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Sir Henry Binns, politician, farmer and businessman, is born in Sunderland, England.
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Helena Dorothea Strauss, singer, choir director and music teacher, dies in Pretoria.
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The short-lived Federation of Mali and Senegal becomes independent of France.
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The Council and Senate of the Goudstad College of Education are constituted.
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Lennox Sebe is appointed general and economic advisor to the Ciskei Cabinet.
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N.P. van Wyk Louw, Afrikaans poet, dramatist and essayist, dies in Johannesburg.
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Proceedings and Resolutions of the National European-Bantu Conference, July, 1933 [Extracts]
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Proceedings and Resolutions of the Dutch Reformed Church Conference, September, 1923 [Extracts]
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The first cable connection between SA and Europe, via Aden, is inaugurated.
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Wopko Jensma, SA poet and graphic designer, is born in Ventersdorp, Transvaal.
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The Battle of Berea takes place in the OVS and Basotho War.
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(Pieter) Hugo Naude, SA portrait and landscape painter, is born in Worcester.
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Athol Fugard, SA author and dramatist, is born in Middelburg, Cape Province.
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Sir Bernard Oppenheimer (55), diamond buyer and brother of Sir Ernest, dies.
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Alfred (Gogga) Brown, SA amateur palaeontologist and archaeologist, dies in Aliwal North.
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Dr Willem Jacobus Viljoen (59), educationist and linguist, dies in Cape Town.
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Charles Baxter, SA author and Natal magistrate, is born in Oxfordshire, England.
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Nothembu Grace Millicent, social worker and community leader, dies in Cape Town.
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Gordimer: Allergic to nonsense, and tired of idiotic questions By Tiisetso Makube
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Albert Luthuli and the African National Congress: A Bio-Bibliography, by Dorothy C. Woodson
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Sol Plaatje Reconsidered: Rethinking Plaatje’s Attitudes to Class, Nation, Gender, and Empire
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The SA rugby team beats Australia 9-0 in Brisbane and wins the series 2-0.
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OAU summit decision to continue sanctions against SA, and to review them.
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Sir James Hulett (90), politician and sugar magnate, dies in Berea, Durban.
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Joost van der Westhuizen, Springbok rugby scrum-half and captain, is born.
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John Vorster formally opens a new submarine cable between Cape Town and Lisbon.
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SA signs agreement with Swaziland on the issue of notes and coin.
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The first railway line in Transvaal, between Johannesburg and Boksburg, is opened.
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The Venda administration unbans the ANC, PAC, SACP and Venda Independent Party.
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