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Founding of the Federation of South African Women.

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The Huguenot Monument by the architect C.P. Walgate, with the image of a woman by sculptor Coert Steynberg, is inaugurated in F

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General Jan Christiaan Smuts, in charge of British, South African and Indian troops in Kenya, finally has the Germans on the ru

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Moroccan troops are in open revolt against French rule (initiated on 30 March).

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The British delegation proposes that thirty representatives from each of the two Boer republics meet in a ‘na

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Anglo-Boer War 2: the British government publishes Lord Roberts’ criticisms of Buller and Warren over the handling of Spioenkop

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Dr William Fehr, collector of Africana, is born in Burgersdorp, CC.

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Prof. Otto Reinecke, fruit grower and horticulturist, is born in Middelburg, Eastern Transvaal.

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John Cane, who accompanied Piet Retief on his first visit to Dingane, is killed on an expedition against Dingane

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Zulu warriors near the Tugela River overwhelm Robert Biggar, leader of a force of about seventeen Englishmen, twenty Khoi with

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Baron Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn, who was appointed as successor to Ryk Tulbach but who died at sea on his way to the Cape

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The first two apples are picked in the Company’s Garden. They are small and rather tart.

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World Haemophilia Day. This day is celebrated by haemophilia organisations around the world, and gives them an opportunity to i

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A set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old and found in Blombos cave in SA, is believed to be the oldest known jewel

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Abdelaziz Bouteflika, favoured by the powerful military is elected president of Algeria. His opponents, who withdraw to protest

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Louise Mollet-Prinsloo (50) dies in a hospital in Nelspruit, two weeks after she shot herself in her guesthouse in Witrivier, M

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Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok announces a ban on the carrying of pangas, bush knives and axes in “conflict situations”

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Nelson Mandela thanks the world in the Wembley Stadium, London, for support during his imprisonment.

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The military commander of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Khalil al-Wazir, is assassinated in Tunisia. Israeli g

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The government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Anglican General Secretary of the South African Council of Churc

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At a summit meeting in Lusaka (14-16 April) the leaders of East and Central African States on 16 April 1969 agree to issue the

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Nationalist leader Joshua Nkomo is placed under restriction in Southern Rhodesia.

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John Coulter, SA composer, is born.

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The last general election of the Union of South Africa is held. The National Party under J.G. Strydom wins 103 seats.

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Cornelis Christiaan Nepgen, Dutch Reformed missionary in the Transkei, retires after thirty-five years of service. He wrote ‘

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Seretse Khama, rightful heir to the Ngwato chieftaincy in Bechuanaland (Botswana), is reunited with his British wife in England

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The Eureka diamond is sold in London for £5 700.

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Founding of the Federation of South African Women.

The Huguenot Monument by the architect C.P. Walgate, with the image of a woman by sculptor Coert Steynberg, is inaugurated in F

The ‘Suid-Afrikaanse Noodhulpliga’ (SA first-aid organisation) is founded

Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, abolishes slavery.

George M. Theal, historian, author and teacher, dies in Wynberg, Cape Town.

General Jan Christiaan Smuts, in charge of British, South African and Indian troops in Kenya, finally has the Germans on the ru

Moroccan troops are in open revolt against French rule (initiated on 30 March).

Anglo-Boer War 2: The British delegation proposes that thirty representatives from each of the two Boer republics meet in a ‘na

Anglo-Boer War 2: the British government publishes Lord Roberts’ criticisms of Buller and Warren over the handling of Spioenkop

Dr William Fehr, collector of Africana, is born in Burgersdorp, CC.

Prof. Otto Reinecke, fruit grower and horticulturist, is born in Middelburg, Eastern Transvaal.

John Cane, who accompanied Piet Retief on his first visit to Dingane, is killed on an expedition against Dingane

Zulu warriors near the Tugela River overwhelm Robert Biggar, leader of a force of about seventeen Englishmen, twenty Khoi with

Baron Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn, who was appointed as successor to Ryk Tulbach but who died at sea on his way to the Cape

The first two apples are picked in the Company’s Garden. They are small and rather tart.

World Haemophilia Day. This day is celebrated by haemophilia organisations around the world, and gives them an opportunity to i

A set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old and found in Blombos cave in SA, is believed to be the oldest known jewel

Abdelaziz Bouteflika, favoured by the powerful military is elected president of Algeria. His opponents, who withdraw to protest

Louise Mollet-Prinsloo (50) dies in a hospital in Nelspruit, two weeks after she shot herself in her guesthouse in Witrivier, M

Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok announces a ban on the carrying of pangas, bush knives and axes in “conflict situations”

Nelson Mandela thanks the world in the Wembley Stadium, London, for support during his imprisonment.

The military commander of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Khalil al-Wazir, is assassinated in Tunisia. Israeli g

The government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Anglican General Secretary of the South African Council of Churc

At a summit meeting in Lusaka (14-16 April) the leaders of East and Central African States on 16 April 1969 agree to issue the

Nationalist leader Joshua Nkomo is placed under restriction in Southern Rhodesia.

John Coulter, SA composer, is born.

The last general election of the Union of South Africa is held. The National Party under J.G. Strydom wins 103 seats.

Cornelis Christiaan Nepgen, Dutch Reformed missionary in the Transkei, retires after thirty-five years of service. He wrote ‘

Seretse Khama, rightful heir to the Ngwato chieftaincy in Bechuanaland (Botswana), is reunited with his British wife in England

The Eureka diamond is sold in London for £5 700.