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The St George’s Anglican Church in Knysna, the first to be built in the town and now a national monument, is consecrated by Bis
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The St George’s Anglican Church in Knysna, the first to be built in the town and now a national monument, is consecrated by Bis
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The death toll in rioting and clashes with police has risen to over sixty. The Government took the leader of South Africa’s mos
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Pixley ka Isaka Seme (Pixley kaIsaka Seme, Isaac Seme), barrister and president of the ANC from 1930 to 1936, is born at a miss
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About 200 people drown when a north-western blows the Waterloo broadside on to the shore in Table Bay. Earlier on this day, the
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Basil D’Oliveira, cricket player in England, is omitted from the MCC team, which is to tour SA, because he is not white.
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The Susan Crisp (198 tons) is wrecked and five crewmembers are missing near Plettenberg Bay. She was on her way to remove provi
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An ocean ferry owned and operated by Senegal capsizes off the coast of Gambia in the Atlantic Ocean, en route to the Senegalese
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Jan van Riebeeck writes to Otto Jansz on Robben Island, enquiring about the number of sheep on the island and whether he needs
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The sale of six state-owned provincial radio stations has realised R520 million, to be spend on reducing state debt, new infras
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The ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party announce that they have held high-level talks in Durban to discuss ways of ending violenc
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Hendrik Swellengrebel, the only Cape governor to be born at the Cape, is born in Cape Town. Swellendam is named after him and
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A DC-10 airliner, belonging to French airline UTA, is blown up over Niger, killing 170 people, in an attack blamed on Libyan se
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A DC-10 airliner, belonging to French airline UTA, is blown up over Niger, killing 170 people, in an attack blamed on Libyan se
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South African house prices have been growing at the second fastest pace in the world over the last few years, according to The
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Talks between Egypt and Israel in an attempt to end disputes over the Gaza Strip fail. The talks were doomed after Israeli forc
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The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (the future King George V and his wife) arrive in Durban for a quick royal visit to N
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About ten Zulu regiments attack the Voortrekkers at Veglaer, next to the Bushmans River, near the town that is now known as Est
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The ANC announces that it is postponing its national conference, set for 15 December 1990, until June 1991, due to the slow pac
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In the United Nations Security Council ‘Pik’ Botha says that South Africa will do everything in its power to move away from dis
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WWII: According to an entry in the squadron’s diary, 28 Squadron of the SA Air Force is formed as a transport squadron at the S
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The name of Lord Charles Somerset, governor of the Cape, is linked to Dr James Barry (who performed the first caesarean in the
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The annexation of the Orange Free State is announced by Lord Roberts, and back-dated to coincide with the Que
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James Earl Ray, who confessed to assassinating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr in 1968 and later insisted he was framed, dies at
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A White farmer, Davis Stevens, is shot dead in Zimbabwe by squatters occupying his land. He is the first White farmer to be kil
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Minister of Justice, C.R. Swart, serves two notices on Solly Sachs, the first ordering him to resign as an official of the Garm
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After the State President assents to the Transkei Flag Bill, the new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is h
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WWII: The 1st SA Infantry Brigade is called up for continuous training, to be followed by other units, including the SA Artil
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Archaeologists discover the largest tomb ever in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. It is believed to be the resting place for the
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