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Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Franklin Roosevelt, and China’s Chiang Kai-shek agree in Cairo, Egypt,

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Eric Hendrik Louw, SA minister of finance and first ambassador to the US, is born in Jacobsdal, OFS.

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Nadine Gordimer, SA author and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, is born in Springs.

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Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano, actress and pioneer in various cultural fields including the first Afrikaans films, dies while v

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George Andrew Manuel, scholar, author and one of the first Coloured journalists in SA, is born in Johannesburg.

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The National Arts Council (NAC) launches the National Craft Development Initiative as part of its National Development Strategy

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Taiwanese Foreign Minister John Chang Hsiaoyen visits South Africa and holds talks with President Mandela. The President insis

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Allison Wessels George (Mhlongo) Champion, trade union leader, Black politician and businessman, is born at Sans Souci Mission

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Anglo-Boer War 2: President Paul Kruger of the ZAR and Queen Wilhelmina have a triumphant procession in the Netherlands.

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Speaking at the International Conference on Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) in Abuja, Nigeria, Madik

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General Christiaan Beyers, former Speaker of the Transvaal Parliament and Commandant-General of the Union Defence Force, drowns

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Britain announces intention to intervene in the Congo Free State if Belgian and German atrocities against natives continues.

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About 25&nbsp;000 people in Johannesburg are unemployed and the government announces that it has no jobs available.

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The Taiwanese foreign minister announces the recall of the Taiwanese ambassador and the immediate suspension of most Taiwanese

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Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act No 34, providing for investigation towards the establishment of as complete

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James Archbell, retired missionary, prints the first edition of the weekly newspaper The Natal Independent and General Advertis

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Right-wing guerrillas ambush a train near Mozambique’s western border, killing at least twenty-two people and injuring seventy-

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Establishment of Military Council Act No 1, establishing Military Council and a Council of Ministers to rule the Transkei until

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Eleven residents are killed by vigilantes in clashes between ‘Fathers’ and ‘Comrades’, following the killing of a community cou

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Ralph Sipho Luthuli, chief executive officer of Tower Outsourcing and director of Azaguys Advertising, is born in Oudtshoorn.

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Harry Escombe (61), premier of Natal and founder of the Natal Naval Volunteers in 1885, dies in Durban.

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The possessions of Piet Retief and about 100 men who were murdered in February by Dingane, is auctioned.

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Phineas ‘Mokotjo’ Leoate, Edgar Sandile Phakone, Thulani Mabaso and Ntanda Makhuba disappear, allegedly part of a group of six

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Aboobaker Ismail, commander of the Special Operations Committee of MK and the Dolphin Unit, is born in Johannesburg.

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Jean Max Friedrich (Johan) Welz, painter and architect who emigrated to SA in 1937, dies in Cape Town.

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The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development leaves Malawi after a four-day visit during which cooperation between nati

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, H. Muller, defines the government’s policy of ending discrimination inside South Africa and of

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Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus, trade unionist and founder member of the Johannesburg Municipal Sports Club, dies in Johannesburg

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As result of investigations into the Port Elizabeth explosions, Security Police arrest and charge Robert H. Strachan with causi

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Anglo Platinum’s corporate communications group manager Mike Mtakati, his wife Nonhlanhla and his four children are killed in a

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Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Franklin Roosevelt, and China’s Chiang Kai-shek agree in Cairo, Egypt,

Eric Hendrik Louw, SA minister of finance and first ambassador to the US, is born in Jacobsdal, OFS.

Nadine Gordimer, SA author and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, is born in Springs.

Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano, actress and pioneer in various cultural fields including the first Afrikaans films, dies while v

George Andrew Manuel, scholar, author and one of the first Coloured journalists in SA, is born in Johannesburg.

The National Arts Council (NAC) launches the National Craft Development Initiative as part of its National Development Strategy

Taiwanese Foreign Minister John Chang Hsiaoyen visits South Africa and holds talks with President Mandela. The President insis

Allison Wessels George (Mhlongo) Champion, trade union leader, Black politician and businessman, is born at Sans Souci Mission

Anglo-Boer War 2: President Paul Kruger of the ZAR and Queen Wilhelmina have a triumphant procession in the Netherlands.

Speaking at the International Conference on Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) in Abuja, Nigeria, Madik

General Christiaan Beyers, former Speaker of the Transvaal Parliament and Commandant-General of the Union Defence Force, drowns

Britain announces intention to intervene in the Congo Free State if Belgian and German atrocities against natives continues.

About 25&amp;nbsp;000 people in Johannesburg are unemployed and the government announces that it has no jobs available.

The Taiwanese foreign minister announces the recall of the Taiwanese ambassador and the immediate suspension of most Taiwanese

Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act No 34, providing for investigation towards the establishment of as complete

James Archbell, retired missionary, prints the first edition of the weekly newspaper The Natal Independent and General Advertis

Right-wing guerrillas ambush a train near Mozambique’s western border, killing at least twenty-two people and injuring seventy-

Establishment of Military Council Act No 1, establishing Military Council and a Council of Ministers to rule the Transkei until

Eleven residents are killed by vigilantes in clashes between ‘Fathers’ and ‘Comrades’, following the killing of a community cou

Ralph Sipho Luthuli, chief executive officer of Tower Outsourcing and director of Azaguys Advertising, is born in Oudtshoorn.

Harry Escombe (61), premier of Natal and founder of the Natal Naval Volunteers in 1885, dies in Durban.

The possessions of Piet Retief and about 100 men who were murdered in February by Dingane, is auctioned.

Phineas ‘Mokotjo’ Leoate, Edgar Sandile Phakone, Thulani Mabaso and Ntanda Makhuba disappear, allegedly part of a group of six

Aboobaker Ismail, commander of the Special Operations Committee of MK and the Dolphin Unit, is born in Johannesburg.

Jean Max Friedrich (Johan) Welz, painter and architect who emigrated to SA in 1937, dies in Cape Town.

The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development leaves Malawi after a four-day visit during which cooperation between nati

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, H. Muller, defines the government’s policy of ending discrimination inside South Africa and of

Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus, trade unionist and founder member of the Johannesburg Municipal Sports Club, dies in Johannesburg

As result of investigations into the Port Elizabeth explosions, Security Police arrest and charge Robert H. Strachan with causi

Anglo Platinum’s corporate communications group manager Mike Mtakati, his wife Nonhlanhla and his four children are killed in a

About 25 000 people in Johannesburg are unemployed and the government announces that it has no jobs available.