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Sabotage groups blast three pylons, one in the Transvaal and two on the Cape Flats.

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Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews, SA Deputy Minister of Safety and Security since 1994, is born.

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Maria van Riebeeck, daughter of Jan and his wife Maria, is born at the Cape.

Resolution against the Natives Land Act 1913 and the Report of the Natives Land Commission

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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, deputy president and wife of former public prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka, is born.

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Florence Barbara Ribeiro, community worker and wife of Fabian Ribeiro, is born in Vryheid, Natal.

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Superintendent Andre Neethling announces a child prostitution and trafficking task team has rescued another fourteen underage p

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Sir Laurens van der Post, SA philosopher, explorer and author, is born in Philippolis, OFS.

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Prof. Jan Kamp, literary critic and editor of Het Westen, is born in the Netherlands.

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Adriaan Johannes Vlok, former SA law and order minister, is born in Sutherland, Cape Province.

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The General Assembly adopts and opens for signature the International Convention against Apartheid in Sports.

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Prof. Jacobus Johannes le Roux, linguist and Afrikaans cultural leader, is born in Franschhoek, CP.

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Jacob Ludwig D&ouml;hne, missionary and translator of the Zulu Bible, is born in Zierenberg, Germany.

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Gen. David Joubert (Ou Kat), explorer and leader of expeditions to East Africa, is born.

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The &quot;Mad Mullah&quot; and 17,000 troops are advancing on the British at Bohodle, Somaliland.

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Gary Kirsten, SA cricket player and stepbrother of Peter Kirsten, is born in Cape Town.

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Mpande, Zulu chief and half-brother of Dingane, dies at his kraal Nodwengu in Zululand.

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A joint Egyptian-Syrian parliamentary meeting approves the creation of a Federal Union of Egypt and Syria.

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Prof. F.J. Labuschagne, Afrikaans linguist and lector at the Potchefstroom University, is born in Ventersdorp.

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The Restitution of Land Rights Bill is passed by President Mandela and signed into law.

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Dr Nicolaas Diederichs, SA politician and state president (1975 – 1978), is born in Ladybrand, OFS.

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Dr Theo Schumann, director of the Fuel Research Institute and the Weather Bureau, is born.

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Bophuthatswana’s minister of Health and Social Welfare, Mr L.G. Holela, resigns from the Mangope cabinet.

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Italian and Ethiopian troops clash at the Ualual (Welwel) on the disputed Somali-Ethiopian border.

Mandela, Communism and South Africa by Stephen Ellis (Open Democracy), 25 July 2011, South Africa

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The regular railway service between the capital of the ZAR, Pretoria, and Lourenço Marques starts.

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Gen. Jan Kemp (74), SA warrior, politician and minister of defence, dies in Piet Retief.

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Samuel Magaula Mabuja, East Rand MK commander, is shot and killed by police in Vosloorus.

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Paul Adams became South Africa’s youngest Test Cricket player, aged 18 years and 340 days.

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Zimbabwe and England draw in a Bulawayo Test Cricket match with England needing one to win.