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For a second time, Nasser takes presidency away from Naguib.

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Destour (nationalist movement) Party’s independence demands are announced by Habib Ali Bourguiba in Tunisia.

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The League of Nations is officially dissolved in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Andreas Jacobus (Kat) Liebenberg, former head of the SA Defence Force, is born.

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French and Spanish representatives meet with Riff envoys but fail to reach an armistice agreement.

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John Bird, civil servant, scholar and the father of historical study in Natal, is born in Rondebosch, Cape.

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Death of Enoch Sontonga, author of Nkosi Sikelel ‘iAfrika.

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The corner stone of the ‘Nieuwe Kerk’ of the Dutch Reformed Church in Cape Town is laid. The church has been demolished since.

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David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and missionary who died of malaria on 1.5.1873 on the shore of Lake Bangweulu, is buried i

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The ‘Volksraad’ of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek suspends Stephanus Schoeman as acting state president because of neglect of

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The first school is founded six years after Van Riebeeck’s arrival at the Cape, with sick-comforter Willem Wijland as religious

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Zimbabwe Day of independence.

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The South African National Government Cabinet receives a comprehensive briefing on the implementation of government policy on H

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Rudolph (Duimpie) Opperman, chairman of the National Olympic Committee of South Africa (NOCSA), dies in Johannesburg.

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President Mandela, present in his capacity as chief of the Temba clan, rather than Head of State, inaugurates the Council of Tr

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The government presents proposals to improve basic working conditions and encourage greater labour flexibility. Labour Minister

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The ANC holds a special one-day summit with its alliance partners COSATU (the Congress of South African Trade Unions) and the S

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During a working visit to Libya, Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo stresses South Africa’s eagerness to strengthen and develop its re

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World Haemophilia Day is celebrated for the first time.

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Bessie Amelia Head, SA novelist, short story writer and social historian dies in Serowe, Botswana. She had gone to Botswana in

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Special Offences Act No 6 commences, making it an offence to possess a tyre or similar object, or any inflammable liquid, in ci

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A police officer, WPC Yvonne Fletcher, is killed and ten people injured after shots were fired from the Libyan People’s Bureau

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Prime Minister P.W. Botha says in an interview published today that he had ‘’certain reservations’’ about the Reagan Administra

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The Union Jack is lowered for the last time in Africa on this day when the embattled ex-British colony of Rhodesia becomes Zimb

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Dorothy Fischer becomes the first woman in SA to receive a new heart. She lives for twelve years afterwards.

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The South African National Party wins a third successive general election, allowing further introductions of ‘Grand Apartheid’

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Founding of the Federation of South African Women.

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For a second time, Nasser takes presidency away from Naguib.

Destour (nationalist movement) Party’s independence demands are announced by Habib Ali Bourguiba in Tunisia.

The League of Nations is officially dissolved in Geneva, Switzerland.

Andreas Jacobus (Kat) Liebenberg, former head of the SA Defence Force, is born.

French and Spanish representatives meet with Riff envoys but fail to reach an armistice agreement.

John Bird, civil servant, scholar and the father of historical study in Natal, is born in Rondebosch, Cape.

Death of Enoch Sontonga, author of Nkosi Sikelel ‘iAfrika.

The corner stone of the ‘Nieuwe Kerk’ of the Dutch Reformed Church in Cape Town is laid. The church has been demolished since.

David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and missionary who died of malaria on 1.5.1873 on the shore of Lake Bangweulu, is buried i

The ‘Volksraad’ of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek suspends Stephanus Schoeman as acting state president because of neglect of

The first school is founded six years after Van Riebeeck’s arrival at the Cape, with sick-comforter Willem Wijland as religious

Zimbabwe Day of independence.

The South African National Government Cabinet receives a comprehensive briefing on the implementation of government policy on H

Rudolph (Duimpie) Opperman, chairman of the National Olympic Committee of South Africa (NOCSA), dies in Johannesburg.

President Mandela, present in his capacity as chief of the Temba clan, rather than Head of State, inaugurates the Council of Tr

The government presents proposals to improve basic working conditions and encourage greater labour flexibility. Labour Minister

The ANC holds a special one-day summit with its alliance partners COSATU (the Congress of South African Trade Unions) and the S

During a working visit to Libya, Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo stresses South Africa’s eagerness to strengthen and develop its re

World Haemophilia Day is celebrated for the first time.

Bessie Amelia Head, SA novelist, short story writer and social historian dies in Serowe, Botswana. She had gone to Botswana in

Special Offences Act No 6 commences, making it an offence to possess a tyre or similar object, or any inflammable liquid, in ci

A police officer, WPC Yvonne Fletcher, is killed and ten people injured after shots were fired from the Libyan People’s Bureau

Prime Minister P.W. Botha says in an interview published today that he had ‘’certain reservations’’ about the Reagan Administra

The Union Jack is lowered for the last time in Africa on this day when the embattled ex-British colony of Rhodesia becomes Zimb

Dorothy Fischer becomes the first woman in SA to receive a new heart. She lives for twelve years afterwards.

C.H. Kuhn (Mikro), Afrikaans author, dies in Somerset West, CP.

South Africa loses the rugby test match against Scotland 5-8.

The United Arab Republic is proclaimed by Egypt, Iraq, and Syria.

The South African National Party wins a third successive general election, allowing further introductions of ‘Grand Apartheid’

Founding of the Federation of South African Women.