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Combined Turkish and Arab forces in Libya are badly mauled by the Italian Army.

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Johannes Hendricus Meiring Beck, Cape politician, composer and physician, is born in Worcester, CC.

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John Thomas Baines, SA painter, traveller and writer, is born in King’s Lynn, England.

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Spanish troops are pushed out of Morocco by Abd el Krim. africanhistory.about.com

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Cross-border abductions (11/12 December) of Shadrack Mzeni, Grace Cele and Danger Nyoni.

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Thomas Mogotlane (40), South African actor in Mapantsula, a landmark political and musical film, dies.

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The Natal Independent and General Advertiser, closed down in February, reappears as The Times.

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Sir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, is born in Cradock, Cape Colony.

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The 64-gun Sceptre is wrecked in Table Bay and 300 lives are lost.

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Belgian paratroopers, the Congolese army and mercenaries recapture Stanleyville in the Congo from rebels.

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Ugandan MPs from north and east begin a parliamentary boycott until the security situation improves.

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Jim Pothecary, SA cricketer and pace bowler on the 1960 England tour, is born.

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Thomas Pringle (45), journalist and editor of Cape newspaper Commercial Advertiser, dies in London.

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Zwelakhe Sisulu, editor of the New Nation newspaper, and six other detainees, are released.

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Durban miners’ strikes take place. Labourers fight for better wages and a better working environment.

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Yunus Ismail Mahomed, attorney, businessman and chair of Kagiso Trust, is born in Johannesburg.

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The Six-day War between Mali and Algeria over the disputed Agacher strip starts.

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Johann Gotfried Mocke, field-cornet and Voortrekker commandant, is born in Graaff-Reinet district.

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The Security Council of the UN institutes an embargo on Rhodesian import and export.

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Jopie Fourie and his brother Hannes are captured at Nooitgedacht, district of Rustenburg, Tvl.

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President Mbeki welcomes Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family in SA.

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SA beats the New Zealand Cavaliers in Johannesburg 24-10 and wins the series 3-1.

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WWII: East Africa. Japanese submarines shell Sydney and Diego Suarez naval bases on Madagascar.

’Half-ally, half-untouchable at the same time’: Britain and South Africa since 1959

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Sen. William (Willie) Angus Hofmeyr, businessman and cultural leader, is born in Montagu, CC.

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Hendrik Potgieter and Andries Pretorius are reconciled at a meeting of the Volksraad in Rustenburg.

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Major cabinet portfolio changes are made to co-ordinate economic policy and constitutional negotiations.

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The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill is introduced in House of Assembly

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Johan Botha wins the 800 m in Japan and becomes SA’s first indoor world champion.

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Florence Josephine Zerffi, SA still life and landscape painter, is born in London, England.

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Combined Turkish and Arab forces in Libya are badly mauled by the Italian Army.

Johannes Hendricus Meiring Beck, Cape politician, composer and physician, is born in Worcester, CC.

John Thomas Baines, SA painter, traveller and writer, is born in King’s Lynn, England.

Spanish troops are pushed out of Morocco by Abd el Krim. africanhistory.about.com

Cross-border abductions (11/12 December) of Shadrack Mzeni, Grace Cele and Danger Nyoni.

Thomas Mogotlane (40), South African actor in Mapantsula, a landmark political and musical film, dies.

The Natal Independent and General Advertiser, closed down in February, reappears as The Times.

Sir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, is born in Cradock, Cape Colony.

The 64-gun Sceptre is wrecked in Table Bay and 300 lives are lost.

Belgian paratroopers, the Congolese army and mercenaries recapture Stanleyville in the Congo from rebels.

Ugandan MPs from north and east begin a parliamentary boycott until the security situation improves.

Jim Pothecary, SA cricketer and pace bowler on the 1960 England tour, is born.

Thomas Pringle (45), journalist and editor of Cape newspaper Commercial Advertiser, dies in London.

Zwelakhe Sisulu, editor of the New Nation newspaper, and six other detainees, are released.

Durban miners’ strikes take place. Labourers fight for better wages and a better working environment.

Yunus Ismail Mahomed, attorney, businessman and chair of Kagiso Trust, is born in Johannesburg.

The Six-day War between Mali and Algeria over the disputed Agacher strip starts.

Johann Gotfried Mocke, field-cornet and Voortrekker commandant, is born in Graaff-Reinet district.

The Security Council of the UN institutes an embargo on Rhodesian import and export.

Jopie Fourie and his brother Hannes are captured at Nooitgedacht, district of Rustenburg, Tvl.

President Mbeki welcomes Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family in SA.

SA beats the New Zealand Cavaliers in Johannesburg 24-10 and wins the series 3-1.

WWII: East Africa. Japanese submarines shell Sydney and Diego Suarez naval bases on Madagascar.

’Half-ally, half-untouchable at the same time’: Britain and South Africa since 1959

Sen. William (Willie) Angus Hofmeyr, businessman and cultural leader, is born in Montagu, CC.

Hendrik Potgieter and Andries Pretorius are reconciled at a meeting of the Volksraad in Rustenburg.

Major cabinet portfolio changes are made to co-ordinate economic policy and constitutional negotiations.

The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill is introduced in House of Assembly

Johan Botha wins the 800 m in Japan and becomes SA’s first indoor world champion.

Florence Josephine Zerffi, SA still life and landscape painter, is born in London, England.