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Joan Hoskyn Davies, archivist and the first woman to become head of an archives depot, is born on Robben Island, where her fath
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Eric Dalton, cricketer (2 centuries in 15 Tests for South Africa 1929-39), is born.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Goede Hoop takes place. Chief Commandant De Wet engages Col. Herbert at Goede Hoop, between Smi
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John Ayliff jr, missionary, private secretary of governor Sir George Grey and postmaster-general of Natal, dies on board the Da
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The Battle of Umzimtsani takes place during the Ninth Border War. Seventy men of the Prince Alfred’s Guard unit are attacked by
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Major William Jardine, one of the first collectors of Africana, is born in Cape Town.
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The Battle of Tugela (also Battle of Ndondakusuka) takes place in the war between Cetewayo, eldest son of the Zulu chief Mpande
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Charles Etienne Boniface (66), controversial journalist, translator and musician, dies in Durban.
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Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter is elected chief commandant of the Voortrekkers.
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International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.
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All speakers raise grave concern on World AIDS Day about the growing number of AIDS orphans in SA, many of whom who are raised
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Thirty-three people are killed when a military passenger plane crashes into market stalls at Boende, Democratic Republic of Con
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The General Assembly of the UN adopts a resolution, initiated by SA, on ‘The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict’ by consensu
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The Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) Act, (Act 15 of 1997), is implemented, regulating GMOs in South Africa.
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Unesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site.
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At least fourteen people are killed and twenty-four injured in a bomb explosion in a market in Algiers.
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The governing Swapo party retains a majority in the Namibian election.
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Three SA cabinet ministers, Dr Sibusiso Bengu, minister of education, Joe Modise, minister of defence and Mac Maharaj, minister
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The Ground-nut Advisory Committee, consisting of ten representatives of the main role-players in the industry, is established.
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A volcano erupts in eastern Zaire, spewing a plume of ash and lava into the air about 40km north of the border crossing at Goma
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South Africa officially starts celebrating World Aids Day, to be marked on the first of December each year, when the Department
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Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act No 34, providing for investigation towards the establishment of as complete
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Prosecutors in South Africa formally charge former Defence Minister Gen. Magnus Malan and nineteen others with the murders of t
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The head of the United Nations (UN) commission on Rwanda concludes that genocide in the country in this year cost 500,000 lives
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) joined the offices of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in South Africa
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SA signs Protocol with Korea on the establishment of diplomatic relations.
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Cabinet decides to replace the SAAF trainer Harvards by the Swiss-made Pilatus PC-7 MK2. The joint venture will include twelve
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Chad’s President Hissene Habre flees the country after Libyan-armed guerrillas march into the capital.
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Amos Khoza (18) falls to his death seven stories from a flat in Johannesburg where he is allegedly escorting police to identify
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