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Mary Eveline Fincken, singer, teacher of singing, educationist and choirmaster, dies in Cape Town.
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The Portuguese transfer Barotseland, Zambia, to England and Nyasaland (now Malawi) becomes a British protectorate.
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Jim Pothecary, SA cricketer and pace bowler on the 1960 England tour, is born.
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The railway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique, 3 200 km, is completed.
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Prof. Jacobus Johannes le Roux, linguist and Afrikaans cultural leader, dies in Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
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Malawi becomes a member of the International Monetary Fund and several other international financial institutions.
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United States and Britain inform Egypt they cannot participate in financing Aswan Dam project.
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A diesel train carrying 1 140-ton diesel derails and explodes in Swartruggens, North West Province.
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Proceedings and Resolution of the United Transkeian Territories General Council, March 30, 1936
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A Culture of Censorship: Secrecy and Intellectual Repression in South Africa by Christopher Edmond Merrett
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The game between Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, and Paraguay, ends in a 2-2 tie.
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Rhodesian forces discover fewer guerrillas in Mozambique than intelligence reports suggested, and are withdrawn.
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The Rev. Stephanus Johannes Gerhardus Hofmeyr, missionary in the Soutpansberg and Rhodesia is born.
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Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa composer, choir conductor and organist, dies in East London.
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Guybon Budlwana Sinxo, teacher, writer, journalist and community worker, dies in Alice, Eastern Cape.
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A Sudanese military plane crashes in Sudan, killing all seventy passengers and crew on board.
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Two people are killed and scores injured when 300 taxi operators clash in Katlehong.
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Uganda’s Prime Minister Milton Obote orders five cabinet members arrested and assumes full power.
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The last edition of James Archbell’s The Natal Independent and General Advertiser is published.
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Morocco and Algeria sign accord to end border conflict which resulted in troop clashes.
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Rugby teams of SA and France play to a draw with no score in Paris.
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Christoffel Cornelis Froneman, Free State commander and founder of the town Marquard, is born.
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Britain and Italy reach agreement in Ethiopia, defining frontiers of their Red Sea colonies.
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Dorothy Nyembe is released and participates in activities of Natal Organisation of Women (NOW).
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William J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies in London.
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Sir Alfred Milner, Cape governor and SA High Commissioner, is born in Bonn, Germany.
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Fietas, Johannesburg: the mixed population is evacuated and the area burned to the ground.
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A car bomb explodes outside the Krugersdorp magistrate’s court, killing three people and wounding 22.
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The first British Settlers arrive in Table Bay on the Nautilus and the Chapman.
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