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Hijackers seeking to draw attention to the economic and political strife in Ethiopia divert a passenger plane to Khartoum, Suda

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The Chernobyl computer virus, perhaps the most destructive so far, damages hundreds of thousands of computers around the world.

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Wilma von Molendorff (36) dies after a shark attack off the coast of Mozambique.

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Winnie Mandela, former wife of President Mandela, is overwhelmingly re-elected as president of the ANC’s Women’s League by 656

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UNCTAD Conference (26 April – 11 May) starts in Johannesburg.

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South Africa’s first all-race democratic elections (26-29 April) for the national assembly and provincial parliaments start.

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Chief Minister Enos Mabuza of KaNgwane calls for the dissolution of the homeland’s government at the opening of the second sess

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The Star reports that a police sergeant was shot dead in Osizweni township at Newcastle, Natal, by a man armed with an AK-47 ri

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The Rajab brothers opens their second cinema, the Shiraz. The cinema was housed in the new Rajab Centre in Victoria Street, Dur

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The Ben Schoeman freeway between Johannesburg and Pretoria is opened.

Tanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Han

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Tanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Bute, E.L. &amp; Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Han

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French Army rebels once again try to take power in Algeria.

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Popo Molefe, former premier of the North West Province appointed in 1994, is born.

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WWII: North Africa: Access to the Tunisian plain is open to the Allies following the capture of Longstop Hill.

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WWII: North Africa: Following the fall of the Halfaya Pass, three columns of Rommel’s Deutsches Afrika Korps have crossed the b

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WWII: East Africa: The Abyssinian fortress of Dessie, roughly half-way between Addis Ababa and Amba Alagi, is captured by Gener

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Italian troops assemble for an attack on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Mary Bailey, wife of the SA magnate Sir Abe Bailey, lands on Swartkops airfield, Pretoria, and leaves again for London, to beco

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Arnold van Wyk, SA composer, is born.

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Gandhi and his rivals in the NIC go their separate ways.

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Dr Willem Henry Jacobus Punt, founder of the ‘Stigting Simon van der Stel’ (Simon van der Stel Foundation) and well-known SA cu

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William Wellington Gqoba (Mbaba, Goba), author, editor, teacher, catechist, interpreter and wagon-maker, dies in Lovedale, East

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Dr Anna Petronella van Heerden, the first Afrikaner lady to qualify as medical doctor, is born.

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Peter Allan, physician, health administrator and founder of the Nelspoort Sanatorium, first tuberculosis hospital in SA, is bor

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James Henry (Biddy) Anderson, SA cricket player in one test match against Australia (1902-1903), is born in Kimberley.

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Spain and Morocco sign a peace agreement.

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Alfred (Gogga) Brown, SA amateur palaeontologist and archaeologist, is born in Girencester, England.

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Proclamation by Lord Charles Somerset, governor at the Cape, ameliorating conditions of the slaves by introducing a register, r

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The Castle of Good Hope, oldest and most historic building in SA, is completed.

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Pres. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, arriving in Pretoria for the 10th anniversary of a free South Africa and the inauguration of P

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Hijackers seeking to draw attention to the economic and political strife in Ethiopia divert a passenger plane to Khartoum, Suda

The Chernobyl computer virus, perhaps the most destructive so far, damages hundreds of thousands of computers around the world.

Wilma von Molendorff (36) dies after a shark attack off the coast of Mozambique.

Winnie Mandela, former wife of President Mandela, is overwhelmingly re-elected as president of the ANC’s Women’s League by 656

UNCTAD Conference (26 April – 11 May) starts in Johannesburg.

South Africa’s first all-race democratic elections (26-29 April) for the national assembly and provincial parliaments start.

Chief Minister Enos Mabuza of KaNgwane calls for the dissolution of the homeland’s government at the opening of the second sess

The Star reports that a police sergeant was shot dead in Osizweni township at Newcastle, Natal, by a man armed with an AK-47 ri

The Rajab brothers opens their second cinema, the Shiraz. The cinema was housed in the new Rajab Centre in Victoria Street, Dur

The Ben Schoeman freeway between Johannesburg and Pretoria is opened.

Tanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Bute, E.L. &amp;amp; Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Han

French Army rebels once again try to take power in Algeria.

Popo Molefe, former premier of the North West Province appointed in 1994, is born.

WWII: North Africa: Access to the Tunisian plain is open to the Allies following the capture of Longstop Hill.

WWII: North Africa: Following the fall of the Halfaya Pass, three columns of Rommel’s Deutsches Afrika Korps have crossed the b

WWII: East Africa: The Abyssinian fortress of Dessie, roughly half-way between Addis Ababa and Amba Alagi, is captured by Gener

Italian troops assemble for an attack on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Mary Bailey, wife of the SA magnate Sir Abe Bailey, lands on Swartkops airfield, Pretoria, and leaves again for London, to beco

Arnold van Wyk, SA composer, is born.

Gandhi and his rivals in the NIC go their separate ways.

Dr Willem Henry Jacobus Punt, founder of the ‘Stigting Simon van der Stel’ (Simon van der Stel Foundation) and well-known SA cu

William Wellington Gqoba (Mbaba, Goba), author, editor, teacher, catechist, interpreter and wagon-maker, dies in Lovedale, East

Dr Anna Petronella van Heerden, the first Afrikaner lady to qualify as medical doctor, is born.

Peter Allan, physician, health administrator and founder of the Nelspoort Sanatorium, first tuberculosis hospital in SA, is bor

James Henry (Biddy) Anderson, SA cricket player in one test match against Australia (1902-1903), is born in Kimberley.

Spain and Morocco sign a peace agreement.

Alfred (Gogga) Brown, SA amateur palaeontologist and archaeologist, is born in Girencester, England.

Proclamation by Lord Charles Somerset, governor at the Cape, ameliorating conditions of the slaves by introducing a register, r

The Castle of Good Hope, oldest and most historic building in SA, is completed.

Pres. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, arriving in Pretoria for the 10th anniversary of a free South Africa and the inauguration of P

Tanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Han