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George Cary Hobson, SA author, is born in Graaff-Reinet district. Together with his brother, S.B. Hobson, they formed a uniqu
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Cetewayo (or Cetshwayo), last of the great Zulu kings, is captured by the British at the end of the Zulu wars.
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Maria Elizabeth Rothman (M.E.R.), South African author, is born in Swellendam, Cape.
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Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer arrives in Natal as lieutenant-governor.
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Victoria West is founded under the name Victoria after Queen Victoria.
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About 200 people drown when a north-western blows the Waterloo broadside on to the shore in Table Bay. Earlier on this day, the
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The bill for setting free the slaves in the British dominions receives the royal assent. Slavery is to cease at a certain date,
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Tjaart van der Walt, frontier farmer and field commandant who played an important role in the third frontier war against the co
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Explorer and navigator Vasco da Gama arrives in Lisbon after completing his voyage to India around the Cape of Good Hope.
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President Mbeki states at a media briefing in Cape Town, after a meeting of the African National Congress’s provincial executiv
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Zimbabwe acquits sixty-six of the suspected mercenaries of weapons offences charges but finds Simon Mann guilty of attempting t
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The Minister of Education, Prof. Kader Asmal, launches the South African History Project at the Old Fort in Johannesburg, aimin
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Nicolaas Georg (Klaas) Steytler (76), SA author and former editor of Die Huisgenoot, dies in Cape Town.
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The gold price falls to its lowest level in eighteen years when it is fixed on $278,50 in London.
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Seven armed Iraqi hijackers surrender aboard a Sudanese airliner at London’s Stansted Airport, ending a 16-hour drama that bega
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Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signs an agreement in Cairo to expand Palestinian autonomy from Gaza to the We
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Algeria closes its border with Morocco in an escalating dispute over the arrest of two Algerians accused of plotting to attack
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SA signs bilateral air services agreement with Bulgaria.
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Former commander of the Simon’s Town naval base Dieter Gerhard is released from prison where he has been serving a life sentenc
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Law and Order Minister Hernus Kriel announced "sweeping initiatives" aimed at "restoring the credibility of the
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Finland opens official economic relations with SA and raised diplomatic relations to ambassadorial level.
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At a four-day Conference on "Anatomy of Hate", organised in Oslo by the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity and the N
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A residents’ meeting is held to inform those residents of Peelton unable to attend a previous meeting of the incorporation of t
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Three men accused of plotting to kidnap African National Congress leaders in London and then flying them to South Africa claim
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Twelve Blacks are shot dead by police in Soweto, and a town councillor is hacked to death.
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Major-General Muhammadu Buhari is ousted in a military coup in Nigeria led by Major-General Ibrahim Babangida.
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South Africa declares Walvis Bay a South African constituency. Is this date correct?
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The National Security Act No 13 comes into effect in SA. Providing for detention without trial, banning of individuals and ou
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The government decides to lift the ban on political meetings affecting the main metropolitan areas.
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