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Willem Johannes Conradie, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and author of the first Bible told for children in Afrikaans, a

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A statement released at the ANC’s 93rd anniversary celebrations in Umtata, calls for the transformation of the judiciary and ma

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Walter Whall Battiss, South African educationist, painter and specialist on the San art, is born in Somerset East, Eastern Cape

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The conference at Aburi, Ghana (4-5 January), fails to prevent the secession of Biafra from Nigeria and the ensuing civil war.

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US helicopters and gunships destroy four of Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid’s arms depots, one week after his forces allege

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Jabulani Sibisi, Joseph Mthembu, Sifiso Nxumalo and Nkosinthi Thenjekwayo, all ANC members, are shot dead in an ambush near Pie

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Twenty Somalis are killed and fifty more wounded when Pakistani members of the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping forces fire int

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Marais Viljoen, former President of the Senate and acting State President, is elected State President by members of both Houses

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Twelve people are killed in Kathlehong, East Rand, as a result of the bloody feud between ANC Youth League and SDU.

This day in history

Overwhelmed by rising waters on the Niger River, officials open the floodgates of two major dams, submerging 400 villages and l

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Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade, eleven years and one day after

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Former American Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger, lectures South Africans on the need for racial reform and a new Constit

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The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Piet Koornhof, says that Blacks in urban areas will not have political rights in t

This day in history

Schalk Willem Botha, vice-president of the ZAR and later acting state president upon President Paul Kruger’s departure for Euro

This day in history

Fabian Defu Ribeiro, medical doctor and community worker who fought for equality for all races, is born in Bantule, Pretoria.

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Cosatu and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) are to table a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan in the National Economic, Develo

This day in history

Willem Eduard Bok, government commissioner and sub-editor of De Volksstem is born in the Netherlands. Boksburg was later na

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Allen Frances Gardiner, naval officer and missionary in inter alia Port Natal, is born in Berkshire, England. His last post w

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Germany rejects Britain’s call to effectively double aid for some of the world’s poorest countries, an adviser to Chancellor Ge

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The Chairman of Armscor announces that under an agreement with a French aviation company, Mirage III and F jet fighters will be

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Dr William Guybon Atherstone (84), medical practitioner and scientist who was probably the first to use an anaesthetic in any B

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Angolan, Cuban, South African and United States officials meet in Cairo, in search of independence for Namibia in tandem with a

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Dr Izak David du Plessis, author, poet and chancellor of the University of the Western Cape, is born in Philipstown.

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Khedive Ismael (Ismael Pasha) is deposed and replaced by his son Tewfik Pasha due to the considerable international pressure ov

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Fourteen teachers, all from a primary school in Montsioa, near Mafikeng, are killed when their taxi burst a tyre and collide wi

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The Principal’s office in Hlangisi Primary (Nyanga) is burnt down and the following day the same riot squad threaten officials

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James Ngcanjini Limba, leader of the Church of Christ and highly regarded by Africans, dies in New Brighton, Eastern Cape.

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Simon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to advise the dissatisfied burghers on how to be

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The UN resumes food distribution in Mogadishu, Somalia, ten days after fighting between UN troops and those of warlord Mohammed

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Lizzy Makhathini (62) and Nhlanhla Mbatha (36), members of the ANC Women’s League, are killed at Ms Makhathini’s home, Umlazi,

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Willem Johannes Conradie, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and author of the first Bible told for children in Afrikaans, a

A statement released at the ANC’s 93rd anniversary celebrations in Umtata, calls for the transformation of the judiciary and ma

Walter Whall Battiss, South African educationist, painter and specialist on the San art, is born in Somerset East, Eastern Cape

The conference at Aburi, Ghana (4-5 January), fails to prevent the secession of Biafra from Nigeria and the ensuing civil war.

US helicopters and gunships destroy four of Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid’s arms depots, one week after his forces allege

Jabulani Sibisi, Joseph Mthembu, Sifiso Nxumalo and Nkosinthi Thenjekwayo, all ANC members, are shot dead in an ambush near Pie

Twenty Somalis are killed and fifty more wounded when Pakistani members of the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping forces fire int

Marais Viljoen, former President of the Senate and acting State President, is elected State President by members of both Houses

Twelve people are killed in Kathlehong, East Rand, as a result of the bloody feud between ANC Youth League and SDU.

Overwhelmed by rising waters on the Niger River, officials open the floodgates of two major dams, submerging 400 villages and l

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade, eleven years and one day after

Former American Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger, lectures South Africans on the need for racial reform and a new Constit

The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Piet Koornhof, says that Blacks in urban areas will not have political rights in t

Schalk Willem Botha, vice-president of the ZAR and later acting state president upon President Paul Kruger’s departure for Euro

Fabian Defu Ribeiro, medical doctor and community worker who fought for equality for all races, is born in Bantule, Pretoria.

Cosatu and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) are to table a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan in the National Economic, Develo

Willem Eduard Bok, government commissioner and sub-editor of De Volksstem is born in the Netherlands. Boksburg was later na

Allen Frances Gardiner, naval officer and missionary in inter alia Port Natal, is born in Berkshire, England. His last post w

Germany rejects Britain’s call to effectively double aid for some of the world’s poorest countries, an adviser to Chancellor Ge

The Chairman of Armscor announces that under an agreement with a French aviation company, Mirage III and F jet fighters will be

Dr William Guybon Atherstone (84), medical practitioner and scientist who was probably the first to use an anaesthetic in any B

Angolan, Cuban, South African and United States officials meet in Cairo, in search of independence for Namibia in tandem with a

Dr Izak David du Plessis, author, poet and chancellor of the University of the Western Cape, is born in Philipstown.

Khedive Ismael (Ismael Pasha) is deposed and replaced by his son Tewfik Pasha due to the considerable international pressure ov

Fourteen teachers, all from a primary school in Montsioa, near Mafikeng, are killed when their taxi burst a tyre and collide wi

The Principal’s office in Hlangisi Primary (Nyanga) is burnt down and the following day the same riot squad threaten officials

James Ngcanjini Limba, leader of the Church of Christ and highly regarded by Africans, dies in New Brighton, Eastern Cape.

Simon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to advise the dissatisfied burghers on how to be

The UN resumes food distribution in Mogadishu, Somalia, ten days after fighting between UN troops and those of warlord Mohammed

Lizzy Makhathini (62) and Nhlanhla Mbatha (36), members of the ANC Women’s League, are killed at Ms Makhathini’s home, Umlazi,