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ArchiveIt is an obvious fact that who ever took pain to discredit and talk ill of the SSRC
A handwritten note supporting the Soweto Students Representative Council
EventSA Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy to take drastic actions against police who call Africans “Kaffir”
On 24 August 1960, The Star newspaper reported that the new Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy would take disciplinary action against White policeman…
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The first golf club in SA, the Cape Golf Club (later the Royal Cape Golf Club), is established.
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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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Ellen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and leading executive member of the South African Institute of Race Relations (SA
EventA painting by SA painter Irma Stern is auctioned for the record price of R1.1 million in Johannesburg
South African prolific painter Irma Stern was born in 1894. She studied art in Germany where she was influenced by Pechstein’s expressionist style. Stern…
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SA is third in the Rugby World Cup contest when it beats New Zealand 22-18 in Cardiff.
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The second in command of Uganda’s LRA rebel movement, Brigadier Charles Tabuley is reportedly killed in an ambush.
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The Natal colonial government organises an expeditionary force against Langalibalele, chief of the AmaHlubi people after he fir
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Sydney Charles Buxton, British statesman and second governor-general of the Union of SA, is born in London.
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Christopher George de Villiers Burger, SA cricket player in two tests (1957/1958), is born in Randfontein, Transvaal.
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The home match between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Cameroon ends in a tie, with 2 goals each.
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SA ratifies the Convention on Assistance in the case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency; also ratifies Convention
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The SA Police and the Defence Force ambush and kill six alleged Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) members near Alldays.
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Hezekiel Sepeng, SA Olympic -, World and Commonwealth silver medal winner in the 800m events, is born in Potchefstroom. ;
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Johann Franz (Hans) Endler, SA cellist, composer and co-founder of the Stellenbosch music conservatory, dies in Pinelands.
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Speech by President Mandela on Receiving an Honorary Degree from the University of Mauritius Mauritius, 11 September 1998
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Speech by President Nelson Mandela on receiving an honorary doctorate from Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July 1997
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SA signs agreement with Swaziland in respect of cooperation and mutual assistance in the field of combating crime.
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The draft bill concerning the founding of a central bank, the SA Reserve Bank, is approved by the Senate.
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The New National Party (NNP) in SA announces its dissolution and merger with ruling African National Congress (ANC).
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A Malagasy government delegation arrives in SA for a five-day visit aimed at consolidating relations between the two countries.
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The SA Air Force announces that Mirages will be phased out because of a cut to the defence budget.
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Dr Cornelius Francois Visser (Vader Visser), educator and cultural leader who founded the Voortrekker Beweging, an Afrikaner yo
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The state-owned Atlas Aircraft Corporation is to build an advanced subsonic fighter to be airborne in 1974.
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A peace treaty with Tripoli, which follows treaties with Algeria and Tunis, brings an end to the Barbary Wars.
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Ghana’s president Kwame Nkrumah escapes an assassination attempt when a hand grenade is thrown into a crowd greeting him. The d
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak survives an assassination bid unscathed when gunmen spray bullets at his armoured limousine in
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The SA rugby team loses the second test against Australia 8-12 in Brisbane, thereby also losing the series.
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