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The first private broadcasting station in South Africa is put up by the South African Railways in Johannesburg. The Scientific
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Dricky Beukes, SA novel writer, is born.
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Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus, trade unionist and unselfish fighter for the underprivileged, is born in Vredefort, OFS.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Helvetia near Machadodorp takes place, with the British under Major Cotton surrendering to Gene
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Leander Starr Jameson crosses the border into Transvaal, leading about five hundred hand-picked policemen of the Chartered Comp
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Commandant Andreas Theodorus Spies, founder of the short-lived Klip River Republic and Utrecht Republic, dies.
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Adolf Stephan Fredrich Jentsch, Namibian landscape painter, is born in Dresden, Germany.
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Landdros Anders Stockenström (father of Sir Andries Stockenström), seven or eight burghers and an interpreter are att
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Judge Pierre Rabie (80), chief justice of SA, dies.
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Molly Blackburn, political activist and civil rights campaigner widely respected by Blacks, is killed in a car accident near Hu
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It is announced that Colonel Hoare, the leader of the attempted Seychelles coup, will shortly be eligible for release from pris
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Cease-fire in Zimbabwe.
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Sidney Goldblatt (60), SA painter, dies.
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The Lesotho government announces it will deport eight South Africans, whom it describes as a danger to peace.
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Siza Khang Cecil Khampepe, financier and managing director of Khayalethu Home-loans, is born in Johannesburg. He is director of
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Egyptian premier, Mahmoud Fatimy, is assassinated by a member of (the Muslim Brotherhood).
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Oscar Dumisani Dhlomo, politician and businessman, is born in Umbumbulu, Natal.
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The Rand Revolt begins with a strike by miners after announcements of wage reductions on the coaland gold-mines necessitated by
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Albert Kimmerling, a visiting Frenchman, is the first person to fly in SA. He reaches a height of 6m at East London.
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French Congo is split into Ubangi-Shari, Chad, Gabon, and Middle Congo.
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Commandant Gideon Scheepers is found guilty on several charges by a British court martial and sentenced to death. He professes
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Prof. Dirk Postma, founder of the “Gereformeerde Kerk van Suid-Afrika” (GKSA, nicknamed ‘Doppers’) and head of the reformed the
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Christiaan Frederik Louis Leipoldt, SA poet, dramatist, journalist and physician, is born in Worcester, Western Cape.
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Dr Rudolph Marloth, SA collector of plants, is born in Lubben, Brandenburg, Germany.
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Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel lays the first bricks of an octagonal church, the tower of which still forms part of the G
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Election in Kenya. President Daniel Arap Moi leaves office and is succeeded by opposition leader Mwai Kibaki as Kenya’s third p
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Zolani Petelo, SA mini flyweight, wins the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title.
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Samuel Magaula Mabuja, East Rand MK commander, is shot and killed by police in Vosloorus.
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Egypt and Syria resume full diplomatic relations after a twelve-year break.
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