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The Prime Minister defends John Vorster’s statement, denying that a constitutional crisis has been created. The two major oppos

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Three more detainees are released: the Chairman of the ‘Committee of, Dr. N. Motlana, a member of the Committee, L. Mosala, and

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South Africa is banned from competing in the Davis Cup, as a result of South Africa’s apartheid stand in sport.

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South African Communist Party leader Abram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment in Pretoria on communism charges.

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French government uses fighter planes and tanks in attempt to end insurrection by European rightists in Algeria.

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The Minister of Water Affairs announces an ambitious scheme to harness the Orange River for power and irrigation at a cost of R

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South Africa signs multilateral treaty embodying results of the 1960-61 Tariff Conference pertaining to the General Agreement o

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Robert Sobukwe, President of the Pan Africanist Congress, Kitchener Leballo, its national secretary, and 11 others are charged

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Makgabo Rufus Maruma, world respected Tourism, Environmental and Waste Management expert and founder of Bohlweki Environmental

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Ednah Molewa, Premier of the North West Province since 22 April 2004, is born.

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Cyprian Solomon, paramount chief of the Zulus, warns 20,000 of his people not to participate in the defiance campaign and says

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Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele, SA Minister of Housing, is born in Sophiatown.

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Buyelwa Patience Sonjica, Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004, is born.

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A meeting of the African National Congress (ANC), African People’s Organisation (APO), Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and Transvaa

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Thomas Patrick Murray, trade unionist, is born in Johannesburg.

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Dr William Nicol, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and Administrator of Transvaal from 1948-1958, is born in Robertson, CC

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Bechuanaland becomes a British Protectorate, with its administration conducted from Mafeking (Mafikeng).

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Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) The 3-months siege of British soldiers in the Old Fort in Potchefstroom ends a

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Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence): A peace agreement between the Transvaal Republic and England is ratified and

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William J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies in London.

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Sir Alfred Milner, Cape governor and SA High Commissioner, is born in Bonn, Germany.

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As far as known Henry D. Warden makes the first reference to Bloemfontein when he writes to the governor about a farm between P

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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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World Meteorological Day.

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Noby Ngombane, 38, head of the Free State governments policy monitoring and evaluation unit in the premier’s office, is shot de

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Start of South African Games (22-26 March).

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SA wins the third cricket test against New Zealand in Wellington with 8 wickets and the series with 1-0.

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South African mercenaries, hired by the Papua New Guinea government to help crush a separatist rebellion, arrive back in South

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A notice banning the carrying of weapons in public in seventy magisterial districts is published in the Government Gazette.

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In the homeland of Ciskei, a mutiny by police and defence forces led to the resignation of Brigadier Oupa Gqozo. The TEC immedi

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The Prime Minister defends John Vorster’s statement, denying that a constitutional crisis has been created. The two major oppos

Three more detainees are released: the Chairman of the ‘Committee of, Dr. N. Motlana, a member of the Committee, L. Mosala, and

South Africa is banned from competing in the Davis Cup, as a result of South Africa’s apartheid stand in sport.

South African Communist Party leader Abram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment in Pretoria on communism charges.

French government uses fighter planes and tanks in attempt to end insurrection by European rightists in Algeria.

The Minister of Water Affairs announces an ambitious scheme to harness the Orange River for power and irrigation at a cost of R

South Africa signs multilateral treaty embodying results of the 1960-61 Tariff Conference pertaining to the General Agreement o

Robert Sobukwe, President of the Pan Africanist Congress, Kitchener Leballo, its national secretary, and 11 others are charged

Makgabo Rufus Maruma, world respected Tourism, Environmental and Waste Management expert and founder of Bohlweki Environmental

Ednah Molewa, Premier of the North West Province since 22 April 2004, is born.

Cyprian Solomon, paramount chief of the Zulus, warns 20,000 of his people not to participate in the defiance campaign and says

Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele, SA Minister of Housing, is born in Sophiatown.

Buyelwa Patience Sonjica, Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004, is born.

A meeting of the African National Congress (ANC), African People’s Organisation (APO), Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and Transvaa

Thomas Patrick Murray, trade unionist, is born in Johannesburg.

Dr William Nicol, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and Administrator of Transvaal from 1948-1958, is born in Robertson, CC

Bechuanaland becomes a British Protectorate, with its administration conducted from Mafeking (Mafikeng).

Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) The 3-months siege of British soldiers in the Old Fort in Potchefstroom ends a

Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence): A peace agreement between the Transvaal Republic and England is ratified and

William J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies in London.

Sir Alfred Milner, Cape governor and SA High Commissioner, is born in Bonn, Germany.

As far as known Henry D. Warden makes the first reference to Bloemfontein when he writes to the governor about a farm between P

Sir Lowry Cole, Governor of the Cape, lays the foundation stone of St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town.

World Meteorological Day.

Noby Ngombane, 38, head of the Free State governments policy monitoring and evaluation unit in the premier’s office, is shot de

Start of South African Games (22-26 March).

SA wins the third cricket test against New Zealand in Wellington with 8 wickets and the series with 1-0.

South African mercenaries, hired by the Papua New Guinea government to help crush a separatist rebellion, arrive back in South

A notice banning the carrying of weapons in public in seventy magisterial districts is published in the Government Gazette.

In the homeland of Ciskei, a mutiny by police and defence forces led to the resignation of Brigadier Oupa Gqozo. The TEC immedi