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Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes president of Egypt after having been premier since 1954. He was the only candidate.
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The Star reports that a Ciskei policeman was seriously injured when a limpet mine exploded at his Mdantsane home. Police later
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The United Nations General Assembly proclaims that South-West Africa shall henceforth be known as ‘Namibia’ and condemns South
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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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The Bloemfontein Teachers’ Training College is founded after the college was disassociated from the University of the Orange Fr
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The Association of West European Parliamentarians for Action against Apartheid, with the support of the UN Special Committee ag
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The Association of West European Parliamentarians for Action against Apartheid, with the support of the UN Special Committee ag
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Black (Bantu) Authorities Act No 68, providing for the establishment of tribal, regional and territorial authorities in the res
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An International Hearing on Political Violence in South Africa, which was co-sponsored by the Special Committee against Aparthe
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Mbanga James George Benjamin Molefe, educationist and clergyman was accorded many honours that were firsts for Black South Afri
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Mbanga James George Benjamin Molefe, educationist and clergyman was accorded many honours that were firsts for Black South Afri
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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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Prussian nobility found the Berlin Missionary Society (BMS) to spread Christianity. The Society was active in most African coun
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Sweden’s Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated on a street in Stockholm. Christer Pettersson (42) later alleged that SA was
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In a first-phase report, the Commonwealth Observer Mission to South Africa (COMSA) concludes that this country was "one of
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Nkomo, accused of plotting a coup, is dismissed in Zimbabwe. Armed resistance in his stronghold of Matabeleland, in the west, i
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Madi Phala, artist, designer, educator and original herd-boy, was fatally stabbed near his home in Langa, Cape Town.
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Dr M.S. (Tinie) Louw, SA businessman and entrepreneur who was co-founder and president of the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut (AH
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Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, generally known as "Onze Jan", 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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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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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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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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