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Prime Minister Vorster announces that the new Coloured Persons Representative Council will be comprised of forty elected and tw
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Separate Representation of Coloured Voters Act is passed after enlarging the Senate and the Appellate Court. It removes Coloure
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Robert Mangaliso (Wonder) Sobukwe (54), founder member and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress, dies in the Kimberle
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South Africa signs a treaty with the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland amending the trade agreement of 16 May 1960.
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Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, civil rights lawyer, political activist and husband of Victoria Mxenge, is born in King William’s To
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J.P. (Pieter) de Lange, chairman of the Afrikanerbroederbond, and head of the commission of the Human Sciences Research Council
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The National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industries (Nafcoc) commits itself to the promotion of a free-market sys
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Mabelindile Archie Luhlabo, chair of SA Teemane Co., Johannesburg, director of the Mineworkers Investment Co. and also of Globa
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Alexander Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (now the University of
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WW1: Battle of Verdun in France begins with a massive German artillery bombardment. It is the longest and bloodiest battle
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Two car bombs explode near Algiers, killing twelve and wounding thirty-five during the final hours of Ramadan celebrations.
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Sheiks Mutondi Makhado, businessman and well-known leader in the area of Black economic empowerment, is born in Johannesburg. H
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The cattle looting expedition commanded by Gen. Bruce Hamilton, King Dinizulu and Chief Sikhobobo arrives bac
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All-in African Conference (25-26 March) with 1,400 delegates from 145 religious, cultural, peasant, intellectual and political
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Provincial Council elections show a sharp swing to the government side and shock the opposition UP. Although provincial, the ca
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Three more detainees are released: the Chairman of the ‘Committee of, Dr. N. Motlana, a member of the Committee, L. Mosala, and
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets the ANC in Zambia and fails to convince the organization to abandon the armed struggle.
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The Prime Minister dismisses allegations that the Cabinet is divided, and denies that there are differences in principle betwee
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A hearing to decide the financial settlement between President Mandela and Winnie Mandela is held at which the President testif
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Sir Pierre van Ryneveld and Quintin Brand arrive in Wynberg after the first flight from London to Cape Town.
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This year’s 46664 concert, named after Mandela’s prison number under apartheid, highlights the plight of women and girls, who a
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Zandra Mitchley, her son, Shaun, and his friend, Clare Silberbauer, are murdered in Eikenhof, near Johannesburg. Three ANC acti
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Nqwiliso (also Nowiliso), tribal chief of Western Pondoland and eldest son of Ndamase, signs a treaty with Cape Governor H.G. E
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Anglo-Boer War 2: A Great combined Republican Council of War is held at Kroonstad, attended by both presidents and commanders o
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Helena Dorothea Strauss, singer, choir director and music teacher, is born on the farm “Terugkeer” in Wepener district, OFS.
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Rebels led by ousted army chief General Francois Bozize capture the Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, and the interna
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Stephanus Schoeman, colourful figure in Transvaal history and commander-in-chief of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, is born ne
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The Publications and Entertainment Bill, which has been before a select Committee for nearly two years, passes its third readin
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Lilian Masediba Ngoyi, born in Gamatlala near Pretoria in 1911, dressmaker, political activist and trade unionist who spent sev
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