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French archaeologists announce the discovery of a 4 000-year-old queen’s pyramid south of Cairo, complete with texts of special
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Twenty-three girls are burned to death in their boarding house in Mombasa, Kenya.
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With a rebellion engulfing the country, Zaire’s President Mobutu Sese Seko accepts Parliament’s nomination of Etienne Tshiseked
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The state banking institution of the Republic of China, with total assets of about R86bn, opens its first African branch in Joh
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The Star reports that independent African churches are the largest single group of churches in SA, accounting for a fifth of al
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Author, educationist and social worker and later ANC member of parliament, Ellen Kuzwayo, becomes the first Black woman to rece
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Former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith is suspended from Zimbabwe’s parliament for one year.
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A US State Department report says Israel, France and Italy have continued to maintain and upgrade a major weapons systems for S
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Saul Mkheze, leader of a Black farming community, is shot dead during a protest meeting at Driefontein, 200 miles east of Johan
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In an interim report, the Erasmus Commission exonerates P.W. Botha and all members of his government from having had any prior
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Menachem Begin is the first Israeli prime minister to visit Egypt.
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Paul Nash equals the world record for the 100-metre sprint when he clocks 10 seconds at a meeting in Krugersdorp. He also runs
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Dr William Fehr (75), first collector of Africana who imported it from abroad, dies in Cape Town.
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The Bishop of Johannesburg, Ambrose Reeves, takes refuge in Swaziland following continued massive arrests of persons of all rac
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The first parking meters are implemented in Pretoria.
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Lady Selborne is declared a White area and the removal of Blacks is accelerated.
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The Union Jack is lowered and British occupation of Simonstown comes to an end after 143 years. South Africa takes formal posse
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The United States posthumously awards SA Cheetah Squadron pilot, Lieutenant R.M. du Plooy, with the Silver Star for "galla
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Mathole Motshekga, former premier of Gauteng, is born.
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is co-founded by , its first president.
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WW2: Allied air raid on Tunis causes considerable damage just before Axis troops start their final withdrawal from Tunisia.
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WW2: German Afrika Korps, commanded by General Erwin Rommel, take Agedabia and Zuetania, Libya.
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Political activities by foreigners are outlawed in South Africa.
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Daniël Francois du Toit, founder member of the Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners, dies in Paarl.
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The Victoria College becomes the University of Stellenbosch.
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George Mnyaluza Pemba (also documented as Mnyala, Milwa), SA artist, is born in Hillskraal, Korsten Village, Port Elizabeth. He
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Severus Gerhardus Smidt (Johan van der Post / Adriaan Roodt), SA short-story writer is born in Frankfort, Orange Free State.
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Blanche Gerstman, SA composer, lecturer and musician, is born.
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Herero tribesmen near Okaharui, German West Africa (now Namibia) defeat German forces under Major Von Glasenapp.
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