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Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast are taken over by British government to form British West Africa, administered from Freetow

This day in history

Cornelis Goover and twenty-four men land at Warwijk’s Haven, Mauritius, to establish a Dutch settlement on the island. Their ta

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ANC secretary-general Alfred Nzo and SA Communist Party general secretary Joe Slovo address a rally near Soweto. Slovo tells th

This day in history

Irene Charnley, Executive Director of Johnnic, trustee of several funds and winner of the Businesswoman of the Year Award 2000,

This day in history

The Government states in Parliament that 18,000 persons have been arrested and detained since the proclamation of the emergency

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The Groote Schuur talks start (2-4 May) between the South African government and the ANC. They reach agreement on conditions fo

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Gertrud Theiler, zoologist, researcher and teacher dies in Still Bay, Western Cape. She was a founder member of the Austin Robe

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Representatives of South Africa, United States, Angola and Cuba meet in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan

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Adriaan van Jaarsveld, frontier commandant and leader of the burghers who drove Landdros Maynier away in 1795, is born. Van

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O.H.M. Chabane, MRC for Public Works, Northern Province Provincial Government and founder member of AZASO, is born. He was arre

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Prof. W.S. Logemann, professor in Dutch, French, German and history at the Victoria College in Stellenbosch, is born in Haarl

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Maggie Laubser, SA painter and receiver of several awards, is born on the farm Bloublommetjieskloof in the district of Malmesbu

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Merchant Jan van Riebeeck requests in a letter to the Council of XVII (Lords 17) a salary increase and express his disappointme

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The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, the Netherlands, defines the 1 000-km shared border between Ethiopia and Eritr

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A Zimbabwe court rules that the government and police must bring an end to Black squatters’ occupations of White-owned farms.

This day in history

Judge Marthinus Theunis Steyn (Theunie) (77), SA judge of the Appeal Court and administrator-general of South West Africa (Nami

This day in history

Molton Paseka Ncholo, executive chairman of Khumo Bathong Holdings and member of the board of the SA Mining Development Associa

This day in history

Nomatyala Hangana, Deputy Minister of Provincial and Local Government of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004, is b

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Idi Amin is deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seize control of Kampala.

This day in history

Idi Amin is deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seize control of Kampala.

This day in history

The Prime Minister announces that eight very important Western intelligence agents, held by the Soviet Union, and one South Afr

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The UN Security Council unanimously approves an arms embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea following the latest flare-up in thei

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It is disclosed that John Vorster has invited the Presidents of the Ivory Coast and Liberia to visit South Africa.

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The members of a nineteen-strong French patrol have been discovered hacked to death in the mountains between Algiers and Consta

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An International peace conference is convened at The Hague in the Netherlands. It adopts conventions on warfare and creates the

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Susanna Wilhelmina Celliers, daughter of ‘Jan Volksstem’, sister of poet Jan F.E. Celliers and first wife of sculptor Anton van

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By this deadline for the receipt of applications for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission almost 8,000 applicatio

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An International Commission of Jurists report alleges the widespread use of force and torture by security forces on anti-aparth

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Gert Oosthuizen, Deputy Minister of Sport and Recreation in the Republic of South Africa since 10 May 2004, is born.

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Eleven days after the killing of London policewoman Yvonne Fletcher, the siege of the Libyan embassy ends and thirty Libyans (d

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Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast are taken over by British government to form British West Africa, administered from Freetow

Cornelis Goover and twenty-four men land at Warwijk’s Haven, Mauritius, to establish a Dutch settlement on the island. Their ta

ANC secretary-general Alfred Nzo and SA Communist Party general secretary Joe Slovo address a rally near Soweto. Slovo tells th

Irene Charnley, Executive Director of Johnnic, trustee of several funds and winner of the Businesswoman of the Year Award 2000,

The Government states in Parliament that 18,000 persons have been arrested and detained since the proclamation of the emergency

The Groote Schuur talks start (2-4 May) between the South African government and the ANC. They reach agreement on conditions fo

Gertrud Theiler, zoologist, researcher and teacher dies in Still Bay, Western Cape. She was a founder member of the Austin Robe

Representatives of South Africa, United States, Angola and Cuba meet in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan

Adriaan van Jaarsveld, frontier commandant and leader of the burghers who drove Landdros Maynier away in 1795, is born. Van

O.H.M. Chabane, MRC for Public Works, Northern Province Provincial Government and founder member of AZASO, is born. He was arre

Prof. W.S. Logemann, professor in Dutch, French, German and history at the Victoria College in Stellenbosch, is born in Haarl

Maggie Laubser, SA painter and receiver of several awards, is born on the farm Bloublommetjieskloof in the district of Malmesbu

Merchant Jan van Riebeeck requests in a letter to the Council of XVII (Lords 17) a salary increase and express his disappointme

The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, the Netherlands, defines the 1 000-km shared border between Ethiopia and Eritr

A Zimbabwe court rules that the government and police must bring an end to Black squatters’ occupations of White-owned farms.

Judge Marthinus Theunis Steyn (Theunie) (77), SA judge of the Appeal Court and administrator-general of South West Africa (Nami

Molton Paseka Ncholo, executive chairman of Khumo Bathong Holdings and member of the board of the SA Mining Development Associa

Nomatyala Hangana, Deputy Minister of Provincial and Local Government of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004, is b

Idi Amin is deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seize control of Kampala.

Idi Amin is deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seize control of Kampala.

The Prime Minister announces that eight very important Western intelligence agents, held by the Soviet Union, and one South Afr

The UN Security Council unanimously approves an arms embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea following the latest flare-up in thei

It is disclosed that John Vorster has invited the Presidents of the Ivory Coast and Liberia to visit South Africa.

The members of a nineteen-strong French patrol have been discovered hacked to death in the mountains between Algiers and Consta

An International peace conference is convened at The Hague in the Netherlands. It adopts conventions on warfare and creates the

Susanna Wilhelmina Celliers, daughter of ‘Jan Volksstem’, sister of poet Jan F.E. Celliers and first wife of sculptor Anton van

By this deadline for the receipt of applications for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission almost 8,000 applicatio

An International Commission of Jurists report alleges the widespread use of force and torture by security forces on anti-aparth

Gert Oosthuizen, Deputy Minister of Sport and Recreation in the Republic of South Africa since 10 May 2004, is born.

Eleven days after the killing of London policewoman Yvonne Fletcher, the siege of the Libyan embassy ends and thirty Libyans (d