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A proclamation is issued under the Riotous Assemblies Act banning political gatherings, processions, and protests for five week

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President Thabo Mbeki distances himself in parliament from the controversial “Native Club” and criticise its racial exclusivity

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123 White ministers and theologians of the Dutch Reformed Church (Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk) Family issue a statement in w

Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress

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Charles William Engelhard, chairman of Rand Mines and director of Anglo American, is born in New York.

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Joyce Modimoeng is killed and her husband, David (MAWU member) injured, by a bomb thrown into their house.

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Joseph Matthew Seshego Latakgomo, journalist and editor of several newspapers in the past, is born in Pretoria.

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Steve Tshwete, Minister of Sport and Recreation, holds talks with representatives of nine national sports organisations, urging

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Philemon (Duma) Pearce Dumasile Nokwe, first African advocate of the Supreme Court of Transvaal and a politician, dies.

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Prof. Matthys Stefanus Benjamin Kritzinger, Afrikaans literator and lexicographer, is born in the district of Carolina, Eastern

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SA signs joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

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Peter Allan, physician, health administrator and founder of the Nelspoort Sanatorium, first tuberculosis hospital in SA, dies i

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Britain bans airlines from Albania, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Liberia Tajikistan, Congo and the Cameroons from f

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Fredericus (Frederik) Rompel, journalist and parliamentary reporter of De Volksstem in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) is

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Lesotho and South Africa decide to establish a consultative committee to resolve misunderstandings arising from the movement of

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John H. Amschewitz, SA art painter and cartoonist, dies three days before his sixtieth birthday in Muizenberg, Cape.

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National Eagle Day, organised by the Raptor Conservation Group and short-term insurer SA Eagle,is celebrated.

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Gustav Schoeman Preller (68), journalist, cultural leader and first Afrikaans literary critic, dies in Pelindaba, near Pretoria

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British forces capture Cairo and the French begin withdrawing from Egypt in one of the Napoleonic Wars.

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British Somaliland becomes independent and five days later merge with Italian Somaliland to become the Somali Republic.

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The Freedom Charter is adopted in Kliptown, bringing the ANC together with Indian, Coloured and White organisations.

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Six persons are killed and eighteen injured when gunmen open fire on a crowded commuter train in Soweto.

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Horatio Isaiah Budlwana (Bud) Mbelle, interpreter, insurance agent, community leader and politician, is born in Burgersdorp, CC

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Hermanus Stephanus Bosman, minister of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk and champion for Christian National Schools (CNO –skol

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James Arthur Calata, Anglican clergyman and African National Congress (ANC) leader, is born in Rabula, Keiskammahoek, Eastern C

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Army officer Houari Boumedienne organises new government in Algeria after ousting and arresting President Ahmed Ben Bella.

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Sir Christoffel Joseph Brand, advocate, journalist and first Speaker of the Cape Parliament, is born in Simonstown.

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Muntu Khanyile, Joseph Mthembu, Sandile Khawula and Russel Mngomezulu, all Chesterville Youth Organisation members, are shot de

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Stephanus Schoeman (80), commandant-general in the Soutpansberg area and later of the ZAR, dies in Pretoria.

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The game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Denmark ends in a tie with the score 1-1.

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A proclamation is issued under the Riotous Assemblies Act banning political gatherings, processions, and protests for five week

President Thabo Mbeki distances himself in parliament from the controversial “Native Club” and criticise its racial exclusivity

123 White ministers and theologians of the Dutch Reformed Church (Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk) Family issue a statement in w

Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress

Charles William Engelhard, chairman of Rand Mines and director of Anglo American, is born in New York.

Joyce Modimoeng is killed and her husband, David (MAWU member) injured, by a bomb thrown into their house.

Joseph Matthew Seshego Latakgomo, journalist and editor of several newspapers in the past, is born in Pretoria.

Steve Tshwete, Minister of Sport and Recreation, holds talks with representatives of nine national sports organisations, urging

Philemon (Duma) Pearce Dumasile Nokwe, first African advocate of the Supreme Court of Transvaal and a politician, dies.

Prof. Matthys Stefanus Benjamin Kritzinger, Afrikaans literator and lexicographer, is born in the district of Carolina, Eastern

SA signs joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Peter Allan, physician, health administrator and founder of the Nelspoort Sanatorium, first tuberculosis hospital in SA, dies i

Britain bans airlines from Albania, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Liberia Tajikistan, Congo and the Cameroons from f

Fredericus (Frederik) Rompel, journalist and parliamentary reporter of De Volksstem in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) is

Lesotho and South Africa decide to establish a consultative committee to resolve misunderstandings arising from the movement of

John H. Amschewitz, SA art painter and cartoonist, dies three days before his sixtieth birthday in Muizenberg, Cape.

National Eagle Day, organised by the Raptor Conservation Group and short-term insurer SA Eagle,is celebrated.

Gustav Schoeman Preller (68), journalist, cultural leader and first Afrikaans literary critic, dies in Pelindaba, near Pretoria

British forces capture Cairo and the French begin withdrawing from Egypt in one of the Napoleonic Wars.

British Somaliland becomes independent and five days later merge with Italian Somaliland to become the Somali Republic.

The Freedom Charter is adopted in Kliptown, bringing the ANC together with Indian, Coloured and White organisations.

Six persons are killed and eighteen injured when gunmen open fire on a crowded commuter train in Soweto.

Horatio Isaiah Budlwana (Bud) Mbelle, interpreter, insurance agent, community leader and politician, is born in Burgersdorp, CC

Hermanus Stephanus Bosman, minister of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk and champion for Christian National Schools (CNO –skol

James Arthur Calata, Anglican clergyman and African National Congress (ANC) leader, is born in Rabula, Keiskammahoek, Eastern C

Army officer Houari Boumedienne organises new government in Algeria after ousting and arresting President Ahmed Ben Bella.

Sir Christoffel Joseph Brand, advocate, journalist and first Speaker of the Cape Parliament, is born in Simonstown.

Muntu Khanyile, Joseph Mthembu, Sandile Khawula and Russel Mngomezulu, all Chesterville Youth Organisation members, are shot de

Stephanus Schoeman (80), commandant-general in the Soutpansberg area and later of the ZAR, dies in Pretoria.

The game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Denmark ends in a tie with the score 1-1.