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Nigeria’s military dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida, annuls results of presidential elections and halts a return to democrac

This day in history

World War II: North Africa. Tobruk (Torbruk) is bombed by the German and Italian air forces.

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Sir Theophilus Shepstone, administrator with knowledge of the Zulu language and tribal customs, dies in Pietermaritzburg.

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The South African government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill, which proposes an advisory and consultati

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Willem van der Berg, novelist and head of the Afrikaans programmes of the SAUK (SABC), dies.

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Sir George Herbert Farrar, founder and developer of the East Rand Proprietary Mines Ltd is born

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The Russian athlete Dmitry Grishin wins the Comrades and equals Bruce Fordyce’s 10-year-old record.

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James Arthur Calata, Anglican clergyman and African National Congress (ANC) leader, dies in Cradock, Eastern Cape.

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Special Committee against Apartheid adopts its final report to the General Assembly and the Security Council.

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Children playing on a local beach find the bodies of Ewert Mzimela and Stanley Mabaso, ANC activists.

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Adriaan Johannes Begemann, clergyman, librarian and first permanent minister of the Nederduitsche Hervormde Kerk in Pretoria, d

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Joost de Blank, archbishop of Cape Town and champion against apartheid, is born in the Netherlands.

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SA signs agreement with Bophuthatswana concerning formal school Technikon instructional programmes and the performance by the C

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Betty Pack, cellist and music teacher who started several youth orchestras, is born in Nylstroom, Transvaal.

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The first railway line between two towns in SA, Cape Town and Wellington is officially opened.

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Tulani Eric Nkosi and friend Elias Kunene, ANC, are gunned down in Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal.

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SA signs an air transport agreement with Lesotho for services between and beyond their respective territories.

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SA exchanges notes with Namibia on the joint administration of Walvis Bay and the offshore islands.

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Eddie Dunn, SA ambassador in El Salvador, is kidnapped and later murdered by a leftist terrorist group.

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A former member of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s entourage testifies before the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak frees thirty-one journalists and political figures, including five former Cabinet officials, w

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Convicted robber and “people’s poet”, appears in the Johannesburg magistrate’s court for allegedly assaulting his wife

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President Sam Nujoma and his governing party are declared winners of Namibia’s first post-independence election.

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Fifty-two people are killed in large-scale attacks and counter-attacks in Tokoza, East Rand.

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The first edition of Standpunte, mouthpiece of Afrikaans poets in the ‘30s and ‘40s, is published.

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André le Roux du Toit (Koos Kombuis), SA singer and author, is born in Cape Town.

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Prof. Raymond Arthur Dart, SA anthropologist and expert on the Taung skull, dies in Sandton, Johannesburg.

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Constance Magogo Sibilile Mantithi Ngangezinye Thombisile Ka Dinuzulu (Princess Constance), daughter of Zulu King Dinuzulu and

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Bettie Cilliers-Barnard, SA painter and mother of actress Jana Celliers, is born in Rustenburg, Tvl.

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The test between the SA rugby team and England in London ends in a tie with 3 each.

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Nigeria’s military dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida, annuls results of presidential elections and halts a return to democrac

World War II: North Africa. Tobruk (Torbruk) is bombed by the German and Italian air forces.

Sir Theophilus Shepstone, administrator with knowledge of the Zulu language and tribal customs, dies in Pietermaritzburg.

The South African government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill, which proposes an advisory and consultati

Willem van der Berg, novelist and head of the Afrikaans programmes of the SAUK (SABC), dies.

Sir George Herbert Farrar, founder and developer of the East Rand Proprietary Mines Ltd is born

The Russian athlete Dmitry Grishin wins the Comrades and equals Bruce Fordyce’s 10-year-old record.

James Arthur Calata, Anglican clergyman and African National Congress (ANC) leader, dies in Cradock, Eastern Cape.

Special Committee against Apartheid adopts its final report to the General Assembly and the Security Council.

Children playing on a local beach find the bodies of Ewert Mzimela and Stanley Mabaso, ANC activists.

Adriaan Johannes Begemann, clergyman, librarian and first permanent minister of the Nederduitsche Hervormde Kerk in Pretoria, d

Joost de Blank, archbishop of Cape Town and champion against apartheid, is born in the Netherlands.

SA signs agreement with Bophuthatswana concerning formal school Technikon instructional programmes and the performance by the C

Betty Pack, cellist and music teacher who started several youth orchestras, is born in Nylstroom, Transvaal.

The first railway line between two towns in SA, Cape Town and Wellington is officially opened.

Tulani Eric Nkosi and friend Elias Kunene, ANC, are gunned down in Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal.

SA signs an air transport agreement with Lesotho for services between and beyond their respective territories.

SA exchanges notes with Namibia on the joint administration of Walvis Bay and the offshore islands.

Eddie Dunn, SA ambassador in El Salvador, is kidnapped and later murdered by a leftist terrorist group.

A former member of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s entourage testifies before the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak frees thirty-one journalists and political figures, including five former Cabinet officials, w

Convicted robber and “people’s poet”, appears in the Johannesburg magistrate’s court for allegedly assaulting his wife

President Sam Nujoma and his governing party are declared winners of Namibia’s first post-independence election.

Fifty-two people are killed in large-scale attacks and counter-attacks in Tokoza, East Rand.

The first edition of Standpunte, mouthpiece of Afrikaans poets in the ‘30s and ‘40s, is published.

André le Roux du Toit (Koos Kombuis), SA singer and author, is born in Cape Town.

Prof. Raymond Arthur Dart, SA anthropologist and expert on the Taung skull, dies in Sandton, Johannesburg.

Constance Magogo Sibilile Mantithi Ngangezinye Thombisile Ka Dinuzulu (Princess Constance), daughter of Zulu King Dinuzulu and

Bettie Cilliers-Barnard, SA painter and mother of actress Jana Celliers, is born in Rustenburg, Tvl.

The test between the SA rugby team and England in London ends in a tie with 3 each.