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… an Egyptian donkey boy and a Maltese man triggers a riot in the city in which several hundred people …

… French soldiers and an American aid consultant are killed in bombing attacks in Ivory Coast’s rebel-held north, after the …

… Following official meetings held in Sweden (15-19 June) and later in Britain, the United Nations Special Committee on the Polic …

… Sir Leander Starr Jameson, in charge of affairs in Rhodesia, refuses entry to 110 Trekkers of the Adendorff …

… European Union members meeting in Florence, Italy, fail to agree on a plan to fight high unemployment in Europe and oppose US e …

… Twelve Africans (eleven men and one woman) appear in court in Pretoria accused of setting up a transport route to …

… (16-19 June) to examine racism, colonialism and apartheid in South Africa is held in Lisbon, Portugal, or …

… During World War 2, Axis forces retreat from El Alamein in North Africa in a major victory for British forces commanded by Fiel …

… At 4 p.m. a stone meteorite of 0,9kg makes a hole in a corrugated iron roof on the farm Hermitage, in Constantia, Cape, without …

… Congo reaches a cease-fire agreement in Paris with Uganda and Rwanda, which support rebels in Congo, but the rebel groups thems …

… Regional Dispute Resolution Committee was established in Natal in terms of the National Peace Accord signed on 14 Sep …

… Peter (Petrus) K. Masiza, teacher and later priest in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, dies in Tsomo, Eastern Cap …

… Gugu Baqwa, first African woman admitted as attorney in 1977 and member of several boards, is born in Pinetown, Natal. …

… French soldiers and an American aid consultant are killed in bombing attacks in Ivory Coast’s rebel-held north, after the …

… student, Carl Niehaus, is sentenced to fifteen years in prison for high treason in the Rand Supreme Court. Hi …

… Ten people die in an attack by the IFP on the launching of an ANC branch in Appelbosch, Natal North Coast. …

… Hull and David Lewis, strikers during the revolt, are hung in the Central Prison in Pretori …

… Vic Toweel, of South Africa, sets a record for knockdowns in a title fight in Johannesburg, South Africa. He floors Danny O’Sul …

… In a New Year message, Prime Minister Verwoerd emphasises … that South African policy is one of non-interference in the issues be …

… In a South Africa vs Queensland cricket match, Don Bradman scores 233 runs in 191 minutes for Queensland. It includes 28 fours …

… The Jonge Thomas, a Dutch East India ship, is wrecked in a gale near Salt River mouth in Table Bay. Wolraad Woltemade, passing …

… Gastrow: Who's Who in South African Politics … Simon Hulumeni Gumede, Zulu chief and Minister of Works in the KwaZulu Government, 1983, is born in the Ubombo district, KwaZul …

… Percy Fisher, miner and unionist born in 1891 in Durham, England, is found dead inside Central Hall of …

… John Vorster, re-emerges into public life with a speech in Bloemfontein in which he qu …

… General Jan Smuts declares martial law in the Transvaal after mobilising the active citizen force in a bid to quell the dispute …

… Rwandan rebels seize the key government army barracks in Kigali, removing the biggest obstacle in their drive to capture the ca …

… Rwandan rebels seize the key government army barracks in Kigali, removing the biggest obstacle in their drive to capture the ca …

… In a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament it is unanimously agreed to re-entrench the language rights in the constitution …

… A bomb blast damages Melrose House in Pretoria, where the peace treaty between the two Boer Republics and Britain was signed in …

… F.B. Deemin, a gold digger of Johannesburg, is hanged in Australia for murdering his first wife and casting her in a cement blo …