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French and Algerian rebel delegations in Evian-les-Baine, France, sign ceasefire agreement in Algerian War.

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The University of the Orange Free State is founded in Bloemfontein.

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Mahatma Gandhi sends a telegram to Field Marshal Smuts asking him to withdraw the Asiatic Bill. He also issues a press statemen

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is founded.

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Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini hold a meeting at the Brenner Pass during which the Italian dictator agrees to join in German

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F.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.

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The strike by mineworkers on the Witwatersrand, also known as the Rand Revolt, ends. More than 200 people were killed durin

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The railway line from Cape Town reaches Stellenbosch.

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The Sand River Convention, recognising the independence of emigrant farmers north of the Vaal River, is ratified by the Volksra

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Maria Koopmans-De Wet, linguist, art lover and cultural leader, is born in Cape Town.

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Janet Soga (neé Burnside) is born in Hutchesontown, Glasgow, Scotland. She married Tito Yoga, the first Black man to be

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Dr James Barry (allegedly a lady, Miranda Stuart) is appointed by Lord Charles Somerset as medical inspector of the Colony in t

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In a record-breaking performance, Herschel Gibbs scores 6 sixes in a row against Holland during a 221-run World Cup win over

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Six people die and twenty five are critically injured in a road accident on the R70 between Polokwane and Giyani when the truck

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A recount of Namibia’s parliamentary elections has ended with officials confirming the original results of the November polls.

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Jan Egeland, the United Nations’ relief co-ordinator, announces in Geneva that conflict and preventable disease have triggered

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National Library Week (17-22 March) starts.

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About 500 members of a doomsday cult die in a church fire in a remote part of southwestern Uganda. Mass graves containing 4

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Start of the first lottery in SA.

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Prof. Hans Roosenschoon, director of the conservatory in Stellenbosch, informs the members of the university choir that the cho

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Allan Boesak, former Director of the Foundation for Peace and Justice, is found guilty in the Cape Supreme Court of embezzling

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Denel says no deal has been reached over the sale of arms to Syria.

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Allan Boesak appears in a Cape Town court to face nine charges of fraud and twenty-one charges of theft involving more than $80

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Mugabe is re-elected as president in Zimbabwe with 92.7% of the vote but the opposition contests the results.

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Hundreds of police in Assiut, Egypt storm two buildings where bomb-throwing extremists are holed up. At least eleven people are

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White voters in a referendum overwhelmingly support reforms towards ending apartheid in South Africa.

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More than 10 000 mourners gather in strife-torn Katlehong township near Alberton to bury fourteen victims of the taxi war. The

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Business Day reports that the Soweto delegation for ending the rent boycott has released a report, drawn up by Planact, a priva

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The condition of Donsie Khumalo, on a hunger strike since 9 March with other unionists in support of the release of all detaine

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A car bomb explodes outside the Krugersdorp magistrate’s court, killing three people and wounding 22.

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French and Algerian rebel delegations in Evian-les-Baine, France, sign ceasefire agreement in Algerian War.

The University of the Orange Free State is founded in Bloemfontein.

Mahatma Gandhi sends a telegram to Field Marshal Smuts asking him to withdraw the Asiatic Bill. He also issues a press statemen

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is founded.

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini hold a meeting at the Brenner Pass during which the Italian dictator agrees to join in German

F.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.

The strike by mineworkers on the Witwatersrand, also known as the Rand Revolt, ends. More than 200 people were killed durin

The railway line from Cape Town reaches Stellenbosch.

The Sand River Convention, recognising the independence of emigrant farmers north of the Vaal River, is ratified by the Volksra

Maria Koopmans-De Wet, linguist, art lover and cultural leader, is born in Cape Town.

Janet Soga (neé Burnside) is born in Hutchesontown, Glasgow, Scotland. She married Tito Yoga, the first Black man to be

Dr James Barry (allegedly a lady, Miranda Stuart) is appointed by Lord Charles Somerset as medical inspector of the Colony in t

In a record-breaking performance, Herschel Gibbs scores 6 sixes in a row against Holland during a 221-run World Cup win over

Six people die and twenty five are critically injured in a road accident on the R70 between Polokwane and Giyani when the truck

A recount of Namibia’s parliamentary elections has ended with officials confirming the original results of the November polls.

Jan Egeland, the United Nations’ relief co-ordinator, announces in Geneva that conflict and preventable disease have triggered

National Library Week (17-22 March) starts.

About 500 members of a doomsday cult die in a church fire in a remote part of southwestern Uganda. Mass graves containing 4

Start of the first lottery in SA.

Prof. Hans Roosenschoon, director of the conservatory in Stellenbosch, informs the members of the university choir that the cho

Allan Boesak, former Director of the Foundation for Peace and Justice, is found guilty in the Cape Supreme Court of embezzling

Denel says no deal has been reached over the sale of arms to Syria.

Allan Boesak appears in a Cape Town court to face nine charges of fraud and twenty-one charges of theft involving more than $80

Mugabe is re-elected as president in Zimbabwe with 92.7% of the vote but the opposition contests the results.

Hundreds of police in Assiut, Egypt storm two buildings where bomb-throwing extremists are holed up. At least eleven people are

White voters in a referendum overwhelmingly support reforms towards ending apartheid in South Africa.

More than 10 000 mourners gather in strife-torn Katlehong township near Alberton to bury fourteen victims of the taxi war. The

Business Day reports that the Soweto delegation for ending the rent boycott has released a report, drawn up by Planact, a priva

The condition of Donsie Khumalo, on a hunger strike since 9 March with other unionists in support of the release of all detaine

A car bomb explodes outside the Krugersdorp magistrate’s court, killing three people and wounding 22.