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The liner SA Vaal rescues a Johannesburg man, Joseph Honeywill, eleven hours after he fell overboard near the Canary Islands.

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Sam Ramsamy, president of the (NOCSA), announced South Africa’s acceptance of an invitation to participate in the Olympic Game

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Tristam Burrell, one of the SA’s most-experienced paragliders, is electrocuted when his powered trike hits powerlines. His pass

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François Petrus (Toon) van den Heever, SA poet and justice-president, is born in the district of Heidelberg, Tvl.

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It is announced that Transkei and South Africa have signed an extradition agreement. Transkei authorities refuse to say whether

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Johannes van Melle, SA author, dies in Johannesburg. A different date, 18 November 1953, probably not correct, is given in P

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Sam Ramsamy, president of the (NOCSA), announced South Africa’s acceptance of an invitation to participate in the Olympic Game

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Johannes Albertus Munnik (Albert) Hertzog, leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party and eldest son of former SA prime minister G

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Christopher Columbus first learns about growing and harvesting maize, now SA’s staple food, from the native population of Cuba.

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Anton Ackerman, SA actor and member of the theatrical company of Wena Naudé and Willem van Zyl, is born.

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SA Safety and Security Minister says in parliament during a discussion on his budget vote: &quot;They can continue to whinge u

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Victor (Vic) Toweel, (bantamweight) becomes SA’s first universal boxing champion by beating Manuel Ortez of the USA in Johannes

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Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, heralded by subsequent labour histories as one of SA’s greatest working-class martyrs, is arrested

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SA troops led by Gen. Jan Smuts invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I.

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Prof. Izak Wilhelmus van der Merwe (Boerneef), well-known SA poet and author, is born on Boplaas, district Ceres.

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Willem van der Berg, SA novelist and former head of the Afrikaans service of the SAUK (SABC), is born.

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Willem van der Berg, SA novelist and former head of the Afrikaans service of the SAUK (SABC), is born.

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Catharina Felicia van Rees, musician who published the first collection of SA folk songs, dies in Gelderland, the Netherlands.

Stephen William Black portrait

Stephen William Black

Christian principles and race problems by Jan H. Hofmeyr

Christian principles and race problems by Jan H. Hofmeyr

Jan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town

Kenya lifts ban on sports links with South Africa

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Kenya lifts ban on sports links with South Africa

Community histories in Port Elizabeth

Community histories in Port Elizabeth

… the Eastern Cape and intermarried with Khoikhoi and San people in the area. Young Nelson Mandela in traditional … they destroyed or incorporated the Khoikhoi chiefdoms and San groups, and their language became influenced by Khoikhoi and San words, which contain distinctive ‘clicks’. Colonial Land …

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The Chamber of XVII orders Jan Van Riebeeck to restrict the allocation of farms at the Cape to officials who wanted to farm, to

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Merchant Jan van Riebeeck is appointed commander at the Cape at a salary of 90 Dutch guilder per year and not 150, as was his r

Say It out Loud - A letter to the Coloured People of South Africa

Stephen Bantu Biko portrait

Stephen Bantu Biko

Photography David Goldblatt by Sean Jacobs, 1 September 2009

Stephanie Urdang portrait

Stephanie Urdang

Why the nationalist say there is no place for mission schools

Why the nationalist say there is no place for mission schools