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Only a few hours before the expiry of the deadline for the production of the final document, and after a period of intense nego
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The ships the ‘Walvis’ and the ‘Oliphant’, which were loaded too heavy to sail from the Netherlands with Jan van Riebeeck’s oth
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News24 reports that Iraq is the most dangerous place to be a journalist, followed by Cuba and Zimbabwe, according to the Commit
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John Hanning Speke, British explorer who discovered the origin of the Nile and the first European to see Lake Victoria, is born
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First ever multi-racial elections held in South Africa ends, with the ANC receiving 62.6% of the votes and the National Party 2
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The League of Nations is established, with Gen. Jan Smuts and Prime Minister Louis Botha as the two representatives of the Unio
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The Huguenot Church, designed by Louis Thibault and oldest church building in SA after the Groote Kerk in Cape Town, is consecr
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Frederick Logier, German music teacher at the Cape and composer of the first published music in Cape Town, is born in Ireland.
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Frederick Logier, German music teacher at the Cape and composer of the first published music in Cape Town, is born in Ireland.
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Under an amendment to the Defence Act the definition of superior officer is changed with the effect that White and Black member
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Gabriel François de Vos Hugo, judge president of the Northern Cape region and champion for the use of Afrikaans in Natal schoo
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Johannes Jane Tane Kekana, a chief of the Lebelo clan of the Ndebele born c. 1840, dies and is buried at Wallmannstal, north of
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George McCall Theal, historian and first archivist appointed by the Cape government, is born in Canada. He was the author of se
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Health activists address the R13-million shortfall faced by the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. By lau
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An explosion set off in an outdoor bazaar in Cairo’s Old City kills two tourists and wounds at least 19 other people.
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The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi are killed in a plane crash in Rwanda, setting off the slaughter of 500 000 Rwandans, most
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The International Court of Justice at The Hague hears the arguments of Ethiopia and Liberia in the South West Africa cases pres
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At an informal meeting in Cape Town, President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela agree to reschedule formal talks between the Go
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Col. Bottomley writes a letter to King Dinizulu, ordering him to arm all his followers and to protect the Zul
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The Union Jack is lowered and British occupation of Simonstown comes to an end after 143 years. South Africa takes formal posse
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At a public meeting in Rustenburg, Pres. Kruger reaffirms his intention to revise the Franchise Act of the ZAR and to make cert
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Chris Heunis, minister of Constitutional Development and Planning says that R555m is owing in rent arrears, of which R452m is o
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Britain’s Queen mother, widow of King George VI and mother of his successor to the throne, Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 101.
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Justice Rumpff finds Sisulu and other accused not guilty on a charge of High Treason, in the special court in Pretoria They are
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About 50 000 people are present at the burial of Johannes van der Walt, well-known wrestler and hero, in Melville, Johannesburg
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Enslin or Graspan takes place, with the burghers under General De la Rey and Commandant Lubbe
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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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