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The Union Jack is lowered and British occupation of Simonstown comes to an end after 143 years. South Africa takes formal posse
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Ayanda Bam, executive chair of Kuyasa Mining, the first Black owned mining house in SA, is born in King Williams’ Town, Transke
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Dr Lindiwe Mbambo, wife of an ANC official and member of Watville Concerned Residents Committee, is shot dead by gunmen at home
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SA boxer Vic Toweel loses his world bantamweight title when he is knocked out by Australian Jimmy Carruthers in the first round
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Laban Nkete (36), member of the SA marathon team that competed in the IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada in 2001, is
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Following the placing of an embargo on the supply of oil to South Africa from Arab countries, the Prime Minister announces res
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The SA Communist Party, in alliance with the African National Congress and the Congress of Trade Unions will use mass action in
EventSiyabonga Eugene (Bhele) Nomvete, SA footballer who was winner of the Kick Off Magazine Soccer Player of the Season, 98/99 &
Siyabonga Eugene (Bhele) Nomvete, SA footballer who was winner of the Kick Off Magazine Soccer Player of the Season, 98/99 & 00/01 awards, was born on 2…
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At the end of an eight-month trial a University lecturer, Eddie Webster and four White students are acquitted of all charges ag
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De Beers SA, the world’s largest producer of diamonds, agrees to pay $250m to settle four US class-action lawsuits that accused
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Kitchener succeeds Lord Roberts as commander-in-chief of the British forces in SA and Lord Roberts succe
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Sir John George Fraser, SA statesman and private secretary of Pres. J.H. Brand of the OFS, is born in Beaufort West, Karoo.
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Robert Koch, German scientist who visited SA to investigate the causes of rinderpest, is born in Germany. He was awarded the No
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Zulu king Dingane signs the treaty drafted by Retief on February 4 in which he declares his approval to grant an extensive area
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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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Four people die when a MI-8 MTV helicopter crashes on a building in Cape Town after the tail end had caught an advertising boar
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The Citizen reports that an alleged member of the SADF, Isaiah Moyo, was convicted in Lusaka, Zambia, on three counts of espion
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The Natal Indian Congress (NIC) sends a cable to the government of India, urging an appeal to the United Nations on behalf of t
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According to reports from Angola, the strategic town of Cuito Cuanavale is about to fall to an onslaught by South African and U
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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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Business Day announces that Deutsche Bank has taken the lead among foreign banks operating in SA by selling a 25% stake in its
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Natal Indian Congress (NIC) sends a cable to the government of India, urging an appeal to the United Nations on behalf of the I
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In an obituary written for Abdoola Hajee Adam Jhaveri (Dada Abdulla), Gandhi expresses regret at his death and calls him one of
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The coastal city of Agadir, in southern Morocco, entirely rebuilt after an earthquake in 1731, is again razed to the ground. At
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US President Bush announces an initiative to spend $15bn over five years for Aids treatment and prevention in twelve African co
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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, loses the Africa Cup of Nations Group A game versus Egypt 0-1at the FNB Stadium, Johannesbur
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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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