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English archaeologist Howard Carter discovers the grave of Tutankamen, Egyptian king who died 3 276 years ago. In some sources
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Emperor Wilhelm of Germany congratulates President Paul Kruger of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR or Transvaal Republic)on
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, is born in Bloemfontein, OFS.
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B.H. Darnell and R.W. Murray found The Cape Argus in Cape Town.
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The weekly newspaper Het Volksblad is published in Cape Town.
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James Archbell, retired missionary, prints the first edition of the weekly newspaper The Natal Independent and General Advertis
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Wilhelmina ten Damme, wife of Governor Hendrik Swellengrebel, dies at the age of forty. Swellendam was named in honour of them.
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Right-wing guerrillas ambush a train near Mozambique’s western border, killing at least twenty-two people and injuring seventy-
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Major General Bantu Holomisa, who became head of a military state in Transkei after a coup in December 1987, lifts martial law
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Moses Josiah Madiba, author, educationist and first African chancellor of the University of the North, dies in Seshego, Pieters
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Major-General Muhammadu Buhari is declared Head of State in Nigeria, following a military coup.
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Several ANC members detained in Swaziland decide to leave the country voluntarily for Mozambique. A further group of seventeen
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Richard Maxwell (Dick) Haldane, trade union leader, dies in Cape Town. He was honoured with the Award of Merit from TUCSA in 19
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Second heart transplant in South Africa is performed by Dr Chris Barnard on Dr Philip Blaiberg. He lived one year and seven mon
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Francois Pienaar, former Springbok captain, is born.
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Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer, linguist and academic and outspoken critic of the National Party government’s
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The SA. rugby team beats England on Twickenham 7-0.
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South Africa plays for the first time on the Wanderers in a cricket test against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and wins wit
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Johannes Jacob van Tonder, founder of the FAK (Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge) is born in Venterstad in the Karoo.
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Sir Leander Starr Jameson and about 500 Rhodesian police surrender at Doornkop, near Krugersdorp, after the failure of the Jame
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Frederick William Barber (78), frontier pioneer and scientist, dies in Grahamstown.
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Battle of Boschberg during the Mapoch War takes place.
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Phatho, chief of the mixed XhosaHottentot (Khoi-Khoi) people the Gqunukwebe and his brother Kobe, sign a new treaty with Col. J
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Voortrekker leaders Andries Hendrik Potgieter and Gerrit (Gert) Maritz, each with his own men, leave for Western Transvaal to p
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The four corner stones of the castle (Kasteel de Goede Hoop) at the Cape are laid by Zacharias Wagenaer, Johan van Arckel, Gabb
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Six injured South African survivors of the tsunami in Thailand arrive at Lanseria airport on board a rescue flight from Bangkok
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A new award scheme for miners is implemented. The Inspectorate administers the scheme on behalf of the Mine Health and Safety C
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The Defence Special Tribunal Act, 1998, providing for the expeditious adjudication of disputes concerning military institutions
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At least twenty-eight people are murdered in KwaZulu-Natal on New Year’s Day.
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