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An ocean ferry owned and operated by Senegal capsizes off the coast of Gambia in the Atlantic Ocean, en route to the Senegalese
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Jan van Riebeeck writes to Otto Jansz on Robben Island, enquiring about the number of sheep on the island and whether he needs
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The ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party announce that they have held high-level talks in Durban to discuss ways of ending violenc
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Pieter Johannes Schoeman, SA author who is known for his sympathetic picturing of the Swazi, Zulu and San people, is born in Ut
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Pieter Johannes Schoeman, SA author who is known for his sympathetic picturing of the Swazi, Zulu and San people, is born in Ut
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Hendrik Swellengrebel, the only Cape governor to be born at the Cape, is born in Cape Town. Swellendam is named after him and
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Talks between Egypt and Israel in an attempt to end disputes over the Gaza Strip fail. The talks were doomed after Israeli forc
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The first Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field is signe
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In a Tri-Nation test match the SA rugby team comes back from 5-25 and beats New Zealand 24-23 on King’s Park, Durban.
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In a Tri-Nation test match the SA rugby team comes back from 5-25 and beats New Zealand 24-23 on King’s Park, Durban.
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The four victorious allies of World War II (WWII) and the two Germanys formally end the war, signing a treaty that clear way fo
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The SA rugby team loses the third test against new Zealand in Auckland 22-25 and the series 1-2. Ray Mort scores three trie
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D.F. Malan speaks on the Group Areas Bill, calling it the most important part of the policy of apartheid and a new beginning fo
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D.F. Malan speaks on the Group Areas Bill, calling it the most important part of the policy of apartheid and a new beginning fo
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The annexation of the Orange Free State is announced by Lord Roberts, and back-dated to coincide with the Que
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James Earl Ray, who confessed to assassinating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr in 1968 and later insisted he was framed, dies at
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Mr Nelson Mandela visits his family home at Qunu, 30km from Umtata and addresses a rally of 50 000 people in Umtata, sharing a
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Iran lines up with Egypt and Syria to try to link the future of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty to a dismantling of Israel
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As voting starts in Algeria, at least eight people are killed and twenty kidnapped. There are fears that this may slow down the
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After the State President assents to the Transkei Flag Bill, the new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is h
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The UN Security Council declares the Congo River open again after two years and six months of war. The closure has affected foo
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The proposed peace proposals agreed on by a commission of five, Botha, De la Rey, De Wet and Hertzog, with Ki
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WWII: East Africa. Caught between a pincer movement of the 11th and 12th African Divisions, the Abyssinian town of Soddu is cap
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Winnie Mandela is found guilty on four charges of kidnapping and four of being an accessory after the fact to assault. Co-accus
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Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok says about 120 police officers died in the course of their duties in the previous year,
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Anglo-Boer War 2: A battle takes place between the British forces under Lord Roberts and the Boers under Gen. De la Rey at Bran
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The Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas, to which SA is a party, is signed in Genev
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Dr Willem Henry Jacobus Punt, founder of the ‘Stigting Simon van der Stel’ (Simon van der Stel Foundation) and well-known SA cu
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James Earl Ray, who confessed to assassinating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr in 1968 and later insisted he was framed, dies at
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