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… Harvesting of the first wheat planted at the Cape by Jan van Riebeeck. …

… Adv. C.R. Swart is appointed as the last Governor-General of South Africa. …

… The League of Nations, established in 1919, holds its first meeting in …

… Hayes, S. (ed)(2000).  Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball. … Aggrey Zola Klaaste, journalist and editor of the Sowetan, is born in Kimberley. …

… Speech at the Opening of the 5th World Parks Congress, 8 September 2003 …

… Toast at the Official Luncheon in Honour of President George W Bush 9 July 2003 …

… Foundation Of The African National Congress: A Report In Indian Opinion, …

… Presidential Address: Annual Conference of the African National Congress Youth League December 1951 …

… The first preserved entry in the journal of Adam Tas carries this date.   …

… Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund, actress and teacher of elocution, dies in Bloemfontein. …

… The Battle of Platberg is fought during the Orange Free Sate-Basotho War. …

… Johan Frederik van Oordt (D’Arbez), early Afrikaans author of historical stories, dies. …

… Marie Vogts (90), botanist and pioneer of the protea industry, dies in Stellenbosch. …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … Libya, as chairman of the OAU, supports Swaziland’s claims to South African …

… Joseph Jacobus Bosman (57), founder and chief director of Volkskas, dies in Pretoria. …

… Henry Rono of Kenya sets a record for the 3000m at 7 minutes 32.1 …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … amendment to multilateral treaty on endangered species of flora and fauna. …

… Pres. Paul Kruger lays the corner stone of the new Volkshospitaal in Pretoria. …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … Parliament ends its session after 103 days and the passing of 100 bills. …

… Secretary-General issues his final report on the question of South Africa. …

… Boutros Boutros Ghali, secretary-general of the United Nations, is born in Egypt. …

… Diamonds are discovered south of Port Nolloth. (2004). Yesterdays, Pretoria News, 13 …

… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9, p. 39 … Professor Ferdinand Postma, educationist and rector of the Potchefstroom University, dies in Potchefstroom. …

… The Afrikaanse Taalvereniging, forerunner of the Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, …

… Die Kerkblad replaces De Maandblad of the Reformed Church in SA (Gereformeerde Kerk). …

… The government extends the Erasmus Commission’s terms of reference to 30 May 1979. …

… in Italy strips sovereign title from the Emperor of Ethiopia. …

… Archbishop Desmond Tutu is appointed as chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. …

… Marthinus Theunis Steyn, former president of the Orange Free State, dies in Bloemfontein. …

… Felix Houphouet-Boigny is elected as president of newly independent Côte d’Ivoire. …