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The ‘Afrikaner Volksfront’ is founded with Gen. Constant Viljoen as leader.

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Twenty-three of the twenty-six parties involved in the Multi-Party Talks at the World Trade Centre, adopt a Declaration of Inte

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Prime Minister Vorster emphasises the need for continuing his policy of increasing détente in Southern Africa.

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Muhammad Siyad Barre, the Chairman Supreme Revolutionary Council (a military junta) orders the nationalisation of all foreign b

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The Deputy Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. Botha, announces in Parliament that Local Authorities must is

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Rhodesia’s White electorate have abandoned their traditional party loyalty and voted overwhelmingly for Ian Smith’s Rhodesian F

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The Industrial Conciliation Act empowers the Minister of Labour to reserve any job on a racial basis and orders the dissolution

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Mr Ben M. Skosana, former SA minister of Correctional Services, is born in Sharpeville.

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British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, announces plans to withdraw British troops from Egypt, dependent upon agreement for a m

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World War II: Germany signs an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, to take effect the following d

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WWII: Final Allied Offensive, Tunisia. General Sir Harold Alexander’s 18th Army Group captures Bizerte and Tunis. All that rema

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WWII: East Africa. Naval bases of Antsirañana and Diego Suarez, Madagascar are surrendered to the British by Vichy forces.

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WWII: Germany and Italy announce a military and political alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis.

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Britain is angered over Egyptian claims to sovereignty over Sudan.

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Taubie Kushlick, SA actress and director, is born in Luckhoff, OFS.

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The ‘Volksraad’ of the ZAR gathers for the last time in Pretoria and is addressed by Pres. Paul Kruger.

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The ‘Tweetoringkerk’ is inaugurated in Bloemfontein.

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The Eastern Province Herald is founded in Port Elizabeth.

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Karl Gottlieb Mauch, the first man to discover gold in SA, is born in Stetten, Wurtemberg.

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Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast are taken over by British government to form British West Africa, administered from Freetow

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Jan van Riebeeck and his family leave the Cape for Batavia on board of the ‘Mars’.

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The ships the ‘Walvis’ and the ‘Oliphant’, which were loaded too heavy to sail from the Netherlands with Jan van Riebeeck’s oth

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Cornelis Goover and twenty-four men land at Warwijk’s Haven, Mauritius, to establish a Dutch settlement on the island. Their ta

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Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille is elected with overwhelming majority as head of the country’s official opposition, the Democratic

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Concluding its investigation into the crash in the mountains near George in the Western Cape in which former SA cricket captain

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UN Security Council extends sanctions imposed on Liberia in 2001 for allegedly aiding rebels in Sierra Leone. The sanctions inc

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Zaire’s President Mobutu Sese Seko leaves the rebel-threatened capital and flees to Gabon to meet African leaders.

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The ‘Afrikaner Volksfront’ is founded with Gen. Constant Viljoen as leader.

Twenty-three of the twenty-six parties involved in the Multi-Party Talks at the World Trade Centre, adopt a Declaration of Inte

The Indemnity Bill of 1990 is passed.

The COSATU building in Johannesburg is seriously damaged by two bomb blasts.

International Conference on Women and Children under Apartheid, Arusha, starts.

Prime Minister Vorster emphasises the need for continuing his policy of increasing détente in Southern Africa.

Muhammad Siyad Barre, the Chairman Supreme Revolutionary Council (a military junta) orders the nationalisation of all foreign b

The Deputy Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. Botha, announces in Parliament that Local Authorities must is

Rhodesia’s White electorate have abandoned their traditional party loyalty and voted overwhelmingly for Ian Smith’s Rhodesian F

The Industrial Conciliation Act empowers the Minister of Labour to reserve any job on a racial basis and orders the dissolution

Mr Ben M. Skosana, former SA minister of Correctional Services, is born in Sharpeville.

British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, announces plans to withdraw British troops from Egypt, dependent upon agreement for a m

World War II: Germany signs an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, to take effect the following d

WWII: Final Allied Offensive, Tunisia. General Sir Harold Alexander’s 18th Army Group captures Bizerte and Tunis. All that rema

WWII: East Africa. Naval bases of Antsirañana and Diego Suarez, Madagascar are surrendered to the British by Vichy forces.

WWII: Germany and Italy announce a military and political alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis.

Britain is angered over Egyptian claims to sovereignty over Sudan.

Taubie Kushlick, SA actress and director, is born in Luckhoff, OFS.

The ‘Volksraad’ of the ZAR gathers for the last time in Pretoria and is addressed by Pres. Paul Kruger.

The ‘Tweetoringkerk’ is inaugurated in Bloemfontein.

The Eastern Province Herald is founded in Port Elizabeth.

Karl Gottlieb Mauch, the first man to discover gold in SA, is born in Stetten, Wurtemberg.

Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast are taken over by British government to form British West Africa, administered from Freetow

Jan van Riebeeck and his family leave the Cape for Batavia on board of the ‘Mars’.

The ships the ‘Walvis’ and the ‘Oliphant’, which were loaded too heavy to sail from the Netherlands with Jan van Riebeeck’s oth

Cornelis Goover and twenty-four men land at Warwijk’s Haven, Mauritius, to establish a Dutch settlement on the island. Their ta

Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille is elected with overwhelming majority as head of the country’s official opposition, the Democratic

Concluding its investigation into the crash in the mountains near George in the Western Cape in which former SA cricket captain

UN Security Council extends sanctions imposed on Liberia in 2001 for allegedly aiding rebels in Sierra Leone. The sanctions inc

Zaire’s President Mobutu Sese Seko leaves the rebel-threatened capital and flees to Gabon to meet African leaders.