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Pieter Claassens (34), SA poet, dies.

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The Rand daily Mail reports that ninety-six White soldiers walked out of a camp in April in protest against alleged poor food a

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Internal Security Act No 32, empowering Government to declare an organisation unlawful and to control the distribution of publi

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Police confront some 10,000 students demonstrating against rent increases in Soweto and violence ensues.

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South Africa’s diplomatic representation in Taiwan has been raised from Consulate-General to full ambassadorial level.

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First president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah (62), dies in Bucharest.

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Charles Berman, mine medical officer and expert on primary liver cancer, dies in Johannesburg.

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Egypt recalls its diplomats from Tunisia.

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Sierra Leone achieves independence after more than 150 years of British rule and becomes a republic within the Commonwealth.

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The French-governed part of Togo land becomes the independent Republic of Togo, Africa’s smallest independent country.

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Spanish Southern Protectorate (part of Spanish Sahara), one of four ‘international administrative zones’ imposed on Morocco in

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Egypt announces plans to sell cotton to Communist China.

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The SA government passes the Group Areas Act, formally segregating races.

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Imperial Airways establishes a full-fledged aerial service between Cape Town and London.

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Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the previous government, is born in Rustenburg, Transvaal.

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Cecile Buurman, SA actress and elocutionist, is born.

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Leo Quayle, SA music conductor, is born.

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Louis Botha and James Barry Munnik Herzog form the nationalist United South African (or Unionist) Party, calling for South Afri

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Jac J. Brits, Afrikaans author of mainly juvenile fiction and chairman of the ‘Afrikaanse Skrywerskring’, is born in the distri

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Arthur Edward Herbert Bleksley, mathematician and astronomer, is born in Matatiele, East Griqualand.

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William Ayliff (79), farmer and Cape politician, dies in Grahamstown.

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French President émile François Loubet pays a state visit to Tunisia. A military review of thousands of native troops i

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Dr Hendrik Johannes van Eck, chairman of the Industrial Development Corporation, is born in Kimberley.

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Chris August Blignaut, popular singer of light Afrikaans songs, is born.

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Dr Karl Bremer, Minister of Health in Dr Malan’s cabinet, is born in Hopefield.

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Mary Eveline Fincken, singer, teacher of singing, educationist and choirmaster, is born in Hoyland, Yorkshire, England. She cam

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William Cotton Oswell, scout who saw the Victoria Falls with David Livingstone, is born in Worthing, England.

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Johannes Burman, botanist and physician who wrote one of the first works entirely devoted to Cape flora, is born in Amsterdam,

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Freedom Day since 1994.

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The merger between Ashanti Goldfields and SA’s Anglo-Gold, approved by the Ghanaian government on 29 October 2003, becomes effe

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Pieter Claassens (34), SA poet, dies.

The Rand daily Mail reports that ninety-six White soldiers walked out of a camp in April in protest against alleged poor food a

Internal Security Act No 32, empowering Government to declare an organisation unlawful and to control the distribution of publi

Police confront some 10,000 students demonstrating against rent increases in Soweto and violence ensues.

South Africa’s diplomatic representation in Taiwan has been raised from Consulate-General to full ambassadorial level.

First president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah (62), dies in Bucharest.

Charles Berman, mine medical officer and expert on primary liver cancer, dies in Johannesburg.

Egypt recalls its diplomats from Tunisia.

Sierra Leone achieves independence after more than 150 years of British rule and becomes a republic within the Commonwealth.

The French-governed part of Togo land becomes the independent Republic of Togo, Africa’s smallest independent country.

Spanish Southern Protectorate (part of Spanish Sahara), one of four ‘international administrative zones’ imposed on Morocco in

Egypt announces plans to sell cotton to Communist China.

The SA government passes the Group Areas Act, formally segregating races.

Imperial Airways establishes a full-fledged aerial service between Cape Town and London.

Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the previous government, is born in Rustenburg, Transvaal.

Cecile Buurman, SA actress and elocutionist, is born.

Leo Quayle, SA music conductor, is born.

Louis Botha and James Barry Munnik Herzog form the nationalist United South African (or Unionist) Party, calling for South Afri

Jac J. Brits, Afrikaans author of mainly juvenile fiction and chairman of the ‘Afrikaanse Skrywerskring’, is born in the distri

Arthur Edward Herbert Bleksley, mathematician and astronomer, is born in Matatiele, East Griqualand.

William Ayliff (79), farmer and Cape politician, dies in Grahamstown.

French President émile François Loubet pays a state visit to Tunisia. A military review of thousands of native troops i

Dr Hendrik Johannes van Eck, chairman of the Industrial Development Corporation, is born in Kimberley.

Chris August Blignaut, popular singer of light Afrikaans songs, is born.

Dr Karl Bremer, Minister of Health in Dr Malan’s cabinet, is born in Hopefield.

Mary Eveline Fincken, singer, teacher of singing, educationist and choirmaster, is born in Hoyland, Yorkshire, England. She cam

William Cotton Oswell, scout who saw the Victoria Falls with David Livingstone, is born in Worthing, England.

Johannes Burman, botanist and physician who wrote one of the first works entirely devoted to Cape flora, is born in Amsterdam,

Freedom Day since 1994.

The merger between Ashanti Goldfields and SA’s Anglo-Gold, approved by the Ghanaian government on 29 October 2003, becomes effe