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Patrice Lumumba, first and only elected Prime Minister of Congo, is murdered. The killing of Lumumba remained a secret for year

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Henry Smith, an Umlaas Road farmer and popular master, accompanies his workers to Camperdown to pay their taxes. That evening,

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Liberia’s President Samuel Doe appeals for international help to end a rebel invasion and promises not to seek re-election in a

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ANC Deputy President Mr. Nelson Mandela and State President F.W. de Klerk hold discussions in Pretoria on the progress, which h

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Pieter Hackius becomes Governor of the Cape and succeeds Jakob Borghorst who returns to The Netherlands because of poor health.

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The executive council of the ZAR (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek) decides that in future December 16 will be a public holiday and

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Barney Cohen (53), former Drum magazine editor and chief executive officer of Urban Brew studios, dies in Johannesburg while un

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Protocol on consultations between the Department of Foreign Affairs of South Africa and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulg

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The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five gay men in California are suffering from a rare pneumonia found

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A SA fishing trawler, the Sudurhavid, comes to grief at the Falkland Islands and seventeen of the thirty-eight crewmembers drow

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Britain, France, and the United States use their UN Security Council veto to stop a proposed arms embargo against South Africa.

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Walter Sisulu, together with a number of listed persons and members of the ANC, attend a secret meeting where plans are discuss

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Pixley Seme (also called Pixley ka Isaka Seme), politician and co-founder of the African National Congress, dies in Johannesbur

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Joshua Nkomo, president of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (Zapu) and a future vice-president of Zimbabwe, is born at a Lon

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Makhosi Nyoka, Lindiwe Mthembu, Surendra Naidu and Nontsikelelo Cothoza, all ANC members, are shot in an ambush near Piet Retie

This day in history

Regulations are proclaimed for the layout of a third Voortrekker town, the first in Natal, named after Piet Retief and Gerrit M

This day in history

The Anglican church joins the growing confrontation between church and state, when the Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Rev. W

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Patricia de Lille, former member of the PAC and current leader of the Independent Democrats, is born in Beaufort West.

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Kurds occupy and take hostages at the Greek embassies in several European countries to protest Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan’s ca

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Louis Botha visits Johannesburg two days before British occupation and asks the residents not to resist

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The peace proposals, as approved by the British Cabinet, are wired to Lord Milner and Lord Kitchener.

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Sibusiso Vilane, a game ranger with dual South African and Swazi nationality reaches the summit of Mount Everest, where he plan

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The government is reported to have frozen the South African assets of the former Information Secretary, Dr. Eschel Roodie, and

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A clash between police and suspected guerrillas is reported near the Botswana border. Botswana denies that it is being used as

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Zulus attack Indians in Durban. At least 137 people are killed and a thousand or more injured. The government complains abo

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Abeid Karume, leader of the Zanzibar Afro-Shrazi Party, seizes power from the Arab dominated Zanzibar National Party and procla

This day in history

Several hundred mounted Herero invade Okahandja in the then German South-West Africa, setting fire to buildings and killing 123

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Obed Amon Mwanza of Zimbabwe is killed and six members of the ANC injured in a car bomb explosion in Bulawayo.

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Prime Minister B.J. Vorster and Chief Jonathan of Lesotho meet in Cape Town. A joint statement emphasises their belief in peace

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After nearly three years of negotiations, Sudan’s government and main rebel group sign the final agreement to the Naivasha, Ken

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Patrice Lumumba, first and only elected Prime Minister of Congo, is murdered. The killing of Lumumba remained a secret for year

Henry Smith, an Umlaas Road farmer and popular master, accompanies his workers to Camperdown to pay their taxes. That evening,

Liberia’s President Samuel Doe appeals for international help to end a rebel invasion and promises not to seek re-election in a

ANC Deputy President Mr. Nelson Mandela and State President F.W. de Klerk hold discussions in Pretoria on the progress, which h

Pieter Hackius becomes Governor of the Cape and succeeds Jakob Borghorst who returns to The Netherlands because of poor health.

The executive council of the ZAR (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek) decides that in future December 16 will be a public holiday and

Barney Cohen (53), former Drum magazine editor and chief executive officer of Urban Brew studios, dies in Johannesburg while un

Protocol on consultations between the Department of Foreign Affairs of South Africa and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulg

The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five gay men in California are suffering from a rare pneumonia found

A SA fishing trawler, the Sudurhavid, comes to grief at the Falkland Islands and seventeen of the thirty-eight crewmembers drow

Britain, France, and the United States use their UN Security Council veto to stop a proposed arms embargo against South Africa.

Walter Sisulu, together with a number of listed persons and members of the ANC, attend a secret meeting where plans are discuss

Pixley Seme (also called Pixley ka Isaka Seme), politician and co-founder of the African National Congress, dies in Johannesbur

Joshua Nkomo, president of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (Zapu) and a future vice-president of Zimbabwe, is born at a Lon

Makhosi Nyoka, Lindiwe Mthembu, Surendra Naidu and Nontsikelelo Cothoza, all ANC members, are shot in an ambush near Piet Retie

Regulations are proclaimed for the layout of a third Voortrekker town, the first in Natal, named after Piet Retief and Gerrit M

The Anglican church joins the growing confrontation between church and state, when the Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Rev. W

Patricia de Lille, former member of the PAC and current leader of the Independent Democrats, is born in Beaufort West.

Kurds occupy and take hostages at the Greek embassies in several European countries to protest Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan’s ca

Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Louis Botha visits Johannesburg two days before British occupation and asks the residents not to resist

Anglo-Boer War 2: The peace proposals, as approved by the British Cabinet, are wired to Lord Milner and Lord Kitchener.

Sibusiso Vilane, a game ranger with dual South African and Swazi nationality reaches the summit of Mount Everest, where he plan

The government is reported to have frozen the South African assets of the former Information Secretary, Dr. Eschel Roodie, and

A clash between police and suspected guerrillas is reported near the Botswana border. Botswana denies that it is being used as

Zulus attack Indians in Durban. At least 137 people are killed and a thousand or more injured. The government complains abo

Abeid Karume, leader of the Zanzibar Afro-Shrazi Party, seizes power from the Arab dominated Zanzibar National Party and procla

Several hundred mounted Herero invade Okahandja in the then German South-West Africa, setting fire to buildings and killing 123

Obed Amon Mwanza of Zimbabwe is killed and six members of the ANC injured in a car bomb explosion in Bulawayo.

Prime Minister B.J. Vorster and Chief Jonathan of Lesotho meet in Cape Town. A joint statement emphasises their belief in peace

After nearly three years of negotiations, Sudan’s government and main rebel group sign the final agreement to the Naivasha, Ken