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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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General Johan van der Merwe is appointed as new commissioner of police.
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Stompie Sepei is taken from the Methodist manse in Orlando by Jerry Richardson, former coach of the Mandela United football tea
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Twelve residents are killed in a KwaNdebele vigilante attack on Moutse, KwaNdebele.
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The study privileges of Sisulu and Mandela are permanently withdrawn.
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Donald Woods, editor of the East London Daily Dispatch, escapes to Lesotho through the Caledon River on his way to London.
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The Centre against Apartheid is established in the United Nations Secretariat, with E. S. Reddy, Chief of Section for African A
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With effect from this date the New Zealand government terminates all tariff preferences previously granted to South Africa.
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For the first time in the history of the South African Police Force (SAP) policewomen are enlisted as full members of the force
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The University College of Zululand, formerly affiliated to the University of South Africa, attains full academic autonomy as th
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The Weights and Measures Bill, providing for the metrification of weights and measures, thereby introducing the metric system,
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SA signs multilateral Sugar Agreement of 1958.
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Bosman de Kock is appointed director of the Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal (PACT).
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President David Dacko of the Central African Republic is ousted in a military coup by army commander Jean-Bédel Bokassa.
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In a New Year message, Prime Minister Verwoerd emphasises that South African policy is one of non-interference in the issues be
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Maruping Sebastian Bonokwane, trade unionist and MEC for Economic Affairs and Tourism in the Northern Cape Provincial governmen
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Thousands of Commonwealth citizens resident in South Africa, mostly Britons, become technically aliens through failing to apply
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Rwanda is granted internal self-government by Belgium.
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Cameroon declares independence from France.
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