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Habib Mohamed (A.M.) Rajab, trader and collector of oriental art, and remembered for his role in preventing the Grey Street com

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Patrice Lumumba of the Congo breaks off diplomatic relations with Belgium and calls on the United Nations and Soviet Union for

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Patrice Lumumba of the Congo breaks off diplomatic relations with Belgium and calls on the United Nations and Soviet Union for

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SA tennis player Wesley Moodie and Australian Stephen Huss win the Wimbledon Men’s double title by beating twins Bob and Mike B

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Identification Act No 72 commences. It repealed the 1952 Blacks (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act and la

”Smuts Refuted”: Joint Statement Of Dr. Dadoo And Dr. Naicker On The Correspondence Between General Smuts And Pandit Nehru, August 1947

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World War II: East Africa. British posts at Kassala and Gallabat, on the borders of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), Eritrea, and Suda

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Cameroon, Kenya, Mauritania and Iraq call for the expulsion of South Africa from the United Nations. Britain, France and the Un

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Cameroon, Kenya, Mauritania and Iraq call for the expulsion of South Africa from the United Nations. Britain, France and the Un

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Free trade between SA and the European Union realises with the signing of the Trade, Development and Co-operation Agreement (TD

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SA signs agreement with Portugal (for Angola and Mozambique) with regard to rivers of mutual interest and the Kunene River Sche

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Sen. Johannes (Jan) de Klerk, minister of Education, Art and Science, president of the Senate and father of former Pres. F.W. d

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Harold Cressy, educationist and teacher who graduated with a BA degree at the end of 1910 and took the lead in establishing a C

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James Arnold (Jimmy) La Guma, trade unionist and political activist, member of the SACP and president of the South African Colo

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Cassim Mohammed Bassa, estate agent and community leader, is born in India. He was president of the Natal Indian Blind and

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Cornelis de Houtman lands at Mossel Bay, nine days after rounding the Cape, and barters sheep and cattle from the Hottentots (K

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The Security Council adopts resolution 181 calling upon all States to cease the sale and shipment of arms, ammunition and milit

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Mosibudi Mangena, Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004 and also president of

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Riots start in Durban townships and continue up to 14 August. Seventy people, police, amabutho and activists, are killed in the

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Former law and order minister Adriaan Vlok and former police chief Johan van der Merwe, together with former Major-General Chri

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Members of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) attend a rally in Cape Town. Similar rallies were held in Durban and Jo

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A number of student leaders at the University of the Western Cape and other community leaders are arrested and detained at Vict

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James Arnold (Jimmy) La Guma, trade unionist and political activist, member of the SACP and president of the South African Colo

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Prof. Ulrich Gerhard Lauts (78), who reported on the Great Trek and further adventures of the Voortrekkers and who was appointe

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Jan Hendrik Boom, gardener at the Cape, and his wife Annetjie (Annetjie de Boerin), receive permission to farm and keep dairy c

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The women, Julia Fairbank-Smith and Gansie Louw and four-year-old Emma Wahl, is murdered on a guest farm near Niewoudtville.

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Shaka, Zulu chief and founder of the Zulu empire, is murdered by his two half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana. Dingane assumes t

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Charles Nqakula, Minister of Safety and Security of the Republic of South Africa since 7 May 2002 and Chairperson of the South

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During the Egyptian Rebellion, British forces under Wolseley rout the Egyptians at Tel-el-Kebir and proceed to occupy Egypt and

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Allen Francis Gardiner, missionary in Port Natal during the reign of Dingane and later in Chile, New Guinea and Patagonia, pres

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Habib Mohamed (A.M.) Rajab, trader and collector of oriental art, and remembered for his role in preventing the Grey Street com

Patrice Lumumba of the Congo breaks off diplomatic relations with Belgium and calls on the United Nations and Soviet Union for

Patrice Lumumba of the Congo breaks off diplomatic relations with Belgium and calls on the United Nations and Soviet Union for

SA tennis player Wesley Moodie and Australian Stephen Huss win the Wimbledon Men’s double title by beating twins Bob and Mike B

Identification Act No 72 commences. It repealed the 1952 Blacks (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act and la

”Smuts Refuted”: Joint Statement Of Dr. Dadoo And Dr. Naicker On The Correspondence Between General Smuts And Pandit Nehru, August 1947

World War II: East Africa. British posts at Kassala and Gallabat, on the borders of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), Eritrea, and Suda

Cameroon, Kenya, Mauritania and Iraq call for the expulsion of South Africa from the United Nations. Britain, France and the Un

Cameroon, Kenya, Mauritania and Iraq call for the expulsion of South Africa from the United Nations. Britain, France and the Un

Free trade between SA and the European Union realises with the signing of the Trade, Development and Co-operation Agreement (TD

SA signs agreement with Portugal (for Angola and Mozambique) with regard to rivers of mutual interest and the Kunene River Sche

Sen. Johannes (Jan) de Klerk, minister of Education, Art and Science, president of the Senate and father of former Pres. F.W. d

Harold Cressy, educationist and teacher who graduated with a BA degree at the end of 1910 and took the lead in establishing a C

James Arnold (Jimmy) La Guma, trade unionist and political activist, member of the SACP and president of the South African Colo

Cassim Mohammed Bassa, estate agent and community leader, is born in India. He was president of the Natal Indian Blind and

Cornelis de Houtman lands at Mossel Bay, nine days after rounding the Cape, and barters sheep and cattle from the Hottentots (K

The Security Council adopts resolution 181 calling upon all States to cease the sale and shipment of arms, ammunition and milit

Mosibudi Mangena, Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004 and also president of

Riots start in Durban townships and continue up to 14 August. Seventy people, police, amabutho and activists, are killed in the

Former law and order minister Adriaan Vlok and former police chief Johan van der Merwe, together with former Major-General Chri

Members of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) attend a rally in Cape Town. Similar rallies were held in Durban and Jo

A number of student leaders at the University of the Western Cape and other community leaders are arrested and detained at Vict

James Arnold (Jimmy) La Guma, trade unionist and political activist, member of the SACP and president of the South African Colo

Prof. Ulrich Gerhard Lauts (78), who reported on the Great Trek and further adventures of the Voortrekkers and who was appointe

Jan Hendrik Boom, gardener at the Cape, and his wife Annetjie (Annetjie de Boerin), receive permission to farm and keep dairy c

The women, Julia Fairbank-Smith and Gansie Louw and four-year-old Emma Wahl, is murdered on a guest farm near Niewoudtville.

Shaka, Zulu chief and founder of the Zulu empire, is murdered by his two half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana. Dingane assumes t

Charles Nqakula, Minister of Safety and Security of the Republic of South Africa since 7 May 2002 and Chairperson of the South

During the Egyptian Rebellion, British forces under Wolseley rout the Egyptians at Tel-el-Kebir and proceed to occupy Egypt and

Allen Francis Gardiner, missionary in Port Natal during the reign of Dingane and later in Chile, New Guinea and Patagonia, pres