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New constitution officially announced by King Faud I in Egypt. News 24 gives date as 20 April.

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Britain is to send more troops to Egypt to help quell nationalistic unrest.

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WWI: West AfricaCombined Anglo-French forces take Mandera, Cameroon.

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Johanna Hendrina (Joey) Scheepers, trade union leader active in the Garment Workers’ Union (GWU), is born in Wepener, OFS.

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Bambatha Rebellion:Over 7,000 British troops are called out to quell Zulu aggression in Natal.

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Jacobus Petrus de Wet, chief justice of Transvaal and acting judge in Ceylon, dies in England.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Angus Hamilton of The Times criticises Baden-Powell’s harsh ‘leave here-or-starve’ policy towards Blacks in t

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Cecil John Rhodes makes his maiden speech in the Cape Assembly.

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Ernst Karl Erich Mayer, SA painter and land surveyor, is born in Karlsruhe, Germany.

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Walter Harding, first Chief Justice of Natal, dies.

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Commissioner Van Overbeek buys the area between Hout Bay and Saldana Bay from the Khoi-Khoi.

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Rijkloff van Goens leaves Table Bay after a stay of one month to report on what has been accomplished at the Cape.

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Me Epainette Mbeki, businesswomen and community worker in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, receives the Order of the Baobab for her servi

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank meet in Washington, DC with finance ministers and central bankers from

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Several thousand mourners gather at a state funeral in Congo to pay tribute to 109 people killed in a series of mysterious airp

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Judge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1997.

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In a meeting with a representative of Lockerbie victims, Colonel Gaddafi agrees to hand over two suspects for trial by a Scotti

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Egyptian aircraft begin an UN-approved shuttle of Muslim pilgrims from Libya to Saudi Arabia.

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In terms of section 248 (1) of the Interim 1994 Constitution and acting on the advice of the Transitional Executive Council (TE

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Egyptian president Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat gets an overwhelming majority in a vote for peace treaty with Israel.

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The South African Police Force stationed in the Caprivi Strip, bordering Zambia, suffer casualties in clashes with ‘terrorists’

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The Boeing 707 Pretoria of SAA crashes just after take off from the Windhoek airport en route to London with 122 people on boar

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At the Rivonia Trial, Nelson Mandela, former leader of the banned ANC, blames the actions of the government for adoption of pol

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As the nationalist uprising of the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA, Popular Liberation Movement of Angola) en

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Cheryl Carolus, SA High Commissioner in London, is born in Silvertown, Cape Flats.

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United Federal Party wins Northern Rhodesia elections, and African National Congress is suppressed.

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King Mohamed V of Morocco demands that all Spanish forces are removed from Moroccan territory.

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Mau-Mau members murder two schoolboys in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya.

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Jeanette Ferreira, Afrikaans novelist, is born.

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A campaign to reduce governmental corruption, and to oust those identified, starts in Egypt.

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New constitution officially announced by King Faud I in Egypt. News 24 gives date as 20 April.

Britain is to send more troops to Egypt to help quell nationalistic unrest.

WWI: West AfricaCombined Anglo-French forces take Mandera, Cameroon.

Johanna Hendrina (Joey) Scheepers, trade union leader active in the Garment Workers’ Union (GWU), is born in Wepener, OFS.

Bambatha Rebellion:Over 7,000 British troops are called out to quell Zulu aggression in Natal.

Jacobus Petrus de Wet, chief justice of Transvaal and acting judge in Ceylon, dies in England.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Angus Hamilton of The Times criticises Baden-Powell’s harsh ‘leave here-or-starve’ policy towards Blacks in t

Cecil John Rhodes makes his maiden speech in the Cape Assembly.

Ernst Karl Erich Mayer, SA painter and land surveyor, is born in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Walter Harding, first Chief Justice of Natal, dies.

Commissioner Van Overbeek buys the area between Hout Bay and Saldana Bay from the Khoi-Khoi.

Rijkloff van Goens leaves Table Bay after a stay of one month to report on what has been accomplished at the Cape.

Me Epainette Mbeki, businesswomen and community worker in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, receives the Order of the Baobab for her servi

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank meet in Washington, DC with finance ministers and central bankers from

Several thousand mourners gather at a state funeral in Congo to pay tribute to 109 people killed in a series of mysterious airp

Judge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1997.

In a meeting with a representative of Lockerbie victims, Colonel Gaddafi agrees to hand over two suspects for trial by a Scotti

Egyptian aircraft begin an UN-approved shuttle of Muslim pilgrims from Libya to Saudi Arabia.

In terms of section 248 (1) of the Interim 1994 Constitution and acting on the advice of the Transitional Executive Council (TE

Egyptian president Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat gets an overwhelming majority in a vote for peace treaty with Israel.

The South African Police Force stationed in the Caprivi Strip, bordering Zambia, suffer casualties in clashes with ‘terrorists’

The Boeing 707 Pretoria of SAA crashes just after take off from the Windhoek airport en route to London with 122 people on boar

At the Rivonia Trial, Nelson Mandela, former leader of the banned ANC, blames the actions of the government for adoption of pol

As the nationalist uprising of the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA, Popular Liberation Movement of Angola) en

Cheryl Carolus, SA High Commissioner in London, is born in Silvertown, Cape Flats.

United Federal Party wins Northern Rhodesia elections, and African National Congress is suppressed.

King Mohamed V of Morocco demands that all Spanish forces are removed from Moroccan territory.

Mau-Mau members murder two schoolboys in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya.

Jeanette Ferreira, Afrikaans novelist, is born.

A campaign to reduce governmental corruption, and to oust those identified, starts in Egypt.