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The Prime Minister warns that the government will not hesitate to intervene, should campaigns by City Councils led by Johannesb
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The Prime Minister announces that White entrepreneurs will be given long-standing contracts in the ‘homelands’ to speed up econ
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Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe go from house to house in Orlando, Johannesburg, and rally support amongst the residents against t
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At a meeting of the newly organised Soweto Students’ League it is decided to continue the students’ boycott of State schools, t
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Herero Revolt: A repair team begins to repair the destroyed state railway line between Waldau and Karibib. With the outbreak of
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The Sand River Convention, under which Britain renounces all claims to authority beyond the Vaal River, is signed. This lays
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The British government, in a change of policy, opens its doors to consultations with ANC leaders on a solution for South Africa
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The government is reported to have frozen the South African assets of the former Information Secretary, Dr. Eschel Roodie, and
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Algerian government cancels second round of voting in parliamentary elections that an Islamic party looks set to win. The Islam
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Several hundred mounted Herero invade Okahandja in the then German South-West Africa, setting fire to buildings and killing 123
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Speaking to the House of Assembly, SA Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd states that territorial separation is not the essential part
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It is reported that a $650 flamethrower, invented by Charl Fourie, is available for installation on cars to protect against car
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The police in Zimbabwe start a search for William Player (64), heir to the British John Payer Tobacco Company, who disappeared
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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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People are encouraged to protect our natural wetlands because they are the special habitat of certain living species and protec
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An abridged version of the security report by Justice H.J. Potgieter’s Commission of Inquiry on State Security is submitted to
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The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, to which SA is a party, is signed in Ra
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Egypt and Syria proclaims the union of their two countries in a state to be known as ‘The United Arab Republic’.
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The Swiss government sends an official protest to the South African government over the illegal activities of South African age
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The General Assembly of the United Nations calls on South Africa to reconsider its apartheid policy and adopts resolution 1016
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A plane brings nineteen sick and weak-looking adolescents home to Uganda after months or possibly years -of captivity under Uga
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A newspaper reports that the South African government told the World Court in a letter that it is prepared to hold a plebiscite
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WW2: Five power stations are blown up by pro-Axis saboteurs in an attempt to destabilise the Rand gold mines.
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Several newspapers report that the University of Stellenbosch opened its two hostels on the Tygerberg campus to medical and den
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The Cape High Court sets aside the department of environmental affairs’ decision to allow the construction of a pebble bed modu
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The Sunday Times reports that, after trade unions, churches are considered to be the most respected organisations in the Black
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It is announced that efforts by Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Mr. Butler and Glasgow University to obtain permission from the So
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The British, under General Warren, surrenders to General Botha at Spioenkop. At least 1 000 British and sixty
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Capt. Kurt von Francois arrives as leader of a small German regiment in South West Africa to suppress the Herero rebellion.
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