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Roelof Temmingh, SA composer and organist, is born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He emigrates with his family in 1958 to SA.

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Thousands are killed after terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Wa

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Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, politician and Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa, is born in Aliwal North district, CC.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The youngest Boer commandant, 19 year old Commandant Piet van der Merwe and twenty-three burgers are killed i

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The youngest Boer commandant, 19 year old Commandant Piet van der Merwe and twenty-three burgers are killed i

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Thomas Mokopu Mofolo, Basuto author who tried to capture the customs and spirit of the African people, dies in Teyateyaneng, Ba

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Buller, with 12,000 men and forty-eight guns, attack Gen. Botha’s position at Paardeplaats, near Lyden

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Ndamase, son of Pondo chief Faku and first paramount chief of Western Pondoland, dies. In 1869 Governor Sir Philip Wodehouse at

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Abraham Faure, clergyman and author moving spirit behind the convocation of the first DRC synod in 1824, is born in Stellenbosc

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Workers in Nigeria’s key oil industry, air traffic controllers and others launch a strike in a bid to force out the military-ba

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Explorer and navigator Vasco da Gama arrives in Lisbon after completing his voyage to India around the Cape of Good Hope.

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Three men accused of plotting to kidnap African National Congress leaders in London and then flying them to South Africa claim

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The National Security Act No 13 comes into effect in SA. Providing for detention without trial, banning of individuals and ou

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A coup attempt fails in African nation of Chad. The government accuses Egypt of playing role in the attempt and breaks diplomat

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Lord Milner arrives back in Cape Town and the Cape Ministry produces a list of complaints to substantiate their opinion that th

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Police seize documents and videos from the home of the general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Officially recorded camp population for White camps is 105 347 and the camp fatalities for August stand at

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Maluzi Knowledge Nkanyedzi Gigaba, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004 and form

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Prime Minister Vorster says that the number of diplomats from African and Asian countries can be expected to increase, as South

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Thirty passengers are injured and admitted to various hospitals when a taxi crashes into the back of another taxi on William Ni

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The Prime Minister announces in Pretoria that he has decided that the House of Assembly and the four Provincial Councils should

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General Koos de la Rey is buried in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, in a very tense atmosphere. From far and near veteran officers of

The Story of my Life by M. K. Gandhi, Abridged and Simplfied with Topics for Essays by Bharatan Kumarappa, July 1955, South Africa

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Osama bin Laden, the Saudi millionaire suspected of being behind the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, is reporte

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The first test match between SA and Pakistan starts a day late after the alleged mugging of two Pakistani players in Sandton.

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A Somali gunman hijacks a Lufthansa Airbus over Austria with 104 people aboard and orders it flown to New York, where he surren

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Gen. Petrus Jacobus Joubert, politician and Commander-in-Chief of the forces of the Transvaal during Anglo-Boer War 2, is born

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Anton Rupert, industrial giant of South Africa and founder of the Rembrandt group, dies at the age of 89 in Stellenbosch.

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South Africa beats the West Indian Cricket team with 346 runs on Centurion Park, Pretoria, and wins thereby the series 5-0. Jac

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Talks are held between NP leader F.W. de Klerk and his Freedom Front colleague, retired General Constant Viljoen. It is agreed

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Roelof Temmingh, SA composer and organist, is born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He emigrates with his family in 1958 to SA.

Thousands are killed after terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Wa

Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, politician and Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa, is born in Aliwal North district, CC.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The youngest Boer commandant, 19 year old Commandant Piet van der Merwe and twenty-three burgers are killed i

Anglo-Boer War 2: The youngest Boer commandant, 19 year old Commandant Piet van der Merwe and twenty-three burgers are killed i

Thomas Mokopu Mofolo, Basuto author who tried to capture the customs and spirit of the African people, dies in Teyateyaneng, Ba

Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Buller, with 12,000 men and forty-eight guns, attack Gen. Botha’s position at Paardeplaats, near Lyden

Ndamase, son of Pondo chief Faku and first paramount chief of Western Pondoland, dies. In 1869 Governor Sir Philip Wodehouse at

Abraham Faure, clergyman and author moving spirit behind the convocation of the first DRC synod in 1824, is born in Stellenbosc

Workers in Nigeria’s key oil industry, air traffic controllers and others launch a strike in a bid to force out the military-ba

Explorer and navigator Vasco da Gama arrives in Lisbon after completing his voyage to India around the Cape of Good Hope.

Three men accused of plotting to kidnap African National Congress leaders in London and then flying them to South Africa claim

The National Security Act No 13 comes into effect in SA. Providing for detention without trial, banning of individuals and ou

A coup attempt fails in African nation of Chad. The government accuses Egypt of playing role in the attempt and breaks diplomat

Lord Milner arrives back in Cape Town and the Cape Ministry produces a list of complaints to substantiate their opinion that th

Police seize documents and videos from the home of the general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)

Anglo-Boer War 2: Officially recorded camp population for White camps is 105 347 and the camp fatalities for August stand at

Maluzi Knowledge Nkanyedzi Gigaba, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004 and form

Prime Minister Vorster says that the number of diplomats from African and Asian countries can be expected to increase, as South

Thirty passengers are injured and admitted to various hospitals when a taxi crashes into the back of another taxi on William Ni

The Prime Minister announces in Pretoria that he has decided that the House of Assembly and the four Provincial Councils should

General Koos de la Rey is buried in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, in a very tense atmosphere. From far and near veteran officers of

The Story of my Life by M. K. Gandhi, Abridged and Simplfied with Topics for Essays by Bharatan Kumarappa, July 1955, South Africa

Osama bin Laden, the Saudi millionaire suspected of being behind the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, is reporte

The first test match between SA and Pakistan starts a day late after the alleged mugging of two Pakistani players in Sandton.

A Somali gunman hijacks a Lufthansa Airbus over Austria with 104 people aboard and orders it flown to New York, where he surren

Gen. Petrus Jacobus Joubert, politician and Commander-in-Chief of the forces of the Transvaal during Anglo-Boer War 2, is born

Anton Rupert, industrial giant of South Africa and founder of the Rembrandt group, dies at the age of 89 in Stellenbosch.

South Africa beats the West Indian Cricket team with 346 runs on Centurion Park, Pretoria, and wins thereby the series 5-0. Jac

Talks are held between NP leader F.W. de Klerk and his Freedom Front colleague, retired General Constant Viljoen. It is agreed