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Maggie Laubser, SA painter and receiver of several awards, is born on the farm Bloublommetjieskloof in the district of Malmesbu

The Voortrekkers are united for the first time and only for a short period of time

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The Voortrekkers are united for the first time and only for a short period of time

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Hendrik Swellengrebel becomes governor of the Cape.

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Merchant Jan van Riebeeck requests in a letter to the Council of XVII (Lords 17) a salary increase and express his disappointme

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The UN Group of Experts on Apartheid proposes establishment of a National Convention to set a new course for the future of South Africa

Walter Sisulu evades security police and goes underground

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Walter Sisulu evades security police and goes underground

Phambili Ka Ntloko, national organiser of AZAPO, is born

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Phambili Ka Ntloko, national organiser of AZAPO, is born

Joshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted

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Joshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted

South Africa’s TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations

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South Africa’s TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations

The third democratic elections in SA are held

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The third democratic elections in SA are held

Presidential Address, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, 14 December 1941

44th National Conference: Letter on “certain tendencies” from Dr. A. B. Xuma, 18 December 1955

Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations, 22 January 1946

Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Trygve Lie from Alfred Xuma, 25 November 1946

Africans’ Claims in South Africa, 14 December 1943 by Alfred Xuma

Letter from Dr. A. B. Xuma, President-General of ANC to the Chairman of General Assembly, 9 January 1946

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Mitchell’s Plain (Cape Town) magistrate Sithembele Elvis Tebe is jailed for effectively ten years for shooting dead a motorist

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The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, the Netherlands, defines the 1 000-km shared border between Ethiopia and Eritr

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A Zimbabwe court rules that the government and police must bring an end to Black squatters’ occupations of White-owned farms.

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James Zulu is shot dead from point-blank range at the Port Shepstone taxi rank. At the time of his death, Zulu was the most imp

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Judge Marthinus Theunis Steyn (Theunie) (77), SA judge of the Appeal Court and administrator-general of South West Africa (Nami

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Warring factions in Liberia negotiate a cease-fire with help from visiting West African politicians as nearly 1 500 terrified f

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Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary-General of the ANC and chairman of the Constitutional Assembly, announces his intention to resign fr

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Commission of Cooperation. In a letter to Chief Buthelezi, Deputy President Mbeki rejects the IFP’s international mediation pro

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A Swedish Government official said the ANC would lose $14.5 million a year in Swedish aid as soon as it starts campaigning in S

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Hundreds of foreigners scramble for seats on the last flight out of Libya before sanctions seal off the country.

Nelson Mandela announces his separation from his wife, Winnie Mandela.

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Nelson Mandela announces his separation from his wife, Winnie Mandela.

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Government officials seal off entrances to the farm Goedgevonden where people who were removed from the land thirteen years ago

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Lucas Ntuba Radebe makes his debut in Kaizer Chiefs in the game versus Durban Bush Bucks, which Kaizer Chiefs won 2-1.

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The Star reports that delegates at the annual congress of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) were urged by leading unionis