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An Arab oil embargo against South Africa brings the prospects of rationing and the extension of conservation measures.
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Jordan’s Prime Minister Wasfi Tell is assassinated while attending an Arab conference in Cairo, Egypt.
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Michel Micombero proclaims Burundi a republic following the overthrow of King Ntare V.
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The United Nations’ General Assembly adopts an eight nation resolution, by seventy-two votes to two, with twenty-seven abstenti
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Mauritania achieves independence from France.
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Clements Kadalie (adopted name of Lameck Koniwaka Kadali Muwamba), trade unionist, dies in East London.
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Zisiwe Nosimo Beauty Balindlela, Premier of the Eastern Cape Province since 22 April 2004, is born.
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India announces that a preliminary conference will be held on 6 February 1950 in Cape Town to discuss the procedure of the prop
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Marthinus Theunis Steyn, former president of the Orange Free State, dies in Bloemfontein.
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King Leopold II of Belgium hands the administration of the Congo to the Belgium parliament.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Modder River or Tweerivieren takes place, in which both Gen. Methuen and Gen. De la Rey are wou
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The railway line from Cape Town is completed up to Kimberley.
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The British under Sir Garnet Wolseley defeats Sekhukhune, Pedi paramount chief in the Battle of Sekhukhune Mountain and impriso
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Johannes Hendricus Meiring Beck, Cape politician, composer and physician, is born in Worcester, CC.
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The first report of giraffes in South Africa by a European is made by Jonas de la Guerre, whose expedition to Namaqualand finds
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Thousands of passengers are stranded countrywide after runways of Cape Town airport were closed because of a huge hole in the s
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An argument between a man and his stepson about today’s rugby Test in which the Springboks beat Scotland, ends tragically when
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South Africa’s tour of the British Isles finishes on an upbeat note as Jake White’s experimental young side takes Scotland apar
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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, beats Sweden 1-0 in a home game.
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Prof. Benedictus Kok (90), former rector of the University of the Orange Free State, dies in Bloemfontein.
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Laurie Wilmot, former EP cricket captain, appears in the Grahamstown court on charges of rape of minors.
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In a hearing before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, leaders of the UDF distance themselves from Winnie Madikizela-Mand
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November Ntshingila, SA featherweight, wins the International Boxing Council (IBC) world champion title.
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According to press reports, the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) accused the ANC of being "guilty of deceit and dup
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A consensus is reached following the fall-out between leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) and government over the co
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John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist, dies in Katutura Township, Windhoek, Namibia. He moved to South West Africa in 1956.
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Three of the twenty-two Delmas trialists are freed.
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250 persons demonstrate outside the South African embassy in Washington in protest against apartheid and President Reagan’s pol
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Prison authorities release thirty-four of the forty-two mercenaries involved in the hijacking of an Air India plane after the a
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