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Nicholaas (Nicolaas) Waterboer, Griqua chief of Griquatown and eldest son of Andries Waterboer and his wife Gertruida Pienaar,

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Thomas Charles John Bain, road engineer and geologist and son of Andrew Bain, is born in Graaff-Reinet.

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Zingile Alfred Dingane, MEC for Finance, Expenditure and Economic Affairs, Free State Provincial Government and leader of sever

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Omar Aboobaker Latiff, lecturer, chair of Umgeni Water, Pietermaritzburg and member of several boards and associations, is born

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Kwame Nkrumah, who became first prime minister and later president of Ghana, is imprisoned and becomes a national hero.

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South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission grants amnesty to apartheid death squad commander Eugene de Kock and other f

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The Commission, headed by S.L. Muller and appointed to study political interference and representation of population groups, pu

Ray Alexander Simons, Interviewed by Steven Robins and Immanuel Suttner, 20 July 1993 and January 1996, Cape Town

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Adolphe Mabille, Swiss missionary in Basutoland (Lesotho) and compiler of a Sotho-English glossary which he expanded and still

This day in history

Indian Passive Resistance campaign led by Y. M. Dadoo and Dr. G. M. Naicker against the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Represen

This day in history

Bhekuyise Alfred Langa, deputy chief operating officer and managing executive of the Customer Service and Sales department of T

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SA signs agreement with Venda concerning formal school and Technical College instructional programmes and the performance by th

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Olof Martini Bergh (63), secretary of the Political Council and acting fiscal and auctioneer, dies in Cape Town.

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Four historically divided and entirely separate bodies unite and form the South African Football Association, marking the begin

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The Weights and Measures Bill, providing for the metrification of weights and measures, thereby introducing the metric system,

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Maruping Sebastian Bonokwane, trade unionist and MEC for Economic Affairs and Tourism in the Northern Cape Provincial governmen

This day in history

Prof. Geof Cronjé, promoter of stage productions in SA and chairman of various councils and committees, is born.

This day in history

Thomas Selema Masekela, SA artist, Chief Health Inspector in Alexandra and later health inspector in Germiston and Sharpeville,

This day in history

Storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape, especially Umtata, and unleash tornados, hailstorms, rain squalls and lightning which

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The Transitional Executive Council unveils South Africa’s new &quot;interim&quot; national flag and says Die Stem and Nkosi Sik

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A motor bomb explodes outside the magistrate’s court in Krugersdorp, killing two army members and a civilian, and injuring twen

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Sir Joseph Banks, zoologist and botanist, describes the Kompanjiestuin and small zoo at the Cape in his diary.

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Nicolaas Christiaan (Klasie) Havenga (74), private secretary of Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog, MP for Fauresmith and Ladybrand, and twice

This day in history

Hjalmar Reitz, eldest son of Pres. F.W. Reitz and MP for Brits and Jeppe, is born in Bloemfontein.

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Henriëtte Ester Carolina Oberholzer, co-founder of the South African Women’s Federation and the Langlaagte Orphanage and membe

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Minister of Manpower and Public Works, Pietie du Plessis, resigns over a financial scandal involving his department and a compa

This day in history

Three days of clashes between Islamist protesters and security forces kill twelve and injures dozens in Batna, Algeria.

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Jabulane Albert Mabuza (Jabu), chair/director/trustee of numerous companies and presenter of papers both national and internati

This day in history

Opening Parliament, State President Vorster promises South Africa a new deal, new economic and financial measures and a new con

This day in history

Harry Abt, rabbi and Jewish cultural innovator who wrote numerous articles on Jewish historical and educational subjects, dies

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Nicholaas (Nicolaas) Waterboer, Griqua chief of Griquatown and eldest son of Andries Waterboer and his wife Gertruida Pienaar,

Thomas Charles John Bain, road engineer and geologist and son of Andrew Bain, is born in Graaff-Reinet.

Zingile Alfred Dingane, MEC for Finance, Expenditure and Economic Affairs, Free State Provincial Government and leader of sever

Omar Aboobaker Latiff, lecturer, chair of Umgeni Water, Pietermaritzburg and member of several boards and associations, is born

Kwame Nkrumah, who became first prime minister and later president of Ghana, is imprisoned and becomes a national hero.

South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission grants amnesty to apartheid death squad commander Eugene de Kock and other f

The Commission, headed by S.L. Muller and appointed to study political interference and representation of population groups, pu

Ray Alexander Simons, Interviewed by Steven Robins and Immanuel Suttner, 20 July 1993 and January 1996, Cape Town

Adolphe Mabille, Swiss missionary in Basutoland (Lesotho) and compiler of a Sotho-English glossary which he expanded and still

Indian Passive Resistance campaign led by Y. M. Dadoo and Dr. G. M. Naicker against the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Represen

Bhekuyise Alfred Langa, deputy chief operating officer and managing executive of the Customer Service and Sales department of T

SA signs agreement with Venda concerning formal school and Technical College instructional programmes and the performance by th

Olof Martini Bergh (63), secretary of the Political Council and acting fiscal and auctioneer, dies in Cape Town.

Four historically divided and entirely separate bodies unite and form the South African Football Association, marking the begin

The Weights and Measures Bill, providing for the metrification of weights and measures, thereby introducing the metric system,

Maruping Sebastian Bonokwane, trade unionist and MEC for Economic Affairs and Tourism in the Northern Cape Provincial governmen

Prof. Geof Cronjé, promoter of stage productions in SA and chairman of various councils and committees, is born.

Thomas Selema Masekela, SA artist, Chief Health Inspector in Alexandra and later health inspector in Germiston and Sharpeville,

Storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape, especially Umtata, and unleash tornados, hailstorms, rain squalls and lightning which

The Transitional Executive Council unveils South Africa’s new &amp;quot;interim&amp;quot; national flag and says Die Stem and Nkosi Sik

A motor bomb explodes outside the magistrate’s court in Krugersdorp, killing two army members and a civilian, and injuring twen

Sir Joseph Banks, zoologist and botanist, describes the Kompanjiestuin and small zoo at the Cape in his diary.

Nicolaas Christiaan (Klasie) Havenga (74), private secretary of Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog, MP for Fauresmith and Ladybrand, and twice

Hjalmar Reitz, eldest son of Pres. F.W. Reitz and MP for Brits and Jeppe, is born in Bloemfontein.

Henriëtte Ester Carolina Oberholzer, co-founder of the South African Women’s Federation and the Langlaagte Orphanage and membe

Minister of Manpower and Public Works, Pietie du Plessis, resigns over a financial scandal involving his department and a compa

Three days of clashes between Islamist protesters and security forces kill twelve and injures dozens in Batna, Algeria.

Jabulane Albert Mabuza (Jabu), chair/director/trustee of numerous companies and presenter of papers both national and internati

Opening Parliament, State President Vorster promises South Africa a new deal, new economic and financial measures and a new con

Harry Abt, rabbi and Jewish cultural innovator who wrote numerous articles on Jewish historical and educational subjects, dies

The Transitional Executive Council unveils South Africa’s new "interim" national flag and says Die Stem and Nkosi Sik