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Dr William Fehr, collector of Africana, is born in Burgersdorp, CC.
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Prof. Otto Reinecke, fruit grower and horticulturist, is born in Middelburg, Eastern Transvaal.
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John Cane, who accompanied Piet Retief on his first visit to Dingane, is killed on an expedition against Dingane
John Cane, Natal pioneer who accompanied Piet Retief on his first visit to Dingane, is killed while on an expedition against Dingane to assist the Voortrekkers.
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Zulu warriors near the Tugela River overwhelm Robert Biggar, leader of a force of about seventeen Englishmen, twenty Khoi with
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Baron Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn, who was appointed as successor to Ryk Tulbach but who died at sea on his way to the Cape
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The first two apples are picked in the Company’s Garden. They are small and rather tart.
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World Haemophilia Day. This day is celebrated by haemophilia organisations around the world, and gives them an opportunity to i
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A set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old and found in Blombos cave in SA, is believed to be the oldest known jewel
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika, favoured by the powerful military is elected president of Algeria. His opponents, who withdraw to protest
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Louise Mollet-Prinsloo (50) dies in a hospital in Nelspruit, two weeks after she shot herself in her guesthouse in Witrivier, M
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Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok announces a ban on the carrying of pangas, bush knives and axes in “conflict situations”
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Nelson Mandela thanks the world in the Wembley Stadium, London, for support during his imprisonment.
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The military commander of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Khalil al-Wazir, is assassinated in Tunisia. Israeli g
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The government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Anglican General Secretary of the South African Council of Churc
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At a summit meeting in Lusaka (14-16 April) the leaders of East and Central African States on 16 April 1969 agree to issue the
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Nationalist leader Joshua Nkomo is placed under restriction in Southern Rhodesia.
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John Coulter, SA composer, is born.
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The last general election of the Union of South Africa is held. The National Party under J.G. Strydom wins 103 seats.
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Cornelis Christiaan Nepgen, Dutch Reformed missionary in the Transkei, retires after thirty-five years of service. He wrote ‘
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Seretse Khama, rightful heir to the Ngwato chieftaincy in Bechuanaland (Botswana), is reunited with his British wife in England
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The Eureka diamond is sold in London for £5 700.
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Bambata Rebellion: General mobilisation of Natal militia, with an appeal to the neighbouring states for assistance. To this, Tr
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After the abolition of the triumvirate, Paul Kruger is elected president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek for the first time.
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Gen. Johannes Jacobus Pienaar, administrator of Transvaal, is born in Ladybrand, OFS.
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Adriaan van Jaarsveld, frontier commandant and leader of the burghers who drove Landdros Maynier away in 1795, is born. Van
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Hannah Botha (84), veteran actress and one of the main characters in Egoli, dies in Johannesburg.
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Kenyans dominate the 106th Boston Marathon, winning both men’s and women’s titles and capturing the four top spots and six of t
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A White farmer, Davis Stevens, is shot dead in Zimbabwe by squatters occupying his land. He is the first White farmer to be kil
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Thirty-two passengers, including twenty-eight school children, die in a bus accident near Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal.
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