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Opening of Delagoa Bay Railway. According to SESA, the regular railway service between Pretoria and Lourenço Marques stared

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Herry, also known as Autshumao, Khoi-Khoi interpreter and chief of the Goringhaikonas, is banished to Robben Island

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Constance Annie Nothard, nursing sister and recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, highest award of the International Red

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Eleven commuters are killed in a possible IFP-ANC related attack on minibus taxis and private vehicles in Germiston.

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The Instituut vir Opvoeding en Onderwys (Institute for education and teaching) is founded in Bloemfontein during the National C

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Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts travel from Pretoria to Johannesburg to mediate in the first miners’ strike.

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Johannes Albertus Munnik (Albert) Hertzog, advocate, politician, leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party and eldest son of form

The Memoirs of Paul Kruger, Chapter 12, (On the outbreak of war and the barbarity of the English)

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George Andrew Manuel, scholar, author and one of the first Coloured journalists in SA, dies in Cape Town.

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James Henry Bowker (78), SA soldier during the frontier wars and expedition leader to Basutoland, dies in Durban.

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Aliens and Travellers Control Amendment Act No 16, regulating the control of travellers during states of emergency, commences.

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The United States, the Netherlands, Great Britain, West Germany and Belgium all start recalling their Ambassadors for consultat

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Ahmed Mahomed Cachalia, businessman, community leader and staunch opponent of the Asiatic Registration Act, born in poverty in

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Charlotte Lange disappears after being picked up from her home by eight Whites and one Black in a combi.

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The Prime Minister holds discussions on constitutional developments with the chairman and other members of the Coloured Persons

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Jomo Kenyatta, freedom fighter, first prime minister and later president of Kenya, is born presumably on this date.

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Prof. Stephanus Petrus Engelbrecht, Pretoria professor of theology and cultural leader, is born in the district of Standerton,

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Elsabé Antoinette Murray Steytler (Elsa Joubert), SA author and winner of several awards, is born in Paarl, CP.

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The first branch of the Suid-Afrikaanse Vrouefederasie (SAVF), a women’s welfare and cultural organisation which comes into bei

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Fighting between Nigeria’s Hausa and Yoruba tribes leaves 100 dead in Lagos. (2004). Yesterdays, Pretoria News, 18 October.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: “Mournful Monday”: the British lose 106 killed, 374 wounded and 1 284 captured in two battles.

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The first group of European Community observers, including some police officers, lawyers and economists, arrive in South Africa

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Financier and industrialist Harry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley. He became chairperson of the Anglo American Corpo

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The Special Committee against Apartheid publishes the first Register of Entertainers, Actors and Others who have Performed in S

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The Soweto Students’ Congress (SOSCO) and the Azanian Co-ordinating Committee are restricted in terms of emergency regulations.

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Sydney Charles Buxton, British statesman and second governor-general of the Union of SA, is born in London.

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Prof. Jacobus Gerhard Meiring, educationist and rector of the University of the Western Cape, is born in Johannesburg.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The British execute J.W.G. Jansen and one Rautenbach in Vryburg by hanging, for horse theft.

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SA signs agreement with the government of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar regarding merchant shipping and related maritim

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SA signs agreement with the government of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar regarding merchant shipping and related maritim

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Opening of Delagoa Bay Railway. According to SESA, the regular railway service between Pretoria and Lourenço Marques stared

Herry, also known as Autshumao, Khoi-Khoi interpreter and chief of the Goringhaikonas, is banished to Robben Island

Constance Annie Nothard, nursing sister and recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, highest award of the International Red

Eleven commuters are killed in a possible IFP-ANC related attack on minibus taxis and private vehicles in Germiston.

The Instituut vir Opvoeding en Onderwys (Institute for education and teaching) is founded in Bloemfontein during the National C

Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts travel from Pretoria to Johannesburg to mediate in the first miners’ strike.

Johannes Albertus Munnik (Albert) Hertzog, advocate, politician, leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party and eldest son of form

The Memoirs of Paul Kruger, Chapter 12, (On the outbreak of war and the barbarity of the English)

George Andrew Manuel, scholar, author and one of the first Coloured journalists in SA, dies in Cape Town.

James Henry Bowker (78), SA soldier during the frontier wars and expedition leader to Basutoland, dies in Durban.

Aliens and Travellers Control Amendment Act No 16, regulating the control of travellers during states of emergency, commences.

The United States, the Netherlands, Great Britain, West Germany and Belgium all start recalling their Ambassadors for consultat

Ahmed Mahomed Cachalia, businessman, community leader and staunch opponent of the Asiatic Registration Act, born in poverty in

Charlotte Lange disappears after being picked up from her home by eight Whites and one Black in a combi.

The Prime Minister holds discussions on constitutional developments with the chairman and other members of the Coloured Persons

Jomo Kenyatta, freedom fighter, first prime minister and later president of Kenya, is born presumably on this date.

Prof. Stephanus Petrus Engelbrecht, Pretoria professor of theology and cultural leader, is born in the district of Standerton,

Elsabé Antoinette Murray Steytler (Elsa Joubert), SA author and winner of several awards, is born in Paarl, CP.

The first branch of the Suid-Afrikaanse Vrouefederasie (SAVF), a women’s welfare and cultural organisation which comes into bei

Fighting between Nigeria’s Hausa and Yoruba tribes leaves 100 dead in Lagos. (2004). Yesterdays, Pretoria News, 18 October.

Anglo-Boer War 2: “Mournful Monday”: the British lose 106 killed, 374 wounded and 1 284 captured in two battles.

The first group of European Community observers, including some police officers, lawyers and economists, arrive in South Africa

Financier and industrialist Harry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley. He became chairperson of the Anglo American Corpo

The Special Committee against Apartheid publishes the first Register of Entertainers, Actors and Others who have Performed in S

The Soweto Students’ Congress (SOSCO) and the Azanian Co-ordinating Committee are restricted in terms of emergency regulations.

Sydney Charles Buxton, British statesman and second governor-general of the Union of SA, is born in London.

Prof. Jacobus Gerhard Meiring, educationist and rector of the University of the Western Cape, is born in Johannesburg.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The British execute J.W.G. Jansen and one Rautenbach in Vryburg by hanging, for horse theft.

SA signs agreement with the government of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar regarding merchant shipping and related maritim

SA signs agreement with the government of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar regarding merchant shipping and related maritim