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Odette Boucher disappears after school in Kempton Park. Later evidence points to the fact that she was abducted by paedophile G
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Pierre Stephanus de Wet, SA actor, producer and pioneer of Afrikaans sound films, is born in Pretoria. African Film Product
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Following meetings between the SAG and the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), broad agreement was reached that could lead
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Scottish explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu, now in Mali. He was murdered there the f
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Dr M.S. (Tinie) Louw, (d. 1 March 1979) SA businessman and entrepreneur who was co-founder and president of the Afrikaanse Hand
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Christiaan Afrikaner, son of Jonker Afrikaner and Nama chief, is killed in battle at Otjimbingue, German West Africa. He wa
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Dr M.S. (Tinie) Louw, (d. 1 March 1979) SA businessman and entrepreneur who was co-founder and president of the Afrikaanse Hand
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Christiaan Afrikaner, son of Jonker Afrikaner and Nama chief, is killed in battle at Otjimbingue, German West Africa. He wa
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The Minister of Defence states that South Africa will provide bases and communication facilities to the maritime forces of West
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The Minister of Defence states that South Africa will provide bases and communication facilities to the maritime forces of West
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Johannes de Wet, lawyer, historian and leader in public affairs, also a fervent anti-convict agitator, is born in Cape Town.
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Nqetho, Qwabe chief, forces the Rev. J.W. Shepstone to abandon the Morley mission station. Nqetho was murdered in December of t
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Hansie Cronje (32), former SA cricket captain, is killed when a light plane in which he was travelling crashes into a mountain
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The government announces in a White Paper plans to re-organise the administration of South-West Africa, which will give Pretori
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A serious peacetime air force accident takes place when a 20-lb bomb falls from a military DH9 bomber, which was damaged during
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The Natal Mercury reports that Mr Jan Steyn, a director of Hillview Investments, announced that the company was to develop SA’s
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Outgoing North West premier Popo Molefe is quitting formal politics to give more attention to his "personal health and fam
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South Africa’s High Commissioner to Uganda, Bavumile Vilakazi, dies of a heart attack in Kampala. He was involved in the United
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O.H.M. Chabane, MRC for Public Works, Northern Province Provincial Government and founder member of AZASO, is born. He was arre
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Judge Marthinus Theunis Steyn (Theunie) (77), SA judge of the Appeal Court and administrator-general of South West Africa (Nami
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Dr. Marjorie (Margaretha) Emma McKerron, educationist, dies in Grahamstown, eastern Cape. She was one of the founders of the Af
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Dr. Marjorie (Margaretha) Emma McKerron, educationist, dies in Grahamstown, eastern Cape. She was one of the founders of the Af
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Inkatha supporters rampage through a squatter camp in the Kagiso Township in the West Rand, killing at least twenty-two people.
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Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast are taken over by British government to form British West Africa, administered from Freetow
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Eschel Rhoodie, the Secretary for Information, reveals that he has been operating a secret fund for which he was accountable on
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Gertrud Theiler, zoologist, researcher and teacher dies in Still Bay, Western Cape. She was a founder member of the Austin Robe
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Sir Gilbraith Lowry Cole, governor of the Cape, is born. Sir Lowry’s Pass was built during his time of office.
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President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe’s arrival at the inauguration of Pres. Thabo Mbeki was greeted with mixed emotions. Most of
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South African Airways suspends flights to Angola after an SAA aircraft was struck by bullets on approaching that country’s Crav
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