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China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy.
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WWII: South African armoured cars take part in the pursuit of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps as it retreats towards
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WWII British 8th Army opens offensive in North Africa by attacking Sidi Barrani in Egypt. They seize 1,000 Italians in a sudden
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Elizabeth H. (Rina) Venter, former South African minister of health care, is born.
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Gerard Sekoto, SA artist is born in Botshabelo, Middelburg, Transvaal. He left SA for Paris in 1947. He died in 1993.
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Kwame Nkrumah, first premier and later president of Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) is born. He is seen by many as the father of Pa
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The New York American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed the US Senate commission on the Congo.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Russian czar rejects President Paul Kruger’s pleas for official aid in South Africa against the British.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: President Paul Kruger of the ZAR and Queen Wilhelmina have a triumphant procession in the Netherlands.
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Thomas François Burgers (47), former state president of the ZAR (1872-1877), dies in poverty in Richmond, CC.
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James Buchanan is appointed as attorney-general of the ZAR.
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The British cabinet assents to the annexation of Basutoland.
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The Voortrekker commando under Andries Pretorius and Sarel Celliers make a solemn promise to God. Should they be victorious, th
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Scottish missionary explorer David Livingstone, aged 27, who has been accepted to serve under the London Missionary Society two
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National Day of Tanzania.
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News 24 reports that an outbreak of Ebola virus in north-western Republic of Congo has killed 5 000 gorillas, helping to
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Prof. Russel Botman is appointed as rector of the University of Stellenbosch. He is the first theologian and also the first mem
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Speaking at the International Conference on Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) in Abuja, Nigeria, Madik
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Briefing the media on the outcomes of the cabinet meeting on 7 December, government spokesperson Joel Netshitenzhe says in addr
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The suspected killer of two young women in Knysna is arrested in Hornlee. Nineteen year old Jessica Wheeler’s body was found in
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News 24 reports that South African actor Antony Coleman has won the award for best actor in a feature film for his performance
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A second effort to allow American singer Paul Simon to testify in the Allan Boesak trial fails, because of a legal loophole.
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Dr Ron Clark of the palaeo-anthropological research institute of the University of the Witwatersrand discovers the petrified sk
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A United Nations team finally arrives in Mbandaka, Congo, to investigate alleged massacres of refugees. The team was delayed in
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The World Health Organisation announces that a new case of the Ebola virus has been confirmed in the Ivory Coast. Ebola killed
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Algerian gunmen kill a British technician working for Algeria’s petroleum company, in what is believed to be the eleventh slayi
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Far right Comdt Willem Ratte surrenders after occupying Fort Skanskop, Pretoria, for twenty-four hours.
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Winnie Mandela is elected President of the ANC Women’s League.
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Four historically divided and entirely separate bodies unite and form the South African Football Association, marking the begin
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