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Eighty thousand Blacks attend a mass funeral in KwaNobuhle township for the twenty-eight people killed by police in Langa on 21

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A Defence Amendment Bill provides for an alternative form of national service for conscientious objectors, who oppose military

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With Idi Amin Dada seeking exile in Saudi Arabia, Yusufu Kironde Lule is installed as President of Uganda by neighbouring Tanza

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An attempt is made by Rhodesian forces to kill guerrilla leader Joshua Nkomo.

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A military coup in Chad overthrows President Ngarta Tombaloaye, who is killed. Felix Malloum takes over at the head of a seven-

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The Chief Minister of Transkei, Paramount Chief Kaiser Matanzima, demands full control of all departments of state.

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B.J. Vorster states that he is prepared to meet demands that mixed sports should be allowed.

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Biafra, a Nigerian province that has recently declared independence, is recognised by Tanzania – the first nation to recognis

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The ‘White supremacist’ Rhodesian Front party names Ian Douglas Smith prime minister of Rhodesia. (2004). Today in History, Pre

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Molton Paseka Ncholo, executive chairman of Khumo Bathong Holdings and member of the board of the SA Mining Development Associa

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A special committee of the United Nations accepts an invitation by South Africa to send two of its members, Dr Victorio Carpio

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The United Nations condemns SA for apartheid.

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The Rev. Nomthandazo Purity Malinga, bishop of The Methodist Church of Southern Africa, is born in Ixopo, Natal.

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The Arab League signs a mutual defence treaty in Cairo.

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William H. Bell (Daddy Bell) (72), SA musician and composer of three symphonies and two operas, dies in Gordon’s Bay.

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Sydney Alex Kumalo (also documented as Khumalo), SA artist, is born in Johannesburg. He began studying at Polly Street Art Ce

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Sir Donald Currie, shipping magnate and donor of the Currie Cup sporting trophy, dies in Sidmouth, Devon, England.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: In answer to a question by St John Brodrick, Lord Kitchener admits providing firearms to 10 053 Africans and

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Dr Abraham Johannes van der Merwe, SA church leader and leader of the Afrikaner community, is born in the district of Calvinia,

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Sir Robert Nelson Kotzé, mining engineer who did much to promote safety in mines and who became vice-chancellor of the U

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Emperor Theodore II of Ethiopia commits suicide when the British at Arogo defeat him.

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British forces under Robert Napier capture Magdala in Ethiopia.

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Xhosa tribesmen attack British forces at Burn’s Hill in the Amatola, in the War of the Axe.

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Voortrekker leader Louis Trichardt reaches Lourenço Marques (Maputo) after setting out from the Zoutpansberg in August of the

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The first mail boat from London, The Eclipse, arrives in Table Bay after a voyage of 114 days.

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The first French Huguenots arrive at the Cape in the Voorschoten.

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Following the discovery of coelacanths in Jesser Canyon off Sodwana Bay, Kwazulu-Natal, in October 2000, the multidisciplinary

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SA signs joint communiqué with Colombia on the establishment of diplomatic relations.

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Thousands of Blacks take to the streets in South Africa to protest the assassination of There are calls amongst protesters for

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Christina Khabe, IFP member and mother of a witness at the Goldstone Commission, is attacked and killed at her home.

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Eighty thousand Blacks attend a mass funeral in KwaNobuhle township for the twenty-eight people killed by police in Langa on 21

A Defence Amendment Bill provides for an alternative form of national service for conscientious objectors, who oppose military

With Idi Amin Dada seeking exile in Saudi Arabia, Yusufu Kironde Lule is installed as President of Uganda by neighbouring Tanza

An attempt is made by Rhodesian forces to kill guerrilla leader Joshua Nkomo.

A military coup in Chad overthrows President Ngarta Tombaloaye, who is killed. Felix Malloum takes over at the head of a seven-

The Chief Minister of Transkei, Paramount Chief Kaiser Matanzima, demands full control of all departments of state.

B.J. Vorster states that he is prepared to meet demands that mixed sports should be allowed.

Biafra, a Nigerian province that has recently declared independence, is recognised by Tanzania – the first nation to recognis

The ‘White supremacist’ Rhodesian Front party names Ian Douglas Smith prime minister of Rhodesia. (2004). Today in History, Pre

Molton Paseka Ncholo, executive chairman of Khumo Bathong Holdings and member of the board of the SA Mining Development Associa

A special committee of the United Nations accepts an invitation by South Africa to send two of its members, Dr Victorio Carpio

The United Nations condemns SA for apartheid.

The Rev. Nomthandazo Purity Malinga, bishop of The Methodist Church of Southern Africa, is born in Ixopo, Natal.

The Arab League signs a mutual defence treaty in Cairo.

William H. Bell (Daddy Bell) (72), SA musician and composer of three symphonies and two operas, dies in Gordon’s Bay.

Sydney Alex Kumalo (also documented as Khumalo), SA artist, is born in Johannesburg. He began studying at Polly Street Art Ce

Sir Donald Currie, shipping magnate and donor of the Currie Cup sporting trophy, dies in Sidmouth, Devon, England.

Anglo-Boer War 2: In answer to a question by St John Brodrick, Lord Kitchener admits providing firearms to 10 053 Africans and

Dr Abraham Johannes van der Merwe, SA church leader and leader of the Afrikaner community, is born in the district of Calvinia,

Sir Robert Nelson Kotzé, mining engineer who did much to promote safety in mines and who became vice-chancellor of the U

Emperor Theodore II of Ethiopia commits suicide when the British at Arogo defeat him.

British forces under Robert Napier capture Magdala in Ethiopia.

Xhosa tribesmen attack British forces at Burn’s Hill in the Amatola, in the War of the Axe.

Voortrekker leader Louis Trichardt reaches Lourenço Marques (Maputo) after setting out from the Zoutpansberg in August of the

The first mail boat from London, The Eclipse, arrives in Table Bay after a voyage of 114 days.

The first French Huguenots arrive at the Cape in the Voorschoten.

Following the discovery of coelacanths in Jesser Canyon off Sodwana Bay, Kwazulu-Natal, in October 2000, the multidisciplinary

SA signs joint communiqué with Colombia on the establishment of diplomatic relations.

Thousands of Blacks take to the streets in South Africa to protest the assassination of There are calls amongst protesters for

Christina Khabe, IFP member and mother of a witness at the Goldstone Commission, is attacked and killed at her home.