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South Africa signs multilateral treaty for protection of performers, producers of phonograms and broadcasting organisations.
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Sir George Albu, co-founder of General Mining and Finance, is born in Berlin, Germany.
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For their triumphs and for their tears, Women in Apartheid South Africa by Hilda Bernstein
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Robey Leibbrandt and six other appear in the supreme court on a charge of high treason.
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George Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies in the city.
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Cooperation with Iran in the fields of nuclear energy, petroleum, mining and trade is announced.
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UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold and UN troops enter rebel province of Katanga in Zaire.
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A German protectorate is declared over Angra Pequena and the German flag is hoisted at Lüderitzbucht.
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Arnoldus Pannevis (46), champion for Afrikaans language rights and educationist, is born in Paarl, Cape.
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Carl Ludwig Phillip Zeyher, SA botanist and collector of plants, is born in Dillenburg, Hesse.
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World War I: The peace treaty of Versailles is signed by Germany and the Allied powers.
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Azhar Cachalia, founder of the Secretariat for Safety and Security in SA, is born Scotland.
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Dr Theodorus Wassenaar, Afrikaans poet, author and cultural leader, is born in Hendrina, Eastern Transvaal.
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A bomb blast in a Johannesburg video-game arcade kills an unborn baby and injures ten people.
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Vusimuzi Mabaso, Thabani Memela and Mazwi Mkize, ANC supporters, are shot dead in Umlazi, Natal.
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Sabotage groups blast three pylons, one in the Transvaal and two on the Cape Flats.
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Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews, SA Deputy Minister of Safety and Security since 1994, is born.
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Maria van Riebeeck, daughter of Jan and his wife Maria, is born at the Cape.
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Johan Bernard Zulch Keet, SA musician and leader of the Asaf choir in Johannesburg, dies.
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Britain and Egypt initial an agreement to end British occupation of the Suez Canal Zone.
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Johann Christian Ritter, probably the first printer and bookbinder in SA, is born in Germany.
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Libyan president Colonel Muammar Kadhaffi admits to providing funds, munitions, and training to the IRA.
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Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw, Afrikaans poet, dramatist and essayist, is born in Sutherland, Karoo.
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South Africa declares war on Germany, causing dissent amongst pro-war and anti-war sections.
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SACTU member Jeanette Schoon and her daughter are killed by a letter bomb in Lubango, Angola.
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The minister of Police, Justice and Prisons lifts the closure of schools in Black townships.
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Pepsi Mahlangu, returned exile, is shot and killed by an unknown gunman in KwaThema, PWV.
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SA signs an agreement with India on cooperation in the fields of science and technology.
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Shaun MacLean Pollock, Springbok cricket player and son of the Springbok Peter Pollock, is born.
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