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Prof. François Ernst Johannes Malherbe, lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch and literary critic, is born in the distric

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Richard Owen Dudley, president of the New Unity Movement, 1985, and active campaigner against separate schooling based on colou

This day in history

Twenty meters of railway track is destroyed on the railway line between Richards Bay and Vryheid, derailing a goods train.

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Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary-General of the ANC and chairman of the Constitutional Assembly, announces his intention to resign fr

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Prof. Izak Wilhelmus van der Merwe (Boerneef), well-known SA poet and author, is born on Boplaas, district Ceres.

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Peter Loubser Were Becker, writer of several popular historic books on African people and their customs, dies instantly after b

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The British High Commissioner to South Africa, Lord Alfred Milner, proposes that educated and prosperous non-Whites should be a

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The Azanian People’s Organisation and the Pan Africanist Congress announce they are to work towards the formation of a patrioti

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Fydell Edmund Garrett (41), newspaper editor, member of parliament and friend of Cecil John Rhodes, dies in Devon, England.

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Pandemonium breaks loose when Sepp Blatter, the chairperson of Fifa, the soccer world governing body, and his entourage enters

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Internal Security Act No 32, empowering Government to declare an organisation unlawful and to control the distribution of publi

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Jac J. Brits, Afrikaans author of mainly juvenile fiction and chairman of the ‘Afrikaanse Skrywerskring’, is born in the distri

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Hijackers seeking to draw attention to the economic and political strife in Ethiopia divert a passenger plane to Khartoum, Suda

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Relief of Jammersberg Drift: The relief columns under Generals Hart and Barbazon arrive at Wepener. General D

This day in history

Anglo-Boer War 2: Relief of Jammersberg Drift: The relief columns under Generals Hart and Barbazon arrive at Wepener. General D

This day in history

Seven people die and fourteen are injured when a car bomb, planted by the AWB (Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging), explodes in Breë

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Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa composer and musician, receives an honorary M.A. Degree from the University of Fort Hare i

This day in history

Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa composer and musician, receives an honorary M.A. Degree from the University of Fort Hare i

This day in history

Mohammed Bhabha, attorney and member of the National Council of Provinces for Mpumalanga, is born in Roodepoort, West Rand.

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Pieter Johannes Hendrik Coetzee, cultural reformer after the Rebellion in 1914 and World War I, is born in Burgersdorp, CC.

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The government, the ANC and the Freedom Front sign an agreement establishing a framework for a separate state for Whites (’Acco

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Willem van der Berg, SA novelist and former head of the Afrikaans service of the SAUK (SABC), is born.

This day in history

Willem van der Berg, SA novelist and former head of the Afrikaans service of the SAUK (SABC), is born.

This day in history

After a UN Security Council vote to continue sanctions against Libya, Britain is accused of &quot;a hidden hatred and an histor

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Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke, teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born i

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An international mediation team, including Dr Paul Kevenhorster of Germany, former US Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger and

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Egyptologist Lord Carnarvon dies of an unknown disease some months after he and British archaeologist Howard Carter have discov

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The newly formed DA-IFP &quot;coalition of change&quot; leaders of the parties, Tony Leon and Mangosuthu Buthelezi, hold their

This day in history

Eugene Terre ‘Blanche, leader of the Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging is condemned to death seven times because he and two follower

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Henry Allen Fagan, chief justice of the Union of SA, cabinet minister and playwright, is born in Tulbach, CC.

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Prof. François Ernst Johannes Malherbe, lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch and literary critic, is born in the distric

Richard Owen Dudley, president of the New Unity Movement, 1985, and active campaigner against separate schooling based on colou

Twenty meters of railway track is destroyed on the railway line between Richards Bay and Vryheid, derailing a goods train.

Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary-General of the ANC and chairman of the Constitutional Assembly, announces his intention to resign fr

Prof. Izak Wilhelmus van der Merwe (Boerneef), well-known SA poet and author, is born on Boplaas, district Ceres.

Peter Loubser Were Becker, writer of several popular historic books on African people and their customs, dies instantly after b

The British High Commissioner to South Africa, Lord Alfred Milner, proposes that educated and prosperous non-Whites should be a

The Azanian People’s Organisation and the Pan Africanist Congress announce they are to work towards the formation of a patrioti

Fydell Edmund Garrett (41), newspaper editor, member of parliament and friend of Cecil John Rhodes, dies in Devon, England.

Pandemonium breaks loose when Sepp Blatter, the chairperson of Fifa, the soccer world governing body, and his entourage enters

Internal Security Act No 32, empowering Government to declare an organisation unlawful and to control the distribution of publi

Jac J. Brits, Afrikaans author of mainly juvenile fiction and chairman of the ‘Afrikaanse Skrywerskring’, is born in the distri

Hijackers seeking to draw attention to the economic and political strife in Ethiopia divert a passenger plane to Khartoum, Suda

Anglo-Boer War 2: Relief of Jammersberg Drift: The relief columns under Generals Hart and Barbazon arrive at Wepener. General D

Anglo-Boer War 2: Relief of Jammersberg Drift: The relief columns under Generals Hart and Barbazon arrive at Wepener. General D

Seven people die and fourteen are injured when a car bomb, planted by the AWB (Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging), explodes in Breë

Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa composer and musician, receives an honorary M.A. Degree from the University of Fort Hare i

Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa composer and musician, receives an honorary M.A. Degree from the University of Fort Hare i

Mohammed Bhabha, attorney and member of the National Council of Provinces for Mpumalanga, is born in Roodepoort, West Rand.

Pieter Johannes Hendrik Coetzee, cultural reformer after the Rebellion in 1914 and World War I, is born in Burgersdorp, CC.

The government, the ANC and the Freedom Front sign an agreement establishing a framework for a separate state for Whites (’Acco

Willem van der Berg, SA novelist and former head of the Afrikaans service of the SAUK (SABC), is born.

Willem van der Berg, SA novelist and former head of the Afrikaans service of the SAUK (SABC), is born.

After a UN Security Council vote to continue sanctions against Libya, Britain is accused of &amp;quot;a hidden hatred and an histor

Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke, teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born i

An international mediation team, including Dr Paul Kevenhorster of Germany, former US Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger and

Egyptologist Lord Carnarvon dies of an unknown disease some months after he and British archaeologist Howard Carter have discov

The newly formed DA-IFP &amp;quot;coalition of change&amp;quot; leaders of the parties, Tony Leon and Mangosuthu Buthelezi, hold their

Eugene Terre ‘Blanche, leader of the Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging is condemned to death seven times because he and two follower

Henry Allen Fagan, chief justice of the Union of SA, cabinet minister and playwright, is born in Tulbach, CC.

After a UN Security Council vote to continue sanctions against Libya, Britain is accused of "a hidden hatred and an histor

The newly formed DA-IFP "coalition of change" leaders of the parties, Tony Leon and Mangosuthu Buthelezi, hold their