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Jim Muller, SA pianist and composer, dies.
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2000 troops surround Black townships in Southern Rhodesia.
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The Malagasy Republic, previously Madagascar, becomes an autonomous republic within the French Community.
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Herman Charles Bosman (46), SA author, dies of thrombosis in Edenvale, Tvl.
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German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, suspected of complicity in the 20
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Pretoria receives city status.
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Mobutu Sese Seko, former Zaire president and dictator, is born.
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Phillip Tobias, professor emeritus of anatomy and human biology at the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School and South
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Moses Mbheki Mncane (Baba) Mabhida, trade unionist, politician and Umkhonto we Sizwe commander, is born in Thornhill, Pietermar
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Pretoria is declared a city.
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Gen. Sir Redvers Buller embarks at Southampton on board the Dunnottar Castle, one of his fellow-passengers being Winston Church
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Start of the siege of Mafeking under Col. Robert Baden-Powell by the Boer forces. Note: Some sources give the
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William Philip Schreiner, brother of author Olive Schreiner, becomes Premier of the Cape after Sir J Gordon Sprigg’s ministry r
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Jabulani Albert Ntuli, SA artist and illustrator of the Bantubibel in 1977, with Laduma Madela, is born in Eshowe district, Nat
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The railway line between Pretoria and Durban is inaugurated.
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Albertus Daniël Keet, SA poet, is born.
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Dr Carl W.L. Pappe (59), botanist, physician and curator of the South African Museum, dies in Cape Town.
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Simon van der Stel, commander and governor of the Cape, is born in Mauritius.
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Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne and known for his late-night parties, celebrates girlfriend Chelsy Davy’s 21s
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Now in its 24th year, South Africa’s longest-running film festival, the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), starts today
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Now in its 24th year, South Africa’s longest-running film festival, the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), starts today
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President Hosni Mubarak issues an order that 83 suspected Islamic militants stand trial in Egypt’s state security court.
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The Dutch Reformed Church rejoins the World Alliance of Reformed Churches after the general synod had renounced apartheid.
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The Dutch Reformed Church rejoins the World Alliance of Reformed Churches after the general synod had renounced apartheid.
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The pyramids, the Sphinx and other monuments survive Cairo earthquake that kills at least 400 and injures more than 4 000.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Pik Botha warns Unita leader Jonas Savimbi in Angola that South Africa will withdraw support for Un
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Pik Botha warns Unita leader Jonas Savimbi in Angola that South Africa will withdraw support for Un
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Twenty-one Blacks are killed in series of attacks in South Africa’s Black townships.
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Ten residents of Mapetla die in a gun attack on a tavern.
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