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A Defence Amendment Bill provides for an alternative form of national service for conscientious objectors, who oppose military
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With Idi Amin Dada seeking exile in Saudi Arabia, Yusufu Kironde Lule is installed as President of Uganda by neighbouring Tanza
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An attempt is made by Rhodesian forces to kill guerrilla leader Joshua Nkomo.
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A military coup in Chad overthrows President Ngarta Tombaloaye, who is killed. Felix Malloum takes over at the head of a seven-
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The Chief Minister of Transkei, Paramount Chief Kaiser Matanzima, demands full control of all departments of state.
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B.J. Vorster states that he is prepared to meet demands that mixed sports should be allowed.
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Biafra, a Nigerian province that has recently declared independence, is recognised by Tanzania – the first nation to recognis
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The ‘White supremacist’ Rhodesian Front party names Ian Douglas Smith prime minister of Rhodesia. (2004). Today in History, Pre
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Molton Paseka Ncholo, executive chairman of Khumo Bathong Holdings and member of the board of the SA Mining Development Associa
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A special committee of the United Nations accepts an invitation by South Africa to send two of its members, Dr Victorio Carpio
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The United Nations condemns SA for apartheid.
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The Rev. Nomthandazo Purity Malinga, bishop of The Methodist Church of Southern Africa, is born in Ixopo, Natal.
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The Arab League signs a mutual defence treaty in Cairo.
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William H. Bell (Daddy Bell) (72), SA musician and composer of three symphonies and two operas, dies in Gordon’s Bay.
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Sydney Alex Kumalo (also documented as Khumalo), SA artist, is born in Johannesburg. He began studying at Polly Street Art Ce
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Sir Donald Currie, shipping magnate and donor of the Currie Cup sporting trophy, dies in Sidmouth, Devon, England.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: In answer to a question by St John Brodrick, Lord Kitchener admits providing firearms to 10 053 Africans and
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Dr Abraham Johannes van der Merwe, SA church leader and leader of the Afrikaner community, is born in the district of Calvinia,
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Sir Robert Nelson Kotzé, mining engineer who did much to promote safety in mines and who became vice-chancellor of the U
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Emperor Theodore II of Ethiopia commits suicide when the British at Arogo defeat him.
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British forces under Robert Napier capture Magdala in Ethiopia.
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Xhosa tribesmen attack British forces at Burn’s Hill in the Amatola, in the War of the Axe.
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Voortrekker leader Louis Trichardt reaches Lourenço Marques (Maputo) after setting out from the Zoutpansberg in August of the
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The first mail boat from London, The Eclipse, arrives in Table Bay after a voyage of 114 days.
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The first French Huguenots arrive at the Cape in the Voorschoten.
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Following the discovery of coelacanths in Jesser Canyon off Sodwana Bay, Kwazulu-Natal, in October 2000, the multidisciplinary
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SA signs joint communiqué with Colombia on the establishment of diplomatic relations.
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Thousands of Blacks take to the streets in South Africa to protest the assassination of There are calls amongst protesters for
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Christina Khabe, IFP member and mother of a witness at the Goldstone Commission, is attacked and killed at her home.
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