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Metrorail says more than 400 commuters have been arrested in Pretoria as part of an operation to bring order back to the train

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The UN Security Council unanimously approves an arms embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea following the latest flare-up in thei

This day in history

The UN Security Council unanimously approves an arms embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea following the latest flare-up in thei

This day in history

Sierra Leone’s government and the country’s rebels agree to a cease-fire to end seven years of savage fighting.

This day in history

Rebels led by Laurent Kabila take control of Kinshasa, capital of Zaire now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after overrun

This day in history

Military observers returning to the Rwandan countryside report ethnic killings of at least 200 000.

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The ANC announces it will suspend constitutional negotiations until the government meets its demands for an end to violence.

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An historic four hour meeting is held between the Council of Mining Unions, representing White miners; the NUM; Mr Adriaan Vlok

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SA signs agreement with Namibia concerning the appointment of representatives and privileges and immunities for representatives

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Indemnity Act No 35 commences.

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Zambia’s security chief Alex Shapi says in Lusaka that the ANC has begun disarming guerrillas in that country after five people

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Peter Loubser Were Becker, writer of several popular historic books on African people and their customs, dies instantly after b

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Saboteurs blow up two railway lines south of Johannesburg.

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It is disclosed that John Vorster has invited the Presidents of the Ivory Coast and Liberia to visit South Africa.

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The maritime section of the Castle military museum, the Maritime museum, illustrating all facets of fleet activities in South A

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Following the results obtained in the general election held in April, a new cabinet is sworn in.

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UN agrees to Egyptian demand to withdraw UN forces from Gaza Strip.

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Harm Oost (87), journalist, author, politician and champion for Afrikaans dies in Garsfontein, Pretoria.

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The members of a nineteen-strong French patrol have been discovered hacked to death in the mountains between Algiers and Consta

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Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act No 30 commences, amending the 1951 Separate Representation of Voters Act to rem

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During Muslim-Nationalist riots for independence in Nigeria; at least thirty-two people are killed.

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The UN, previously without a permanent home, begins to move into headquarters in New York City.

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WWII: East Africa. The 5th Indian Division, part of General William Platt’s Northern Force, takes Amba Alagi after eighteen day

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The SA general election is won by the United Party with 111 seats, followed by the ‘Herenigde Nasionale Party’ (Re-united Nat

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Following a successful coup against his brother Abd al-Aziz IV, the new Moroccan Sultan Abd al-Hafid requests aid from France a

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The infamous Moroccan bandit, Raizuli, kidnaps an American citizen, Ion H Perdicaris.

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The British High Commissioner to South Africa, Lord Alfred Milner, proposes that educated and prosperous non-Whites should be a

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Boer negotiators, Generals Botha, De Wet, De la Rey, Smuts and Hertzog attend peace talks in Pretoria with Lo

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Total eclipse of the sun observed in Mauritius.

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Jan van Riebeeck’s statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town.

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Metrorail says more than 400 commuters have been arrested in Pretoria as part of an operation to bring order back to the train

The UN Security Council unanimously approves an arms embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea following the latest flare-up in thei

The UN Security Council unanimously approves an arms embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea following the latest flare-up in thei

Sierra Leone’s government and the country’s rebels agree to a cease-fire to end seven years of savage fighting.

Rebels led by Laurent Kabila take control of Kinshasa, capital of Zaire now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after overrun

Military observers returning to the Rwandan countryside report ethnic killings of at least 200 000.

The ANC announces it will suspend constitutional negotiations until the government meets its demands for an end to violence.

An historic four hour meeting is held between the Council of Mining Unions, representing White miners; the NUM; Mr Adriaan Vlok

SA signs agreement with Namibia concerning the appointment of representatives and privileges and immunities for representatives

Indemnity Act No 35 commences.

Zambia’s security chief Alex Shapi says in Lusaka that the ANC has begun disarming guerrillas in that country after five people

Peter Loubser Were Becker, writer of several popular historic books on African people and their customs, dies instantly after b

Saboteurs blow up two railway lines south of Johannesburg.

It is disclosed that John Vorster has invited the Presidents of the Ivory Coast and Liberia to visit South Africa.

The maritime section of the Castle military museum, the Maritime museum, illustrating all facets of fleet activities in South A

Following the results obtained in the general election held in April, a new cabinet is sworn in.

UN agrees to Egyptian demand to withdraw UN forces from Gaza Strip.

Harm Oost (87), journalist, author, politician and champion for Afrikaans dies in Garsfontein, Pretoria.

The members of a nineteen-strong French patrol have been discovered hacked to death in the mountains between Algiers and Consta

Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act No 30 commences, amending the 1951 Separate Representation of Voters Act to rem

During Muslim-Nationalist riots for independence in Nigeria; at least thirty-two people are killed.

The UN, previously without a permanent home, begins to move into headquarters in New York City.

WWII: East Africa. The 5th Indian Division, part of General William Platt’s Northern Force, takes Amba Alagi after eighteen day

The SA general election is won by the United Party with 111 seats, followed by the ‘Herenigde Nasionale Party’ (Re-united Nat

Following a successful coup against his brother Abd al-Aziz IV, the new Moroccan Sultan Abd al-Hafid requests aid from France a

The infamous Moroccan bandit, Raizuli, kidnaps an American citizen, Ion H Perdicaris.

The British High Commissioner to South Africa, Lord Alfred Milner, proposes that educated and prosperous non-Whites should be a

Anglo-Boer War 2: Boer negotiators, Generals Botha, De Wet, De la Rey, Smuts and Hertzog attend peace talks in Pretoria with Lo

Total eclipse of the sun observed in Mauritius.

Jan van Riebeeck’s statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town.