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Justice van Wyk of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is appointed as a one-man Commission to inquire into all aspects
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Kepler Wessels, captain of the SA Springbok Cricket Team, is born in Bloemfontein.
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Kepler Wessels, captain of the SA Springbok Cricket Team, is born in Bloemfontein.
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Khomotso Jacob Makwetla, accredited public relations practitioner and chair/director/member of several companies and corporatio
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The first cases of Spanish Flu, also called ‘Great flu’ are diagnosed in Durban, starting the influenza epidemic in SA that kil
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The first cases of Spanish Flu, also called ‘Great flu’ are diagnosed in Durban, starting the influenza epidemic in SA that kil
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WWI: The first ships with SA soldiers on board leave for the ports of German South West Africa to invade the territory.
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Sir Jacob Dirk Barry (73), judge president of the Eastern division since 1880, dies in Queenstown, Eastern Cape.
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Sir Jacob Dirk Barry (73), judge president of the Eastern division since 1880, dies in Queenstown, Eastern Cape.
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Leon Maré, SA author and winner of the Hertzog literary award, is born.
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Leon Maré, SA author and winner of the Hertzog literary award, is born.
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Archibald Lamont, minister of religion, politician and mayor of Durban from 1929-1932, is born in Port Babbabtyne, Bute Island,
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Dr William Gill (66), SA book collector, dies in Somerset East.
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Transvaal burghers shoot Jacobus du Toit on horseback. He refused to stop when challenged. He is wounded and the horse killed.
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British troops march from Simonstown and General J.H. Craig enters Cape Town. Sluysken formally surrenders on 16 September.
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Holy Communion is served at the Cape by residing pastor Johan (Joan) van Arckel for the first time.
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Jan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time.
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Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza announces that South Africa has been declared free of notifiable avian influenza (bird flu) a
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Owen Horwood (81), former SA minister of finance, dies in Stellenbosch.
EventGary Bernard, photographer of The Star, commits suicide in Johannesburg
Gary Bernard was a photographer for the Star Newspaper. He was recruited by conflict photographer Ken Oosterbroek as an intern. He was soon promoted to Staff…
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A German photographer, Christian Hohmann (36), dies in a KwaZulu nature reserve when an elephant cow gores him.
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An agreement is signed by several role-players, including the Minister of Land Affairs, Derek Hanekom, to redevelop District Si
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A German Tupolef plane and an American Starlifter collide off the Namibian coast, killing thirty-three people.
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Mother Teresa, Nobel laureate known world wide for her charity work, receives the first state funeral accorded a private citize
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SA signs agreement with Israel concerning the establishment of a joint Commission of Cooperation.
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South Africa signs protocol on consultations between the Department of Foreign Affairs of South Africa and the Ministry of Fore
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Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, shake hands after concluding the Declaration of
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SA signs agreement with Bahrain on the establishment of diplomatic relations.
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South Africa signs agreement with the Russian Federation on scientific and technological cooperation.
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