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Lord Robert Stephenson Baden-Powell, British hero during the siege of Mafeking (1900) and founder of the Boy Scout movement in
… Stephenson Baden-Powell, British hero during the siege of Mafeking (1900) and founder of the Boy Scout movement in …
Sydney Vernon Peterson, one of the prominent SA poets of the 1940s, dies in Germiston. His poetry was translated into English,
… Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.2 , Pretoria: Vista. … Sydney Vernon Peterson, one of the prominent SA poets of the 1940s…
The body of seventeen year old stowaway, Samuel Benjamin, found in the wheel-well of a British Airways aircraft in Los Angeles
… The body of seventeen year old stowaway, Samuel Benjamin, found in the wheel-well of a British Airways aircraft in Los Angeles …
Top leadership officials of the United Democratic Front (UDF) are arrested. Of the thirteen detained, six are to be charged for
… Top leadership officials of the United Democratic Front (UDF) are arrested. Of the thirteen detained, six are to be charged for …
Southern Rhodesian Minister of Railways H.W. Moffat visits Cape Town to discuss the building of Beit Bridge over the Limpopo Ri
… Southern Rhodesian Minister of Railways H.W. Moffat visits Cape Town to discuss the building of Beit Bridge over the Limpopo Ri …
The Prime Minister of Swaziland visits Cape Town for talks with John Vorster and confirms that a policy of friendship and coope
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … The Prime Minister of Swaziland visits Cape Town…
A proclamation is published in the Official Gazette of the ZAR, prohibiting the hunting of game in the area between the Crocodi
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 6, p. 476 | … A proclamation is published in the Official…
The Oranje-Vrouevereniging (Association of Women in the Orange Free State) is founded on Onze Rust, farm of former Pres. M.T.
… The Oranje-Vrouevereniging (Association of Women in the Orange Free State) is founded on Onze Rust, farm of former Pres. M.T. …
Two pilots of SA Air Force’s No 2 (Flying Cheetah) Squadron, assisting the United Nations in the Korean War, blast a convoy of
… Two pilots of SA Air Force’s No 2 (Flying Cheetah) Squadron, assisting … the United Nations in the Korean War, blast a convoy of …
Anglo-Boer War 2: Mr H.R. Fox, Secretary of the Aborigines Protection Society, after being made aware by Emily Hobhouse of the
… Anglo-Boer War 2: Mr H.R. Fox, Secretary of the Aborigines Protection Society, after being made aware by Emily Hobhouse of the …
Nine policemen are to be charged with murder after the findings of the Goldstone Commission of Inquiry into the Sebokeng shooti
… policemen are to be charged with murder after the findings of the Goldstone Commission of Inquiry into the Sebokeng shooti …
The Minister of Water Affairs announces an ambitious scheme to harness the Orange River for power and irrigation at a cost of R
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … The Minister of Water Affairs announces an…
Dr William Nicol, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and Administrator of Transvaal from 1948-1958, is born in Robertson, CC
… Dr William Nicol, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and Administrator of Transvaal from 1948-1958, is born in Robertson, CC …
Allan Boesak, former Director of the Foundation for Peace and Justice, is found guilty in the Cape Supreme Court of embezzling
… Allan Boesak, former Director of the Foundation for Peace and Justice, is found guilty in the Cape Supreme Court of embezzling …
EventFifteen English cricket players are prohibited to play for three years in England because of their rebel tour of South Africa
… are prohibited to play for three years in England because of their rebel tour of South Africa …
Four people, believed to be members of the ANC, are arrested in Gaborone, Botswana, and charged with the illegal possession of
… Four people, believed to be members of the ANC, are arrested in Gaborone, Botswana, and charged with the illegal possession of …
Protests by thousands of farmers around the country against land reform legislation and loss of tax rebates, and against the go
… Protests by thousands of farmers around the country against land reform legislation and loss of tax rebates, and against the go …
A court in Pretoria sentences nine Blacks to terms of imprisonment from five to seven years on charges of training as guerrilla
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … A court in Pretoria sentences nine Blacks to terms…
Andries Dreyer, archivist of the Dutch Reformed Church, is ordained as missionary of the congregation in Cape Town for the Hano
… Andries Dreyer, archivist of the Dutch Reformed Church, is ordained as missionary of the congregation in Cape Town for the Hano …
Lt Gen. Moneim Riad, chief of staff of Egypt’s armed forces, is killed during Israeli-Egyptian gun battle across Suez Canal.
… Lt Gen. Moneim Riad, chief of staff of Egypt’s armed forces, is killed during Israeli-Egyptian …
Cape Town’s Hely-Hutchinson Reservoir, named after Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson, at one time governor of Natal and of the
… Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson, at one time governor of Natal and of the …
In the British House of Commons the Trade and Industry Sub-Committee of the Select Committee on Expenditure proposes an inquiry
… In the British House of Commons the Trade and Industry Sub-Committee of the Select Committee on Expenditure proposes an inquiry …
The Rev. Evert Jean Jacques van der Horst, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and member of parliament for Wolmaransstad, is
… The Rev. Evert Jean Jacques van der Horst, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and member of parliament for Wolmaransstad, is …
Anglo-Boer War 2: A council of war at Poplar Grove, OFS, gives Danie Theron permission to form a Scout Corps consisting of abou
… Anglo-Boer War 2: A council of war at Poplar Grove, OFS, gives Danie Theron permission to form a Scout Corps consisting of abou …
Statement of intent between the governments of South Africa and the United States to establish the South Africa-US Bi-national
… Statement of intent between the governments of South Africa and the United States to establish the South …
A Survey of the South African Debate on the Decline of Socialism in Eastern Europe by Z. Pallo Jordan, September 1991, South Africa
… A Survey of the South African Debate on the Decline of Socialism in Eastern Europe by Z. Pallo Jordan, September …
Toast Remarks by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of a State Visit to Tunisia, 12 October 2004
… Toast Remarks by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of a State Visit to Tunisia, 12 October 2004 …
The first motorists’ organisation in SA, the Automobile Club of South Africa (called the Royal Automobile Club of SA since 1911
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 589 … first motorists’ organisation in SA, the…
Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Redvers Buller is dismissed as officer in command of the British forces, probably because of his defeat
… 2: Gen. Redvers Buller is dismissed as officer in command of the British forces, probably because of his defeat …
The Botswana police discover the bodies of eighteen people who had suffocated in the back of a truck driving from Zimbabwe to S
… The Botswana police discover the bodies of eighteen people who had suffocated in the back of a truck driving from Zimbabwe to S …