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The Anti-Convict Association in Cape Town dissolves as a result of an order-in-council rescinding the decision to make the Cape

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Albert Nzula, teacher, journalist and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), who left SA to study in Moscow in 1

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The United Nations marks the 20th anniversary of the first official report on Aids. An estimated 58 million people have contrac

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The Constitution Amendment Bill of South Africa provides for an increase in the number of members of Parliament from 160 to 170

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The monument at Delville Wood, unveiled on 10 October 1926 to honour the thousands of SA soldiers who were killed there during

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The Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation Act is accepted by the SA parliament, thereby paving the way for the founding of ISCO

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Sewsunkerlal Bahadur Singh, champion for the poor and social worker, dies in Durban. He was born in 1890 and played an active r

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Security police arrive at Naledi High School and attempt to arrest the leader of the local branch of the SA Students Movement.

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The ANC expresses deep concern about latest revelations that the SA Defence Force had a budget of R 4.38 billion for its secret

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Thomas Tommy Trevor Motswai (known as Tommy), SA artist, is born at the East Rand, Johannesburg. He was born deaf and atten

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The Government Gazette proclaims that only one-fifth of District Six, will be returned in its entirety to its earlier status an

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The Proteas became the first South African team in history to win a Test cricket series in Australia when they took an unassail

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Sebokeng activist, Joseph Skosana, is shot and killed and Oupa Dlamini, an ANC activist, wounded at about 20h00 when unknown gu

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Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-’Owhali, an Osama bin Laden follower, is sentenced to life in prison without parole in the 1998 bombing

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The British Anti-Apartheid Movement (BAAM) holds an 11-hour rock concert at Wembley Stadium in London to pay tribute to Nelson

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WWII: The 6th SA Armoured Division, having reached the watershed of Castiglione dei Pepoli in Italy, pushes forward to take Mon

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The Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor-General of SA, Dr E.G. Jansen during a concert by

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The Council of Ministers of the OAU issues a resolution calling for an urgent meeting of the Security Council to examine the is

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The Supreme Court of Appeal refuses to allow the Western Cape education MEC to compel an Afrikaans-medium school, Mikro, in Kui

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Josephus Suasso de Lima, editor and publisher of the first Dutch newspaper in SA, De Verzamelaar, is born in Amsterdam, the Net

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The rugby match between SA and France ends in a tie with 20 each. It is François Pienaar’s first match as Springbok captain.

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Sisulu makes the first broadcast on “Radio Freedom” from a secret hideout in SA. He urges the youth to join forces and continue

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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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National Day of Protest and Mourning. The first national political strike called by the ANC as an act of national mourning and

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Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950, according to which the Communist Party of South Africa is declared an illegal org

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The SA rugby team, with François Pienaar as captain, wins the World Cup final match against New Zealand 15-12. Joel Stransky

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A service in Cape Town’s St George’s Cathedral marks the retirement of the Most Rev. Desmond Tutu as Archbishop of Cape Town an

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The match between the SA rugby team and the British Lions ends in a tie, with both sides scoring 6 points in Port Elizabeth.

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The first Chinese arrive in SA to relieve the shortage of unskilled mineworkers. Within a year there were 34 000 and the numb

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Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town. He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c

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The Anti-Convict Association in Cape Town dissolves as a result of an order-in-council rescinding the decision to make the Cape

Albert Nzula, teacher, journalist and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), who left SA to study in Moscow in 1

The United Nations marks the 20th anniversary of the first official report on Aids. An estimated 58 million people have contrac

The Constitution Amendment Bill of South Africa provides for an increase in the number of members of Parliament from 160 to 170

The monument at Delville Wood, unveiled on 10 October 1926 to honour the thousands of SA soldiers who were killed there during

The Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation Act is accepted by the SA parliament, thereby paving the way for the founding of ISCO

Sewsunkerlal Bahadur Singh, champion for the poor and social worker, dies in Durban. He was born in 1890 and played an active r

Security police arrive at Naledi High School and attempt to arrest the leader of the local branch of the SA Students Movement.

The ANC expresses deep concern about latest revelations that the SA Defence Force had a budget of R 4.38 billion for its secret

Thomas Tommy Trevor Motswai (known as Tommy), SA artist, is born at the East Rand, Johannesburg. He was born deaf and atten

The Government Gazette proclaims that only one-fifth of District Six, will be returned in its entirety to its earlier status an

The Proteas became the first South African team in history to win a Test cricket series in Australia when they took an unassail

Sebokeng activist, Joseph Skosana, is shot and killed and Oupa Dlamini, an ANC activist, wounded at about 20h00 when unknown gu

Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-’Owhali, an Osama bin Laden follower, is sentenced to life in prison without parole in the 1998 bombing

The British Anti-Apartheid Movement (BAAM) holds an 11-hour rock concert at Wembley Stadium in London to pay tribute to Nelson

WWII: The 6th SA Armoured Division, having reached the watershed of Castiglione dei Pepoli in Italy, pushes forward to take Mon

The Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor-General of SA, Dr E.G. Jansen during a concert by

The Council of Ministers of the OAU issues a resolution calling for an urgent meeting of the Security Council to examine the is

The Supreme Court of Appeal refuses to allow the Western Cape education MEC to compel an Afrikaans-medium school, Mikro, in Kui

Josephus Suasso de Lima, editor and publisher of the first Dutch newspaper in SA, De Verzamelaar, is born in Amsterdam, the Net

The rugby match between SA and France ends in a tie with 20 each. It is François Pienaar’s first match as Springbok captain.

Sisulu makes the first broadcast on “Radio Freedom” from a secret hideout in SA. He urges the youth to join forces and continue

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

National Day of Protest and Mourning. The first national political strike called by the ANC as an act of national mourning and

Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950, according to which the Communist Party of South Africa is declared an illegal org

The SA rugby team, with François Pienaar as captain, wins the World Cup final match against New Zealand 15-12. Joel Stransky

A service in Cape Town’s St George’s Cathedral marks the retirement of the Most Rev. Desmond Tutu as Archbishop of Cape Town an

The match between the SA rugby team and the British Lions ends in a tie, with both sides scoring 6 points in Port Elizabeth.

The first Chinese arrive in SA to relieve the shortage of unskilled mineworkers. Within a year there were 34 000 and the numb

Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town. He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c