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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Orange Free State Volksraad meets in Kroonstad for its last formal session.
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Pauline Smith, SA author, is born in Oudtshoorn.
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The battle of Gingindlovu during the Anglo-Zulu War takes place. The British defeat Cetshwayo and the kraal is destroyed.
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Relief of British garrison besieged by Zulus at Eshowe.
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Sydney Carter, SA landscape painter, is born in Middlesex, England.
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Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller, SA anthropologist and consul-general of the Orange Free State, is born in Rotterdam, the Nether
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Gen. P.J. Joubert, politician and Commandant-General of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek and political opponent of Pres. Paul Kr
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Opening of the first session of the Cape Legislative Council.
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John B. Biddulph, trader, adventurer and traveller, marries Wilhelmina Theodora Elizabeth Wahlstrand.
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Cape Governor Lord Charles Somerset concludes a treaty with the Xhosa chief, Gaika. Gaika thus received British help when his u
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Cornelis de Houtman leaves the Netherlands for the Cape with four ships in search of a sea route to the East Indies. Muller: V
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The South African Navy (SAN) is 80 years old.
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The State Theatre, temporarily closed in July 2000 for restructuring, is reopened.
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The State Theatre, temporarily closed in July 2000 for restructuring, is reopened.
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Fedics (Pty) Ltd, the largest Black-owned company in South Africa’s corporate catering market, takes over the bulk of Telkom’s
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Fedics (Pty) Ltd, the largest Black-owned company in South Africa’s corporate catering market, takes over the bulk of Telkom’s
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The Refugees Act, 1998, comes into action. Mozambique and Zimbabwe are by far the largest source of illegal immigrants.
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The Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), Act 1 of 1999, comes into effect. It requires all State departments to adhere to norm
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The National Research Foundation (NRF) is established as autonomous body to provide services and grants to support postgraduate
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The National Research Foundation (NRF) is established as autonomous body to provide services and grants to support postgraduate
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The New National Norms and Standards for School Funding are implemented in SA, aimed at achieving equity in the distribution of
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The New National Norms and Standards for School Funding are implemented in SA, aimed at achieving equity in the distribution of
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The State Information Technology Agency (SITA), incorporated as a private company with the State as sole shareholder on 29 Janu
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The strike crafts SAS Kobie Coetzee, P.W. Botha and Frederic Creswell are renamed SAS Job Maseko, SAS Shaka and SAS Adam Kok on
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The strike crafts SAS Kobie Coetzee, P.W. Botha and Frederic Creswell are renamed SAS Job Maseko, SAS Shaka and SAS Adam Kok on
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South Africa’s second biggest labour federation is officially launched following the merger of the Federation of South African
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Soldiers roll into Natal to quell unrest threatening the national election.
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Soldiers roll into Natal to quell unrest threatening the national election.
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The National Coordinating Committee for the Repatriation of South African Exiles (NCCR) is dissolved due to fraud and corruptio
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