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Troops open fire on a truckload of Somalis who barrel through a French checkpoint, killing two and injuring seven in the first

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Sytze Wopkes Wierda (72), architect of several bridges and designer of the Paardekraal monument at Krugersdorp, is born in Sea

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The first Nobel prizes are awarded. Several South Africans, inter alia, Albert Luthuli, Nelson Mandela and W.A. de Klerk were

Labour Input to the Presidential Job Summit presented on behalf of COSATU, FEDUSA and NACTU by John Gomomo, COSATU President

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Elections to the country’s twenty-nine new Black local authorities, over the previous ten days, are met with demonstrations and

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Theo Gerdener resigns from the National Party on account of his involvement with Action South and Southern Africa (ACASA), an i

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Ferrar Reginald Mostyn Cleaver, barrister of English descent who identified himself completely with the cause of the ZAR and wh

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Gen. P.A. Cronjé and 200 burgers declare the auction of a wagon of Piet Bezuidenhout in Potchefstroom, to pay arrear tax

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Three White members of the African National Congress (ANC), Damian de Lange, Ian Robertson and Susan Donelly, are sentenced to

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James Sebe Moroka, medical doctor, politician, landowner and great-grandson of Chief Moroka of Thaba Nchu who assisted the Voor

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The military government in the Transkei lifts the state of emergency and banning orders on fifteen organisations in the territo

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Dr C.P. Mulder resigns as Minister of Plural Relations and Development on instruction of the prime minister because of irregula

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The French Ministry of Defence will no longer permit delivery of two escort vessels (corvettes) and two submarines under constr

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A meeting convened by Chief Lucas Mangope, Chief Minister of Bophuthatswana, held in Umtata in camera and attended by eight ‘ho

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Anglo-Boer War 2: From his conning tower in the besieged Kimberley Colonel Kekewich sees a “living mass” of men approaching and

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Professor Johan Heyns, influential church leader and former moderator of the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church, is mur

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Ntuzuma Thami Zondi, ANC member, and ANC Civic worker, Mr Nene, are killed in hit squad action in Ntuzuma, Natal.

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More than forty African heads of state and government, including President Thabo Mbeki, meet with the Chinese top leadership in

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Susanna Helena Kok, medical missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church and authority on leprosy who worked mainly in Nigeria, dies

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President Thabo Mbeki and the minister of justice are facing a R550&nbsp;000 civil damages claim after a convicted murderer kil

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The UN General Assembly presses Britain, France and Israel for withdrawal of their troops from Egypt. The United States joins t

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Johann Hendrik Lodewyck Schumann, prisoner of war who played an important role on St Helena to encourage musical and cultural a

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battles of Belmont, western front, and Willow Grange, Natal front, started on the day before, continue.

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The families who survived the Thirstland Trek and made it to Angola, are naturalised as Portuguese subjects, assured of freedom

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Anglo-Boer War 2: During the Battle of Willow Grange, two British soldiers and two burghers are knocked unconscious by lightnin

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Demonstrations begin outside the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C. and continue on an almost daily basis, as anti-apart

This day in history

Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Fanie) Eloff (62), first notable sculptor born in SA and grandson of Paul Kruger, dies in Pretoria.

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Basil Neo Sipho Bridgeman (Doc) Bikitshan, veteran journalist and story-teller is born in Mayfair, Johannesburg. He grows up in

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Moses Josiah Madiba, author, educationist and first African chancellor of the University of the North, is born at Uitvlucht, Pi

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Energy specialist and free-lance reporter Andrew Kennedy reports that the Koeberg Nuclear plant is quite safe despite power cut

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Troops open fire on a truckload of Somalis who barrel through a French checkpoint, killing two and injuring seven in the first

Sytze Wopkes Wierda (72), architect of several bridges and designer of the Paardekraal monument at Krugersdorp, is born in Sea

The first Nobel prizes are awarded. Several South Africans, inter alia, Albert Luthuli, Nelson Mandela and W.A. de Klerk were

Labour Input to the Presidential Job Summit presented on behalf of COSATU, FEDUSA and NACTU by John Gomomo, COSATU President

Elections to the country’s twenty-nine new Black local authorities, over the previous ten days, are met with demonstrations and

Theo Gerdener resigns from the National Party on account of his involvement with Action South and Southern Africa (ACASA), an i

Ferrar Reginald Mostyn Cleaver, barrister of English descent who identified himself completely with the cause of the ZAR and wh

Gen. P.A. Cronjé and 200 burgers declare the auction of a wagon of Piet Bezuidenhout in Potchefstroom, to pay arrear tax

Three White members of the African National Congress (ANC), Damian de Lange, Ian Robertson and Susan Donelly, are sentenced to

James Sebe Moroka, medical doctor, politician, landowner and great-grandson of Chief Moroka of Thaba Nchu who assisted the Voor

The military government in the Transkei lifts the state of emergency and banning orders on fifteen organisations in the territo

Dr C.P. Mulder resigns as Minister of Plural Relations and Development on instruction of the prime minister because of irregula

The French Ministry of Defence will no longer permit delivery of two escort vessels (corvettes) and two submarines under constr

A meeting convened by Chief Lucas Mangope, Chief Minister of Bophuthatswana, held in Umtata in camera and attended by eight ‘ho

Anglo-Boer War 2: From his conning tower in the besieged Kimberley Colonel Kekewich sees a “living mass” of men approaching and

Professor Johan Heyns, influential church leader and former moderator of the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church, is mur

Ntuzuma Thami Zondi, ANC member, and ANC Civic worker, Mr Nene, are killed in hit squad action in Ntuzuma, Natal.

More than forty African heads of state and government, including President Thabo Mbeki, meet with the Chinese top leadership in

Susanna Helena Kok, medical missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church and authority on leprosy who worked mainly in Nigeria, dies

President Thabo Mbeki and the minister of justice are facing a R550&amp;nbsp;000 civil damages claim after a convicted murderer kil

The UN General Assembly presses Britain, France and Israel for withdrawal of their troops from Egypt. The United States joins t

Johann Hendrik Lodewyck Schumann, prisoner of war who played an important role on St Helena to encourage musical and cultural a

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battles of Belmont, western front, and Willow Grange, Natal front, started on the day before, continue.

The families who survived the Thirstland Trek and made it to Angola, are naturalised as Portuguese subjects, assured of freedom

Anglo-Boer War 2: During the Battle of Willow Grange, two British soldiers and two burghers are knocked unconscious by lightnin

Demonstrations begin outside the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C. and continue on an almost daily basis, as anti-apart

Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Fanie) Eloff (62), first notable sculptor born in SA and grandson of Paul Kruger, dies in Pretoria.

Basil Neo Sipho Bridgeman (Doc) Bikitshan, veteran journalist and story-teller is born in Mayfair, Johannesburg. He grows up in

Moses Josiah Madiba, author, educationist and first African chancellor of the University of the North, is born at Uitvlucht, Pi

Energy specialist and free-lance reporter Andrew Kennedy reports that the Koeberg Nuclear plant is quite safe despite power cut

President Thabo Mbeki and the minister of justice are facing a R550 000 civil damages claim after a convicted murderer kil