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Beauclerk Upington, advocate, politician, yachtsman and president of the South African Football (Soccer) Association (1913-22),

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Henry Francis Fynn, pioneer and settler who was a member of an expedition to the Zulu chief Shaka in the 1820s, is born in Lo

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The death toll after an outbreak of a deadly Ebola-like disease in Angola climbs to 122. The country turns to civilians and the

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Dr Molefi Sefularo, MEC for Health in the North West province claims that North West province shows a decrease in HIV infection

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Brett Macleod, South Africa’s super motorbike champion, is killed by on-rushing racers when he fell on the Kyalami racecourse.

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Finance Minister Chris Liebenberg resigned and is replaced by Trevor Manuel. Alec Erwin is promoted to Manuel’s post. Gill Marc

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Nineteen Zulus are killed during a march at Shell House, ANC head office in Johannesburg.

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Six Black political prisoners who would have been freed at the end of the year have been released from Robben Island prison, in

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ARMSCOR’s Chairman announces that South Africa has produced a world-beating 155-millimetre artillery system the G5 gun.

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All twenty-three mineworkers in a lift of the Vaal Reefs gold mine are killed when they plunge more that two km to the bottom.

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The World Campaign against Military and Nuclear Collaboration with South Africa is launched in London, with the support of the

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It is disclosed that summaries of Dr. Rhoodie’s tape recordings have already been made available to a syndicate including the B

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Raymond Hoffenberg leaves South Africa on an exit permit, without possibility of return, to take up a research and consultant’s

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O. R. Tambo leaves South Africa illegally on the instruction of the ANC to carry on work outside the country.

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ANC calls a nation-wide stay-at-home in protest at the Sharpeville massacre. Passbooks are burned in countless bonfires.

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About 50 000 people are present at the burial of Johannes van der Walt, well-known wrestler and hero, in Melville, Johannesburg

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Tielman Johannes de Villiers Roos (56), politician and SA Minister of Justice, dies in Pretoria.

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Natoo Babenia, political prisoner who served sixteen years on Robben Island, is born. He died on 1 January 1999.

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Santam is registered as a company.

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Joshua Polumo Mohapeloa, regarded as Lesotho’s foremost composer and choral master, is born at Molumong, Mokhotlong district, B

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Charles B. Adderley (90), colonist after whom Adderley street in Cape Town was named, dies in Warwickshire, England.

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Nearly one hundred officers and men of Wood’s column are killed in a desperate fight against a Zulu impi on Hlobane Mountain du

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Dr Abraham Faure (79), registrar and secretary of the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Cape Province and founder of De

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Frans Reinhard Bresler (58), magistrate in Graaff-Reinet, commits suicide during an embezzlement investigation.

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The ship Amersfoort, which two months earlier has intercepted a Portuguese slaver bound from Angola to Brazil, arrives in Table

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Winnie Mandela, Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, is dismissed from her post.

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South Africa is readmitted to the Olympic games on condition that it complies within thirty days to terms laid down by the Inte

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Multilateral agreement between the governments of Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland amending the Trilateral Monetary Agreemen

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Lawrence Mufamadi, NUM/ANC, disappears after attending a conference.

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Fifteen mourners are killed in a gun attack on a funeral vigil, allegedly in collusion with the SAP.

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Beauclerk Upington, advocate, politician, yachtsman and president of the South African Football (Soccer) Association (1913-22),

Henry Francis Fynn, pioneer and settler who was a member of an expedition to the Zulu chief Shaka in the 1820s, is born in Lo

The death toll after an outbreak of a deadly Ebola-like disease in Angola climbs to 122. The country turns to civilians and the

Dr Molefi Sefularo, MEC for Health in the North West province claims that North West province shows a decrease in HIV infection

Brett Macleod, South Africa’s super motorbike champion, is killed by on-rushing racers when he fell on the Kyalami racecourse.

Finance Minister Chris Liebenberg resigned and is replaced by Trevor Manuel. Alec Erwin is promoted to Manuel’s post. Gill Marc

Nineteen Zulus are killed during a march at Shell House, ANC head office in Johannesburg.

Six Black political prisoners who would have been freed at the end of the year have been released from Robben Island prison, in

ARMSCOR’s Chairman announces that South Africa has produced a world-beating 155-millimetre artillery system the G5 gun.

All twenty-three mineworkers in a lift of the Vaal Reefs gold mine are killed when they plunge more that two km to the bottom.

The World Campaign against Military and Nuclear Collaboration with South Africa is launched in London, with the support of the

It is disclosed that summaries of Dr. Rhoodie’s tape recordings have already been made available to a syndicate including the B

Raymond Hoffenberg leaves South Africa on an exit permit, without possibility of return, to take up a research and consultant’s

O. R. Tambo leaves South Africa illegally on the instruction of the ANC to carry on work outside the country.

ANC calls a nation-wide stay-at-home in protest at the Sharpeville massacre. Passbooks are burned in countless bonfires.

About 50 000 people are present at the burial of Johannes van der Walt, well-known wrestler and hero, in Melville, Johannesburg

Tielman Johannes de Villiers Roos (56), politician and SA Minister of Justice, dies in Pretoria.

Natoo Babenia, political prisoner who served sixteen years on Robben Island, is born. He died on 1 January 1999.

Santam is registered as a company.

Joshua Polumo Mohapeloa, regarded as Lesotho’s foremost composer and choral master, is born at Molumong, Mokhotlong district, B

Charles B. Adderley (90), colonist after whom Adderley street in Cape Town was named, dies in Warwickshire, England.

Nearly one hundred officers and men of Wood’s column are killed in a desperate fight against a Zulu impi on Hlobane Mountain du

Dr Abraham Faure (79), registrar and secretary of the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Cape Province and founder of De

Frans Reinhard Bresler (58), magistrate in Graaff-Reinet, commits suicide during an embezzlement investigation.

The ship Amersfoort, which two months earlier has intercepted a Portuguese slaver bound from Angola to Brazil, arrives in Table

Winnie Mandela, Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, is dismissed from her post.

South Africa is readmitted to the Olympic games on condition that it complies within thirty days to terms laid down by the Inte

Multilateral agreement between the governments of Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland amending the Trilateral Monetary Agreemen

Lawrence Mufamadi, NUM/ANC, disappears after attending a conference.

Fifteen mourners are killed in a gun attack on a funeral vigil, allegedly in collusion with the SAP.