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Anglo-Boer War 2: Tension continues between the British and the Boers in South Africa, and the British Army is ordered to mobil

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George Adamson (83), naturalist and husband of Joy, who wrote Born Free, and two of his assistants are killed by Somali poacher

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Herero Revolt: Von Estorff and Von der Heyde defeat the Ovaherero in the battle of Omatupa and prevent them from escaping in a

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Jordan’s King Hussein and Al Fatah guerrilla leader Yasser Arafat meet in Cairo with ten Arab chiefs of state and sign agreemen

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Winnie Mandela is formally charged with four counts of kidnapping and of assault, and will stand trial with seven others in con

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Herero Revolt: Von Estorff and Von der Heyde defeat the Ovaherero in the battle of Omatupa and prevent them from escaping in a

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Herero Revolt: Von Estorff and Von der Heyde defeat the Ovaherero in the battle of Omatupa and prevent them from escaping in a

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Joachim Nikolaus von Dessin (57), secretary of the Orphan Chamber in Cape Town and collector of books and paintings, dies in Ca

State President of South Africa and Others v United Democratic Front and Others by Supreme Court of Appeal, 29 September 1988, South Africa

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The schools’ boycott spreads to the Black townships and riot police are in action in Durban and Port Elizabeth. At Elsies River

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Allan Lewis (66), first official SA war artist and portrait painter of Sir Winston Churchill and Gen. J.C. Smuts, dies in Stell

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Makgatho Mandela, Mandela’s second and only living son from his marriage to Evelyn, is born on the National Day of Protest and

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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses to accede to the NP demands and calls instead for urgent talks in order to reso

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Jonathan Ayliff, SA lawyer and politician, brother of John and son of the Rev. John Ayliff, is born in Salem, Cape Province.

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John August Ion Agar-Hamilton, historian and Anglican priest of Scottish descent, who was born in Cairo and came with his paren

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Abraham Jacobus (Kootjie) van den Heever, journalist and author and younger brother of C.M. van den Heever, is born on the farm

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Stephen Vukile (Steve) Tshwete, former minister of Sport and Recreation and from 1999 up to his death in 2002 minister of Safet

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Rosalie van der Gught, theatre director, actor and head of the Speech and Drama Department at the University of Cape Town (UCT)

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Helen Beatrice May Joseph, SA political and human rights activist, dies in Johannesburg. She came to SA in 1931 and, with Lilia

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Lt Tommy Rose covers the distance between South Africa and England in six days, six hours and fifty-seven minutes in a record f

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Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama, on board the Saint Gabriel, and tasked with finding a sea route to India and the Orient, dr

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Two South Africans, Ian Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd, reach the summit of Mount Everest and become the first official South African

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George Rex, allegedly the son of King George III and Hannah Lightfoot, auctions his house in Cape Town and settles at Melkhoutk

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Anglo-Boer War 1: The British forces are defeated and 83 British soldiers under Sir George Colley are killed and 111 wounded in

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Ben Viljoen and seven men are ambushed and captured by the British. His pocket book saves his life b

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The Prime Ministers of South Africa and Rhodesia meet in Cape Town for talks on the Rhodesian problem and the possibilities for

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The Rev. Andrew Murray, DRC minister and educationalist, and second son of Andrew Murray sr. (1794-1866), is born in Graaff-Rei

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Legislators in Johannesburg take oaths of office and Blacks and Whites sit down together for the first time to govern South Afr

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Amy Johnson arrives in England after her record flight of twelve days and fifteen hours from London to Cape Town and back.

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UN Security Council votes to set up the largest and most expensive peacekeeping operation so far 30 000 troops and civilians ar