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… Pieter Johannes van Rensburg (”Siener”, Seer) is born in Western Transvaal. Many people implicitly believe in his visi …

… Mbotya (35) affiliated to KWT Youth League/UDF, dies in custody from head injuries in King William’s Town. …

… Mbotya (35) affiliated to KWT Youth League/UDF, dies in custody from head injuries in King William’s Town. …

… offices of the Department of Education and Training (DET) in Johannesburg, in o …

… Marais Viljoen is buried it the Presidential Acre in Bloemfontein, after a service in the Pretoria East …

… Radio and television personality Manu Padayachee has died in his sleep in Johannesburg, after an apparent upper respiratory tra …

… French warplanes bomb Libyan airfield in northern Chad used as support centre for rebels in their offensive against President H …

… Local elections held in the Western Cape result in the National Party securing control of all three district …

… church historian and first archivist of the DRC in the Cape, is born in Cape Town. …

… In an historic victory, government troops capture the headquarters of UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi in central Angola. Savim …

… Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano, actress and pioneer in various cultural fields, including the first Afrikaans films, is born in …

… Marches are staged by the ANC in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Bloemfontein in the framework of the organisation’s "mass mobi …

… former president of the Pan Africanist Congress, is born in Hoyita, in the Cofimvaba district, Transke …

… The Unevangelised Fields Mission is founded in England. UFM missionaries today work primarily in Latin America, Europe and Afri …

… The match in Johannesburg between the Springbok rugby team and the British Lions ends in a tie with 3 points each. …

… (89), one of the five final translators of the first Bible in Afrikaans, dies in Stellenbosch. …

… (89), one of the five final translators of the first Bible in Afrikaans, dies in Stellenbosch. …

… practitioner assassinated with his wife by state agents in 1986, is born in Bantule. …

… J.G. Strijdom, in his first public appearance as Prime Minister, tells a National Party gathering in Pretoria that nothing will …

… van der Kemp (64), controversial missionary and physician in the Eastern Cape, dies in Cape Town. …

… Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke, who played an important role in African social, educational and political life, dies in Pretoria. …

… Fifteen Blacks are stabbed to death and four wounded in factional fight in South African eastern province of Natal. …

… The National Party registers a landslide victory in a two-party by-election in Randburg, Johannesburg. The NP candidate wins wi …

… Chief Justice of the South African Republic (ZAR) in 1881, is born in Cape Town.   …

… The first bar of gold is cast in Welkom, five years after the discovery of gold in the OFS. …

… Pollak, sociologist, welfare worker and activist, is born in Johannesburg. In 1980 the University of Natal awarde …

… A United Nations team finally arrives in Mbandaka, Congo, to investigate alleged massacres of refugees. The team was delayed in …

… players Eddie Barlow and Peter Pollock make their debut in a match vs New Zealand, in Durban. …

… Marches are staged by the ANC in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Bloemfontein in the framework of the organisation’s "mass mobi …

… former president of the Pan Africanist Congress, is born in Hoyita, in the Cofimvaba district, Transke …