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Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa and leader of the National Party from 1966 to 1978 and State Preside
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The President of the Senate, Marais Viljoen, opening the 1976 Session of the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council, announce
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Portugal recognises the independence of Guinea-Bissau, under the leadership of Luiz Cabral.
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Portugal recognises the independence of Guinea-Bissau, under the leadership of Luiz Cabral.
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The Minister of Defence states that South Africa will provide bases and communication facilities to the maritime forces of West
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The Minister of Defence states that South Africa will provide bases and communication facilities to the maritime forces of West
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Speaking at a special news conference the Rhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, welcomes the participation of the South African
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At the opening of the Malawi Congress Party’s (MCP’s) annual congress at Mzuzu, President Banda announces that formal diplomati
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At the opening of the Malawi Congress Party’s (MCP’s) annual congress at Mzuzu, President Banda announces that formal diplomati
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Dr. Verwoerd is buried in Hero’s Acre, Pretoria. A crowd of some 250,000 people watches the mile-long cortege on its three-mile
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Regulations covering the detention of 180-days detainees held as witnesses are published in the Government Gazette.
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Foreign ministers of Organisation of African Unity approve plan to end rebellion and political strife in Congo.
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Foreign ministers of Organisation of African Unity approve plan to end rebellion and political strife in Congo.
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Jomo Kenyatta returns to Kenya from exile, during which he has been elected president of the Kenya National African Union.
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Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins the Rome Olympic marathon.
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Jomo Kenyatta returns to Kenya from exile, during which he has been elected president of the Kenya National African Union.
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Anti-apartheid cleric, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, returns to South Africa and is deported.
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Anti-apartheid cleric, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, returns to South Africa and is deported.
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A twelve-second earthquake kills 1,460 in Orleansville, Algeria. A week later another quake topples the few remaining buildings
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Eighty-three German war orphans arrive in Pretoria. The prime minister, Dr D.F. Malan and his wife adopt a girl.
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Sir John Carruthers Beattie, first rector of the University of Cape Town, dies.
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Sir John Carruthers Beattie, first rector of the University of Cape Town, dies.
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The SA rugby team loses the third test against the British Isles 16-21 in Newlands, but wins the series 2-1.
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Assembly of White settlers in Kenya denounces government policy and advocates closer union with Uganda and Tanganyika.
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Rita Roberts, SA soprano, is born.
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Rita Roberts, SA soprano, is born.
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Charles E. Mitchell is named as US minister to Liberia.
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John Tengo Jabavu (62), newspaper editor and member of the board of the Fort Hare University, dies in Fort Hare.
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The SA parliament decides with 91 votes against twelve to enter into WW1.
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