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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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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak inaugurates a pumping station designed to send Nile river waters west from Nasser Lake to crea

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Godfrey Nakene, educationist and school principal in whose honour Orlando High School was renamed Nakene High School, is born i

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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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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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Liberia and Ethiopia institute legal proceedings against SA concerning the administration of South West Africa in the World Cou

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UN Emergency Force reports success in easing tension between Egyptian and Israeli troops at positions west of Suez Canal.

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Yolande Wessels disappears after school in Kempton Park. Later evidence suggests that she was abducted by paedophile Gert van R

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A five-day strike called by militant students in the Soweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC) meets with only limited res

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John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist, dies in Katutura Township, Windhoek, Namibia. He moved to South West Africa in 1956.

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Rosa Sophia Cornelia Nepgen, SA composer and wife of poet W.E.G. Louw, is born in Barkly-East, Eastern Cape.

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Justice H.F. de Wet sentences Maria Groesbeek to death on the charge of poisoning her husband, Chistiaan Buys (43).

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Numbers of Cuban soldiers and shipments of Russian military equipment arrive in Luanda, Angola, while SA was clandestinely supp

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Blacks (Urban Areas) Amendment Act No 97, introducing a ninety-nine-year leasehold system, commences. Full ownership was not at

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The controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality at Beaufort West, Truman Prince, is suspended with imm

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Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo, Zulu choirmaster and composer who was a founder member and first secretary of the Bantu Social

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A United Nations team finally arrives in Mbandaka, Congo, to investigate alleged massacres of refugees. The team was delayed in

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In German South West Africa Captain Kurt von François moves his administrative headquarters to Windhoek, seven months after er

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Robert Mangaliso (Wonder) Sobukwe, Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) leader who was imprisoned and under house arrest for many year

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Winston Churchill Masakeng Saoli, SA artist, is born in Acornhoek, Eastern Transvaal. He was detained during the 1970s. Dur

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Lord Lugard, leading the expedition of the Royal Niger Company in West Africa, claims a protectorate over Nikki and Bussa.

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C. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist who was commemorated in the botanical names Aloe lettae and Crassula lettae, is born in S

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Hendrik Swellengrebel (60), only governor of the Cape who was born at the Cape, dies in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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Jan van Riebeeck writes in his diary that the first two pounds of butter was churned at the Cape.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: During the Battle of Tweefontein, (also Groenkop or Krismiskop) General De Wet surprises British soldiers. At

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Madi Phala, artist, designer, educator and original herd-boy, was fatally stabbed&nbsp;near his home in Langa, Cape Town.

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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

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak inaugurates a pumping station designed to send Nile river waters west from Nasser Lake to crea

Godfrey Nakene, educationist and school principal in whose honour Orlando High School was renamed Nakene High School, is born i

Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes president of Egypt after having been premier since 1954. He was the only candidate.

The Star reports that a Ciskei policeman was seriously injured when a limpet mine exploded at his Mdantsane home. Police later

The United Nations General Assembly proclaims that South-West Africa shall henceforth be known as ‘Namibia’ and condemns South

The Bloemfontein Teachers’ Training College is founded after the college was disassociated from the University of the Orange Fr

The Association of West European Parliamentarians for Action against Apartheid, with the support of the UN Special Committee ag

The Association of West European Parliamentarians for Action against Apartheid, with the support of the UN Special Committee ag

Liberia and Ethiopia institute legal proceedings against SA concerning the administration of South West Africa in the World Cou

UN Emergency Force reports success in easing tension between Egyptian and Israeli troops at positions west of Suez Canal.

Yolande Wessels disappears after school in Kempton Park. Later evidence suggests that she was abducted by paedophile Gert van R

A five-day strike called by militant students in the Soweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC) meets with only limited res

John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist, dies in Katutura Township, Windhoek, Namibia. He moved to South West Africa in 1956.

Rosa Sophia Cornelia Nepgen, SA composer and wife of poet W.E.G. Louw, is born in Barkly-East, Eastern Cape.

Justice H.F. de Wet sentences Maria Groesbeek to death on the charge of poisoning her husband, Chistiaan Buys (43).

Numbers of Cuban soldiers and shipments of Russian military equipment arrive in Luanda, Angola, while SA was clandestinely supp

Blacks (Urban Areas) Amendment Act No 97, introducing a ninety-nine-year leasehold system, commences. Full ownership was not at

The controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality at Beaufort West, Truman Prince, is suspended with imm

Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo, Zulu choirmaster and composer who was a founder member and first secretary of the Bantu Social

A United Nations team finally arrives in Mbandaka, Congo, to investigate alleged massacres of refugees. The team was delayed in

In German South West Africa Captain Kurt von François moves his administrative headquarters to Windhoek, seven months after er

Robert Mangaliso (Wonder) Sobukwe, Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) leader who was imprisoned and under house arrest for many year

Winston Churchill Masakeng Saoli, SA artist, is born in Acornhoek, Eastern Transvaal. He was detained during the 1970s. Dur

Lord Lugard, leading the expedition of the Royal Niger Company in West Africa, claims a protectorate over Nikki and Bussa.

C. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist who was commemorated in the botanical names Aloe lettae and Crassula lettae, is born in S

Hendrik Swellengrebel (60), only governor of the Cape who was born at the Cape, dies in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Jan van Riebeeck writes in his diary that the first two pounds of butter was churned at the Cape.

Anglo-Boer War 2: During the Battle of Tweefontein, (also Groenkop or Krismiskop) General De Wet surprises British soldiers. At

Madi Phala, artist, designer, educator and original herd-boy, was fatally stabbed&amp;nbsp;near his home in Langa, Cape Town.

Madi Phala, artist, designer, educator and original herd-boy, was fatally stabbed near his home in Langa, Cape Town.