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Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.)
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Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.)
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Christiaan Willem Hendrik van der Post, member of the Volksraad in the Free State, consul of the Netherlands and poet, is born
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The HNP’s policies are defined by its leader, Jaap Marais: no concessions to the Black man; withdrawal of South Africa from the
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Jan Wouters is found guilty in court in the Cape for "blasphemous libels on Cape ladies" and is sentenced to beg thei
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In response to a question in Parliament Dr Van Niekerk, minister of health, says that thirty-seven cases of AIDS have been diag
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Bertie van Zyl (72), the owner of the biggest tomato farming industry in the country, ZZ2, is buried at Mooketsi, Limpopo. Amon
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Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Frederik), who was administrator of the Transvaal at the age of 29, is appointed principal of the South Af
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Dirkie Uys (Dirk Cornelis), child hero and son of the Voortrekker leader Piet Uys, is born in the district of Swellendam, CC.
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The first return fleet from Batavia to receive fresh produce on its way to the Netherlands arrives in Table Bay. Van Riebeeck s
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Analysis: What Mbetes conspiracy theory tells us about SAs changing foreign policy By Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 16 February 2015, South Africa
Telegram from J van Dalsen, Director-General, Foreign Affairs and Information, South Africa, to His Excellency, Col Sergio Vieira, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique
Telegram from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Information, South Africa, to the Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, reporting that in light of sabotage…
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General Johan van den Merwe, National Police Commissioner (1990-1995), admits that he gave the order in 1988 for the police to
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Commander Simon van der Stel, accompanied by his six children and his wife’s sister, is welcomed at the Cape by Hendrik Crudop,
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It is announced in Rawalpindi that the government of Pakistan has decided to ban all exports from Pakistan to South Africa and
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The South African Police (SAP) take over control of the municipal police. The aim is to render a better service to the communit
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General Jan Smuts becomes prime minister of South Africa. This date is given as 31 August by Keesing’s Events of World Records.
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Janet Soga (neé Burnside) dies in Glasgow, Scotland. She married Tito Yoga, the first Black man to be ordained to the Ch
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General Jan Christiaan Smuts becomes Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa after the death of General Louis Botha on 27 A
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A total of 1 004 persons consisting of 849 burghers and boys, 152 women and girls, two Coloureds and one Black man, cross the b
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The Rand Supreme Court rules that Blacks from the homelands can establish the right to reside permanently in towns in White Sou
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The Alfred Dock in Table Bay is officially opened by Prince Alfred Ernest Albert (16), second son of Queen Victoria, after whom
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The Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (GRA) is founded in Paarl, as a direct outcome of the efforts by Pannevis to have the Bible
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On the eve of the election in South West Africa (Namibia), the Swapo leader Sam Nujoma arrives in Windhoek, after nearly thirty
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On the eve of the election in South West Africa (Namibia), the Swapo leader Sam Nujoma arrives in Windhoek, after nearly thirty
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South African riot police use tear gas and whips in Soweto as unrest continue. A sweeping ban on meetings critical of the Gover
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Pieter Gysbert van Noodt (48) dies of a sudden heart attack at the same time as four deserted soldiers, who had resisted arre
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Pieter Gysbert van Noodt (48) dies of a sudden heart attack at the same time as four deserted soldiers, who had resisted arre
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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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