

The South African Air Force is established, the first of the Commonwealth air forces. Lt-Col. Pierre van Ryneveld is appointed

’Die Stem van Suid-Afrika’ (The Call of South Africa) is unanimously accepted as only official anthem in Parliament. The Englis

Anglo-Boer War 2: General Jan Christiaan Smuts surrenders to the British under a flag of truce. Deneys Reitz who agrees to act

Anglo-Boer War 2: General Jan Christiaan Smuts surrenders to the British under a flag of truce. Deneys Reitz who agrees to act

Bram Fischer, son of a Judge President of the Orange Free State, grandson of a Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony, lawye

Bram Fischer, son of a Judge President of the Orange Free State, grandson of a Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony, lawye

The PAC announces in Dan es Salaam that it has reinstated seventy-two members expelled from the movement in July 1978.

Two days of meetings start in Cape Town between Prime Ministers Vorster and Ian Smith, with discussions focusing on the d&amp;eacut

According to press reports, the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) accused the ANC of being "guilty of deceit and dup

Two days of meetings start in Cape Town between Prime Ministers Vorster and Ian Smith, with discussions focusing on the d&eacut