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Prof. John William Bews, SA botanist and expert on different species of grass, is born on the Orkney Islands.

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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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US Marines evacuate 900 civilians from Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, wracked by looting and violence after a military

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Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Jordan’s King Hussein sign a mutual defence treaty, prompting Israel to strike pre-emp

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Helena Dorothea Strauss, singer, choir director and music teacher, is born on the farm “Terugkeer” in Wepener district, OFS.

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Rebels led by ousted army chief General Francois Bozize capture the Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, and the interna

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Stephanus Schoeman, colourful figure in Transvaal history and commander-in-chief of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, is born ne

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The Publications and Entertainment Bill, which has been before a select Committee for nearly two years, passes its third readin

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Lilian Masediba Ngoyi, born in Gamatlala near Pretoria in 1911, dressmaker, political activist and trade unionist who spent sev

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Defence Minister J.J. Fouche outlines the basic principles of South Africa’s defence policy and gives details of measures being

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Forty miners are trapped 2 400m underground after the earthquake at Stilfontein. One miner died and another is still missing.

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Britain and the United States veto a draft resolution in the United Nations Security Council, following the banning of organisa

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Die Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger, and is the second publication of

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A SADF unit is ambushed at the Cabinda oil refinery in Angola and Capt. Wynand du Toit is taken captive.

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The South African Olympic and National Games Association (SAONGA) reports that all South Africa’s attempts to secure re-admissi

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The South African Olympic and National Games Association (SAONGA) reports that all South Africa’s attempts to secure re-admissi

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The English Cricket Council bows to British government pressure and calls off the all-White South African cricket tour.

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Moss Lebakeng Leoka, executive chair of Makulu Consolidating Holdings and director of several boards, is born in Orlando East,

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Soviet premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev announces a loan of 227 million dollars to the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syr

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The first Comrades marathon (87 km) is run by Vic Clapham and his friends who initiated it as a reunion.

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Joseph Langley Levy, editor of the Sunday Times and leading cultural figure in Johannesburg, is born in Liverpool, England.

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6 000 teachers from Soweto and Alexandra begin a strike because their grievances are not being addressed. The strike spread to

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The South African Journal, with Thomas Pringle as editor, and the Zuid-Afrikaansche Tijdschrift are established in Cape Town.

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A nationwide strike shuts down most of Zimbabwe’s economy and the government threatens to punish those who encouraged the prote

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UK students start a campaign to force British universities and colleges to divest up to R650m in South Africa.

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President Samora Machel of Mozambique closes his frontier with Rhodesia, seizes all Rhodesian assets in the country and places

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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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At least fifty Congolese militiamen are killed by South African and Pakistani United Nations peacekeeping troops in a bloody gu

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Rwandan Hutu rebels, claiming they oppose American and British support of the Tutsi government in Rwanda, abduct eight foreign

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Drs Andries Treurnicht and Ferdi Hartzenberg resign from their positions in the National Party Government. Date is also given a

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Prof. John William Bews, SA botanist and expert on different species of grass, is born on the Orkney Islands.

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

US Marines evacuate 900 civilians from Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, wracked by looting and violence after a military

Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Jordan’s King Hussein sign a mutual defence treaty, prompting Israel to strike pre-emp

Helena Dorothea Strauss, singer, choir director and music teacher, is born on the farm “Terugkeer” in Wepener district, OFS.

Rebels led by ousted army chief General Francois Bozize capture the Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, and the interna

Stephanus Schoeman, colourful figure in Transvaal history and commander-in-chief of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, is born ne

The Publications and Entertainment Bill, which has been before a select Committee for nearly two years, passes its third readin

Lilian Masediba Ngoyi, born in Gamatlala near Pretoria in 1911, dressmaker, political activist and trade unionist who spent sev

Defence Minister J.J. Fouche outlines the basic principles of South Africa’s defence policy and gives details of measures being

Forty miners are trapped 2 400m underground after the earthquake at Stilfontein. One miner died and another is still missing.

Britain and the United States veto a draft resolution in the United Nations Security Council, following the banning of organisa

Die Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger, and is the second publication of

A SADF unit is ambushed at the Cabinda oil refinery in Angola and Capt. Wynand du Toit is taken captive.

The South African Olympic and National Games Association (SAONGA) reports that all South Africa’s attempts to secure re-admissi

The South African Olympic and National Games Association (SAONGA) reports that all South Africa’s attempts to secure re-admissi

The English Cricket Council bows to British government pressure and calls off the all-White South African cricket tour.

Moss Lebakeng Leoka, executive chair of Makulu Consolidating Holdings and director of several boards, is born in Orlando East,

Soviet premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev announces a loan of 227 million dollars to the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syr

The first Comrades marathon (87 km) is run by Vic Clapham and his friends who initiated it as a reunion.

Joseph Langley Levy, editor of the Sunday Times and leading cultural figure in Johannesburg, is born in Liverpool, England.

6 000 teachers from Soweto and Alexandra begin a strike because their grievances are not being addressed. The strike spread to

The South African Journal, with Thomas Pringle as editor, and the Zuid-Afrikaansche Tijdschrift are established in Cape Town.

A nationwide strike shuts down most of Zimbabwe’s economy and the government threatens to punish those who encouraged the prote

UK students start a campaign to force British universities and colleges to divest up to R650m in South Africa.

President Samora Machel of Mozambique closes his frontier with Rhodesia, seizes all Rhodesian assets in the country and places

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

At least fifty Congolese militiamen are killed by South African and Pakistani United Nations peacekeeping troops in a bloody gu

Rwandan Hutu rebels, claiming they oppose American and British support of the Tutsi government in Rwanda, abduct eight foreign

Drs Andries Treurnicht and Ferdi Hartzenberg resign from their positions in the National Party Government. Date is also given a

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

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