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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lieutenant General Hunter and Brigadier-General Sir Hector A. MacDonald arrive at Bethlehem, OFS. Hunter take
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The Instituut vir Opvoeding en Onderwys (Institute for education and teaching) is founded in Bloemfontein during the National C
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Sir John Francis Cradock, governor of the Cape in 1811 and following years, is born in Dublin, Ireland.
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The SA Air Force announces that Mirages will be phased out because of a cut to the defence budget.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Sir G. Lagden, formerly Resident Commissioner in Basutoland, is appointed by the British as the Commissioner
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Under leadership of Dr Abel Coetzee, the Genootskap vir Afrikaanse Volkskunde is established in Johannesburg. Its aim was t
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Egypt bombs and strikes major air base in Libya in second day of conflict between the two countries.
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Sir Jacob Dirk Barry, judge president of the Eastern division since 1880, is born in Swellendam, Cape Colony.
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Sir Richard Bourke, acting governor of the Cape, issues Ordinance 50, abolishing the Hottentot (Khoi-Khoi) legislation. Accordi
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SA signs amendment with Great Britain to the agreement on civil air services signed on 26 October 1945.
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Sir Lowry Cole, Governor of the Cape, lays the foundation stone of St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town.
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Sir Joseph Banks, zoologist and botanist, describes the Kompanjiestuin and small zoo at the Cape in his diary.
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William Philip Schreiner, brother of author Olive Schreiner, becomes Premier of the Cape after Sir J Gordon Sprigg’s ministry r
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The Minister of Labour says that the government will neither abolish job reservation nor recognise Black trade unions.
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Sir Harry Smith proclaims the territory between the Orange and Vaal Rivers British territory, discounting protests by Voortrekk
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World War 2: East Africa. The South African Air Force flying out from Kenya bombs Italian bases in Somaliland.
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Sir Thomas Muir, educationist, mathematician and superintendent-general of education in the Cape Colony, is born in Lanarkshire
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Cape Governor Sir George Grey arranges peace between Basotho King Moshesh and the Free State at Aliwal North.
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Sir Thomas Cullinan (74), founder of the Premier Mine where the Cullinan diamond was discovered in 1907, dies.
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Count Carl Gustav von Rosen, a Swedish pilot, defies Nigerian air defences by flying supplies in to Biafran rebels.
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Sir Jacob Dirk Barry (73), judge president of the Eastern division since 1880, dies in Queenstown, Eastern Cape.
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Sir Jacob Dirk Barry (73), judge president of the Eastern division since 1880, dies in Queenstown, Eastern Cape.
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Gertrud Theiler, zoologist, researcher and teacher is born in Pretoria. She was youngest daughter of Sir Arnold Theiler.
ArchiveVote for F W de Klerk and the new National Party. Stem vir F W de Klerk end die nuwe Nasionale Party.
Election poster. Yellow background with blue writing. Picture of F W de Klerk. National Party logo.
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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: British General Sir Ian Hamilton attends General Jan Christiaan Smuts’ birthday party: "I sat between Bo
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WWII: Final Allied Offensive, Tunisia. Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet launches Op
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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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An Air Senegal plane carrying European tourists crashes in Senegal, killing at least twenty people and injuring thirty.
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