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An earthquake, measuring 6,5 on the Richter scale, hits Tulbach, Ceres and Wolseley, killing eleven people, leaving 1 000 homel
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An earthquake, measuring 6,5 on the Richter scale, hits Tulbach, Ceres and Wolseley, killing eleven people, leaving 1 000 homel
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Catherine Manana Mabuza, MEC in the Office of the Premier, Northern Province Provincial Government and chair of the ANC Women’s
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The ‘Volkskongres’ (People’s Congress) of the ‘Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge’ (FAK) meets to deliberate on a race
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The ‘Volkskongres’ (People’s Congress) of the ‘Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge’ (FAK) meets to deliberate on a race
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World War II: East Africa. South African troops are landed at Tulearon (Toliara) on the south west coast of Madagascar, to supp
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The ‘Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge’ (FAK) and the ‘Reddingsdaadbond’ withdraw from the ‘Afrikanereenheidskomitee’
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WWII: The Active Citizen Force units of SA are authorised to accept volunteers for the duration of the war.
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Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, warns the League of Nations that he is going to mobilise his forces because of threats of
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Samora Moisés Machel, president of Mozambique (1975-1986), is born in the village Chilembene (Xilembene), district of Ga
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Samora Moisés Machel, president of Mozambique (1975-1986), is born in the village Chilembene (Xilembene), district of Ga
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Tjol Lategan, SA rugby player, is born in Stellenbosch.
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Diederik Johannes Opperman, Afrikaans poet, dramatist and litterateur, is born near Dundee, Natal. Verwey: New Dictionary of
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John Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist and founder member of Artists under the Sun, is born in Dikonana, Zeerust, Western Transvaal.
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John Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist and founder member of Artists under the Sun, is born in Dikonana, Zeerust, Western Transvaal.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Major His Highness Prince Christian Victor Albert Ludwig Ernst Anton, heir of Norway, grandson of Queen Vic
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The position of Commander-In-Chief at the War Office in London is offered to Lord Roberts.
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Dirk Mostert, member of the ‘Afrikaanse Taalen Kultuurvereniging’ (ATKV) (Afrikaans Language and Cultural Organisation) and pol
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Dirk Mostert, member of the ‘Afrikaanse Taalen Kultuurvereniging’ (ATKV) (Afrikaans Language and Cultural Organisation) and pol
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Thomas Charles John Bain, road engineer and geologist, dies on his 63rd birthday anniversary.
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Jochem van Bruggen, SA writer, is born in Groede, Zealand.
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Sir Garnet Wolseley is sworn in as governor of the Transvaal.
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The Battle of Naauwpoort, near Clarens in the eastern OFS, takes place during the second Basotho War.
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Cape Governor Sir George Grey arranges peace between Basotho King Moshesh and the Free State at Aliwal North.
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Thomas Charles John Bain, road engineer and geologist and son of Andrew Bain, is born in Graaff-Reinet.
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An expedition from Cape Town crosses the Orange River.
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Louis Thibault, SA architect of several well-known houses in the western Cape and also the Lutheran Church in Cape Town, is bor
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Col. Robert Jacob Gordon, Dutch officer and explorer of Scottish descent, after whom Gordon’s Bay is called, is born in Doesbur
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A group of Whites at the Cape ascends Table Mountain for the first time, with Khoi-Khoi chief Herry as guide.
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