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Fietas, Johannesburg: the mixed population is evacuated and the area burned to the ground.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: In the British House of Commons David Lloyd George suggests that there are as many as 30 000 armed Blacks in

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The Rev. Jozua Francois Naude, church secretary of the Transvaal Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church and founder of the first Af

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Charles Gustav Fichardt, founder member of the National Party and Bloemfontein businessman, is born in Bloemfontein.

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Diamonds to the worth of about £50,000 are stolen from the post office in Cape Town.

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Ryk Tulbach succeeds Hendrik Swellengrebel as governor of the Cape.

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Lambertus and Abraham, eldest sons of Jan van Riebeeck, leave with skipper Douwe Aukes for their uncle, Abraham Quevellerius in

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The Dutch East India Company receives the monopoly to trade with countries between the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Mage

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International Earth Day. Celebrated since 1970 on 20 or 21 March.

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This year’s 46664 concert, named after Mandela’s prison number under apartheid, highlights the plight of women and girls, who a

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Mukesh Kapila, UN top official in Sudan, issues the strongest international warning yet about the conflict in the country’s wes

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The US launches an attack against Iraq after Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s deadline for exile expires.

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Libya agrees to hand over the two Lockerbie suspects by 6 April 1999. The date is confirmed in a letter to the UN Secretary-Gen

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Makhaya Ntini becomes the first Black SA cricket player to play in a five-day test. He takes 2 wickets in Cape Town.

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The Denel group and Aerospatiale of France sign an agreement to broaden co-operation in various fields, notably helicopters and

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Robert Mugabe wins another six-year term as president of Zimbabwe after crushing his two opponents in the country’s presidentia

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President Mandela’s thirteen-year marriage to Winnie Mandela is formally ended when a Rand Supreme Court judge grants his petit

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Zandra Mitchley, her son, Shaun, and his friend, Clare Silberbauer, are murdered in Eikenhof, near Johannesburg. Three ANC acti

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Ditau Molefyane, junior lightweight champion of SA wins the World Boxing Federation (WBF) title.

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Willie Hepburn sets a South African land speed record when he streaks to 372,401 km/h in a 7-litre Pontiac TransAm on the N3 to

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Israel’s 10-member &quot;inner cabinet&quot; halts all military deals with South Africa.

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Fifteen English cricket players are prohibited to play for three years in England, because of their rebel tour to SA.

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The president of the Republic of Congo, Marien Ngouabi, is assassinated at his official residence in Brazzaville.

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Stuart Cloete (78), author of Rags of Glory and Wheels, dies in Johannesburg.

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Rhodesia’s constitutional talks collapse.

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The South African government announces that self-governing status is to be granted to the Caprivi region of South West Africa (

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The first elections of twenty members of the Legislative Assembly (19-21 March) start in Qwaqwa.

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The second elections to the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council result in thirty-one of the Council’s forty elective seats

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The Narcotics Bureau of the SA Police is founded.

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Prime Minister Vorster says that his government is prepared to engage in dialogue, without preconditions, with other African co

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Fietas, Johannesburg: the mixed population is evacuated and the area burned to the ground.

Anglo-Boer War 2: In the British House of Commons David Lloyd George suggests that there are as many as 30 000 armed Blacks in

The Rev. Jozua Francois Naude, church secretary of the Transvaal Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church and founder of the first Af

Charles Gustav Fichardt, founder member of the National Party and Bloemfontein businessman, is born in Bloemfontein.

Diamonds to the worth of about £50,000 are stolen from the post office in Cape Town.

Ryk Tulbach succeeds Hendrik Swellengrebel as governor of the Cape.

Lambertus and Abraham, eldest sons of Jan van Riebeeck, leave with skipper Douwe Aukes for their uncle, Abraham Quevellerius in

The Dutch East India Company receives the monopoly to trade with countries between the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Mage

International Earth Day. Celebrated since 1970 on 20 or 21 March.

This year’s 46664 concert, named after Mandela’s prison number under apartheid, highlights the plight of women and girls, who a

Mukesh Kapila, UN top official in Sudan, issues the strongest international warning yet about the conflict in the country’s wes

The US launches an attack against Iraq after Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s deadline for exile expires.

Libya agrees to hand over the two Lockerbie suspects by 6 April 1999. The date is confirmed in a letter to the UN Secretary-Gen

Makhaya Ntini becomes the first Black SA cricket player to play in a five-day test. He takes 2 wickets in Cape Town.

The Denel group and Aerospatiale of France sign an agreement to broaden co-operation in various fields, notably helicopters and

Robert Mugabe wins another six-year term as president of Zimbabwe after crushing his two opponents in the country’s presidentia

President Mandela’s thirteen-year marriage to Winnie Mandela is formally ended when a Rand Supreme Court judge grants his petit

Zandra Mitchley, her son, Shaun, and his friend, Clare Silberbauer, are murdered in Eikenhof, near Johannesburg. Three ANC acti

Ditau Molefyane, junior lightweight champion of SA wins the World Boxing Federation (WBF) title.

Willie Hepburn sets a South African land speed record when he streaks to 372,401 km/h in a 7-litre Pontiac TransAm on the N3 to

Israel’s 10-member &amp;quot;inner cabinet&amp;quot; halts all military deals with South Africa.

Fifteen English cricket players are prohibited to play for three years in England, because of their rebel tour to SA.

The president of the Republic of Congo, Marien Ngouabi, is assassinated at his official residence in Brazzaville.

Stuart Cloete (78), author of Rags of Glory and Wheels, dies in Johannesburg.

Rhodesia’s constitutional talks collapse.

The South African government announces that self-governing status is to be granted to the Caprivi region of South West Africa (

The first elections of twenty members of the Legislative Assembly (19-21 March) start in Qwaqwa.

The second elections to the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council result in thirty-one of the Council’s forty elective seats

The Narcotics Bureau of the SA Police is founded.

Prime Minister Vorster says that his government is prepared to engage in dialogue, without preconditions, with other African co

Israel’s 10-member "inner cabinet" halts all military deals with South Africa.