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Dr Sidney Read Welsch (85), researcher on SA explorers, dies in Cape Town.
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Regardt van den Bergh, SA actor and director, is born.
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Ramola Makan, freelance consultant, writer of several cookery books and recipient of inter alia the Silwood Kitchen Honorary Gr
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Japan officially signs the act of unconditional surrender to the Allied nations on board the American battleship Missouri in To
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David Phaswane Mogano, SA artist, is born in Pietersburg (Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (Limpopo).
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Sir Julius Jeppe (70), founder of the Witwatersrand Township Estate and Finance Corporation, dies in London.
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Prof. Dr N.J. Hofmeyr (82), clergyman and theologian, dies in Stellenbosch.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Milner leaves for Bloemfontein via East London, taking this circuitous route because of the security sit
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In the Anglo-Egyptian War Lord [Sir Herbert] Kitchener’s force of 25,000 decisively defeats the Dervishes at the Battle of Omdu
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Britain signs a peace treaty with the Zulus, banishing Cetshwayo and dividing Zululand in thirteen separate chiefdoms under a B
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Sir Harry Smith proclaims the territory between the Orange and Vaal Rivers British territory, discounting protests by Voortrekk
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The Rev. Dirk van der Hoff, pioneer minister of religion, designer of the ‘Transvaalse Vierkleur’ and friend of Commandant-Gene
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A.J. Sluysken is appointed Commissioner-General of the Cape.
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The Independent Democrats welcomes eighteen municipal councillors mainly from the New National Party to its ranks on the first
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The Independent Democrats welcomes eighteen municipal councillors mainly from the New National Party to its ranks on the first
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Bloodshed, looting and destruction ensue when thousands of street hawkers, marching through central Johannesburg protesting aga
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Bloodshed, looting and destruction ensue when thousands of street hawkers, marching through central Johannesburg protesting aga
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At least six people die and more than 100 are injured in a giant gas explosion at Sasol in Secunda.
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A new UN force with a wider mandate takes over from the French-led force in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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A new UN force with a wider mandate takes over from the French-led force in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Tony Blair flies into the Mozambique capital, Maputo, warning fellow world leaders there could be "no back-sliding" a
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Construction on the 9-m SALT telescope at Sutherland, the largest single telescope in the southern hemisphere, starts officiall
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Construction on the 9-m SALT telescope at Sutherland, the largest single telescope in the southern hemisphere, starts officiall
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Dingaan Thobela, SA boxing champion, wins the middleweight world champion title of the World Boxing Council (WBC).
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The implementation phase of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is launched.
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The implementation phase of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is launched.
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The Competition Act (Act 89 of 1998), aimed at elimination anti-competition practices, comes into effect.
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Heine Toerien (71), Afrikaans broadcaster and author of entertainment programs, dies in Johannesburg.
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Heine Toerien (71), Afrikaans broadcaster and author of entertainment programs, dies in Johannesburg.
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