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In an attempt to unite the two Boer republics, the commandoes of the Free State and Transvaal (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek) con
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Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco for Latin America on a papyrus boat, Ra II, to prove his theories that ancient Egyptians
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Britain, France, and Spain sign the Pact of Cartagena – an agreement to maintain the status quo in the Mediterranean and West
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A Nigerian freighter with 3 500 Liberian war refugees is allowed to dock in Ghana after being turned away from African ports fo
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Petrus Vusi Mahlangu of Vlaklaagte No. 2 disappears after being shot at a taxi rank on his way to a meeting at Chief Mabogo’s k
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The government grants an amnesty in celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Republic. Over 30,000 prisoners stand to benefi
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Florence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born. Nurses in SA undertake to honour the oath of Florence Nighting
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Deputy President F.W. de Klerk announces that the National Party is to withdraw from the Government of National Unity on June 3
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The Australian Government announces that it would give an extra 8 million Australian Dollars in aid to South Africa over the ne
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Noria Mabasa (also Mabaso), SA artist, is born in Tshigalo, Ramukhumba, Venda. She moved to White City in Soweto but return
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) asks Pretoria to clarify its position on amnesty, as well as on any o
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Israel Isaac (Lippy) Lipshitz, SA sculptor is born in Plungian, Lithuania. His father emigrated to SA in 1904 and was joined
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SA rugby is plunged into a crisis because Louis Luyt refuses to resign as president of the South African Rugby Football Union.
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The government announces that its aim is to provide all Black children with free and compulsory education as soon as possible.
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A twenty-year ban on big-game hunting is lifted in the Côte d’Ivoire in an attempt to raise tourist revenue.
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The terms under which the alliance between COSATU, the SACP and the ANC should work together to dismantle apartheid, decided on
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Dr Viljoen answers in parliament in response to a speech by Mr Peter Gastrow MP (National Democratic Movement) on behalf of Pee
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Over 7,000 people attend a rally in Pretoria to mark the foundation on 4 May 1984 of the Afrikaner Volkswag (People’s Guard), a
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High Commissioner of South Africa and governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, sends his famous ‘helots’ telegram to Mr Joseph
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Defence legislation is amended to enable use of the armed forces for the suppression of internal disorder and reorganise the po
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Anglo-Boer War 2: General Lord Roberts departs from Bloemfontein and begins the ‘March to Pretoria’ with almost 44,000 men, 18,
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In reply to a letter by the Rev. John Ayliff, missionary amongst the Fingos (Mfengu), on behalf of this landless society, Sir B
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The Brederode, belonging to the Dutch East India Company and carrying a cargo of porcelain, tin and spices, runs aground on the
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On proposal of Sir Pierre van Ryneveld a special service battalion is instituted in Pretoria to provide work for young men afte
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Adv. C.R. Swart resigns as governor-general of SA to become the first state president of SA on 31 May 1961.
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As part of the ten-year progress (begun in 1950) to independence under an Italian administered UN trusteeship, the first electe
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St. John Brodrick, the war secretary, informs the British House of Commons that the campaign in Somaliland is to be abandoned a
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President Kaunda of Zambia meets the Prime Minister, P.W. Botha on the Botswana border to discuss the political situation in Na
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Adv. C.R. Swart resigns as governor-general of SA to become the first state president of SA on 31 May 1961.
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