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At least 100 people drown and the town is devastated when the river at Laingsburg in the Karoo floods its banks.

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A bank and twenty-five hostages are seized in Silverton, Pretoria. Two of the hostages die; several are injured; all three ANC

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Abram Fischer, Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail and dis

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The International Cricket Conference (ICC), after meeting in London on 23 and 24 January, decided to suspend as from 1 April al

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Louis Schmidt (62), ex Springbok, captain of the Northern Transvaal rugby team and the original ‘Blou Bul’ (Blue Bull), dies in

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Former State President P.W. Botha appears in court in George because of his refusal to testify before the Truth and Reconciliat

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Three people die and at least 500 are left homeless when a tornado cuts a path of destruction through the KwaZulu-Natal Midland

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The House of Assembly approves, by eighty-six votes to forty-three, a motion to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into and

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League of Nations debates the border dispute between Italy and Ethiopia, whilst Mussolini prepares to ship out 35,000 troops to

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Daniel Johannes Smal, reciter, producer of oneman shows and champion for the founding of a school for drama in Pretoria, is bor

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The Auditor-General’s report for the financial year 1989/90 reveals multi-million rand frauds and irregularities in the film in

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SA Protea captain Graeme Smith scores his second hundred in three matches and Justin Kemp hammers a spectacular 80 off 50 balls

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The Government sets up a quick reaction network of ninety-six police officers and twenty-nine ANC contact personnel to deal wit

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Walter Sisulu acts as speaker at a meeting of the &quot;South African Society for Peace and Friendship with the Soviet Union&qu

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Lt. Tommy Rose arrives in Cape Town from England after a flight that lasted three days, seventeen hours and thirty-eight minute

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General Jan Christian Smuts is appointed commander of UK and South African troops in the East African campaign of World War I.

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Worms squirming on a fishhook feel no pain nor do crayfish and crabs cooked in boiling water, a scientific study funded by the

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Up to this date fourteen people have been killed in escalating violence in Venda sparked by allegations of ritual killings and

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Cedric Mayson, former Methodist Minister, banned for five years in 1977 and detained on 27 November 1981, appears before the Pr

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Sen. Tommy Boydell, member of the Labour Party and ex-minister in the coalition cabinet of Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog, assaults J.S. M

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Daniel Ferdinand (Danie) Bosman, pioneer and composer of light Afrikaans music, is born. He died on 27 May 1946, in Muizenberg,

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Paul Roux, preacher and teacher of the French Huguenot community at Drakenstein after the Rev. Pierre Simond had left in 1702,

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The African Union says the military in Togo has conducted a virtual coup by ignoring the constitution and appointing the son of

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Twelve people, nine women and three children, are killed in a pre-dawn attack by a group of unknown people in Masunkazane, Rich

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Herman Charles Bosman, author of among others Mafeking Road and creator of the character “Oom Schalk Lourens”, is born in Kuils

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Redvers Buller conquers Vaalkrans at the Tugela river, but shelling from both sides continues and the Br

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Vincent Baloyi, SA artist, is born in Newclare, Johannesburg. He joined the National Arts Society and the SAAA, taught art at t

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The Lusa news agency reports that torrential rains in northern Angola have damaged at least two bridges, knocked out power and

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Bosman de Ravelli (Jan Gysbert Hugo Bosman), concert pianist and composer of the first Afrikaans art song in 1908, is born. H

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Harold Cressy, educationist and teacher, is born at Rorke’s Drift. He was the only Black student of the South African College (

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At least 100 people drown and the town is devastated when the river at Laingsburg in the Karoo floods its banks.

A bank and twenty-five hostages are seized in Silverton, Pretoria. Two of the hostages die; several are injured; all three ANC

Abram Fischer, Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail and dis

The International Cricket Conference (ICC), after meeting in London on 23 and 24 January, decided to suspend as from 1 April al

Louis Schmidt (62), ex Springbok, captain of the Northern Transvaal rugby team and the original ‘Blou Bul’ (Blue Bull), dies in

Former State President P.W. Botha appears in court in George because of his refusal to testify before the Truth and Reconciliat

Three people die and at least 500 are left homeless when a tornado cuts a path of destruction through the KwaZulu-Natal Midland

The House of Assembly approves, by eighty-six votes to forty-three, a motion to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into and

League of Nations debates the border dispute between Italy and Ethiopia, whilst Mussolini prepares to ship out 35,000 troops to

Daniel Johannes Smal, reciter, producer of oneman shows and champion for the founding of a school for drama in Pretoria, is bor

The Auditor-General’s report for the financial year 1989/90 reveals multi-million rand frauds and irregularities in the film in

SA Protea captain Graeme Smith scores his second hundred in three matches and Justin Kemp hammers a spectacular 80 off 50 balls

The Government sets up a quick reaction network of ninety-six police officers and twenty-nine ANC contact personnel to deal wit

Walter Sisulu acts as speaker at a meeting of the &amp;quot;South African Society for Peace and Friendship with the Soviet Union&amp;qu

Lt. Tommy Rose arrives in Cape Town from England after a flight that lasted three days, seventeen hours and thirty-eight minute

General Jan Christian Smuts is appointed commander of UK and South African troops in the East African campaign of World War I.

Worms squirming on a fishhook feel no pain nor do crayfish and crabs cooked in boiling water, a scientific study funded by the

Up to this date fourteen people have been killed in escalating violence in Venda sparked by allegations of ritual killings and

Cedric Mayson, former Methodist Minister, banned for five years in 1977 and detained on 27 November 1981, appears before the Pr

Sen. Tommy Boydell, member of the Labour Party and ex-minister in the coalition cabinet of Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog, assaults J.S. M

Daniel Ferdinand (Danie) Bosman, pioneer and composer of light Afrikaans music, is born. He died on 27 May 1946, in Muizenberg,

Paul Roux, preacher and teacher of the French Huguenot community at Drakenstein after the Rev. Pierre Simond had left in 1702,

The African Union says the military in Togo has conducted a virtual coup by ignoring the constitution and appointing the son of

Twelve people, nine women and three children, are killed in a pre-dawn attack by a group of unknown people in Masunkazane, Rich

Herman Charles Bosman, author of among others Mafeking Road and creator of the character “Oom Schalk Lourens”, is born in Kuils

Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Redvers Buller conquers Vaalkrans at the Tugela river, but shelling from both sides continues and the Br

Vincent Baloyi, SA artist, is born in Newclare, Johannesburg. He joined the National Arts Society and the SAAA, taught art at t

The Lusa news agency reports that torrential rains in northern Angola have damaged at least two bridges, knocked out power and

Bosman de Ravelli (Jan Gysbert Hugo Bosman), concert pianist and composer of the first Afrikaans art song in 1908, is born. H

Harold Cressy, educationist and teacher, is born at Rorke’s Drift. He was the only Black student of the South African College (

Walter Sisulu acts as speaker at a meeting of the "South African Society for Peace and Friendship with the Soviet Union&qu