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Faku, Pondo paramount chief and trustworthy ally of the Cape Colony, dies near Palmerton, Pondoland.

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Roland Trimen, SA entomologist and curator of the South African Museum, is born in London.

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Chief Mqikela, eldest son of Chief Faku, and chief of East Pondoland, dies in Qaukeni.

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Escom intends spending R250 million over five years electrifying 2500 schools and clinics nationwide.

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South Africa signs multilateral treaty for protection of performers, producers of phonograms and broadcasting organisations.

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Sir George Albu, co-founder of General Mining and Finance, is born in Berlin, Germany.

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Stephanie Faure, one of the SA pioneers in reciting and drama, is born in Pretoria.

A runaway veld fire destroys more than 90 Nissan cars and a bird sanctuary in Rosslyn, Pretoria

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A runaway veld fire destroys more than 90 Nissan cars and a bird sanctuary in Rosslyn, Pretoria

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Political assassination: Ben Badi, Nowinile Badi and granddaughter Vuyokazi Badi (11), are killed at home.

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T.V. (Tom) Bulpin (81), SA author of travel books and photographer, dies in Cape Town.

South Africa’s Alternative Press: Voices of Protest and Resistance, 1880-1960 edited by Les Switzer

Movement matters: American Anti-apartheid activism and the rise of Multicultural Politics by David L. Hostetter

For their triumphs and for their tears, Women in Apartheid South Africa by Hilda Bernstein

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The minister of Police, Justice and Prisons lifts the closure of schools in Black townships.

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Bongani Aug Khumalo, strategic advisor, Integrated Sustainable Rural Development &amp; HIV/AIDS, Deputy President’s Office and

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The World Alliance of Reformed (Presbyterian and Congregational) Churches (WARC) suspends the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (N

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Dorothea (Anne) Fairbridge (69), author of historical fiction and non-fiction, dies in Cape Town.

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William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and champion for the abolishment of the slave trade, is born.

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A German protectorate is declared over Angra Pequena and the German flag is hoisted at Lüderitzbucht.

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Theodore Walter Jandrell, SA teacher, inspector of schools and poet, is born in Richmond, CP.

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Shaun MacLean Pollock, Springbok cricket player and son of the Springbok Peter Pollock, is born.

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Jannie Gildenhuys (70), well-known SA TV and stage actor, dies in Heidelberg, Western Cape.

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UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold and UN troops enter rebel province of Katanga in Zaire.

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Johan Bernard Zulch Keet, SA musician and leader of the Asaf choir in Johannesburg, dies.

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Arnoldus Pannevis (46), champion for Afrikaans language rights and educationist, is born in Paarl, Cape.

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Carl Ludwig Phillip Zeyher, SA botanist and collector of plants, is born in Dillenburg, Hesse.

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Johann Christian Ritter, probably the first printer and bookbinder in SA, is born in Germany.

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Kagiso Patrick (Pat) Mautloa, SA artist and commercial designer, is born in Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal.

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Chief Sekwati, Pedi paramount chief, dies in Mosega and is succeeded by his son Sekhukhune I.