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Pieter Arnoldus (Piet) Cronjé, politician and military leader in the ZAR and general during Anglo-Boer War 2, is born in

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M.C. Botha, Minister of Bantu Administration and Development announces that he will not stand for re-election and will resign a

This day in history

M.C. Botha, Minister of Bantu Administration and Development announces that he will not stand for re-election and will resign a

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Kuwait breaks off diplomatic relations with South Africa and all Kuwaiti air and seaports are closed to South African aircraft

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Confrontation between South Africa and Transkei over the deportation and return to Transkei of squatters from the Cape Town are

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Minister of Safety and Security, Sydney Mufamadi, visits violence-torn KwaZulu/Natal. He states that 1000 extra troops and poli

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Two oil tankers collide on sea near Stilbaai. The Texanita explodes and sinks and the Oswego Guardian is severely damaged.

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Blanche Gerstman (83), composer and musician who also lectured in composition in Pretoria and Cape Town, dies in Cape Town. V

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Dr Bertha Stoneman, SA botanist and educationist and appointed principal of the Huguenot University College in 1916, is born in

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Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.

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Dr M.S. (Tinie) Louw, (d. 1 March 1979) SA businessman and entrepreneur who was co-founder and president of the Afrikaanse Hand

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Southern Sudanese riot in Khartoum, smashing cars and shops and blaming the government for the death in a helicopter crash of t

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Dr Christiaan Barnard transplants two lungs and a heart into a man in Cape Town, South Africa, and the operation is described a

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Dr Frans Geldenhuys, first editor of ‘Die Landbouweekblad’ and first head of the SA department of agricultural economics and ma

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Dr M.S. (Tinie) Louw, (d. 1 March 1979) SA businessman and entrepreneur who was co-founder and president of the Afrikaanse Hand

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Joint routine exercises are held between the British Royal Navy and the South African Navy, under the Simonstown Agreement, and

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Sir Donald Currie, ship magnate and donor of the Currie Cups for rugby and cricket, is born in Greenock, Scotland.

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Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.

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Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.

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Prof Petrus Johannes Nienaber, author and expert in literature, and collector of two complete sets of Afrikaans books, is born

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Representatives of the ZAR and the Free State governments meet in Nelspruit and decide to allow President K

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Eli Weinberg, trade unionist and photographer, co-founder of i.a. The African Garment Workers’ Union in Cape Town, jailed and

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Josef Johannes (Jopie) Fourie, scout and dispatch rider during the Anglo-Boer War 2, and rebel leader during the 1914 Rebellion

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Headman Tshabalala, SA singer and founder member of the group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed in a roadside argumen

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Johannes Hermanus Grobler, first landdros of Potchefstroom and Ohrigstad and later acting president of the ZAR, is born in Geor

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The Egyptians and Syrians launch surprise attacks on Israel on Yom Kippur day, catching Israel almost totally by surprise and s

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Dr. C. Mulder, together with two other former National Party members, Cas Greyling and Sarel Reinecke, and four other men, anno

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African and some other delegates walk out of the International Labour Conference in Geneva when delegates of the Government and

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Convention between the governments of South Africa and Denmark for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fisca

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Dr Mahomed Said Asvat, specialist physician, lecturer and author of articles on liver diseases and cancer, is born in Johannesb

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Pieter Arnoldus (Piet) Cronjé, politician and military leader in the ZAR and general during Anglo-Boer War 2, is born in

M.C. Botha, Minister of Bantu Administration and Development announces that he will not stand for re-election and will resign a

M.C. Botha, Minister of Bantu Administration and Development announces that he will not stand for re-election and will resign a

Kuwait breaks off diplomatic relations with South Africa and all Kuwaiti air and seaports are closed to South African aircraft

Confrontation between South Africa and Transkei over the deportation and return to Transkei of squatters from the Cape Town are

Minister of Safety and Security, Sydney Mufamadi, visits violence-torn KwaZulu/Natal. He states that 1000 extra troops and poli

Two oil tankers collide on sea near Stilbaai. The Texanita explodes and sinks and the Oswego Guardian is severely damaged.

Blanche Gerstman (83), composer and musician who also lectured in composition in Pretoria and Cape Town, dies in Cape Town. V

Dr Bertha Stoneman, SA botanist and educationist and appointed principal of the Huguenot University College in 1916, is born in

Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.

Dr M.S. (Tinie) Louw, (d. 1 March 1979) SA businessman and entrepreneur who was co-founder and president of the Afrikaanse Hand

Southern Sudanese riot in Khartoum, smashing cars and shops and blaming the government for the death in a helicopter crash of t

Dr Christiaan Barnard transplants two lungs and a heart into a man in Cape Town, South Africa, and the operation is described a

Dr Frans Geldenhuys, first editor of ‘Die Landbouweekblad’ and first head of the SA department of agricultural economics and ma

Dr M.S. (Tinie) Louw, (d. 1 March 1979) SA businessman and entrepreneur who was co-founder and president of the Afrikaanse Hand

Joint routine exercises are held between the British Royal Navy and the South African Navy, under the Simonstown Agreement, and

Sir Donald Currie, ship magnate and donor of the Currie Cups for rugby and cricket, is born in Greenock, Scotland.

Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.

Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.

Prof Petrus Johannes Nienaber, author and expert in literature, and collector of two complete sets of Afrikaans books, is born

Anglo-Boer War 2: Representatives of the ZAR and the Free State governments meet in Nelspruit and decide to allow President K

Eli Weinberg, trade unionist and photographer, co-founder of i.a. The African Garment Workers’ Union in Cape Town, jailed and

Josef Johannes (Jopie) Fourie, scout and dispatch rider during the Anglo-Boer War 2, and rebel leader during the 1914 Rebellion

Headman Tshabalala, SA singer and founder member of the group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed in a roadside argumen

Johannes Hermanus Grobler, first landdros of Potchefstroom and Ohrigstad and later acting president of the ZAR, is born in Geor

The Egyptians and Syrians launch surprise attacks on Israel on Yom Kippur day, catching Israel almost totally by surprise and s

Dr. C. Mulder, together with two other former National Party members, Cas Greyling and Sarel Reinecke, and four other men, anno

African and some other delegates walk out of the International Labour Conference in Geneva when delegates of the Government and

Convention between the governments of South Africa and Denmark for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fisca

Dr Mahomed Said Asvat, specialist physician, lecturer and author of articles on liver diseases and cancer, is born in Johannesb