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Sir Joseph Baynes (83), successful farmer and promoter of dairy farming and also SA minister of Lands and Works, dies in Ixopo,
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Ronald Mylchreest, S.A sculptor, is born in Johannesburg.
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Ronald Mylchreest, S.A sculptor, is born in Johannesburg.
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WW1: The South African brigade is called to capture Delville Wood in France in a fierce two-day battle.
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Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.
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Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.
EventAnglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in South Africa.
On 16 July 1901, the Ladies commission was appointed. The members who were considered impartial were, Mrs. Millicent G. Fawcett, Emily Hobhouse and Dr. Jane…
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Anglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in SA. The co
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Anglo-Boer War 2 -In the Free State, Lieutenant-General E.L. Elliot’s drive ends. At the cost of only three British casualties,
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Anglo-Boer War 2 -In the Free State, Lieutenant-General E.L. Elliot’s drive ends. At the cost of only three British casualties,
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen reoccupies Rustenburg. This is the 3rd British occupation of the town.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen reoccupies Rustenburg. This is the 3rd British occupation of the town.
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Three commandos under the newly appointed Combat General Viljoen, attack about 4 650 British soldiers with twenty field guns an
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Three commandos under the newly appointed Combat General Viljoen, attack about 4 650 British soldiers with twenty field guns an
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Anglo-Boer War 2 Start of the ‘first De Wet hunt’, when a two-pronged attack by Gens. Accurate Republican shelling repulses Pag
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Anglo-Boer War 2 Start of the ‘first De Wet hunt’, when a two-pronged attack by Gens. Accurate Republican shelling repulses Pag
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The visiting Dutch commissioner, Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede, gives several instructions to Gov. Simon van der Stel regarding im
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Special task teams are in place to arrest South Africa’s top 200 criminals, government spokesperson Joel Netshitenzhe announces
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Morocco recalls its ambassador to South Africa after Pretoria formally recognised the pro-independence government in the annexe
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Deadline for tens of thousands of illegal immigrants, mostly from Ethiopia and Somalia, to leave Djibouti is set.
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A truck belonging to Boeremag member Lets Pretorius is found in Lichtenburg with weapons and other supplies. Pretorius is arres
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An antenatal survey is conducted by the Department of Health, the first since 1990. An internationally recognised tool for esti
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Dr Achmat Davids (59), historian, researcher and author, dies in Cape Town.
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An Egyptian military court convicts seventy-two Islamic militants of subversion and sentences four of them to death.
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South Africa signs agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organisation, regarding the establishment of a Joint Commission of C
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South Africa signs joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Nicaragua.
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The government launches "Operation Iron Fist", imposing curfews, roadblocks, house-to-house searches and fencing off
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President P.W. Botha admits in Parliament that he personally phoned the SA Broadcasting Corporation and intervened to change a
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Black Communities Development Amendment Act No 74 commences.
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