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Hendrik Lodewyk (Hennie) Roux, Afrikaans cultural leader and co-founder of the Rapportryersbeweging, is born on the farm La Mot

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Christiaan Afrikaner, son of Jonker Afrikaner and Nama chief, is killed in battle at Otjimbingue, German West Africa. He wa

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A flying instructor for microlight aircrafts, Willem Bester, and his pupil, L.P. van der Merwe, die when their craft crashes on

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In Kenya 200 raiders attacks the police station in Likoni, Mombasa. Prisoners are freed; six police officers and seven civilian

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WW 2: Japan surrenders unconditionally, bringing to an end a war in which millions of people, and many South Africans, were kil

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The memorandum of the negotiations between J.C. Smuts of the ZAR and Sir W. Conyngham Greene of Britain, concerning the franchi

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The SA regional airline, Sun Air, discontinues its service and thousands of disappointed passengers have to acquire seats on ot

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Cornelis Jacob Langenhoven, SA author, i.a. “Die Stem”, advocate and editor of Het Zuid-Westen, is born in Ladismith, C.P.

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The Ciskei is given self-government. Chief Justice Mabandla becomes Chief Minister, and the heads of the territory’s six depart

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John Beaver Marks, teacher, trade unionist and political activist, who identified himself as an African though he was of Colour

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Dr James Barry, British military surgeon and inspector-general of hospitals (later alleged to be a lady), arrives in Cape Town.

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Gregoire Boonzaier, SA landscape painter and son of caricaturist D.C. Boonzaier, is born in Cape Town. He died in 2005.

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Daily Dispatch reports that there was a shootout between Transkei police and two insurgents at Mzamba in July. A man was arrest

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The ‘Luthuli Combat Detachment’, comprising of ZAPU and ANC guerrillas, crosses the Zambezi into Rhodesia (30 July 31 July) at

This day in history

Dr. Raymond Hoffenberg of Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town and senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town Medical School,

This day in history

In the Geneva session of the United nations Economic and Social Council, an Argentinean resolution state that South Africa shal

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The SA rugby team plays for the first time against a team of the British Isles, and lose 0-4 in Port Elizabeth.

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The diggers on the diamond fields between the Vaal and the Harts Rivers proclaim Klipdrift a republic with Stafford Parker as f

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Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet and prose writer, dies near King William’s Town. His first collection of poems, Imihobe

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The International Convention with Respect to Laws and Customs of War by Land is signed at The Hague, the Netherlands.

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Terror strikes the Atlanta Olympics as a pipe bomb explodes at the public Centennial Olympic Park, killing two people and injur

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The undeclared Korean War ends, after three years of fighting between North Korean and Chinese Communists against the United Na

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Henry Bathurst (72), British statesman and co-founder of the British Colonial Office, dies. The town of Bathurst (1820) was

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The Military Council for Justice and Democracy&nbsp;overthrows President Taya of Mauritania in a coup, while he is in Saudi Ara

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The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, to which SA is a party,

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Prince James Mahlangu and Mr Fanie Fanyana brings an urgent application in the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Cou

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Eleven residents are killed in Esikhaweni when unknown killers in balaclavas and armed with pump action shotguns fire at reside

This day in history

Eleven residents are killed in Esikhaweni when unknown killers in balaclavas and armed with pump action shotguns fire at reside

This day in history

UWC students convene a meeting to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decide to embark on a boycott of classes.

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Captain Piletji Sebola says in Pretoria they are investigating a charge of murder and about ten of assault in connection with t

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Hendrik Lodewyk (Hennie) Roux, Afrikaans cultural leader and co-founder of the Rapportryersbeweging, is born on the farm La Mot

Christiaan Afrikaner, son of Jonker Afrikaner and Nama chief, is killed in battle at Otjimbingue, German West Africa. He wa

A flying instructor for microlight aircrafts, Willem Bester, and his pupil, L.P. van der Merwe, die when their craft crashes on

In Kenya 200 raiders attacks the police station in Likoni, Mombasa. Prisoners are freed; six police officers and seven civilian

WW 2: Japan surrenders unconditionally, bringing to an end a war in which millions of people, and many South Africans, were kil

The memorandum of the negotiations between J.C. Smuts of the ZAR and Sir W. Conyngham Greene of Britain, concerning the franchi

The SA regional airline, Sun Air, discontinues its service and thousands of disappointed passengers have to acquire seats on ot

Cornelis Jacob Langenhoven, SA author, i.a. “Die Stem”, advocate and editor of Het Zuid-Westen, is born in Ladismith, C.P.

The Ciskei is given self-government. Chief Justice Mabandla becomes Chief Minister, and the heads of the territory’s six depart

John Beaver Marks, teacher, trade unionist and political activist, who identified himself as an African though he was of Colour

Dr James Barry, British military surgeon and inspector-general of hospitals (later alleged to be a lady), arrives in Cape Town.

Gregoire Boonzaier, SA landscape painter and son of caricaturist D.C. Boonzaier, is born in Cape Town. He died in 2005.

Daily Dispatch reports that there was a shootout between Transkei police and two insurgents at Mzamba in July. A man was arrest

The ‘Luthuli Combat Detachment’, comprising of ZAPU and ANC guerrillas, crosses the Zambezi into Rhodesia (30 July 31 July) at

Dr. Raymond Hoffenberg of Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town and senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town Medical School,

In the Geneva session of the United nations Economic and Social Council, an Argentinean resolution state that South Africa shal

The SA rugby team plays for the first time against a team of the British Isles, and lose 0-4 in Port Elizabeth.

The diggers on the diamond fields between the Vaal and the Harts Rivers proclaim Klipdrift a republic with Stafford Parker as f

Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet and prose writer, dies near King William’s Town. His first collection of poems, Imihobe

The International Convention with Respect to Laws and Customs of War by Land is signed at The Hague, the Netherlands.

Terror strikes the Atlanta Olympics as a pipe bomb explodes at the public Centennial Olympic Park, killing two people and injur

The undeclared Korean War ends, after three years of fighting between North Korean and Chinese Communists against the United Na

Henry Bathurst (72), British statesman and co-founder of the British Colonial Office, dies. The town of Bathurst (1820) was

The Military Council for Justice and Democracy&amp;nbsp;overthrows President Taya of Mauritania in a coup, while he is in Saudi Ara

The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, to which SA is a party,

Prince James Mahlangu and Mr Fanie Fanyana brings an urgent application in the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Cou

Eleven residents are killed in Esikhaweni when unknown killers in balaclavas and armed with pump action shotguns fire at reside

Eleven residents are killed in Esikhaweni when unknown killers in balaclavas and armed with pump action shotguns fire at reside

UWC students convene a meeting to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decide to embark on a boycott of classes.

Captain Piletji Sebola says in Pretoria they are investigating a charge of murder and about ten of assault in connection with t

The Military Council for Justice and Democracy overthrows President Taya of Mauritania in a coup, while he is in Saudi Ara