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SA Minister of Foreign Affairs Pik Botha warns that SA will not tolerate the introduction of Cuban troops and will not hesitate

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Colin Mark de Sousa, who donned a SADF uniform and gained entry into the premises of the Wits Command to make a surveillance of

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Bruce Fordyce, legendary Comrades Marathon winner, is born in Hong Kong. He came in 1956 to South Africa with his parents and i

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Leopoldville is founded as a trading post by H.M. Stanley and named Leopoldville in honour of King Leopold II of Belgium. In 19

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Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs, socialist and trade union leader who made up his own birth date because, according to him, the corr

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The Greek Government expelled the two-man South Africa team of Dale Hayes and from the World Cup international men’s team golf

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Disturbances break out in the Black townships of Port Elizabeth and police open fire on rioting crowds. Tensions rise in the ar

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Judge M.T. (Theunie) Steyn, judge of the Appeal Court and administrator-general of South West Africa, is born on the farm Onze

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A man arrested in connection with the shooting of a farmer, Niels Verburg, 52, and his son, Kim, 5, in a cave on 30 October, wa

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Dr Lindiwe Mbambo, wife of an ANC official and member of Watville Concerned Residents Committee, is shot dead by gunmen at home

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Philip Alan Moore, politician, soldier, educator and financier who emigrated to SA in 1913, is born in Peel, Isle of Man, UK.

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Britain starts military withdrawal from Suez war zone and petrol is rationed because of fear that the Suez crisis may lead to f

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Dr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in

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Violence erupts in Paarl when about 200 Blacks march in the early hours from Mbekweni and attack the police station where sever

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Prof. Russel Botman is appointed as rector of the University of Stellenbosch. He is the first theologian and also the first mem

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The SA Communist Party, in alliance with the African National Congress and the Congress of Trade Unions will use mass action in

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Nine staff members of a training company and a pilot are killed when their plane crashes near the N17 freeway minutes after tak

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Swapo wins the third general election in Namibia and President Sam Nujoma is elected for his third term of office as president.

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Schalk Willem Burger, vice-president and acting president of the ZAR after President Kruger left for Europe in 1900, dies at Go

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South Africa’s Shaun Pollock becomes only the fifth player in test cricket history to take 300 wickets and score 3 000 runs on

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The SA government decides to abolish price control on petrol and other liquid fuel, which means that these products can in futu

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At the end of an eight-month trial a University lecturer, Eddie Webster and four White students are acquitted of all charges ag

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South Africa plays for the first time on the Wanderers in a cricket test against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and wins wit

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The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, to which SA is a party, is signed i

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It is announced in Pretoria that Dr. Carel de Wet, M.P. for Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal and grandson of General C.R. de Wet, a le

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Thomas Mokopu Mofolo, Basuto author who tried to capture the customs and spirit of the African people, is born in Khojane, Basu

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In the worst disaster on the accident-prone Egyptian railways in more than fifteen years, 75 people are killed and 76 injured w

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Gen. Manie (Salomon Gerhardus) Maritz, member of the brave Danie Theron scout corps in Anglo-Boer War 2 and one of the leaders

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Johannes Nkosi, martyr for the Communist Party of South Africa, whose death is annually commemorated by the ANC and the SACP on

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Sir John George Fraser, SA statesman and private secretary of Pres. J.H. Brand of the OFS, is born in Beaufort West, Karoo.

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SA Minister of Foreign Affairs Pik Botha warns that SA will not tolerate the introduction of Cuban troops and will not hesitate

Colin Mark de Sousa, who donned a SADF uniform and gained entry into the premises of the Wits Command to make a surveillance of

Bruce Fordyce, legendary Comrades Marathon winner, is born in Hong Kong. He came in 1956 to South Africa with his parents and i

Leopoldville is founded as a trading post by H.M. Stanley and named Leopoldville in honour of King Leopold II of Belgium. In 19

Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs, socialist and trade union leader who made up his own birth date because, according to him, the corr

The Greek Government expelled the two-man South Africa team of Dale Hayes and from the World Cup international men’s team golf

Disturbances break out in the Black townships of Port Elizabeth and police open fire on rioting crowds. Tensions rise in the ar

Judge M.T. (Theunie) Steyn, judge of the Appeal Court and administrator-general of South West Africa, is born on the farm Onze

A man arrested in connection with the shooting of a farmer, Niels Verburg, 52, and his son, Kim, 5, in a cave on 30 October, wa

Dr Lindiwe Mbambo, wife of an ANC official and member of Watville Concerned Residents Committee, is shot dead by gunmen at home

Philip Alan Moore, politician, soldier, educator and financier who emigrated to SA in 1913, is born in Peel, Isle of Man, UK.

Britain starts military withdrawal from Suez war zone and petrol is rationed because of fear that the Suez crisis may lead to f

Dr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in

Violence erupts in Paarl when about 200 Blacks march in the early hours from Mbekweni and attack the police station where sever

Prof. Russel Botman is appointed as rector of the University of Stellenbosch. He is the first theologian and also the first mem

The SA Communist Party, in alliance with the African National Congress and the Congress of Trade Unions will use mass action in

Nine staff members of a training company and a pilot are killed when their plane crashes near the N17 freeway minutes after tak

Swapo wins the third general election in Namibia and President Sam Nujoma is elected for his third term of office as president.

Schalk Willem Burger, vice-president and acting president of the ZAR after President Kruger left for Europe in 1900, dies at Go

South Africa’s Shaun Pollock becomes only the fifth player in test cricket history to take 300 wickets and score 3 000 runs on

The SA government decides to abolish price control on petrol and other liquid fuel, which means that these products can in futu

At the end of an eight-month trial a University lecturer, Eddie Webster and four White students are acquitted of all charges ag

South Africa plays for the first time on the Wanderers in a cricket test against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and wins wit

The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, to which SA is a party, is signed i

It is announced in Pretoria that Dr. Carel de Wet, M.P. for Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal and grandson of General C.R. de Wet, a le

Thomas Mokopu Mofolo, Basuto author who tried to capture the customs and spirit of the African people, is born in Khojane, Basu

In the worst disaster on the accident-prone Egyptian railways in more than fifteen years, 75 people are killed and 76 injured w

Gen. Manie (Salomon Gerhardus) Maritz, member of the brave Danie Theron scout corps in Anglo-Boer War 2 and one of the leaders

Johannes Nkosi, martyr for the Communist Party of South Africa, whose death is annually commemorated by the ANC and the SACP on

Sir John George Fraser, SA statesman and private secretary of Pres. J.H. Brand of the OFS, is born in Beaufort West, Karoo.