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The government tables three bills cracking down on illegal residents, but allowing legal recognition of some racially mixed res

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Henrietta Georgina (Netta) Kirk, cheese maker, who received two international awards, is born in Matatiele. She was a deeply ca

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Anglo-Boer War 2: In a letter to Lord Roberts, Chief Commandant de Wet protests against the indiscriminate destruction of priva

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Nigeria’s most prominent political prisoner, Moshood Abiola, dies of an apparent heart attack a few days before he was expected

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The Government of India announces that it was lifting, with immediate effect, all consular and visa restrictions, cultural, spo

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Christiaan de Wet and 300 Boers capture Nicholson’s Nek and take 800 British soldiers prisoner.

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Rebels use a missile to shoot down a jetliner carrying forty civilians in eastern Congo, claiming it was ferrying government tr

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General Salomon Gerhardus (Manie) Maritz rebels against General Smuts’ order to invade German South-West Africa, goes over to e

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Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, generally known as &quot;Onze Jan&quot;, dies in London. One of his various achievements was assisting in

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Nelson Mandela’s treason trial starts in the Old Synagogue in Pretoria. He was captured near Howick on 5 August 1962.

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Sudanese rebel group claims responsibility for shooting down Sudan Airways passenger plane in which all sixty people aboard wer

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Chief Commandant De Wet and Pres. Steyn arrive at Commando Nek, about four hours from Pretoria.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Chief Commandant De Wet and Pres. Steyn arrive at Commando Nek, about four hours from Pretoria.

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North West premier Edna Molewa signs a R100 million land restitution deal, compensating six communities for apartheid-era force

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The minister of Education and Development, Dr Gerrit Viljoen, states in Parliament that action was being taken against schools

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Samuel Vernon Collins, pioneer in the reclaiming of off shore diamonds on the West Coast, is born in Texas.

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Chief Commandant C.R. De Wet, operating in the Bethlehem district, issues instructions to Commandant Willem D. Fouche in the Ea

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Eugène de Kock alleges that the Swedish premier Olaf Palme was shot in 1986 by a South African secret agent.

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Hester Henriette Grove, born Venter, SA author and dramatist, is born in the Potchefstroom district, western Transvaal. She was

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Richard Victor Selope Thema, politician, journalist and newspaper editor of i.e. The Bantu World, dies in Orlando West, Johanne

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The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. de Wet Nel, says that ‘Tswanaland’, a number of African reserves ski

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Adv. Anton Lubowski (37), secretary-general of the South West African People’s Organisation (Swapo), is shot and killed outside

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Vincent Lawrence, community leader and Mohandas Gandhi’s confidential clerk, dies in Durban. He was born in Madras, India, in 1

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William (Bloke) Modisane, journalist, writer and actor is born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He died in 1986 in Dortmund, West G

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame is the overwhelming winner of presidential elections. The election was the first since the 1994 g

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Nelson Mandela is discharged from Cape Town’s Tygerberg hospital where he was treated for tuberculosis and transferred to a pri

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James Aubrey Polley (61), flamboyant former minister of the Methodist Church and anti-apartheid activist, dies. He was detained

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The Staatsmodelskool, built by President Kruger, was refurbished by Milner and opens as the Pretoria Boys High School, becoming

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In response to Israel’s seizure of Gaza, Egypt closes the Suez Canal and breaks diplomatic ties with the west.

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In a first-phase report, the Commonwealth Observer Mission to South Africa (COMSA) concludes that this country was &quot;one of

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The government tables three bills cracking down on illegal residents, but allowing legal recognition of some racially mixed res

Henrietta Georgina (Netta) Kirk, cheese maker, who received two international awards, is born in Matatiele. She was a deeply ca

Anglo-Boer War 2: In a letter to Lord Roberts, Chief Commandant de Wet protests against the indiscriminate destruction of priva

Nigeria’s most prominent political prisoner, Moshood Abiola, dies of an apparent heart attack a few days before he was expected

The Government of India announces that it was lifting, with immediate effect, all consular and visa restrictions, cultural, spo

Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Christiaan de Wet and 300 Boers capture Nicholson’s Nek and take 800 British soldiers prisoner.

Rebels use a missile to shoot down a jetliner carrying forty civilians in eastern Congo, claiming it was ferrying government tr

General Salomon Gerhardus (Manie) Maritz rebels against General Smuts’ order to invade German South-West Africa, goes over to e

Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, generally known as &amp;quot;Onze Jan&amp;quot;, dies in London. One of his various achievements was assisting in

Nelson Mandela’s treason trial starts in the Old Synagogue in Pretoria. He was captured near Howick on 5 August 1962.

Sudanese rebel group claims responsibility for shooting down Sudan Airways passenger plane in which all sixty people aboard wer

Anglo-Boer War 2: Chief Commandant De Wet and Pres. Steyn arrive at Commando Nek, about four hours from Pretoria.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Chief Commandant De Wet and Pres. Steyn arrive at Commando Nek, about four hours from Pretoria.

North West premier Edna Molewa signs a R100 million land restitution deal, compensating six communities for apartheid-era force

The minister of Education and Development, Dr Gerrit Viljoen, states in Parliament that action was being taken against schools

Samuel Vernon Collins, pioneer in the reclaiming of off shore diamonds on the West Coast, is born in Texas.

Chief Commandant C.R. De Wet, operating in the Bethlehem district, issues instructions to Commandant Willem D. Fouche in the Ea

Eugène de Kock alleges that the Swedish premier Olaf Palme was shot in 1986 by a South African secret agent.

Hester Henriette Grove, born Venter, SA author and dramatist, is born in the Potchefstroom district, western Transvaal. She was

Richard Victor Selope Thema, politician, journalist and newspaper editor of i.e. The Bantu World, dies in Orlando West, Johanne

The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. de Wet Nel, says that ‘Tswanaland’, a number of African reserves ski

Adv. Anton Lubowski (37), secretary-general of the South West African People’s Organisation (Swapo), is shot and killed outside

Vincent Lawrence, community leader and Mohandas Gandhi’s confidential clerk, dies in Durban. He was born in Madras, India, in 1

William (Bloke) Modisane, journalist, writer and actor is born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He died in 1986 in Dortmund, West G

Rwandan President Paul Kagame is the overwhelming winner of presidential elections. The election was the first since the 1994 g

Nelson Mandela is discharged from Cape Town’s Tygerberg hospital where he was treated for tuberculosis and transferred to a pri

James Aubrey Polley (61), flamboyant former minister of the Methodist Church and anti-apartheid activist, dies. He was detained

The Staatsmodelskool, built by President Kruger, was refurbished by Milner and opens as the Pretoria Boys High School, becoming

In response to Israel’s seizure of Gaza, Egypt closes the Suez Canal and breaks diplomatic ties with the west.

In a first-phase report, the Commonwealth Observer Mission to South Africa (COMSA) concludes that this country was &amp;quot;one of

Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, generally known as "Onze Jan", dies in London. One of his various achievements was assisting in

In a first-phase report, the Commonwealth Observer Mission to South Africa (COMSA) concludes that this country was "one of