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Scot of the Union Shipping Line sails from England to South Africa in a record time of 14 days, 18 hours and 57 minutes.
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Allan Boesak appears in a Cape Town court to face nine charges of fraud and twenty-one charges of theft involving more than $80
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Angola releases the bodies of two SA Defence Force commandos killed in a raid on Cabinda oil depots in 1985, and the SADF repat
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A prison warder, Jacques Horne, 31, on escort duty is shot dead and another injured in an attack by gunmen at Cape Town’s Groot
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. De la Rey defeats and captures Gen. Methuen in the Battle of Tweebosch (or De Klipdrift) in Western Tran
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Document 70 - South Africa: An Analysis of the Political Situation in South Africa and the Nature of the Struggle for Liberation [late 1961]
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General Motors becomes the fourth big US business to pull out of South Africa. It joins Honeywell, IBM and Warner. It is believ
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Abraham Gabbema, fiscal at the Cape, calls the front rock of the mountain near the Great Berg River, wet with dew and glitterin
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The UN reports that over 200,000 Hutu refugees are fleeing into the hills to escape the conflict between the Zaire military and
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President de Klerk’s proposal to open the ranks of the National Party to all South Africans is accepted by the fourth and final
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An earth tremor measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale kills three miners and injures two others at the Western Deep Levels gold mi
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Thirty-one SA pilots participates in the air-lift to provide food and fuel to West Berlin. The operation continued for seven mo
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Jan C. de Waal (92), farmer who endeavoured to increase sheep numbers in the Orange Free State after the Anglo-Boer War and who
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The ultimatum of the ZAR to Britain expires and the reply of the British government is delivered to the ZAR g
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The South African government announces that it has activated the indemnity process and sets this day as the cut-off date for pe
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Commuters angry about train delays cause damage estimated at R30m when they set fire to several coaches and two offices at Germ
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Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at Brenner Pass in the Alps, where the Nazi leader seeks Italy’s help in fighting the Br
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The St George’s Anglican Church in Knysna, the first to be built in the town and now a national monument, is consecrated by Bis
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The St George’s Anglican Church in Knysna, the first to be built in the town and now a national monument, is consecrated by Bis
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President Reagan’s decision not to impose sanctions on South Africa is overridden by Senate veto, 78 votes to 21, and the US in
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The death toll in rioting and clashes with police has risen to over sixty. The Government took the leader of South Africa’s mos
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Dr Albert Jan Jurie Wessels, author and founder of the Toyota motor company in SA, is born in the district of Boshof, OFS.
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Pixley ka Isaka Seme (Pixley kaIsaka Seme, Isaac Seme), barrister and president of the ANC from 1930 to 1936, is born at a miss
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Moedwil takes place, with the Boer forces under Gen. De la Rey and Kemp retreating after fierce
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In one of the worst winter storms ever, eighteen ships are wrecked in Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, and fifty-eight lives are lost
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. De la Rey, satisfied that his goal has been accomplished and on hearing reports of the approach of a str
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The Olympic Games end in Athens with a spectacular fireworks display and SA 40th on the list of medal winners, after Hestrie Cl
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Louis Thibault, SA architect of several well-known houses in the western Cape and also the Lutheran Church in Cape Town, is bor
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The Rev. Paul Hendrik Roux, chaplain and general during Anglo-Boer War 2, after whom Paul Roux, OFS, was named, is born in Hope
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