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Magdalena Gertruide (Magda) Sauer, first woman in SA to practise as a qualified architect and art critic of Die Burger, dies in
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Anwar Sadat’s funeral service is held in Cairo. Prime Minister Begin represents Israel.
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At least 4,500 people die when two earthquakes strike North West Algeria. In El-Asnam (formerly Orleansville) and its surroundi
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The PAC appoints V. Make as its new chairman and H. Isaacs to replace the assassinated Mr. Sibeko as its Director of Foreign Af
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President P.W. Botha makes a number of changes in the allocation of portfolios, but retains the post of Minister of Defence him
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B.J. Vorster is sworn in as State President in Pretoria, the occasion being marked by a display of the country’s military force
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The ‘Afrikaanse Taalmonument’ (Afrikaans Language Monument), on the slope of Paarl Rock just outside Paarl, Western Cape, is in
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A memorial tablet for Johannes van der Walt, SA wrestler and national hero of an Afrikaner section, is unveiled at the Rand Afr
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Elizabeth Taylor marries for a 6th time. She re-marries Richard Burton at a remote location in Botswana.
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The United Party leader, Sir de Villiers Graaff, tells its Free State Congress that the Party rejects the idea of one man, one
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An urgent resolution is considered by the United Nations Political Committee condemning the government of South Africa for its
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The HMS Leopard is dispatchedfrom Cape Town to evacuatethe entire population of the island of Tristan da Kunha because of volca
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Albert Munyai, S.A sculptor, is born in Venda.
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Bheki Myeni, SA artist portraying his interest in insects in his sculpture, is born in Hlabisa, Natal. He is currently (1988) l
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Riots in Port Elizabeth leads to chain of anti-White riots as far as the Witwatersrand.
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Dianne Fay Miller, S.A artist, is born in Johannesburg.
EventJudith Mason, SA artist, is born in Pretoria.
Born Judith Seelander Menge on 10 October 1938, Judith Mason is one of the most prolific artists in South Africa. She obtained a degree in Fine Arts at the…
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The home of Paul Kruger in Church Street is opened to the public.
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Mandlenkosi Zondi, S.A sculptor, is born in Mtulwa, Greytown District.
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Opening of SA War Memorial at Delville Wood.
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Congress of South African League is opened in Cape Town by its president, Cecil John Rhodes.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The ultimatum of the ZAR to Britain expires and the reply of the British government is delivered to the ZAR g
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Samuel Samson Tema, minister of religion and pioneer in the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), is born in Molepo, east of
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An attack by Rhodesian Colonial forces on the major stronghold during the Mashona Rebellion, Mashayombe’s kraal, ends inconclus
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Sir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister. Info can be found from Potgieter (1970).
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Nandi, mother of Shaka and wife of Senzangakoma, dies of dysentery in her royal kraal at Mkinkini, halfway between modern Melmo
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Officially accepted birthday of Paul Kruger, president of the ZAR.
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World Mental Health Day.
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Lance Dyer, a South African, is arrested on the French side of the 50km long tunnel that runs under the English channel. It too
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