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This day in history

German and US military planes collide off the coast of Namibia killing thirty-three people.

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The match between the SA rugby team and the British Isles ends in a tie with 3-3.

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South Africa declares war on Germany, causing dissent amongst pro-war and anti-war sections.

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Breyten Breytenbach receives the Hertzog Prize for his two poetry volumes, ‘Oorblyfsels: ‘n roudig’ and ‘Papierblom’.

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The SA rugby team beats New Zealand 11-8 in Port Elizabeth and wins the series 4-0.

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Roy Martin Macnab, writer, poet and former cultural attaché in London, is born in Durban.

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Shaun MacLean Pollock, Springbok cricket player and son of the Springbok Peter Pollock, is born.

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South Africa signs agreement with Portugal (for Mozambique), Northern Rhodesia, and Malawi on postal services.

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Thomas Charles John Bain, road engineer and geologist, dies on his 63rd birthday anniversary.

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Robert McBride, Barend Strydom, Mehetheleli Mncube and Mzondeleli Nondula are among 150 political prisoners released.

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South Africa signs agreement with Germany regarding technical cooperation; Treaty concerning Reciprocal encouragement and prote

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Five Somali employees of Cable News Network are killed and four wounded in clan fighting.

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Winnie Mandela resigns from the Executive of both the ANC and the Organisation’s Women’s League.

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Zephania Lekoane Mothopeng (Uncle Zeph), teacher, choirmaster and PAC president, is born in Vrede, OFS.

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H.F. Verwoerd, future SA prime minister and architect of apartheid, is born in the Netherlands.

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Sir David Baird (71), British general and acting governor of the Cape, dies in Scotland.

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The first four planes carrying US food aid reach Balet Huen, Somalia, as hundreds cheer.

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Fathima Dada, publisher and Chief Executive of Maskew Miller Longman Education, is born in Pietermaritzburg.

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Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, leader of the IFP and former minister home affairs, is born.

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The United States closes its embassies in Ghana and Togo indefinitely because of security threats.

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The French rugby team beats the Springbok team 9-5 in Johannesburg, and wins the test series 1-0.

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British protectorate in Ashanti, West Africa, is proclaimed a British protectorate and King Prempeh is removed.

Gordimer and the refugees by Mail & Guardian reporter(Mail & Guardian),20 July 2001,South Africa

Document 14 - Resolution by the Conference for a Democratic Future on negotiations and the Constituent Assembly

The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995

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A government commission is appointed to inquire into and report on all aspects of native education.

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Federal State of Mali is formed by union of Republics of Senegal and French Sudan.

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England and the Netherlands conclude an agreement to control trade between them in the East.

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Rioting breaks out in the Coloured townships southwest of Johannesburg. A class boycott and arrests follow.

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Dr Hugo Gutsche, missionary, school inspector, composer and chief editor of the FAK-Volksangbundel, dies.