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Albert Camus, French philosopher and receiver of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957, is born in Algeria.

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Ellen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and leading executive member of the South African Institute of Race Relations (SA

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Baron Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg, Cape governor, reaches a bay near Melkhoutkraal which he names Plettenberg Bay and where

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Internal Peace Institutions Act No 135, providing for the establishment of a National Peace Secretariat and local dispute resol

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SABC reports that to celebrate its 75th anniversary, the Afrikaanse Taalen Kultuurvereniging (ATKV) (Afrikaans Language and Cul

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Agreement signed between Britain and Rhodesia to give Blacks greater political rights which should eventually lead to majority

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Forces of the White Rhodesian government attacks nationalist guerrilla bases at Tembue and Chimoio in Mozambique, killing alleg

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Officials cancel the Miss World pageant in Nigeria for fear of riots and move it instead to London.

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Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Franklin Roosevelt, and China’s Chiang Kai-shek agree in Cairo, Egypt,

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Eric Hendrik Louw, SA minister of finance and first ambassador to the US, is born in Jacobsdal, OFS.

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Thomas Mtobi Mapikela, businessman, politician and speaker of the African National Congress (ANC) who was the first chairperson

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Nadine Gordimer, SA author and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, is born in Springs.

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Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano, actress and pioneer in various cultural fields including the first Afrikaans films, dies while v

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George Andrew Manuel, scholar, author and one of the first Coloured journalists in SA, is born in Johannesburg.

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Taiwanese Foreign Minister John Chang Hsiaoyen visits South Africa and holds talks with President Mandela. The President insis

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Allison Wessels George (Mhlongo) Champion, trade union leader, Black politician and businessman, is born at Sans Souci Mission

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Anglo-Boer War 2: President Paul Kruger of the ZAR and Queen Wilhelmina have a triumphant procession in the Netherlands.

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Speaking at the International Conference on Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) in Abuja, Nigeria, Madik

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General Christiaan Beyers, former Speaker of the Transvaal Parliament and Commandant-General of the Union Defence Force, drowns

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Britain announces intention to intervene in the Congo Free State if Belgian and German atrocities against natives continues.

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Egypt brokers an understanding to halt Israeli-Palestinian violence and move toward a peace accord, announced just hours after

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About 25&nbsp;000 people in Johannesburg are unemployed and the government announces that it has no jobs available.

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The Taiwanese foreign minister announces the recall of the Taiwanese ambassador and the immediate suspension of most Taiwanese

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Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act No 34, providing for investigation towards the establishment of as complete

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James Archbell, retired missionary, prints the first edition of the weekly newspaper The Natal Independent and General Advertis

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Right-wing guerrillas ambush a train near Mozambique’s western border, killing at least twenty-two people and injuring seventy-

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A flight instructor and an Italian student die when their Piper Cherokee crashes at Boesmansrivier in the Eastern Cape.

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Establishment of Military Council Act No 1, establishing Military Council and a Council of Ministers to rule the Transkei until

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Eleven residents are killed by vigilantes in clashes between ‘Fathers’ and ‘Comrades’, following the killing of a community cou

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Ralph Sipho Luthuli, chief executive officer of Tower Outsourcing and director of Azaguys Advertising, is born in Oudtshoorn.

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Albert Camus, French philosopher and receiver of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957, is born in Algeria.

Ellen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and leading executive member of the South African Institute of Race Relations (SA

Baron Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg, Cape governor, reaches a bay near Melkhoutkraal which he names Plettenberg Bay and where

Internal Peace Institutions Act No 135, providing for the establishment of a National Peace Secretariat and local dispute resol

SABC reports that to celebrate its 75th anniversary, the Afrikaanse Taalen Kultuurvereniging (ATKV) (Afrikaans Language and Cul

Agreement signed between Britain and Rhodesia to give Blacks greater political rights which should eventually lead to majority

Forces of the White Rhodesian government attacks nationalist guerrilla bases at Tembue and Chimoio in Mozambique, killing alleg

Officials cancel the Miss World pageant in Nigeria for fear of riots and move it instead to London.

Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Franklin Roosevelt, and China’s Chiang Kai-shek agree in Cairo, Egypt,

Eric Hendrik Louw, SA minister of finance and first ambassador to the US, is born in Jacobsdal, OFS.

Thomas Mtobi Mapikela, businessman, politician and speaker of the African National Congress (ANC) who was the first chairperson

Nadine Gordimer, SA author and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, is born in Springs.

Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano, actress and pioneer in various cultural fields including the first Afrikaans films, dies while v

George Andrew Manuel, scholar, author and one of the first Coloured journalists in SA, is born in Johannesburg.

Taiwanese Foreign Minister John Chang Hsiaoyen visits South Africa and holds talks with President Mandela. The President insis

Allison Wessels George (Mhlongo) Champion, trade union leader, Black politician and businessman, is born at Sans Souci Mission

Anglo-Boer War 2: President Paul Kruger of the ZAR and Queen Wilhelmina have a triumphant procession in the Netherlands.

Speaking at the International Conference on Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) in Abuja, Nigeria, Madik

General Christiaan Beyers, former Speaker of the Transvaal Parliament and Commandant-General of the Union Defence Force, drowns

Britain announces intention to intervene in the Congo Free State if Belgian and German atrocities against natives continues.

Egypt brokers an understanding to halt Israeli-Palestinian violence and move toward a peace accord, announced just hours after

About 25&amp;nbsp;000 people in Johannesburg are unemployed and the government announces that it has no jobs available.

The Taiwanese foreign minister announces the recall of the Taiwanese ambassador and the immediate suspension of most Taiwanese

Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act No 34, providing for investigation towards the establishment of as complete

James Archbell, retired missionary, prints the first edition of the weekly newspaper The Natal Independent and General Advertis

Right-wing guerrillas ambush a train near Mozambique’s western border, killing at least twenty-two people and injuring seventy-

A flight instructor and an Italian student die when their Piper Cherokee crashes at Boesmansrivier in the Eastern Cape.

Establishment of Military Council Act No 1, establishing Military Council and a Council of Ministers to rule the Transkei until

Eleven residents are killed by vigilantes in clashes between ‘Fathers’ and ‘Comrades’, following the killing of a community cou

Ralph Sipho Luthuli, chief executive officer of Tower Outsourcing and director of Azaguys Advertising, is born in Oudtshoorn.

About 25 000 people in Johannesburg are unemployed and the government announces that it has no jobs available.