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Malose Kekana, financier and managing director of several companies, is born in Potgietersrus.

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The Rhodesian government bans the Zimbabwe African National Union and People’s Caretaker Council.

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Prof. Gerhard Johannes Beukes, Afrikaans expert in literature and dramatist, dies in Bloemfontein.

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Andries Dreyer, archivist of the Dutch Reformed Church and collector of Africana, dies.

The United Democratic Front and Township Revolt by Mark Swilling, 1984, South Africa

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The railway line between Cape Town and Eerste River (34 km) is completed.

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Sir Thomas Cullinan, digger and founder of the Premier diamond company, is born.

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Nkosinathi S. Shabangu, SOSCO and Senoane Secondary School pupil, is shot dead in Soweto.

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Mkhombiseni Buthelezi, IFP branch chair at Ekusayeniward, kwaNtewa, Natal, is shot and killed.

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Fighting erupts between UN troops and supporters of Patrice Lumumba in the Congo.

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The South African rugby team scores 9 tries and beats France in Bordeaux 38-5.

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Eugène Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born in Pretoria.

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Aggrey Zola Klaaste, journalist and editor of the Sowetan, is born in Kimberley.

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Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo, Zulu choirmaster and composer, is born in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg.

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Heavy fighting erupts in Congo’s Katanga Province between United Nations and Katangan forces.

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Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund, actress and teacher of elocution, dies in Bloemfontein.

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Elizabeth Bosman, early SA author and religious poet, is born in Drakenstein, Cape.

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Agnes Alwena (Wena) Naudé (72), SA stage and cinema actress, dies in Pretoria.

Welcoming address to workshop on anti-trust, monopolies and mergers policy 4 December 1992

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Marie Vogts (90), botanist and pioneer of the protea industry, dies in Stellenbosch.

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Joseph Jacobus Bosman (57), founder and chief director of Volkskas, dies in Pretoria.

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Expedition under Major Marchand leaves France to advance on Fashoda and claim Sudan.

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World War II: North Africa. General Rommel and his Panzerarmee Afrika capture Fuqa.

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The first friendly professional soccer match is played between Rangers and Germiston Callies.

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Huybert Dirck Campagne, SA satirist and author, is born in Tiel, the Netherlands.

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Violence erupts in Soweto again and the police make at least 146 arrests.

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SA signs amendment to multilateral treaty on endangered species of flora and fauna.

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The SA rugby team beats Ireland 33-0 in Pretoria and wins the series 2-0.

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Parliament ends its session after 103 days and the passing of 100 bills.

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Dr David Livingstone reaches the Victoria Falls and names it after his queen.