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James Filbert Sojane, sports administrator and pioneer in the taxi industry who strove to improve the image and administration

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The Universities Amendment Act and the Extension of University Education Amendment Act give the Minister of Education, Arts and

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Dr Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek (48), philologist and pioneer in Bushman (San) and Bantu research, dies in Cape Town.

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Jack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best-known plastic and reconstruction surgeons, is born in Cape Town.

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Umkhonto and ZAPU guerrillas engaged Rhodesian forces in Wankie (now Hwange) Game Reserve, near border of Zambia and Botswana.

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’Rekord’ announces that Robert Liefeldt, men’s gymnastics coach and seasoned judge of the All Africa Games and Commonwealth Gam

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The Deputy Minister of Bantu Administration and Education, Punt Janson, invites guidance in humanising the pass laws and influx

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The Rev. Stephanus Johannes Gerhardus Hofmeyr, missionary in the Soutpansberg and Rhodesia and later amongst Whites, dies at th

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Murdered Free State official Noby Ngombane’s wife, Nokwanda, and two of her sisters, Vuyokasi Mlambo, 26, and Thanthiswa Mlambo

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James (Sofasonke – meaning ‘We shall all die’) Mpanza, politician and founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for bette

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu and religious leaders from South Africa’s Hindu and Muslim communities hold talks with the African Nati

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Gen. Louis Botha, soldier and statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, dies in Pretoria.

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Ouneas (Pakes) Dikgetsi, MEC for Housing and Local Government, Northern Cape Provincial Government and founder member of the Un

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Exchange of notes with Namibia takes place. It concerns formal school and technical college instructional programmes and the pe

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The student activists Porta Shabangu, Thabo Mohale and Derrick Mashobane are ambushed and shot in Swaziland by a Vlakplaas divi

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The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruct

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Zahi Hawass and fellow Egyptologists announce the discovery of a workers’ cemetery and village just beyond Heit el-Shorab (the

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The Most Reverend Janani Luwum, Anglican archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Boga-Zaïre and two government ministers ar

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Basil Neo Sipho Bridgeman (Doc) Bikitsha (77), veteran journalist and story-teller who wrote for Drum and various newspapers, d

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The Post Office Amendment Bill provides for the interception of mail and telephone and other communications where necessary in

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Lindiwe Emmerentia Kuzwayo, successful fashion designer and judge at fashion shows in SA and overseas, is born in Durban.

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Local elections are finally held in Kwazulu Natal. Thousands of additional police and troops are deployed and voting proceeds p

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President Mbeki appoints Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, minister of minerals and energy and wife of former head of national prosecutin

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Willem Jacobus du Plooy Erlank (Eitemal), poet and professor in Afrikaans and Dutch literature at the University of Stellenbosc

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ILO General Conference in Geneva condemns apartheid as degrading, criminal and inhuman, and decides to give assistance to South

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The Department of Information is to be disbanded and replaced by a Bureau for National and International Communications, for wh

This day in history

The former South African defence minister, General Magnus Malan, and several former high-ranking officials are arrested and cha

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Following a twelve-hour ultimatum to Egypt and Israel, British and French forces bombard military airfields near Cairo in the S

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

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The trial of twenty-two Africans, accused of pro-Communist and subversive activities, of instigating guerrilla warfare and of o

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James Filbert Sojane, sports administrator and pioneer in the taxi industry who strove to improve the image and administration

The Universities Amendment Act and the Extension of University Education Amendment Act give the Minister of Education, Arts and

Dr Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek (48), philologist and pioneer in Bushman (San) and Bantu research, dies in Cape Town.

Jack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best-known plastic and reconstruction surgeons, is born in Cape Town.

Umkhonto and ZAPU guerrillas engaged Rhodesian forces in Wankie (now Hwange) Game Reserve, near border of Zambia and Botswana.

’Rekord’ announces that Robert Liefeldt, men’s gymnastics coach and seasoned judge of the All Africa Games and Commonwealth Gam

The Deputy Minister of Bantu Administration and Education, Punt Janson, invites guidance in humanising the pass laws and influx

The Rev. Stephanus Johannes Gerhardus Hofmeyr, missionary in the Soutpansberg and Rhodesia and later amongst Whites, dies at th

Murdered Free State official Noby Ngombane’s wife, Nokwanda, and two of her sisters, Vuyokasi Mlambo, 26, and Thanthiswa Mlambo

James (Sofasonke – meaning ‘We shall all die’) Mpanza, politician and founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for bette

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and religious leaders from South Africa’s Hindu and Muslim communities hold talks with the African Nati

Gen. Louis Botha, soldier and statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, dies in Pretoria.

Ouneas (Pakes) Dikgetsi, MEC for Housing and Local Government, Northern Cape Provincial Government and founder member of the Un

Exchange of notes with Namibia takes place. It concerns formal school and technical college instructional programmes and the pe

The student activists Porta Shabangu, Thabo Mohale and Derrick Mashobane are ambushed and shot in Swaziland by a Vlakplaas divi

The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruct

Zahi Hawass and fellow Egyptologists announce the discovery of a workers’ cemetery and village just beyond Heit el-Shorab (the

The Most Reverend Janani Luwum, Anglican archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Boga-Zaïre and two government ministers ar

Basil Neo Sipho Bridgeman (Doc) Bikitsha (77), veteran journalist and story-teller who wrote for Drum and various newspapers, d

The Post Office Amendment Bill provides for the interception of mail and telephone and other communications where necessary in

Lindiwe Emmerentia Kuzwayo, successful fashion designer and judge at fashion shows in SA and overseas, is born in Durban.

Local elections are finally held in Kwazulu Natal. Thousands of additional police and troops are deployed and voting proceeds p

President Mbeki appoints Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, minister of minerals and energy and wife of former head of national prosecutin

Willem Jacobus du Plooy Erlank (Eitemal), poet and professor in Afrikaans and Dutch literature at the University of Stellenbosc

ILO General Conference in Geneva condemns apartheid as degrading, criminal and inhuman, and decides to give assistance to South

The Department of Information is to be disbanded and replaced by a Bureau for National and International Communications, for wh

The former South African defence minister, General Magnus Malan, and several former high-ranking officials are arrested and cha

Following a twelve-hour ultimatum to Egypt and Israel, British and French forces bombard military airfields near Cairo in the S

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

The trial of twenty-two Africans, accused of pro-Communist and subversive activities, of instigating guerrilla warfare and of o