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World War 2: The British and US armies link up in Africa.

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World War 2: The SA Brigade enters Addis Ababa during World War II.

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The house of Paul Kruger in Church Street West is declared a national monument. At the death of mrs Kruger it was used as polic

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A.J. Werth, former editor of Die Volksblad, Bloemfontein, is appointed Administrator of South West Africa (Namibia).

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Following the death of Lord Carnarvon in Egypt, owners of Egyptian antiquities swamp the British Museum in the hope that they w

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Caspar (Casper?) Kruger, the son of Paul Kruger (ex-president of the Transvaal), takes the oath of allegiance to Britain.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: General Lord Methuen buries Combat-General De Villebois-Mareuil with full military honours. 1500 men of the L

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The Sultan of Zanzibar abolishes slavery.

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Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen buys the section of the farm Lang Leegte, on which the main gold reef of the Witwatersrand was di

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The town of Boshof is established in the Free State.

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Lord Charles Somerset arrives in the Cape as governor with a mandate to further develop the colony and to improve conditions fo

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Jan van Riebeeck, on board of the Drommedaris, arrives in Table Bay.

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Prof. Nic Wiehahn, chairman of several commissions, notably the commission that recommended the legalising of Black labour unio

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The South African Government is probing 37 000 public servants who are allegedly receiving various forms of grants fraudulently

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Judge Rudolf Erasmus, member of nine commissions of the SA government, dies in Bloemfontein.

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President Nelson Mandela earns worldwide praise for his role in persuading Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a

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Libya hands over to two former UN government agents to stand trial for the bombing of a Pan Am aircraft over Lockerbie in 1988.

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Twelve people are killed when their bus leaves the road in Van Rhyn’s Pass near Vanrhynsdorp, Namaqualand.

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Zaire falls further into chaos when parliament and the new prime minister declare each other unconstitutional on the eve of pea

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Heavy fighting in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, leaves seventeen dead.

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IFP decides to end its parliamentary boycott of mid-February. The party gives an ultimatum that it will boycott the Constituent

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An international mediation team, including Dr Paul Kevenhorster of Germany, former US Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger and

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Ten ANC refugees are killed in an attack on a house in Murchison, Natal South Coast.

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The ANC presents an ultimatum which includes demands for the firing of Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok and Defence Minister

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At an informal meeting in Cape Town, President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela agree to reschedule formal talks between the Go

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The Venda government under President Frank Ravele falls in a military coup led by Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel Ramushwana, who im

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The first company to be indicted under the US Anti-Apartheid Act pleads guilty to importing four used jet-aircraft engines from

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Gibson Ncube, ANC, dies in Mozambique from poisoning, in an allegedly political assassination.

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Lucky Kutumela (25), journalist and member of AZAPO/MWASA, is found dead in a police cell in Mahwelereng, Lebowa, with more tha

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The Hoexter Commission presents its fifth and final report to Parliament, recommending major reforms in the judicial system and

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World War 2: The British and US armies link up in Africa.

World War 2: The SA Brigade enters Addis Ababa during World War II.

The house of Paul Kruger in Church Street West is declared a national monument. At the death of mrs Kruger it was used as polic

A.J. Werth, former editor of Die Volksblad, Bloemfontein, is appointed Administrator of South West Africa (Namibia).

Following the death of Lord Carnarvon in Egypt, owners of Egyptian antiquities swamp the British Museum in the hope that they w

Caspar (Casper?) Kruger, the son of Paul Kruger (ex-president of the Transvaal), takes the oath of allegiance to Britain.

Anglo-Boer War 2: General Lord Methuen buries Combat-General De Villebois-Mareuil with full military honours. 1500 men of the L

The Sultan of Zanzibar abolishes slavery.

Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen buys the section of the farm Lang Leegte, on which the main gold reef of the Witwatersrand was di

The town of Boshof is established in the Free State.

Lord Charles Somerset arrives in the Cape as governor with a mandate to further develop the colony and to improve conditions fo

Jan van Riebeeck, on board of the Drommedaris, arrives in Table Bay.

Prof. Nic Wiehahn, chairman of several commissions, notably the commission that recommended the legalising of Black labour unio

The South African Government is probing 37 000 public servants who are allegedly receiving various forms of grants fraudulently

Judge Rudolf Erasmus, member of nine commissions of the SA government, dies in Bloemfontein.

President Nelson Mandela earns worldwide praise for his role in persuading Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a

Libya hands over to two former UN government agents to stand trial for the bombing of a Pan Am aircraft over Lockerbie in 1988.

Twelve people are killed when their bus leaves the road in Van Rhyn’s Pass near Vanrhynsdorp, Namaqualand.

Zaire falls further into chaos when parliament and the new prime minister declare each other unconstitutional on the eve of pea

Heavy fighting in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, leaves seventeen dead.

IFP decides to end its parliamentary boycott of mid-February. The party gives an ultimatum that it will boycott the Constituent

An international mediation team, including Dr Paul Kevenhorster of Germany, former US Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger and

Ten ANC refugees are killed in an attack on a house in Murchison, Natal South Coast.

The ANC presents an ultimatum which includes demands for the firing of Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok and Defence Minister

At an informal meeting in Cape Town, President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela agree to reschedule formal talks between the Go

The Venda government under President Frank Ravele falls in a military coup led by Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel Ramushwana, who im

The first company to be indicted under the US Anti-Apartheid Act pleads guilty to importing four used jet-aircraft engines from

Gibson Ncube, ANC, dies in Mozambique from poisoning, in an allegedly political assassination.

Lucky Kutumela (25), journalist and member of AZAPO/MWASA, is found dead in a police cell in Mahwelereng, Lebowa, with more tha

The Hoexter Commission presents its fifth and final report to Parliament, recommending major reforms in the judicial system and