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Archibald Jacob Gumede, Secretary of the Natal African Congress, 1951-60, and President of the United Democratic Front, 1983, i

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Prime Minister Vorster announces that the new Coloured Persons Representative Council will be comprised of forty elected and tw

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Separate Representation of Coloured Voters Act is passed after enlarging the Senate and the Appellate Court. It removes Coloure

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Robert Mangaliso (Wonder) Sobukwe (54), founder member and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress, dies in the Kimberle

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South Africa signs a treaty with the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland amending the trade agreement of 16 May 1960.

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Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, civil rights lawyer, political activist and husband of Victoria Mxenge, is born in King William’s To

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J.P. (Pieter) de Lange, chairman of the Afrikanerbroederbond, and head of the commission of the Human Sciences Research Council

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The National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industries (Nafcoc) commits itself to the promotion of a free-market sys

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Mabelindile Archie Luhlabo, chair of SA Teemane Co., Johannesburg, director of the Mineworkers Investment Co. and also of Globa

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Alexander Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (now the University of

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WW1: Battle of Verdun in France begins with a massive German artillery bombardment. It is the longest and bloodiest battle

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Two car bombs explode near Algiers, killing twelve and wounding thirty-five during the final hours of Ramadan celebrations.

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In the bloodiest day so far in Egypt’s Islamic insurgency, police shoot to death fourteen suspected militants, and extremists k

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Old Mutual announces its intention to note shares on the London stock exchange and four stock exchanges in Africa.

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The government decides to close The Post and The Sunday Post because they have become media for communist viewpoints.

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Gazankulu homeland holds elections for members of its legislative assembly, which has forty-three elected and forty-three nomin

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Three leaders from the IFP, Frank Malalose, national chairman and the Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, Ziba Jiyane, Secretary-General

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South African politician and author of &quot;Jock of the Bushveld,&quot; Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, dies at the age of 69.

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Colonel Arthur Alfred Lynch is found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death for leading the &quot;Irish Commando&quot; a

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President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize. They received the prize on 3 February.

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At a meeting between John Vorster and eight ‘homelands’ leaders, strong representations are made to the Prime Minister on the d

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Manas Buthelezi, minister of religion and former Bishop of the Central Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern A

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The Prime Minister explains that administrative rationalisation is to be implemented in four states, and announces that the Dep

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Johannes Jacobus Geldenhuys (Jannie), Chief of the South African Defence Force, 1985, and Member of the State Security Council,

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Mattheus Uys Krige, author, dramatist, poet and five times winner of the “Akademieprys” award for translated literature, is bor

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Abraham Esau, Calvinia Coloured leader and martyr who aided the British Imperial cause, is brutally assault

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President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela jointly accept the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Pri

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Three draft Bills revising and streamlining South Africa’s security laws are placed before Parliament, their object being to re

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Dr Chris Albertyn (89), former chief executive of “Nasionale Pers” and editor of the Afrikaanse Kinderensiklopedie dies in Klei

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Patricia Nora Zenani Fakude-Nkuna, managing director of Bohlabela Wheels and member of the Rural Women’s Initiative (1994-1999)

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Archibald Jacob Gumede, Secretary of the Natal African Congress, 1951-60, and President of the United Democratic Front, 1983, i

Prime Minister Vorster announces that the new Coloured Persons Representative Council will be comprised of forty elected and tw

Separate Representation of Coloured Voters Act is passed after enlarging the Senate and the Appellate Court. It removes Coloure

Robert Mangaliso (Wonder) Sobukwe (54), founder member and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress, dies in the Kimberle

South Africa signs a treaty with the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland amending the trade agreement of 16 May 1960.

Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, civil rights lawyer, political activist and husband of Victoria Mxenge, is born in King William’s To

J.P. (Pieter) de Lange, chairman of the Afrikanerbroederbond, and head of the commission of the Human Sciences Research Council

The National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industries (Nafcoc) commits itself to the promotion of a free-market sys

Mabelindile Archie Luhlabo, chair of SA Teemane Co., Johannesburg, director of the Mineworkers Investment Co. and also of Globa

Alexander Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (now the University of

WW1: Battle of Verdun in France begins with a massive German artillery bombardment. It is the longest and bloodiest battle

Two car bombs explode near Algiers, killing twelve and wounding thirty-five during the final hours of Ramadan celebrations.

In the bloodiest day so far in Egypt’s Islamic insurgency, police shoot to death fourteen suspected militants, and extremists k

Old Mutual announces its intention to note shares on the London stock exchange and four stock exchanges in Africa.

The government decides to close The Post and The Sunday Post because they have become media for communist viewpoints.

Gazankulu homeland holds elections for members of its legislative assembly, which has forty-three elected and forty-three nomin

Three leaders from the IFP, Frank Malalose, national chairman and the Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, Ziba Jiyane, Secretary-General

South African politician and author of &amp;quot;Jock of the Bushveld,&amp;quot; Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, dies at the age of 69.

Colonel Arthur Alfred Lynch is found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death for leading the &amp;quot;Irish Commando&amp;quot; a

President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize. They received the prize on 3 February.

At a meeting between John Vorster and eight ‘homelands’ leaders, strong representations are made to the Prime Minister on the d

Manas Buthelezi, minister of religion and former Bishop of the Central Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern A

The Prime Minister explains that administrative rationalisation is to be implemented in four states, and announces that the Dep

Johannes Jacobus Geldenhuys (Jannie), Chief of the South African Defence Force, 1985, and Member of the State Security Council,

Mattheus Uys Krige, author, dramatist, poet and five times winner of the “Akademieprys” award for translated literature, is bor

Anglo-Boer War 2: Abraham Esau, Calvinia Coloured leader and martyr who aided the British Imperial cause, is brutally assault

President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela jointly accept the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Pri

Three draft Bills revising and streamlining South Africa’s security laws are placed before Parliament, their object being to re

Dr Chris Albertyn (89), former chief executive of “Nasionale Pers” and editor of the Afrikaanse Kinderensiklopedie dies in Klei

Patricia Nora Zenani Fakude-Nkuna, managing director of Bohlabela Wheels and member of the Rural Women’s Initiative (1994-1999)

South African politician and author of "Jock of the Bushveld," Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, dies at the age of 69.

Colonel Arthur Alfred Lynch is found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death for leading the "Irish Commando" a