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The Leader of the Opposition introduces a no-confidence motion, stating that the government policy of separate development has
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Retief Goosen, South African golf player, is born.
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Dr Eduardo C. Mondlane, president of Mozambique National Liberation Front (Frelimo), is assassinated by a letter bomb in Tanzan
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The first 741 students enrol at the “Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit” (RAU). Lectures start on the 13th February in a tempor
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Macmillan, prime minister of Britain, delivers his ‘wind of change’ speech to members of both Houses of Parliament in Cape Town
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Adv. Anton Lubowski, Swapo member who allegedly spied for South Africa and who was later murdered in Windhoek, is born.
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George Ramagaga, S.A. artist is born in Pimville, Johannesburg.
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David James Brown, S.A. artist is born in Johannesburg.
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Natal Indian Congress (NIC) sends a cable to the government of India, urging an appeal to the United Nations on behalf of the I
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Natal Indian Congress (NIC) calls a mass meeting to protest against the proposed Asiatic Bill.
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Ina Rousseau, South African poet and short-story writer, is born.
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Gen. Christiaan Rudolph de Wet (67), well-known leader of Boer forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2, dies on his farm. He was given
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The first meeting of the League of Nations takes place in Paris, with Pres. Woodrow Wilson of the USA as chairman.
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A Turkish attack on the Suez Canal fails.
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In an obituary written for Abdoola Hajee Adam Jhaveri (Dada Abdulla), Gandhi expresses regret at his death and calls him one of
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Britain conquers Kano from Nigerian rebel forces.
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Johannes Stephanus Marais Rabie, editor of “De Natalse Afrikaner”, is born on the farm Groenkloof, district of Fauresmith, Free
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Gov. Harry Smith annexes country between Orange and Vaal Rivers in South Africa for Britain.
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Piet Retief, seventy burghers and thirty mounted servants, arrive at Dingane's kraal
Piet Retief, seventy burghers and thirty mounted servants arrive at Dingaan's kraal Ungungundlovu (Home of the Elephant) for the signing of the Retief-Dingane…
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Andrew and Lady Ann Barnard leaves Portsmouth, England, for the Cape, where Andrew was appointed secretary to the new English g
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Jan van Riebeeck delivers wood at Rondebosch in the Cape for the construction of a fort to defend the wheat fields of the Free
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Portuguese explorer Bartholomew Diaz discovers that he has sailed past the southernmost point of Africa and puts ashore in the
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Business Day reports that a devastating High Court application by the Financial Services Board (FSB) has exposed the "misa
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The Lusa news agency reports that torrential rains in northern Angola have damaged at least two bridges, knocked out power and
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President Thabo Mbeki and several other heads of states attend the inauguration of the new president of Mozambique, Armando Gue
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People are encouraged to protect our natural wetlands because they are the special habitat of certain living species and protec
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Pretoria News reports the South African Air Force celebrated its 84th anniversary at Bay’s Hill the previous day with the launc
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A powerful explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, destroys a bank, killing thirty-three people. Rioting and looting break out as hund
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Riots between ethnic Hausa and Yoruba rocks Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, killing 100 people and forcing thousands
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