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The last solar eclipse of the millennium casts a shadow extending from Land’s End at the south-western tip of England to the Ba
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The first known reference to Antjie Somers, SA bogy figure, is made in The Friend. It is alleged that he was a brigand, dress
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Anna Louisa (Annie) Visser, SA singer who was one of the first singers to record Afrikaans songs, is born on the farm Lokshoek,
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The first 200 members of a West African peacekeeping force arrive in Liberia in an effort to stop more than two months of fight
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Adolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin, the last to be held for the next twelve years. SA also competed.
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The government of Ghana imposes a total ban on the export of all produce to South Africa and South West Africa, as a protest ag
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Acting Prime Minister P.W. Botha says in the House of Assembly that the government has no objection to 158 of the 178 recommend
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George Gwala disappears since dropped off at a taxi rank by police after taken from place of employment by them in order to hel
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A Pretoria court rules that the former leader of the banned PAC, Robert Sobukwe, will not be allowed to use his exit permit (gr
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The NP serves legal papers on the Commission giving notice of a High Court application to be heard on 26 August 1997. The appli
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Cuban Foreign Minister Roberto Rubaina says his visit to South Africa will pave the way for an extended state visit by Cuban Pr
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The British Minister of State for Defence says that the ending of the Simonstown Agreements means an end to all the military co
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The Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and the looming forced removals. Some sources claim that the riots began on
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”An Appeal to the Members of the Imperial Parliament and Public of Great Britain”. Petition from the South African Native National Congress, 1914
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It comes to light that thousands of unwitting South African women, who lost their ID documents in the past, may be married ille
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The SA cricket team loses the fourth test against England on Trent Bridge with 8 wickets. One test remains to be played and bot
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The Rt. Rev. Joost de Blank presents a petition to the Secretary-General on behalf of the World Campaign for the Release of Sou
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Barney Barnato (44) dies when he jumps overboard the Scot near Madeira. He was on his way from Cape Town to Southampton and
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Mandla Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Soweto, Johannesburg. He studied at the Mofolo Arts Centre in Soweto and from 1984 to 1987
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Benjamin Pogrund, senior reporter on the Rand Daily Mail, is jailed for eight days for refusing to divulge the source of his st
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Rebels of the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army spend the first day of their first-ever visit to Sudan’s capital since the civil wa
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Commuters angry about train delays cause damage estimated at R30m when they set fire to several coaches and two offices at Germ
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell visits Sudan, followed two days later by the UN’s Kofi Annan in attempts to solve the Darfur
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The Springbok rugby team lead by Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 12-10 in Port Elizabeth to lead 3-0 in the ser
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Letter calling for Repeal of Repressive Legislation and Threatening a Defiance Campaign, from Dr. J. S. Moroka and W. M. Sisulu to Prime Minister D. F. Malan, January 21, 1952
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Report of a Deputation from the ANC and Congress of Urban Advisory Boards to the Minister of Native Affairs, May 15-17,1939
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Notes following Briefing to Media by President Thabo Mbeki and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Union Buildings, Pretoria, on Monday 17 March 2008
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Barney Barnato, with his family and Solly Joel, leaves Cape Town for Southampton on board of the Scot to escape from work press
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Despite the official announcement of the end of the Shaba War by the Zairian government last year, Moroccan troops are to be ai
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