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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, author of King Solomon’s Mines and other adventure stories, mostly about Africa, is born in Norfolk, E

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Dr William Nicol (79), minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, cultural leader and administrator of the Transvaal from 1948 to 1

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Dr William Nicol (79), minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, cultural leader and administrator of the Transvaal from 1948 to 1

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WWII: The Second South African Division under Major-General H.B. Klopper surrenders and the German force under Gen. Rommel capt

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The Star newspaper mentions that hundreds of Black people are leaving the Witwatersrand, especially for Natal, and calls it an

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Frans Reinhard Bresler, official of the Dutch East India Company and landdros of Graaff-Reinet, is born in Cape Town.

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The Swaziland government welcomes South Africa’s offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu to Swaziland, since, it claim

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Princess Alexandrina Victoria aged 18, becomes Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland following the death of her uncle, Ki

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William Duncan Baxter and Bishop S.W. Lavis are the first receivers of the freedom of the City of Cape Town.

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About sixty armed burghers, revolting against the economic and Khoi-Khoi policy of the Company, occupy the drosdy in Swellendam

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The Minister of Justice and Police, J.T. Kruger, announces his decision to appoint a one-man judicial commission in the person

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More than a hundred Whites raid the Indian Resisters’ camp, pull down tents and smash camp stretchers. Some Resisters are injur

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The government gives its details of proposals to consolidate 157 ‘Black spots’ and sixty-eight Zulu areas into a homeland. Kwaz

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The resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Theo Gerdener, is announced and will take effect from 31 July 1972.

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The first aircraft hijacking is attempted by Chinese on a flight of Cathay Pacific. The hijacking failed and the plane crashe

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The Rev. Wilhelm A. Alheit is inducted in the DRC in Colesberg. He and his daughter drowned in 1910 at Kleinmond.

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Marches organised by the African National Congress, SA Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions are held

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The SA defence force attacks alleged ANC homes and offices in Gaborone, Botswana, in Operation Plecksy. Twelve or thirteen peop

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Prime Minister Vorster and Dr. Hilgard Muller arrive in Geneva. A meeting is held with twelve South African ambassadors to Euro

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Grintek of SA, Saab of Sweden and British aerospace sign a historic contract for supplying military equipment worth about R60 m

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SA author Herman Charles Bosman is found guilty of murdering his stepbrother and sentenced to death. The sentence was later

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American troops arrive in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, in advance of a multinational operation to feed and help send home more tha

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Katangan President Moise Tshombe and Congo President Joseph Kasavubu are accused in a UN report of conspiracy to murder ex-prem

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All South Africans will have access to clean running water by 2008, says Water Affairs and Forestry Minister Buyelwa Sonjica.

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Relief officials scramble to find a way to bring aid to a million Rwandan Hutu refugees engulfed in a rebellion in eastern Zair

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After a meeting between the Prime Minister John Vorster, with his Minister of Bantu Administration, and seven of the eight ‘hom

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In Egypt, the German Afrika Korps and Italian forces under Rommel begin a retreat westwards after a renewed campaign by the all

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The government announces a plan to allow White and Black businessmen to form partnerships as part of a strategy to draw Blacks

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The SA cricket team beats Zimbabwe with an innings and thirteen runs in the first five-day test in Bloemfontein.

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Rwandan and Zairian forces bombard each another with artillery along the border, while rebels in Zaire, supported by Rwanda, cl

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, author of King Solomon’s Mines and other adventure stories, mostly about Africa, is born in Norfolk, E

Dr William Nicol (79), minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, cultural leader and administrator of the Transvaal from 1948 to 1

Dr William Nicol (79), minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, cultural leader and administrator of the Transvaal from 1948 to 1

WWII: The Second South African Division under Major-General H.B. Klopper surrenders and the German force under Gen. Rommel capt

The Star newspaper mentions that hundreds of Black people are leaving the Witwatersrand, especially for Natal, and calls it an

Frans Reinhard Bresler, official of the Dutch East India Company and landdros of Graaff-Reinet, is born in Cape Town.

The Swaziland government welcomes South Africa’s offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu to Swaziland, since, it claim

Princess Alexandrina Victoria aged 18, becomes Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland following the death of her uncle, Ki

William Duncan Baxter and Bishop S.W. Lavis are the first receivers of the freedom of the City of Cape Town.

About sixty armed burghers, revolting against the economic and Khoi-Khoi policy of the Company, occupy the drosdy in Swellendam

The Minister of Justice and Police, J.T. Kruger, announces his decision to appoint a one-man judicial commission in the person

More than a hundred Whites raid the Indian Resisters’ camp, pull down tents and smash camp stretchers. Some Resisters are injur

The government gives its details of proposals to consolidate 157 ‘Black spots’ and sixty-eight Zulu areas into a homeland. Kwaz

The resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Theo Gerdener, is announced and will take effect from 31 July 1972.

The first aircraft hijacking is attempted by Chinese on a flight of Cathay Pacific. The hijacking failed and the plane crashe

The Rev. Wilhelm A. Alheit is inducted in the DRC in Colesberg. He and his daughter drowned in 1910 at Kleinmond.

Marches organised by the African National Congress, SA Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions are held

The SA defence force attacks alleged ANC homes and offices in Gaborone, Botswana, in Operation Plecksy. Twelve or thirteen peop

Prime Minister Vorster and Dr. Hilgard Muller arrive in Geneva. A meeting is held with twelve South African ambassadors to Euro

Grintek of SA, Saab of Sweden and British aerospace sign a historic contract for supplying military equipment worth about R60 m

SA author Herman Charles Bosman is found guilty of murdering his stepbrother and sentenced to death. The sentence was later

American troops arrive in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, in advance of a multinational operation to feed and help send home more tha

Katangan President Moise Tshombe and Congo President Joseph Kasavubu are accused in a UN report of conspiracy to murder ex-prem

All South Africans will have access to clean running water by 2008, says Water Affairs and Forestry Minister Buyelwa Sonjica.

Relief officials scramble to find a way to bring aid to a million Rwandan Hutu refugees engulfed in a rebellion in eastern Zair

After a meeting between the Prime Minister John Vorster, with his Minister of Bantu Administration, and seven of the eight ‘hom

In Egypt, the German Afrika Korps and Italian forces under Rommel begin a retreat westwards after a renewed campaign by the all

The government announces a plan to allow White and Black businessmen to form partnerships as part of a strategy to draw Blacks

The SA cricket team beats Zimbabwe with an innings and thirteen runs in the first five-day test in Bloemfontein.

Rwandan and Zairian forces bombard each another with artillery along the border, while rebels in Zaire, supported by Rwanda, cl