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Egypt’s foreign minister urges America and other nations to help halt Mideast violence, and says the international community ha

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George Sammy Shane Maluleke, attorney and member of several law-related Boards and Commissions, is born in Wallmannstal, near P

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Allina Ndebele (born Khumalo), SA artist and master weaver who returned to her father’s village and established a small worksho

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Adam Ismail Ebrahim, economist and managing director and portfolio manager of Oasis Asset Management, is born in Cape Town.

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Lionel Percival Mtshali, national chairman of the Inkatha Freedom Party and former cabinet minister and premier of KwaZulu-Nata

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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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Anton Ackerman, SA actor and member of the theatrical company of Wena Naudé and Willem van Zyl, is born.

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Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo, Zulu choirmaster and composer who was a founder member and first secretary of the Bantu Social

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James Archbell, missionary and printer, negotiates together with John Edwards and T. Jenkins on the purchase of land at Thaba ‘

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Dr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, scientist and industrialist who founded the South African Iron and Steel Industrial Corporati

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Swaziland and South Africa agree to exchange trade representatives who will have the same rights and privileges as diplomatic p

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Pieter Johannes (Piet) Potgieter, second son and sixth child of Andries Hendrik Potgieter and in 1853 elected chief commandant

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Dorothy Ruth Boxall, music teacher and lecturer, writer and organiser of orchestral activities for the youth, dies in Johannesb

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Two explosions in Bisho, the Ciskei’s capital, damage the Pick ‘n Pay shopping centre and a garage and injure one person.

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The Gauteng Academy of Sport, in conjunction with the universities of Johannesburg, Pretoria and the Witwatersrand and Vaal Uni

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South Africa signs treaties with Swaziland on the establishment and functioning of the joint Water Commission and the developme

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Five rebels of the Slachter’s Nek Rebellion, Cornelius Faber, Hendrik Prinsloo, Theunis de Klerk, and brothers Stefanus and Abr

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Dr. Andries Treurnicht resigns as Minister of State Administration and of Statistics and announces the formation of the Conserv

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Dr M.S. (Tinie) Louw, SA businessman and entrepreneur who was co-founder and president of the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut (AH

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Johanna Catharina Jacoba Cornelius, full-time organiser and general secretary of the Garment Workers’ Union and sister of Heste

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Eighty people die and 500 are injured in a collision between a goods train and a train carrying dynamite in Braamfontein, Johan

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Brassmen attack Royal Niger Company’s station at Akassa, West Africa, and kill and eat forty-three captives. Christian chiefs o

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The Rev. John Langalibalele Dube (Mafukuzela), politician and founder and first editor of the Zulu newspaper Ilanga lase Natal

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Riots between ethnic Hausa and Yoruba rocks Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, killing 100 people and forcing thousands

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George William Stow, diamond trader and auctioneer in Kimberley and discoverer of the coalfields near Vereeniging, is born in W

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South African Airways is inaugurated and takes over the passenger and goods air services hitherto operated by Union Airways.

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Nineteen people die and six are injured in a head on collision on the road between Standerton and Embalenhle, Mpumalanga.

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Britain proclaims sovereignty and dominion over Ichaboe and adjacent islands off the Namibian coast, now known as the Offshore

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Cythna Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist who was commemorated in the botanical names Aloe lettae and Crassula lettae and autho

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William H. Bell (Daddy Bell) (72), SA musician and composer of three symphonies and two operas, dies in Gordon’s Bay.

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Egypt’s foreign minister urges America and other nations to help halt Mideast violence, and says the international community ha

George Sammy Shane Maluleke, attorney and member of several law-related Boards and Commissions, is born in Wallmannstal, near P

Allina Ndebele (born Khumalo), SA artist and master weaver who returned to her father’s village and established a small worksho

Adam Ismail Ebrahim, economist and managing director and portfolio manager of Oasis Asset Management, is born in Cape Town.

Lionel Percival Mtshali, national chairman of the Inkatha Freedom Party and former cabinet minister and premier of KwaZulu-Nata

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

Anton Ackerman, SA actor and member of the theatrical company of Wena Naudé and Willem van Zyl, is born.

Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo, Zulu choirmaster and composer who was a founder member and first secretary of the Bantu Social

James Archbell, missionary and printer, negotiates together with John Edwards and T. Jenkins on the purchase of land at Thaba ‘

Dr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, scientist and industrialist who founded the South African Iron and Steel Industrial Corporati

Swaziland and South Africa agree to exchange trade representatives who will have the same rights and privileges as diplomatic p

Pieter Johannes (Piet) Potgieter, second son and sixth child of Andries Hendrik Potgieter and in 1853 elected chief commandant

Dorothy Ruth Boxall, music teacher and lecturer, writer and organiser of orchestral activities for the youth, dies in Johannesb

Two explosions in Bisho, the Ciskei’s capital, damage the Pick ‘n Pay shopping centre and a garage and injure one person.

The Gauteng Academy of Sport, in conjunction with the universities of Johannesburg, Pretoria and the Witwatersrand and Vaal Uni

South Africa signs treaties with Swaziland on the establishment and functioning of the joint Water Commission and the developme

Five rebels of the Slachter’s Nek Rebellion, Cornelius Faber, Hendrik Prinsloo, Theunis de Klerk, and brothers Stefanus and Abr

Dr. Andries Treurnicht resigns as Minister of State Administration and of Statistics and announces the formation of the Conserv

Dr M.S. (Tinie) Louw, SA businessman and entrepreneur who was co-founder and president of the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut (AH

Johanna Catharina Jacoba Cornelius, full-time organiser and general secretary of the Garment Workers’ Union and sister of Heste

Eighty people die and 500 are injured in a collision between a goods train and a train carrying dynamite in Braamfontein, Johan

Brassmen attack Royal Niger Company’s station at Akassa, West Africa, and kill and eat forty-three captives. Christian chiefs o

The Rev. John Langalibalele Dube (Mafukuzela), politician and founder and first editor of the Zulu newspaper Ilanga lase Natal

Riots between ethnic Hausa and Yoruba rocks Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, killing 100 people and forcing thousands

George William Stow, diamond trader and auctioneer in Kimberley and discoverer of the coalfields near Vereeniging, is born in W

South African Airways is inaugurated and takes over the passenger and goods air services hitherto operated by Union Airways.

Nineteen people die and six are injured in a head on collision on the road between Standerton and Embalenhle, Mpumalanga.

Britain proclaims sovereignty and dominion over Ichaboe and adjacent islands off the Namibian coast, now known as the Offshore

Cythna Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist who was commemorated in the botanical names Aloe lettae and Crassula lettae and autho

William H. Bell (Daddy Bell) (72), SA musician and composer of three symphonies and two operas, dies in Gordon’s Bay.